1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
1961–62 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball | |
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National Invitation Tournament, Third place | |
Conference | Independent |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 13 |
Record | 23–4 |
Head coach |
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Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 → |
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).[1]
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.[update][2]
Roster
Name | # | Pos | Height | Year | Hometown |
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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,[3] Loyola yearbook[4]
Schedule
Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site city, state | |||||||
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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[5][2] |
Rankings
References
- ^ Damer, Roy (March 25, 1962). "Loyola Wins 3d in N.I.T. Meet, 95–84". Chicago Tribune. p. 93. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Loyola Men's Basketball 2018–19 Media Guide" (PDF). Loyola University Chicago Athletics. 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "1961-62 Loyola (IL) Ramblers Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ "The Loyolan". Loyola University Chicago. 1962. p. 315. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "1961-62 Loyola (IL) Ramblers Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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