Great article. Very encouraging words:

Rooney, the first lay leader in the Jesuit school’s 148-year history who took over in May 2016, embraces the realities that accompany such change. That includes keeping up with the inflation of winning and rewarding a coach, Moser, so that he sees no reason to leave when bigger schools tempt him – and they will.

“We’d be foolish not to,’’ Rooney said. “Generally, when you have great people in an organization that really show through performance they can build the kind of culture that will propel it forward, you want to retain them. We have thought about it. How can we stay true to ourselves yet be competitive with how we’re approaching the program, with what we’re willing to commit? Joining the Missouri Valley Conference (in 2013) was the first step in a long journey.”

The amount of press lately has been amazing and actually difficult to keep up with it all! Some recent articles I enjoyed:


One shining moment: Loyola to face Miami in first round

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/mar ... ago-miami/


For those hopping on Loyola’s NCAA Tournament bandwagon, some things to know

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/loy ... te-ingram/


5 things you should know about Miami Hurricanes NCAA Tourney opponent Loyola-Chicago:

http://amp.miamiherald.com/sports/colle ... 16544.html


Former Creighton player Porter Moser taking upstart Loyola to NCAA tournament

creighton/mens-basketball/former-creighton-player-porter-moser-taking-upstart-loyola-to-ncaa/article_04562894-bf20-50fc-95f2-92350998cded.html

Sr. Jean and Loyola in The Newspaper of Record:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/spor ... ctionfront

ESPN.com has us the best bet for a double digit seed making the sweet 16

Here's the Tribune article about Bo Rambler. Awesome stuff....

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... story.html

It's on the front page of the print edition.

From The Loop Sports:

Meet Brian Wheeler, The Original Voice of Loyola Ramblers Basketball

https://theloopsports.com/2018/03/13/me ... asketball/

Tremendous S.I. story on today's game:

http://amp.si.com/college-basketball/20 ... ssion=true

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A couple of interesting articles today.

1. The AP re-ran their game story from the "Game of Change": https://collegebasketball.ap.org/articl ... e-sweet-16

2. A big feature in The Athletic ($) on Porter: https://theathletic.com/283277/2018/03/ ... ter-moser/

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The internet demanded it, and now it has happened.

I loved this story in the Washington Post, "Take a tour of Loyola Chicago, which wasn’t a sports school until last week" It got me nodding in recognition of several of these anecdotes... really good work....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/c ... 122efe8a86