Updated: December 8, 2012 1:30AM All-American Jerry Harkness achieved all that a college basketball player could dream of when he starred at Loyola from 1960 to 1963, including winning the NCAA championship. ''I thought winning the national championship was the greatest accomplishment in my life,'' he said. ''But then you get older and realize things, and it's not even close. ''Winning the championship fell way down to second place.'' What meant more was the game the Ramblers played against Mississippi State in the regional semifinals before they faced defending national champion Cincinnati. It was much more than "a game.'' It was the episode that forever changed college athletics in the...
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