The way I see it, Loyola was genuinely a good team in the 2018 NCAA tournament. Probably about a 6 or 8 seed. in order to get to the final four, they were VERY lucky.
First, the top 1,2,4 seeds lost. Very fortunate.
Second, when they played...

It's that time of year when bots outnumber humans...

I believe that both Purdue and Virginia played some two big men minutes in the NCAA tournament. Did anyone else notice or hear that?

Yeah - but they shocked me [everybody] this year......

“Oh, a lot of potatoes, right?”

The commentators seemed pretty confident that Dean had a conditioning advantage and that if he could keep it close with Foster after one period, he could get the win. Pretty impressive to see Foster come back for the win.

Congratulations, Foster!