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In a new era of Loyola basketball, the Ramblers are back in touch with their former selves.
Which is to say, they’re almost certainly going to have to win a conference championship to get to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in six seasons.
That wasn’t the big idea when Loyola stepped up from the Missouri Valley, usually a one-bid league, to join the Atlantic 10, which is accustomed to seeing two or three of its teams go dancing.