1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 1961–62 Loyola Ramblers Basketball 1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball (Loyolan 1962).jpg 300px Independent 13 23–4 George Ireland 11th National Invitation Tournament Third place The 1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago. The head coach was George Ireland. The Ramblers went 23–4 and earned a third place finish in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).Damer Roy Loyola Wins 3d in N.I.T. Meet, 95–84 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54145763/loyola-wins-3d-in-nit-meet-95-84/ 26 June 2020 Chicago Tribune 25 March 1962 93 en Jerry Harkness led the team in scoring with a total of 567 points, making for an average of 21.0 points per game. Les Hunter led in field goal percentage at 49.3%, going 137 for 238 on the season. Vic Rouse led the team in rebounding, making 294 rebounds for a per-game average of 11.3, and in free throw percentage, sinking 85 out of 109 throws for 78.0% on the season. The team averaged 90.2 points per game, the fourth-highest scoring average in Loyola-Chicago history 2018 . y Roster Name # Pos Position Height Year Hometown Floyd Bosley 1 33 C 6–8 John Crnokrak 1 30 F 6–4 Senior John Egan basketball 20 G 5–10 Sophomore Chicago, IL Mike Gavin 1 35 G 6–0 Senior Chicago, IL Jerry Harkness 15 F 6–3 Junior Bronx, NY Les Hunter basketball 12 C 6–7 Sophomore Nashville, TN Dan McQuade 1 32 Ron Miller basketball 31 G 6–2 Sophomore Bronx, NY Nick Pallotta 1 22 F 6–4 Sophomore Canton, OH Alan Ray 1 14 F 6–0 Jim Reardon 1 24 F 6–4 Junior Chicago, IL Rich Rochelle 1 21 C 6–9 Sophomore Vic Rouse basketball 22 F 6–6 Sophomore Nashville, TN Jim Schilling 1 25 Jerry Verway 1 34 G 6–0 Senior Racine, WI Chuck Wood 1 23 F-G 6–3 Sophomore Racine, WI Sources: Sports-Reference,https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/loyola-il/1962.html 1961-62 Loyola (IL) Ramblers Roster and Stats 25 June 2020 Loyola yearbookThe Loyolan https://archive.org/details/loyolan1962unse/page/314/mode/2up Loyola University Chicago 26 June 2020 Internet Archive 315 en 1962 Schedule no no no no December 2, 1961 95–44 yes no Assumption Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 1–0 December 5, 1961 104–63 yes no South Dakota Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 2–0 December 9, 1961 93–43 yes no Wayne State Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 3–0 December 11, 1961 96–73 yes no North Dakota Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 4–0 December 13, 1961 87–85 yes no Western Michigan yes University Arena Kalamazoo, MI 5–0 December 16, 1961 72–92 yes no Ohio State yes St. John Arena Columbus, OH 5–1 December 18, 1961 77–69 yes no Ohio Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 6–1 December 28, 1961 93–54 yes no Colgate Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL 7–1 December 30, 1961 95–90 yes no Indiana Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL 8–1 January 6, 1962 90–76 yes no Detroit Mercy yes Calihan Hall Detroit, MI 9–1 January 9, 1962 60–63 yes no Marquette yes Milwaukee Arena Milwaukee, WI 9–2 January 20, 1962 100–76 yes no Memphis State Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 10–2 January 23, 1962 95–73 yes no Loyola (La.) yes Loyola Field House New Orleans, LA 11–2 January 27, 1962 92–82 yes no St. John's (N.Y.) Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL 12–2 January 30, 1962 93–75 yes no Ohio yes Grover Center Athens, OH 13–2 February 1, 1962 108–68 yes no Baldwin Wallace Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 14–2 February 7, 1962 102–79 yes no Western Michigan Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 15–2 February 15, 1962 88–80 yes no Marshall yes 16–2 February 19, 1962 105–52 yes no St. Norbert Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 17–2 February 24, 1962 98–84 yes no Marquette Chicago Stadium Chicago, IL 18–2 February 26, 1962 103–80 yes no Washington (Mo.) yes 19–2 March 1, 1962 81–68 yes no Bowling Green Alumni Gym Chicago, IL 20–2 March 3, 1962 67–66 yes no John Carroll yes 21–2 March 5, 1962 89–96 yes no Xavier yes Schmidt Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH 21–3 |- !colspan=8 style=Loyola Ramblers| National Invitation Tournament March 17, 1962 75–64 yes no yes Temple NIT Quarterfinal Madison Square Garden New York, NY 22–3 March 22, 1962 82–98 yes no yes Dayton NIT Semifinal Madison Square Garden New York, NY 22–4 March 24, 1962 95–84 yes no yes Duquesne NIT third-place game Madison Square Garden New York, NY 23–4 Central Standard Time Sourceshttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/loyola-il/1962-schedule.html 1961-62 Loyola (IL) Ramblers Schedule and Results 25 June 2020Loyola Men's Basketball 2018–19 Media Guide https://loyolaramblers.com/documents/2018/11/16/MBB_Media_Guide.pdf Loyola University Chicago Athletics 29 May 2020 en 2018 Rankings 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings References External links 1961–62 Loyola Ramblers statistics at Sports Reference 1961-62 Category:1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents season Category:1961 in sports in Illinois Category:1962 in sports in Illinois Category:1962 National Invitation Tournament participants