It had been a long and often bleak span of 55 years -- marked by one seemingly never-ending deep decline after another -- since George Ireland's feisty Loyola of Chicago Ramblers, led by the sensational Jerry Harkness, captured the 1963 NCAA basketball crown by defeating two-time defending national champion Cincinnati in overtime in one of the greatest NCAA title games of all time.During the more than five dreary decades following that amazing feat, Loyola had incredibly suffered through 32 losing seasons, often enduring 4-20, 5-21, 7-23 and 9-20 records and more losing streaks than one can possibly fathom.Even as recently as the 2013-14 season -- a year the Ramblers posted a dismal 10-22 record -- longtime Loyola fans never dreamed of another Final Four appearance in their lifetime. Last appearing in the NCAA tournament in 1985, Porter Moser's plucky and unheralded 2017-18 Ramblers gave their long-suffering fans one of the greatest Cinderella stories in the annals of college basketball to the delight of millions of fans of other mid-major programs throughout the country that had been increasingly overlooked and frequently snubbed by the NCAA's Selection Committee. This is their improbable story.
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 290 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.66 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers zk0692604820
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar