Loyola Ramblers men's basketball

Loyola Ramblers
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University	Loyola University Chicago
Head coach	Porter Moser (1st season)
Conference	Horizon League
Arena	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (capacity: 4,486)
Nickname	Ramblers
Colors	Black, Gold, and Maroon
NCAA tournament champions
1963
NCAA tournament Final Four
1963
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1963
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1963, 1964, 1985
NCAA tournament second round
1985
NCAA tournament appearances
1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1985
Conference tournament champions
1985
Conference regular season champions
1980, 1983, 1985, 1987

The Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League. Loyola joined that league in the 1979-1980 season, when the league was founded. The Ramblers are currently coached by Porter Moser.

NCAA Tournament Results

The Ramblers have appeared in five NCAA Tournaments. Their record is 8–4.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1963	–	First Round 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	–	First Round Sweet Sixteen	Murray State Michigan	W 101–91 L 84–80
1966	–	First Round	Western Kentucky	L 105–86
1968	–	First Round	Houston	L 94–76
1985	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Iona SMU Georgetown	W 59–58 W 70–57 L 65–53

NIT Results

The Ramblers have appeared in four National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 5–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1939	First Round Semifinals Championship	Bye St. John's Long Island	– W 51–46 L 44–32
1949	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	CCNY Kentucky Bradley San Francisco	W 62–47 W 61–56 W 55–50 L 48–47
1962	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Bye Temple Dayton	– W 75–64 L 98–82
1980	First Round	Illinois	L 105–87

