Stat Breakdown: Comparing This Year’s NCAA Tournament Ramblers to the 2018 Final Four Team

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The Loyola men’s basketball team is making its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament after winning the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championship. Looking at the chances of another Cinderella run, The Phoenix compares this season’s squad with the most successful Loyola team in recent years — the 2018 Final Four Ramblers.

The most noticeable changes have come in personnel. The only returning participants from the Final Four team are former assistant coach and now first-year Loyola head coach Drew Valentine, graduate guard and two-time MVC defensive player of the year Lucas Williamson, former player and now director of player development…