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The Loyola Ramblers' "Wonder Five": 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions

The Loyola Ramblers' "Wonder Five": 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions

Frank Hoffmann
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More than 50 years have elapsed since Loyola University’s shocking 60-58 overtime NCAA title game upset of the Cincinnati Bearcats on March 23, 1963. In the 2013 publication, The Ultimate Book of March Madness, author Tom Hager designated the game as the most memorable one in NCAA Tournament history. At that point in time, Cincinnati was a team with dynastic pretensions, having achieved major success in the late 1950s, largely due to the playmaking skills of Oscar Robertson, and then going on win the NCAA title in 1961 and 1962.

Although the NCAA Tournament had already begun to generate fevered excitement in the post-World War II years, the execution and strategic approach characterizing the game in those days was considerably different from the version enjoyed by fans in the present era. For starters, it is difficult to compare today’s player to those who played in the early 1960s by statistics alone. Baskets, fouls, and free throws do not tell the complete story in trying to compare past performances with the picture provided by the myriad documentation available in the present day. In addition, rule changes further complicate any efforts at cross-generational comparisons.

The following account of events leading up to, and including, the 1963 NCAA championship game, attempts to provide a fresh perspective on Loyola’s accomplishment. It is hoped that the comments and analyses from the players of that era, and others attending past Final Four competitions, will enrich existing journalistic and historical accounts, thereby facilitating a sharper focus on the evolution of the college game over the past half century.
Language
English
Pages
17
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
June 27, 2013

The Loyola Ramblers' "Wonder Five": 1963 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions

Frank Hoffmann
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
More than 50 years have elapsed since Loyola University’s shocking 60-58 overtime NCAA title game upset of the Cincinnati Bearcats on March 23, 1963. In the 2013 publication, The Ultimate Book of March Madness, author Tom Hager designated the game as the most memorable one in NCAA Tournament history. At that point in time, Cincinnati was a team with dynastic pretensions, having achieved major success in the late 1950s, largely due to the playmaking skills of Oscar Robertson, and then going on win the NCAA title in 1961 and 1962.

Although the NCAA Tournament had already begun to generate fevered excitement in the post-World War II years, the execution and strategic approach characterizing the game in those days was considerably different from the version enjoyed by fans in the present era. For starters, it is difficult to compare today’s player to those who played in the early 1960s by statistics alone. Baskets, fouls, and free throws do not tell the complete story in trying to compare past performances with the picture provided by the myriad documentation available in the present day. In addition, rule changes further complicate any efforts at cross-generational comparisons.

The following account of events leading up to, and including, the 1963 NCAA championship game, attempts to provide a fresh perspective on Loyola’s accomplishment. It is hoped that the comments and analyses from the players of that era, and others attending past Final Four competitions, will enrich existing journalistic and historical accounts, thereby facilitating a sharper focus on the evolution of the college game over the past half century.
Language
English
Pages
17
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
June 27, 2013

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