Yearly records

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Unknown (1913–1915)
1913–14	Unknown	0–2	–
1914–15	Unknown	8–3	–
Unknown:		8–5 (.615)
Percy Moore (1915–1916)
1915–16	Percy Moore	10–3	–
Percy Moore:		10–3 (.769)
Unknown (1916–1917)
1916–17	Unknown	1–3	–
Unknown:		1–3 (.250)
Bill Feeney (1920–1921)
1920–21	Bill Feeney	7–4	–
Bill Feeney:		7–4 (.636)
Harry Rhodes (1921–1922)
1921–22	Harry Rhodes	0–6	–
Harry Rhodes:		0–6 (.000)
Jack Tierney (1922–1923)
1922–23	Jack Tierney	5–7	–
Jack Tierney:		5–7 (.417)
Lenny Sachs (1923–1942)
1923–24	Lenny Sachs	8–11	–
1924–25	Lenny Sachs	4–11	–
1925–26	Lenny Sachs	13–8	–
1926–27	Lenny Sachs	13–4	–
1927–28	Lenny Sachs	16–4	–
1928–29	Lenny Sachs	16–0	–
1929–30	Lenny Sachs	13–5	–
1930–31	Lenny Sachs	8–7	–
1931–32	Lenny Sachs	15–2	–
1932–33	Lenny Sachs	14–7	–
1933–34	Lenny Sachs	7–8	–
1934–35	Lenny Sachs	5–14	–
1935–36	Lenny Sachs	8–8	–
1936–37	Lenny Sachs	16–3	–
1937–38	Lenny Sachs	12–8	–
1938–39	Lenny Sachs	21–1	–		NIT Runner-Up
1939–40	Lenny Sachs	5–14	–
1940–41	Lenny Sachs	13–8	–
1941–42	Lenny Sachs	17–6	–
Lenny Sachs:		224–129 (.635)
John Connelly (1942–1943)
1942–43	John Connelly	12–10	–
John Connelly:		12–10 (.545)
Tom Haggerty (1945–1950)
1945–46	Tom Haggerty	23–4	–
1946–47	Tom Haggerty	20–9	–
1947–48	Tom Haggerty	26–9	–
1948–49	Tom Haggerty	25–6	–		NIT Runner-Up
1949–50	Tom Haggerty	17–13	–
Tom Haggerty:		111–41 (.730)
John Jordan (1950–1951)
1950–51	John Jordan	15–14	–
John Jordan:		15–14 (.517)
George Ireland (1951–1975)
1951–52	George Ireland	17–8	–
1952–53	George Ireland	8–15	–
1953–54	George Ireland	8–15	–
1954–55	George Ireland	13–11	–
1955–56	George Ireland	10–14	–
1956–57	George Ireland	14–10	–
1957–58	George Ireland	16–8	–
1958–59	George Ireland	11–13	–
1959–60	George Ireland	10–12	–
1960–61	George Ireland	15–8	–
1961–62	George Ireland	23–4	–		NIT Semifinals
1962–63	George Ireland	29–2	–		NCAA National Champions
1963–64	George Ireland	22–6	–		NCAA Second Round
1964–65	George Ireland	11–14	–
1965–66	George Ireland	22–3	–		NCAA First Round
1966–67	George Ireland	14–9	–
1967–68	George Ireland	16–9	–		NCAA First Round
1968–69	George Ireland	9–14	–
1969–70	George Ireland	13–11	–
1970–71	George Ireland	4–20	–
1971–72	George Ireland	8–14	–
1972–73	George Ireland	8–15	–
1973–74	George Ireland	12–14	–
Jerry Lyne (1974–1980)
1974–75	George Ireland Jerry Lyne	8–6 2–9	–
George Ireland:		321–255 (.557)
1975–76	Jerry Lyne	10–16	–
1976–77	Jerry Lyne	13–13	–
1977–78	Jerry Lyne	16–11	–
1978–79	Jerry Lyne	12–15	–
Midwestern City/Horizon League (1980–present)
1979–80	Jerry Lyne	19–10	5–0	1st	NIT First Round
Jerry Lyne:		72–74 (.493)	5–0 (1.000)
Gene Sullivan (1980–1989)
1980–81	Gene Sullivan	13–15	7–4	T–2nd
1981–82	Gene Sullivan	17–12	8–4	T–2nd
1982–83	Gene Sullivan	19–10	12–2	1st
1983–84	Gene Sullivan	20–9	10–4	2nd
1984–85	Gene Sullivan	27–6	13–1	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1985–86	Gene Sullivan	13–16	7–5	T–3rd
1986–87	Gene Sullivan	16–13	8–4	T–1st
1987–88	Gene Sullivan	13–16	3–7	5th
1988–89	Gene Sullivan	11–17	4–8	T–5th
Gene Sullivan:		149–114 (.567)	72–39 (.649)
Will Rey (Horizon League) (1989–1994)
1989–90	Will Rey	7–22	3–11	T–6th
1990–91	Will Rey	10–19	3–11	7th
1991–92	Will Rey	13–16	2–8	5th
1992–93	Will Rey	7–20	3–11	T–7th
1993–94	Will Rey	8–19	1–9	6th
Will Rey:		45–96 (.319)	12–50 (.194)
Ken Burmeister (Horizon League) (1994–1998)
1994–95	Ken Burmeister	5–22	2–13	11th
1995–96	Ken Burmeister	8–19	5–11	T–6th
1996–97	Ken Burmeister	12–15	7–9	5th
1997–98	Ken Burmeister	15–15	6–8	T–5th
Ken Burmeister:		40–71 (.360)	20–41 (.328)
Larry Farmer (Horizon League) (1998–2004)
1998–99	Larry Farmer	9–18	7–7	4th
1999-00	Larry Farmer	14–14	4–10	8th
2000-01	Larry Farmer	7–21	2–12	8th
2001-02	Larry Farmer	17–13	9–7	T–4th
2002–03	Larry Farmer	15–16	9–7	T–4th
2003–04	Larry Farmer	9–20	4–12	T–7th
Larry Farmer:		71–102 (.410)	35–55 (.389)
Jim Whitesell (Horizon League) (2004–2011)
2004–2005	Jim Whitesell	13-17	8-8	T-4th
2005–2006	Jim Whitesell	19-11	8-8	T-3rd
2006–2007	Jim Whitesell	21-11	10-6	3rd
2007–2008	Jim Whitesell	12-19	6-12	7th
2008–2009	Jim Whitesell	14-18	6-12	8th
2009-2010	Jim Whitesell	14-16	5-13	8th
2010-2011	Jim Whitesell	16-15	7-11	8th
Jim Whitesell:		109–107 (.505)	50–70 (.417)
Porter Moser (Horizon League) (2011–present)
2011-2012	Porter Moser	7-23	1-17	10th
Porter Moser:		7–23 (.233)	1–17 (.056)
Total:		1207–1064 (.531)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Awards

All-Americans

• 1929 - Charlie “Feed” Murphy
• 1930 - Charlie “Feed” Murphy
• 1937 - Marv Colen
• 1938 - Mike Novak
• 1938 - Wibs Kautz
• 1939 - Mike Novak
• 1939 - Wibs Kautz
• 1948 - Jack Kerris
• 1952 - Nick Kladis
• 1962 - Jerry Harkness
• 1963 - Jerry Harkness
• 1967 - Jim Tillman
• 1970 - LaRue Martin
• 1972 - LaRue Martin
• 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
• 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 2006 - Blake Schilb (honorable mention)

