Crowds Spill Onto Sheridan Road In Celebration After Loyola Upsets Illinois
A crowd of Loyola University students took to the streets in celebration Sunday after the Ramblers upset the Fighting Illini to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
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A crowd of Loyola University students took to the streets in celebration Sunday after the Ramblers upset the Fighting Illini to advance in the NCAA Tournament.
Northwestern opens NCAA Women's Tournament play in San Antonio on Monday afternoon.
Sister Jean is still working on Ramblers v. Illini scouting report, but she did watch the Illini in Big Ten Championship last week and wants to be careful not to give away any of her game plan that she'll share with the players later. She's confident in Loyola.
Loyola advanced to play top-seeded Illinois on Sunday.
Kofi Cockburn muscled his way to 18 points and Illinois cruised past 16th-seeded Drexel 78-49 Friday in the Illini's first NCAA Tournament game as a No. 1 seed in 16 years.
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The Ramblers are back in the NCAA Tourney for the first time since going to the Final Four in 2018.
The Illini are set to begin what they hope is a long run in the NCAA Tournament with a first-round game against 16th-seeded Drexel.
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Sister Jean is 101 and still up for dancin' – she's headed to Indianapolis to cheer on her Loyola Ramblers in the NCAA Tournament.
Tad Boyle and the Buffs are in Indianapolis preparing for their first round game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament on Saturday.
The Northwestern women are in the tourney for first time since 2015.
The Big Ten again has more teams in the NCAA Tournament than any other conference, including a pair of No. 1 seeds and two No. 2s among its record nine teams in the Big Dance.
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The Bears will welcome the Rams to Soldier Field on Sunday with temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the single digits.
After signing the third-richest contract in Chicago Cubs history and changing his jersey number to No. 3, third baseman Alex Bregman said his biggest priorities are his family and winning a third World Series championship.
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