“There’s so much media and technology, I can’t get away from it. I scroll through something and I just see it,” he says with a laugh, before admitting to looking up the clip up a couple of times on his own. “I’m still like, Wow, that really happened. We did that.”

Townes wasn’t the only one eager to relive the madness. The Loyola basketball postseason banquet, usually held in a multipurpose room of the school’s student center with 100 or so friends and family members, was moved to the main floor of Gentile Arena when administrators realized more than 500 supporters would be in attendance. The night began, of course, with a prayer from Sister Jean. The 98-year-old chaplain blessed the meal and prayed that God would help fans buy season ticket packages. The festivities included acknowledgements for the support staff, emotional speeches from the seniors who turned the program around and a highlight video that Moser notes was a little longer than normal. The final speech resonated most.

Moser asked all of his returning players to stand. He told them he had a new catchphrase, a new motto to add to the dozens written on the Wall of Culture in the team’s locker room.

“Keep the main thing the main thing.”