In May 2019 — two months after accepting his first head coaching job at Southern Illinois University (SIU) — former Loyola associate men’s basketball head coach Bryan Mullins told The Phoenix he was already excited about returning to Gentile Arena for the first time.
“Hopefully it’ll be competitive,” Mullins joked at the time. “It’ll be awesome, though. The people at Loyola are amazing. … I have tons of relationships there, so to be able to see everyone again, it’ll be a special game.”
Fast-forward eight months. That day has come.
Mullins’ Salukis are set to take on Porter Moser’s Ramblers Jan.