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Game of Change: Documenting the 1963 Mississippi State vs. Loyola (Ill.) Basketball Game
NCAA Centennial 25 Most Defining Moments
Loyola (Illinois) faces Mississippi State in a 1963 men’s basketball tournament regional semifinal. Mississippi State, an all-white team, sneaks out of town in the middle of the night despite protests from the governor and state police of Mississippi to play a Loyola team that features four black starters. Mississippi State overcame an unwritten Mississippi rule against playing integrated teams with a cloak-and-dagger flight to the North just one step ahead of a court injunction. Loyola beats Mississippi State and goes to win the title.
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