1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

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).

1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, Third place
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
Record	23–4
Head coach	George Ireland (11th season)

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 as of 2018.

Roster

Name	#	Pos	Height	Year	Hometown
Floyd Bosley	33	C	6–8
John Crnokrak	30	F	6–4	Senior
John Egan	20	G	5–10	Sophomore	Chicago, IL
Mike Gavin	35	G	6–0	Senior	Chicago, IL
Jerry Harkness	15	F	6–3	Junior	Bronx, NY
Les Hunter	12	C	6–7	Sophomore	Nashville, TN
Dan McQuade	32
Ron Miller	31	G	6–2	Sophomore	Bronx, NY
Nick Pallotta	22	F	6–4	Sophomore	Canton, OH
Alan Ray	14	F	6–0
Jim Reardon	24	F	6–4	Junior	Chicago, IL
Rich Rochelle	21	C	6–9	Sophomore
Vic Rouse	22	F	6–6	Sophomore	Nashville, TN
Jim Schilling	25
Jerry Verway	34	G	6–0	Senior	Racine, WI
Chuck Wood	23	G/F	6–3	Sophomore	Racine, WI

Sources: Sports-Reference, Loyola yearbook

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 2, 1961*	Assumption	W 95–44	1–0	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
December 5, 1961*	South Dakota	W 104–63	2–0	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
December 9, 1961*	Wayne State	W 93–43	3–0	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
December 11, 1961*	North Dakota	W 96–73	4–0	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
December 13, 1961*	at Western Michigan	W 87–85	5–0	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
December 16, 1961*	at Ohio State	L 72–92	5–1	St. John Arena  Columbus, OH
December 18, 1961*	Ohio	W 77–69	6–1	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
December 28, 1961*	Colgate	W 93–54	7–1	Chicago Stadium  Chicago, IL
December 30, 1961*	Indiana	W 95–90	8–1	Chicago Stadium  Chicago, IL
January 6, 1962*	at Detroit Mercy	W 90–76	9–1	Calihan Hall  Detroit, MI
January 9, 1962*	at Marquette	L 60–63	9–2	Milwaukee Arena  Milwaukee, WI
January 20, 1962*	Memphis State	W 100–76	10–2	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
January 23, 1962*	at Loyola (La.)	W 95–73	11–2	Loyola Field House  New Orleans, LA
January 27, 1962*	St. John's (N.Y.)	W 92–82	12–2	Chicago Stadium  Chicago, IL
January 30, 1962*	at Ohio	W 93–75	13–2	Grover Center  Athens, OH
February 1, 1962*	Baldwin Wallace	W 108–68	14–2	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
February 7, 1962*	Western Michigan	W 102–79	15–2	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
February 15, 1962*	at Marshall	W 88–80	16–2
February 19, 1962*	St. Norbert	W 105–52	17–2	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
February 24, 1962*	Marquette	W 98–84	18–2	Chicago Stadium  Chicago, IL
February 26, 1962*	at Washington (Mo.)	W 103–80	19–2
March 1, 1962*	Bowling Green	W 81–68	20–2	Alumni Gym  Chicago, IL
March 3, 1962*	at John Carroll	W 67–66	21–2
March 5, 1962*	at Xavier	L 89–96	21–3	Schmidt Fieldhouse  Cincinnati, OH
National Invitation Tournament
March 17, 1962*	vs. Temple NIT Quarterfinal	W 75–64	22–3	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 22, 1962*	vs. Dayton NIT Semifinal	L 82–98	22–4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 24, 1962*	vs. Duquesne NIT third-place game	W 95–84	23–4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time. Sources

Rankings

Main article: 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

External links

• 1961–62 Loyola Ramblers statistics at Sports Reference