Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
The Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. The Ramblers participate as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Ramblers had joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 2013, and stayed until 2022. Prior to 2013, the team had spent 34 seasons as a charter member of the Horizon League.
Loyola's Jerry Harkness shaking hands with Mississippi State's Joe Dan Gold ahead of the Game of Change in 1963
Image: John Egan portrait 1963
Image: Jerry Harkness 1963 basketball portrait
Jerald B. Harkness was an American professional basketball player. He played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Harkness played college basketball for the Loyola Ramblers, where he was captain of the 1962–63 team that won the 1963 NCAA national championship. A consensus first-team All-American, Harkness was selected by the Knicks in the second round of the 1963 NBA draft. He was also a civil rights activist.
Harkness with the Loyola Ramblers c. 1963
Harkness angling for a lay-up against Mississippi State in the 1963 NCAA tournament
President Obama meets Harkness (second from left) and others from the 1963 Ramblers team in 2013.
