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Former Loyola Rambler Men's Basketball PxP Announcer Brian Wheeler has died.

Brian covered many of Loyola's men's and women's athletic programs in the early-mid 1980's as he started his career at Loyola's Radio Station: WLUW-FM (88.7). He was the commercial radio voice of Loyola basketball during ...

Interesting USA Today read on the NIT.

From the article: "But the NCAA was spooked by news that the Big East, Big 12 and Big Ten were in conversations with Fox, their television partner, to hold a 16-team postseason event in Las Vegas that would essentially be a direct competitor with the NIT ...

Live link via the USF Men's Basketball page.
Viewing option for Loyola/San Francisco: https://www.scenicwestnetwork.com

(Edit/Update: Link also now live on: https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens- ... l/schedule)

It's an NBC Sports Chicago alternate feed on DISH, buried deep within the ALT sports channels.

If you have DISH-TV, the game is on Channel 412-41.
(Chicago area)

Again, solid in-depth content JCT.
Brought back many memories... thanks for this 'next chapter' in your series.

I'll add one note: Joe Gentile was hoping for a 7500-seat arena.
(He said so... I was working for him the day the new gym was announced in the Spring of 1995.)
Never found out why Loyola ...

You're welcome, John. Thought you'd want to know!

And speaking of 'filling out the picture' ... that SI picture of Hughes and the Ramblers vs. Marquette at a packed Mecca in Milwaukee is a great example of what was in the mid-80s - and a sharp contrast to the eventual decline in the subsequent ...

Solid work, John. Great retrospective. I appreciate the time and effort it takes to write and produce this level of content. Thank you for sharing…
One minor stat correction: The Ramblers were 25-5 entering the 1985 tournament.

If I may briefly add a couple of thoughts to the pre-85 content ...

Interesting Trib 1:1 with Porter Moser on a number of topics, including scheduling:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/co ... story.html

Correction made...!