1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

1962–63 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
NCAA tournament National Champions
National Championship Game,
W 60–58 OT vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record29–2
Head coach
Assistant coaches
1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball independents standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Loyola (Ill.)   29 2   .935
Providence   24 4   .857
Miami (FL)   23 5   .821
Colorado State   18 5   .783
Seattle   21 6   .778
Niagara   14 4   .778
Idaho   20 6   .769
Pittsburgh   19 6   .760
Penn State   15 5   .750
Utah State   20 7   .741
Canisius   19 7   .731
Memphis   19 7   .731
Texas Western   19 7   .731
Oregon State   22 9   .710
Seton Hall   16 7   .696
Marquette   20 9   .690
Oklahoma City   19 10   .655
Villanova   19 10   .655
Notre Dame   17 9   .654
DePaul   15 8   .652
Holy Cross   16 9   .640
Iona   12 7   .632
Regis   15 9   .625
Butler   16 10   .615
Dayton   16 10   .615
Florida State   15 10   .600
Duquesne   13 9   .591
Houston   15 11   .577
Louisville   14 11   .560
Detroit   14 12   .538
Gonzaga   14 12   .538
Boston University   10 9   .526
St. Bonaventure   13 12   .520
Creighton   14 13   .519
Georgetown   13 13   .500
Montana State   13 13   .500
Loyola (LA)   12 12   .500
Navy   9 9   .500
Centenary   12 14   .462
Air Force   10 12   .455
Saint Francis (PA)   10 13   .435
Xavier   12 16   .429
Oregon   11 15   .423
Army   8 11   .421
Boston College   10 16   .385
Hardin–Simmons   10 16   .385
Syracuse   8 13   .381
Idaho State   9 15   .375
Portland   8 18   .308
Rutgers   7 16   .304
Colgate   5 13   .278
Montana   6 18   .250
West Texas State   6 18   .250
Denver   6 19   .240
Washington State   5 20   .200
New Mexico State   4 17   .190
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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.