Last year’s season-ending loss stung. This year’s ripped your heart out.
Despite leading by 18 points in the second half of the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament quarterfinals, the Loyola men’s basketball team saw its season come to an abrupt end in a 74-73 overtime loss to Valparaiso University March 6.
It’s the second straight year the Ramblers were bounced from the tournament early, failing to restore the March magic they found in 2018 when they made it to the Final Four. After No. 1-seeded University of Northern Iowa was bounced earlier in the day, it looked as though Arch Madness was Loyola’s for the taking.