Name: Loyola University Maryland
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Hey, wait a minute: Yep, that’s two straight years with a Marquette season opener against a school from head coach Steve Wojciechowski’s old stomping grounds. Mount St. Mary’s, the opener the year before that, is only an hour, maybe 75 minutes away.
Founded: 1852
So that means: That the Jesuits founded Loyola Maryland before Marquette, yes. They founded eight schools before Loyola, so it’s not like they were that fancy. However, Loyola is the first college in the US to be named after St.