Loyola of Chicago continued its charmed run through the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament on Saturday with a 78-62 victory over Kansas State in the South Regional final, sending the Ramblers to the Final Four for the first time since 1963, when they won their only national title.
The Ramblers became the fourth No. 11 seed to advance out of a regional to the men’s Final Four, joining Louisiana State (1986), George Mason (2006) and Virginia Commonwealth (2011). A No. 11 seed has never played in the national championship game. The lowest seed to win the title was Villanova in 1985, when it was a No.