<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 2018, 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 . </P>

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