One of college basketball’s mid-major darlings of recent years is on the move.
In the latest significant conference realignment move, Loyola Chicago and the Atlantic 10 jointly announced that the Ramblers are joining the league as full members in the 2022–23 season. Loyola departs from the Missouri Valley, the league it joined in 2013 from the Horizon League.
At that time, Loyola’s addition to the MVC was mostly about the conference getting into the Chicago marketplace rather than the program’s success on the hardwood. The Ramblers had not been to the men’s NCAA tournament since 1985 and had finished over .