1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
| 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | #3 |
| 1962–63 record | 29–2 |
| Head coach | George Ireland |
| Assistant coach | Jerry Lyne |
The 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago. The head coach was George Ireland. The Ramblers were the 1963 NCAA Tournament Champions, defeating top-ranked and two-time defending champion Cincinnati Bearcats in a 60–58 overtime contest. The team was notable in that it broke the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" amongst coaches in which no more than two black players would be on the floor at one time (and in some road games, black players would have to rotate so that only one of them was playing at any given moment): the Ramblers would regularly have three or four black starters, paving the way for the 1965-66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team who would finally put the "agreement" to rest and have an all-black starting five.[1]
On July 11, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their championship, surviving members of Loyola's team were honored by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the Oval Office of the White House. It also was announced that the entire team would be inducted in the College Basketball Hall of Fame in a ceremony scheduled for November 2013.
Roster
| Name | # | Position | Height | Year | Home Town |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Connaughton | 34 | Sophomore | Hamilton,OH | ||
| John Egan | 11 | Guard | 5–10 | Junior | Chicago, IL |
| Jerry Harkness | 15 | Forward | 6–3 | Senior | Bronx, NY |
| Les Hunter | 41 | Center | 6–7 | Junior | Nashville, TN |
| Earl Johnson | 30 | Sophomore | |||
| Ron Miller | 42 | Guard | 6–2 | Junior | Bronx, NY |
| Jim Reardon | 33 | Senior | |||
| Pablo Robertson | Guard | 5–7 | Sophomore | Bronx, NY | |
| Rich Rochelle | 10 | Center | 6–9 | Junior | |
| Vic Rouse | 40 | Forward | 6–6 | Junior | Nashville, TN |
| Billy Smith | 24 | Forward | 6–5 | Sophomore | |
| Chuck Wood | 23 | Junior |
Schedule
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site City, State |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962/12/01* no, no |
#4 | Christian Brothers | W 114–58 | 1–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1962/12/03* no, no |
#4 | North Dakota | W 110–56 | 2–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1962/12/10* no, no |
#4 | Milwaukee | W 107–47 | 3–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1962/12/15* no, no |
#4 | South Dakota | W 105–58 | 4–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1962/12/17* no, no |
#4 | Western Michigan | W 123–102 | 5–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1962/12/19* no, no |
#4 | at Indiana | W 106–94 | 6–0 |
Gladstein Fieldhouse Bloomington, IN |
||||||
| 1962/12/22* no, no |
#4 | #10 Seattle | W 93–83 | 7–0 |
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1962/12/26* no, no |
#3 | Arkansas | W 81–62 | 8–0 |
Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Okla. |
||||||
| 1962/12/27* no, no |
#3 | Memphis State | W 94–82 | 9–0 |
Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Okla. |
||||||
| 1962/12/28* no, no |
#3 | Wyoming | W 93–82 | 10–0 |
Municipal Auditorium Oklahoma City, Okla. |
||||||
| 1962/12/31* no, no |
#3 | Dayton | W 74–69 | 11–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/01/03* no, no |
#2 | Marshall | W 103–58 | 12–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/01/05* no, no |
#2 | Loyola (LA) | W 88–53 | 13–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/01/08* no, no |
#2 | at Marquette | W 87–68 | 14–0 |
Milwaukee, WI |
||||||
| 1963/01/10* no, no |
#2 | at Western Michigan | W 107–69 | 15–0 |
University Arena Kalamazoo, MI |
||||||
| 1963/01/19* no, no |
#2 | at Kent State | W 96–55 | 16–0 |
Memorial Gymnasium Kent, OH |
||||||
| 1963/01/21* no, no |
#2 | at Ohio | W 80–72 | 17–0 |
Grover Center Athens, OH |
||||||
| 1963/01/26* no, no |
#2 | Santa Clara | W 82–72 | 18–0 |
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/01/31* no, no |
#2 | Washington (MO) | W 118–58 | 19–0 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/02/02* no, no |
#2 | Iowa | W 86–68 | 20–0 |
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/02/12* no, no |
#2 | Marquette | W 92–90OT | 21–0 |
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/02/16* no, no |
#2 | at Bowling Green | L 75–92 | 21–1 |
Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH |
||||||
| 1963/02/18* no, no |
#2 | at St. John's | W 70–47 | 22–1 |
Alumni Hall Queens, NY |
||||||
| 1963/02/23* no, no |
#3 | at Houston | W 62–58 | 23–1 |
Jeppesen Gymnasium Houston, TX |
||||||
| 1963/02/27* no, no |
#3 | Ohio | W 114–94 | 24–1 |
Alumni Gym Chicago, IL |
||||||
| 1963/03/02* no, no |
#3 | #8 Wichita State | L 72–73 | 24–2 |
Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL |
||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| 1963/03/11* no, no |
#5 | vs. Tennessee Tech NCAA Midwest Regional Quarterfinal |
W 111–42 | 25–2 |
McGaw Hall Evanston, IL |
||||||
| 1963/03/15* no, no |
#3 | vs. #7 Mississippi State NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal |
W 61–51 | 26–2 |
Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI |
||||||
| 1963/03/16* no, no |
#3 | vs. #8 Illinois NCAA Midwest Regional Final |
W 79–64 | 27–2 |
Jenison Fieldhouse East Lansing, MI |
||||||
| 1963/03/22* no, no |
#3 | vs. #2 Duke NCAA National Semifinal |
W 94–75 | 28–2 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
||||||
| 1963/03/23* no, no |
#3 | vs. #1 Cincinnati NCAA National Final |
W 60–58OT | 29–2 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, KY |
||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. |
|||||||||||
Awards and honors
- Consensus First Team All-American
- First Team AP All-American
- First Team USBWA All-American
- First Team NABC All-American
- First Team UPI All-American
- Second Team NEA All-American
Team:
Records
Loyola's first-round Mideast Regional victory over Tennessee Tech, 111-42, continues to be the record margin of victory (69 points) in an NCAA men's basketball tournament game.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2009–10 Loyola University men's basketball media guide, Loyola University Chicago, retrieved 2010-11-07
