Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1963 - Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Tennessee Tech Mississippi State Illinois Duke Cincinnati W 111-42 W 61-51 W 79-64 W 94-75 W 60-58
1964 - Round of 25 Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Murray State Michigan Kentucky W 101-91 L 84-80 W 100-91
1966 - Round of 22 Western Kentucky L 105-86
1968 - Round of 23 Houston L 94-76
1985 # 4 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen # 13 Iona # 5 SMU # 1 Georgetown W 59-58 W 70-57 L 65-53
2018 # 11 Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four # 6 Miami ( FL ) # 3 Tennessee # 7 Nevada # 9 Kansas State # 3 Michigan W 64-62 W 63-62 W 69-68 W 78-62 L 69-57
Postseason -- NCAA Tournament results
The Ramblers have appeared in six NCAA Tournaments . Their combined record is 13–5 . They were National Champions in 1963 . [ 8 ] On March 24 , 2018 , the Ramblers defeated Kansas State 78–62 to advance to play in their second Final Four in school history . [ 11 ]
The Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The Ramblers joined the Missouri Valley Conference on July 1, 2013, ending a 34-season tenure as charter members of the Horizon League. In 1963, Loyola won the 1963 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (then the NCAA University Division) men's basketball national championship under the leadership of All-American Jerry Harkness, defeating two-time defending champion Cincinnati 60-58 in overtime in the title game. All five starters for the Ramblers played the entire championship game without substitution. Surviving team members were honored on July 11, 2013, at the White House to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their victory. The entire team was inducted in November of that year in the College Basketball Hall of Fame. As of 2019, Loyola remains the only school from the state of Illinois to win a men's Division I basketball NCAA tournament. Loyola's first-round regional victory over Tennessee Tech on March 11, 1963, remains a record for margin of victory (69 points) for any NCAA men's basketball tournament game. The team gained national publicity again in 2018, as a result of both their Cinderella Story-esque performance in the tournament, in which they upset numerous teams to reach the Final Four as an 11-seed, tying for the lowest seed ever to do so, and the cultural popularity of their team chaplain, the then-98-year old nun Sister Jean.