This week is a historic one for Loyola men’s basketball.
Two years ago, Rambler fans weren’t spread across the country and practicing social distancing. Instead, they were crammed in the Damen Student Center and State Farm Arena — which was known as Phillips Arena in 2018 — in Atlanta watching the Loyola men’s basketball team make history and advance to the Final Four.
That Final Four appearance came almost exactly 55 years after the Ramblers did something no other school in Illinois has accomplished: they won a national championship.
March 23, 1963: The Ramblers Win it All
On March 23, 1963, the Ramblers made history by taking home their first and only NCAA Tournament championship.