Loyola-Chicago's Been Here Before

The growing cult of Sister Jean and three straight last-second victories have ensured that the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are not just this tournament’s chosen Cinderella but one for the ages. Whatever happens when they face Michigan in the Final Four next weekend won’t change that. But a great deal has changed, both in college basketball and the country, since the Ramblers won their first—and, so far, only—national championship. Fifty-five years ago, the Ramblers weren’t a Cinderella team. In 1963, they were trailblazers.