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>>> WELL THEY HAVE TAKEN CHICAGO
AND THE COUNTRY BY STORM.
THE LOYOLA RAMBLERS MEN'S
BASKETBALL TEAM IS HEADED TO THE
NCAA FINAL FOUR FOR ONLY THE
SECOND TIME IN THE SCHOOL'S
HISTORY.
THE RAMBLERS ARE TWO WINS AWAY
FROM A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
WHICH WOULD CAP OFF ONE OF THE
MOST IMPROBABLE RUNS IN COLLEGE
SPORTS HISTORY.
PARIS SCHUTZ WAS AT THE CAMPUS
IN ROGERS PARK WHERE THERE IS A
PAP PABL SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.
AND WE --
PALPABLE SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.
AND THEY HAVE PRAYERS BECAUSE
THEY PULLED THIS OFF.
>> WHY NOT.
THEY ARE TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY
TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
THEY HAVE WON FOUR GAMES.
THEY NEED TO WIN TWO MORE AND
THEY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR
THEM AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN, A VERY HOT BASKETBALL
TEAM RIGHT NOW.
A VERY POWERFUL BASKETBALL
PROGRAM.
SO THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THAT.
TOMORROW THEY WILL HAVE THE
FINAL PRACTICE HERE BEFORE
LEAVING FOR SAN ANTONIO, THE
SITE OF THE FINAL FOUR.
AND IT'S PANDEMONIUM AT THE
BOOKSTORE ON CAMPUS.
ALL OF THE FEVER HAS GIVEN A
FINANCIAL BOOST TO THE SCHOOL.
THE LIONS ARE VERY --
LINES WERE LONG TO GET NEW FINAL
FOUR SHIRTS AND POLOS AND PULL
OVERS AND SWEAT PANTS AND HATS
AND WINTER CAPS.
AND THERE'S SHIRTS WITH THE
98-YEAR-OLD CHAPLIN SAYING
POWERED BY SISTER JEANNE.
AND SISTER JEAN IS APPARENTLY
LICENSED OR GIVEN THE BLESSING
TO THE SCHOOL TO LICENSE HER
NAME AND LIKENESS FOR PRODUCTS.
BOBBLE HEAD AND OTHER
ACCESSORIES.
AND ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE SHE
IS THE MOST LICENSED RELIGIOUS
FIGURE NEXT TO THE POPE IN THE
WORLD.
SO THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING
THERE.
>> SHE IS TRADEMARKED.
>> BUT THE MONEY IS GOING TO
LOYOLA NOT SISTER JEAN.
SO THE THEY HAVE WORKERS ON
DOUBLE SHIFT AND OTHERS TO KEEP
UP WITH THE BOOMING BUSINESS.
>> THIS IS OUTSTANDING!
WE HAVE HAD NONSTOP TRAFFIC FOR
THE PAST FEW DAYS.
ON-LINE ORDERS ARE BRISK AND
INSTORE TRAFFIC IS JUST AS
BRISK.
>> AND HOW MUCH MERCHANDISE ARE
YOU ORDERING?
ARE YOU GETTING MORE SHIPMENTS.
>> SHIPMENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY
COMING IN SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY
AND NEW MERCHANDISE THE SHIRT
THAT CAME IN TODAY IS A NEW
SHIRT.
NIKI --
NIKE SHIPMENT WILL COME IN LATER
TODAY.
>> LET'S RECAP THE COURSE THAT
BROUGHT LOYOLA TO THIS POINT.
>> IMPROBABLE.
THE FIRST THREE GAMES WERE
NAIL-BITEERS AND THIS GAME
AGAINST KANSAS STATE WAS LOYOLA
ALL LOYOLA FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
THEY PUT THE FOOT ON THE PEDAL
AND THEY NEVER LET UP.
AND THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENT
HERO.
THIS WAS BEN RICHARDSON, THE
SENIOR GUARD WHO SHOT 70% FROM
THE FLOOR AND HAD 23 POINTS.
AND THEY CUT DOWN THE NETS.
AND YESTERDAY THEY CAME BACK TO
CHICAGO AND GREETED AS HEROS IN
ROGERS PARK.
AND HELD A RALLY WITH THE TROPHY
FROM THE REGIONAL FINAL.
AND SISTER JEAN WAS PRESENT AND
GOT A BIG CHEER FROM THE CROWD
AND COACH PORTER MOSHER TALKED
ABOUT THE NEED TO SUSTAIN THE
FAN BASE.
S OF EMPTY FOR MOST OF THE YEAR
AND THE PROGRAM NEVER WANTS TO
RETURN TO THOSE DAYS AND WE
SPOKE WITH A FAN WHO SAID HE HAS
BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
>> IF ANYONE THAT WATCHED THIS
TEAM ALL YEAR THERE'S SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
AFTER WE WON THE MISSOURI
CONFERENCE I KNEW THE DOOR WAS
OPEN.
COACH DID A GREAT JOB AND FINISH
LINE IS NOT OVER.
>> YOU ARE NOT A BAND WAGON?
>> I'VE BEEN TO A FEW GAMES ON
SINCE THE BEGINNING.
I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING
SPECIAL ABOUT THE TEAM.
>> ANY WORD HOW BIG THE
CONTINGENT WILL BE HEADING TO
TEXAS?
>> THE FAMOUS CUBS FAN MADE A
CAMEO.
WHY NOT?
I THINK HE IS TRADEMARKED ALSO.
>> THERE MIGHT BE ALE HEAD.
>> THE SCHOOL SOLD A 500 SEAT
CHARTER PLANE AND HOTEL AND THEY
ARE OFFERING TRAVEL PACKAGES AND
TICKET FOR 2649 FOR SINGLE.
STUDENTS MIGHT WANT TO GET HELP
FROM THEIR PARENTS.
AND 1729 PER PERSON FOR A DOUBLE
PACKAGE AND 819 FOR A CHILD NOT
INCLUDING AIRFARE.
STUDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW
THEY WERE GOING TO GET THERE.
DRIVING, FLYING.
AND PUT INTO CONTEXT HOW
HISTORIC THIS RUN IS THE OTHER
THREE PROGRAMS ARE VILLANOVA,
DUKE, AND MICHIGAN ALL BIG
POWERFUL PROGRAMS THAT HAVE
LIMITLESS RESOURCES AND
RECRUITING ABILITY.
LOYOLA DOES NOT COMPARE.
SO THIS TRULY IS A DAVID VERSUS