1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
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

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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 92–90^OT	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 60–58^OT	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

Jerry Harkness:

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:

College Basketball Hall of Fame (2013)

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

↑ Wolff, Alexander (March 10, 2003). "Ghosts Of Mississippi – Forty years ago a courageous college president defied a court order barring Mississippi State from integrated competition and sent his team to face black players in the NCAA tournament". Sports Illustrated.
↑ 2009–10 Loyola University men's basketball media guide, Loyola University Chicago, retrieved 2010-11-07

Loyola Ramblers men's basketball

Venues	Alumni Gym (1924–1996) Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1996–present)

Culture & lore	Racial integration leader Wolf Rambler Rowdies

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

Seasons	1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championship in bold

Loyola Ramblers Men's Basketball 1962–63 NCAA Champions

11 Johnny Egan 15 Jerry Harkness 40 Vic Rouse 41 Les Hunter 42 Ron Miller Pablo Robertson Coach George Ireland Assistant Coach Jerry Lyne

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball champions

1939: Oregon
1940: Indiana
1941: Wisconsin
1942: Stanford
1943: Wyoming
1944: Utah
1945: Oklahoma A&M
1946: Oklahoma A&M
1947: Holy Cross
1948: Kentucky
1949: Kentucky
1950: CCNY
1951: Kentucky
1952: Kansas
1953: Indiana
1954: La Salle
1955: San Francisco
1956: San Francisco
1957: North Carolina
1958: Kentucky
1959: California
1960: Ohio State
1961: Cincinnati
1962: Cincinnati
1963: Loyola (IL)
1964: UCLA
1965: UCLA
1966: Texas Western
1967: UCLA
1968: UCLA
1969: UCLA
1970: UCLA
1971: UCLA
1972: UCLA
1973: UCLA
1974: NC State
1975: UCLA
1976: Indiana
1977: Marquette
1978: Kentucky
1979: Michigan State
1980: Louisville
1981: Indiana
1982: North Carolina
1983: NC State
1984: Georgetown
1985: Villanova
1986: Louisville
1987: Indiana
1988: Kansas
1989: Michigan
1990: UNLV
1991: Duke
1992: Duke
1993: North Carolina
1994: Arkansas
1995: UCLA
1996: Kentucky
1997: Arizona
1998: Kentucky
1999: Connecticut
2000: Michigan State
2001: Duke
2002: Maryland
2003: Syracuse
2004: Connecticut
2005: North Carolina
2006: Florida
2007: Florida
2008: Kansas
2009: North Carolina
2010: Duke
2011: Connecticut
2012: Kentucky
2013: Louisville
2014: Connecticut
2015: Duke

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