| Sport: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1961–62 |
| Prev Year: | 1960–61 |
| Next Year: | 1962–63 |
| Team: | Loyola Ramblers |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Coachrank: | 13 |
| Record: | 23–4 |
| Head Coach: | George Ireland |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Bowl: | National Invitation Tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Third place |
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
| Name | Height | Year | Hometown | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 6–8 | ||||
| 30 | 6–4 | Senior | |||
| 20 | 5–10 | Sophomore | Chicago, IL | ||
| 35 | 6–0 | Senior | Chicago, IL | ||
| 15 | 6–3 | Junior | Bronx, NY | ||
| 12 | 6–7 | Sophomore | Nashville, TN | ||
| 32 | |||||
| 31 | 6–2 | Sophomore | Bronx, NY | ||
| 22 | 6–4 | Sophomore | Canton, OH | ||
| 14 | 6–0 | ||||
| 24 | 6–4 | Junior | Chicago, IL | ||
| 21 | 6–9 | Sophomore | |||
| 22 | 6–6 | Sophomore | Nashville, TN | ||
| 25 | |||||
| 34 | G | 6–0 | Senior | Racine, WI | |
| 23 | 6–3 | Sophomore | Racine, WI | ||
Sources: Sports-Reference,[2] Loyola yearbook[3]
|-!colspan=8 style=| National Invitation Tournament
See main article: 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings.