when was the last time loyola-chicago was in the ncaa tournament
2018
title: Loyola University Chicago text: championship to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for the first time since 1985. The 11-seed Ramblers recorded four straight upset victories against the Miami Hurricanes, Tennessee Volunteers, Nevada Wolf Pack, and Kansas State Wildcats to advance to the Final Four. However, the Michigan Wolverines defeated Loyola in the Final Four. The publicity surrounding Loyola's tournament run generated an estimated $300 million in publicity for the school. In October 2018, the Loyola Ramblers Women's Soccer team won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title with 6-1 win over Evansville. The win gave the Ramblers their first title: 1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game text: Poll and ended up winning 22 games. The Ramblers were again invited to the NCAA Tournament, but their title defense ended in the regional semifinals. They appeared in two more NCAA Tournaments in the 1960s, but never advanced past the first round. The Ramblers made it to the Sweet Sixteen in 1985. After a 33-year drought, Loyola reached the tournament in 2018, advancing to the Final Four for the first time since 1963. The 1962–63 Ramblers are the only NCAA Division I men's basketball champions from the state of Illinois. 1963 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game The 1963 NCAA title: Porter Moser text: tournament titles, and appearance in the Final Four as a no. 11 seed. The MVC preseason poll picked Loyola–Chicago to finish third, with one vote picking Loyola–Chicago for first place. On December 6, 2017, Loyola–Chicago beat a top-five team for the first time since the 1984–85 season after a 65-59 away upset of no. 5 Florida. On March 4, 2018, Loyola–Chicago defeated Moser's former school Illinois State 65-49 in the MVC Tournament final to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1985. Entering the NCAA Tournament as a no. 11 seed, Loyola–Chicago had close upset victories in title: 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game text: the No. 6 Houston Cougars, 64–63, on a buzzer beater by Jordan Poole. They made it to the Elite Eight by defeating the Texas A&M Aggies, 99–72. Michigan advanced to the Final Four by defeating the Florida State Seminoles, 58–54, and defeated the "Cinderella story" of the tournament, the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers, in the Final Four by a score of 69–57. The Villanova Wildcats won the NCAA Tournament in 2016. In 2017–18, Villanova set the NCAA record for three-point shots in a season and in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. After completing a 30–4 regular season, including winning the title: 2017–18 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team text: opponent since a February 15, 2009 win over No. 15 Butler and the first against a top 5 team since a December 22, 1984 victory over No. 4 Illinois. !colspan=9 style=|Exhibition !colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season !colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley regular season !colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley Tournament !colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament 2017–18 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team The 2017–18 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represented Loyola University Chicago during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by seventh-year head coach Porter Moser, played their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena in Chicago, Illinois. They