Had Lucas Williamson not committed to Loyola University Chicago in April 2017, he might not have played in a Final Four just a year later. But there’s one thing he’s sure he would have missed out on, and that’s learning about the “Game of Change,” a moment in college basketball history that came during the 1962–63 season—which was also the last time the Ramblers went as far in the NCAA tournament as they did in Williamson’s rookie year.
Now in his fifth season on the Loyola squad, Williamson narrates that same story of the 1963 Ramblers in The Loyola Project, a documentary highlighting the team’s path to the national title, which includes the historic regional semifinals against Mississippi State.
The film premiered on CBS Sports Network on Feb. 7 in honor of Black History Month and will also be screened later in the week, once at a theater in Chicago and once at Gentile Arena on the Loyola campus.
