SportsPulse: Can Loyola-Chicago make history by beating a stacked Michigan squad? USA TODAY Sports’ Scott Gleeson says the Ramblers have a very real chance to. USA TODAY Sports
Loyola’s mesmerizing run to the Final Four has been an enormous boost for the Missouri Valley Conference, a league many college basketball prognosticators wrote the obituary for following Wichita State’s departure last spring.
Perhaps the biggest lift has been financially, as the Ramblers’ NCAA Tournament surge will benefit the entire conference over the next six years.
Basketball teams that make the NCAA Tournament earn a single “unit” or “share” for each contest they play in, excluding the national title game.