MCC Coach of the Year

• 1985 - Gene Sullivan

MCC/Horizon League Player of the Year

• 1981 - Darius Clemons
• 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
• 1983 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1984 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1987 - Andre Moore

MCC/Horizon League First Team

• 1981 - Darius Clemons
• 1981 - Wayne Sappleton
• 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
• 1983 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1984 - Carl Golston
• 1984 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1985 - Andre Battle
• 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1986 - Carl Golston
• 1986 - Andre Moore
• 1987 - Bernard Jackson
• 1987 - Andre Moore
• 1988 - Gerald Hayward
• 1990 - Keith Gailes
• 1991 - Keith Gailes
• 1992 - Keir Rogers
• 1998 - Javan Goodman
• 1999 - Javan Goodman
• 2001 - David Bailey
• 2002 - David Bailey
• 2004 - Paul McMillan
• 2005 - Blake Schilb
• 2006 - Blake Schilb
• 2007 - Blake Schilb

MCC/Horizon League Second Team

• 1980 - Darius Clemons
• 1982 - Darius Clemons
• 1983 - Andre Battle
• 1985 - Carl Golston
• 1985 - Andre Moore
• 1988 - Kenny Miller
• 1989 - Keith Gailes
• 1994 - Vernell Brent
• 1996 - Derek Molis
• 1997 - Derek Molis
• 2000 - Earl Brown
• 2003 - David Bailey

MCC/Horizon League All-Defensive Team

• 1998 - Earl Brown
• 2000 - Earl Brown
• 2004 - Demetrius Williams
• 2006 - Majak Kou
• 2007 - Majak Kou

MCC/Horizon League Newcomer of the Year

• 1984 - Carl Golston
• 1986 - Bernard Jackson
• 1988 - Kenny Miller
• 1989 - Keith Gailes
• 2003 - Paul McMillan

MCC/Horizon League All-Newcomer Team

• 1988 - Kenny Miller
• 1993 - Vernell Brent
• 1996 - Derek Molis
• 1999 - Chris Williams
• 2003 - Paul McMillan
• 2003 - Demetrius Williams
• 2006 - Leon Young

MCC/Horizon League Tournament MVP

• 1983 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes

MCC/Horizon League All-Tournament Team

• 1980 - Darius Clemons
• 1982 - Darius Clemons
• 1982 - Wayne Sappleton
• 1983 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1984 - Carl Golston
• 1985 - Andre Battle
• 1985 - Carl Golston
• 1985 - Alfredrick Hughes
• 1986 - Carl Golston
• 1987 - Bernard Jackson
• 1987 - Andre Moore
• 1989 - Keith Gailes
• 1990 - Keith Gailes
• 1991 - Keith Gailes
• 1992 - Keir Rogers
• 2002 - David Bailey
• 2002 - Ryan Blankson
• 2005 - Blake Schilb
• 2007 - Blake Schilb

Ramblers in the NBA Draft

Year	Player	Team	Round
1949	Jack Kerris	Chicago	Second
1952	Nick Kladis	Philadelphia	Third
1962	Jerry Harkness	Syracuse	Eighth
1963	Jerry Harkness	New York	Second
1964	Les Hunter	Detroit	Second
1964	Vic Rouse	Cincinnati	Seventh
1964	Ron Miller	Baltimore	Seventh
1966	Billy Smith	Cincinnati	Ninth
1968	Jim Tillman	Chicago	Fifth
1968	Corky Bell	Chicago	Ninth
1970	Wade Fuller	Cincinnati	Fourth
1970	Walter Robertson	Cleveland	Eighth
1972	LaRue Martin	Portland	First
1976	Ralph Vallot	Washington	Seventh
1978	Andre Wakefield	Phoenix	Fifth
1979	Larry Knight	Utah	First
1980	LeRoy Stampley	Phoenix	Fourth
1981	Kevin Sprewer	Utah	Sixth
1982	Wayne Sappleton	Golden State	Second
1982	Darius Clemons	San Diego	Fourth
1985	Alfredrick Hughes	San Antonio	First
1985	Andre Battle	Boston	Third
1987	Andre Moore	Denver	Second
1987	Bernard Jackson	Portland	Sixth