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First-year center Jacob Hutson didn’t expect to go to March Madness in his first year at Loyola. He didn’t expect to cut down the nets both as a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season champion and a tournament champion. Hutson didn’t even expect to play this season.
But he did, and he led the team to a quarterfinal win against Southern Illinois University at Arch Madness.
The 18-year-old walk-on planned on redshirting to have a full four years of eligibility starting in the 2021-22 season. When the NCAA announced everyone got an extra year of eligibility, Hutson realized he could play this year without sacrificing his plan of four additional years of being on the roster.