The Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The Ramblers joined the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2013, ending a 34-season tenure as charter members of the Horizon League.
In 1963, Loyola won the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (then the "NCAA University Division") men's basketball national championship under the leadership of All-American Jerry Harkness, defeating two-time defending champion Cincinnati 60-58 in overtime in the title game. All five starters for the Ramblers played the entire championship game, without substitution.
Surviving team members were honored on July 11, 2013 at the White House to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their victory. The entire team was inducted in November of that year in the College Basketball Hall of Fame. As of 2017, Loyola remains the only school from the state of Illinois to win a men's Division I basketball national championship. And a first-round regional victory by Loyola on March 11, 1963 over Tennessee Tech remains a record margin of victory (69 points) for any NCAA men's basketball tournament game.
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Racial integration
The Loyola University Chicago teams of the early 1960s, coached by George Ireland, are thought to be responsible for ushering in a new era of racial equality in the sport by shattering all remaining color barriers in NCAA men's basketball. Beginning in 1961, Loyola broke the longstanding gentlemen's agreement (not to play more than three black players at any given time), putting as many as four black players on the court at every game. For the 1962-63 season, Ireland played four black Loyola starters in every game. That season, Loyola also became the first team in NCAA Division I history to play an all-black lineup, doing so in a game against Wyoming in December 1962. In that season's NCAA tournament, Loyola defeated the all-white team of then-segregated Mississippi State by a score of 61-51, a game especially notable because the Bulldogs defied a state court order prohibiting them from playing against a school with black players.
In 1963, Loyola shocked the nation and changed college basketball forever by starting four black players in the NCAA Championship game. Loyola's stunning upset of two-time defending NCAA champion Cincinnati, in overtime by a score of 60-58, was the crowning achievement in the school's nearly decade long struggle with racial inequality in men's college basketball, highlighted by the tumultuous events of that year's NCAA Tournament. Loyola's 1963 NCAA title was historic not only for the racial makeup of Loyola's team, but also due to the fact that Cincinnati had started 3 black players, making 7 of the ten starters in the 1963 NCAA Championship game black.
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Postseason
NCAA Tournament results
The Ramblers have appeared in five NCAA Tournaments. Their record is 9-4.
NIT results
The Ramblers have appeared in four National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 5-4.
CBI results
The Ramblers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) once, winning it in 2015. Their record is 5-0.
Yearly records
Awards
All-Americans
- 1929, 1930 - Charlie "Feed" Murphy
- 1937 - Marv Colen
- 1938, 1939 - Mike Novak
- 1938, 1939 - Wibs Kautz
- 1948 - Jack Kerris
- 1952 - Nick Kladis
- 1962, 1963 - Jerry Harkness
- 1967 - Jim Tillman
- 1970, 1972 - LaRue Martin
- 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
- 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
- 2006 - Blake Schilb (Honorable Mention)
Academic All-Americans
- 2013 - Ben Averkamp (Second Team)
MCC Coach of the Year
- 1985 - Gene Sullivan
MCC/Horizon League Player of the Year
- 1981 - Darius Clemons
- 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
- 1983, 1984, 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
- 1987 - Andre Moore
MCC/Horizon League/Missouri Valley First Team
- 1981 - Darius Clemons
- 1981, 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
- 1983, 1984, 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
- 1984, 1986 - Carl Golston
- 1985 - Andre Battle
- 1986, 1987 - Andre Moore
- 1987 - Bernard Jackson
- 1988 - Gerald Hayward
- 1990, 1991 - Keith Gailes
- 1992 - Keir Rogers
- 1998, 1999 - Javan Goodman
- 2001, 2002 - David Bailey
- 2004 - Paul McMillan
- 2005, 2006, 2007 - Blake Schilb
- 2017 - Milton Doyle
MCC/Horizon League Second Team
- 1980, 1982 - Darius Clemons
- 1983 - Andre Battle
- 1985 - Carl Golston
- 1985 - Andre Moore
- 1988 - Kenny Miller
- 1989 - Keith Gailes
- 1994 - Vernell Brent
- 1996, 1997 - Derek Molis
- 2000 - Earl Brown
- 2003 - David Bailey
- 2012, 2013 - Ben Averkamp
Missouri Valley Conference Third Team
- 2017 - Donte Ingram
MCC/Horizon League All-Defensive Team
- 1998, 2000 - Earl Brown
- 2004 - Demetrius Williams
- 2006, 2007 - Majak Kou
MCC/Horizon League/Missouri Valley Newcomer of the Year
- 1984 - Carl Golston
- 1986 - Bernard Jackson
- 1988 - Kenny Miller
- 1989 - Keith Gailes
- 2003 - Paul McMillan
- 2014 - Milton Doyle
MCC/Horizon League/Missouri Valley All-Newcomer Team
- 1988 - Kenny Miller
- 1993 - Vernell Brent
- 1996 - Derek Molis
- 1999 - Chris Williams
- 2003 - Paul McMillan
- 2003 - Demetrius Williams
- 2006 - Leon Young
- 2014 - Milton Doyle
- 2017 - Aundre Jackson
Missouri Valley Freshman of the Year
- 2014 - Milton Doyle
Missouri Valley All-Freshman Team
- 2014 - Milton Doyle
Missouri Valley Sixth Man of the Year
- 2017 - Aundre Jackson
MCC/Horizon League Tournament MVP
- 1983, 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
MCC/Horizon League All-Tournament Team
- 1980, 1982 - Darius Clemons
- 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
- 1983, 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
- 1984, 1985 - Carl Golston
- 1985 - Andre Battle
- 1986 - Carl Golston
- 1987 - Bernard Jackson
- 1987 - Andre Moore
- 1989, 1990, 1991 - Keith Gailes
- 1992 - Keir Rogers
- 2002 - David Bailey
- 2002 - Ryan Blankson
- 2005, 2007 - Blake Schilb
Ramblers in the NBA Draft
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