CHICAGO (March 11, 2018) – For the first time since 1985, the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team (28-5, 15-3 MVC) will play in the NCAA Tournament. The Ramblers have received the No. 11 seed in the South Region and will face No. 6 seed Miami on Thursday in Dallas, Texas in the tournament's opening round.
 
This is the sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and Loyola owns a 9-4 all-time record in NCAA action. Loyola and Miami are meeting for the first time.  
The 2017-18 season has been a record-setting one for Loyola, which has posted the second-highest single-season win total in school history (28), trailing only the 1963 NCAA championship squad's mark of 29 victories. Seventh-year head coach Porter Moser's squad also established a program record with 15 conference wins and the Ramblers' Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title is the first since joining The Valley and first in any conference since 1984-85.
 
Loyola earned a NCAA berth this season by defeating Illinois State, 65-49, to capture the MVC Tournament title last Sunday in St. Louis. The Ramblers enter the postseason as one of the hottest teams in the country, winners of 17 of their last 18 contests, including each of the last 10.
 
A limited number of tickets for Loyola's first-round contests are available by calling the Loyola Athletics Ticket Office at (773) 508-WOLF by 4 p.m. CT on Monday March 12.