Paul Sullivan: Loyola ready to ‘run it back’ in the NCAA Tournament under 1st-year coach Drew Valentine after winning the MVC title
There will be no sneaking up on anyone this time for Loyola. Under 30-year-old first-year coach Drew Valentine, the Ramblers earned their second straight NCAA Tournament invitation — and their third in five years — with a 64-58 win over Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference title game Sunday in St. Louis. “This is what we came back to do,” Valentine said. “We put out a video in April that ...
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Mar 06, 2022
4 minutes
There will be no sneaking up on anyone this time for Loyola.
Under 30-year-old first-year coach Drew Valentine, the Ramblers earned their second straight NCAA Tournament invitation — and their third in five years — with a 64-58 win over Drake in the Missouri Valley Conference title game Sunday in St. Louis.
“This is what we came back to do,” Valentine said. “We put out a video in April that people probably could’ve taken and used as very motivational throughout the year that we’re going to run it back, and we did.”
The Ramblers (25-7) overcame a horrid start to outlast the Bulldogs, who
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