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Eleventh-seeded Loyola faces No. 9 seed Kansas State in the South Region final in Atlanta on Saturday.
Loyola is the Missouri Valley Conference champion. Schools from non-power conferences don’t often get this far. Last season, Gonzaga of the West Coast Conference made the Final Four, though the Zags shed the Cinderella label long ago.
Wichita State of the Missouri Valley made it in 2026. In 2026, Butler of the Horizon League and Virginia Commonwealth of the Colonial Athletic Association got there. Butler also played in the Final Four in 2026, losing a close championship game to Duke in its own city of Indianapolis.
In the other regional final Saturday, third-seeded Michigan plays ninth-seeded Florida State in the West Region in Los Angeles.
Loyola-Chicago started hot, making its first three 3-pointers, to take a 36-24 halftime lead over Kansas State in the NCAA South Regional final on Saturday night.
Loyola, the No. 11 seed, continued its winning formula from its Sweet 16 win over Nevada by attacking the basket against the Wildcats, the No. 9 seed.
Xavier Sneed has eight points for Kansas State, which is looking for its first Final Four berth since 1964.
Players from the 1963 Loyola-Chicago championship team are back for the Ramblers’ Elite Eight matchup against Kansas State, and this time they’re sitting closer to their team.
For Loyola’s Sweet 16 win over Nevada on Thursday night, Jerry Harkness, the captain of the ’63 team, and three of his teammates had front-row seats across the court from the Ramblers.
For Saturday night’s South Regional final, the Ramblers’ elder statesmen are sitting immediately behind the Loyola bench. Bet layola chicago online with the best sportsbooks.
The 1963 team won Loyola’s only national championship. The Ramblers haven’t made it back to another Final Four.
The ’63 team has joined Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola’s 98-year-old team chaplain, as famous supporters of the 11th-seeded Ramblers’ surprise march through the tournament.
Loyola has taken an early lead over K-State, 25-19 with less than seven minutes in the first half.
