1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

The 1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago. Champions of the 1963 NCAA tournament, the Ramblers were coached by George Ireland. They defeated top-ranked and two-time defending champion Cincinnati Bearcats in a 60–58 overtime contest. The 1962–63 Ramblers were one of the first NCAA men's basketball teams to have broken the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" among 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. They played in the Game of Change, in which a Mississippi State team defied segregationists to play against Loyola, breaking the unwritten law that Mississippi teams would not play against black players.

1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, national champions
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record29–2
Head coach
Assistant coaches
1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Loyola Chicago 292  .935
Providence 244  .857
Miami (FL) 235  .821
Colorado State 185  .783
Seattle 216  .778
Niagara 144  .778
Idaho 206  .769
Pittsburgh 196  .760
Penn State 155  .750
Utah State 207  .741
Canisius 197  .731
Memphis 197  .731
Texas Western 197  .731
Oregon State 229  .710
Seton Hall 167  .696
Marquette 209  .690
Oklahoma City 1910  .655
Villanova 1910  .655
Notre Dame 179  .654
DePaul 158  .652
Holy Cross 169  .640
Iona 127  .632
Regis 159  .625
Butler 1610  .615
Dayton 1610  .615
Florida State 1510  .600
Duquesne 139  .591
Houston 1511  .577
Louisville 1411  .560
Detroit 1412  .538
Gonzaga 1412  .538
Boston University 109  .526
St. Bonaventure 1312  .520
Creighton 1413  .519
Georgetown 1313  .500
Montana State 1313  .500
Loyola (LA) 1212  .500
Navy 99  .500
Centenary 1214  .462
Air Force 1012  .455
Saint Francis (PA) 1013  .435
Xavier 1216  .429
Oregon 1115  .423
Army 811  .421
Boston College 1016  .385
Hardin–Simmons 1016  .385
Syracuse 813  .381
Idaho State 915  .375
Portland 818  .308
Rutgers 716  .304
Colgate 513  .278
Montana 618  .250
West Texas State 618  .250
Denver 619  .240
Washington State 520  .200
New Mexico State 417  .190
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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