The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) is divided into three divisions based on scholarship allocation. Each division is made up of several conferences for regional league competition. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference affiliation will occur on July 1 of the given year.
60-760: The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply " The Valley ") is the fourth-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwest though with substantial extension into the South in states like Kentucky , Tennessee , and Arkansas . The MVC was established in 1907 (its charter member schools: the University of Kansas , University of Missouri , University of Nebraska , and Washington University in St. Louis ) as
120-592: A BCS conference for the second consecutive year, while also garnering multiple NCAA bids for the ninth straight year and 12th of 14. The MVC has not sponsored football since 1985, when it was a hybrid I-A/I-AA (now FBS and FCS, respectively) conference. However, five members have football programs in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) (known as the Gateway from 1985 to 2008) of Division I FCS, and two others compete in another FCS conference,
180-811: A campus in Rome, near the site of the 1960 Summer Olympics . In 1969, Loyola established the School of Education and consolidated medical programs at the Loyola University Medical Center, a hospital and health care complex in Maywood , a neighboring suburb of Chicago. The university legally separated from the Jesuits in 1970, and today is under lay control and governed by a board of trustees. Loyola purchased neighboring Mundelein College in 1991. Major capital campaigns, since
240-524: A dormitory originally built to host athletes during the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 1978, the campus moved to its current location on Monte Mario , approximately two miles northwest of Vatican City . The campus is the home of the oldest American university program in Italy, and hosts students from both Loyola and other universities seeking to study abroad. In 2005, the campus was renamed in honor of founder and Director Emeritus John P. Felice. In 2010, Loyola founded
300-702: A low-power, carrier current radio station, WLUC-AM, in the 1960s. Students broadcast an eclectic music format on 600 kHz to Lake Shore Campus buildings and the surrounding Rogers Park neighborhood. WLUC-AM was replaced by an on-air FM station, WLUW , in the 1970s. NCAA Division I National Championships (3): 1963 Men's Basketball, 2014 Men's Volleyball, 2015 Men's Volleyball Loyola is home to 11 varsity teams, most of which compete in NCAA Division I. The teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, men and women's golf, men and women's soccer, softball, track, and men and women's volleyball. The nickname "Ramblers"
360-1061: A multipurpose complex that includes academic space, a residence hall, a greenhouse, and the largest geothermal energy facility in Chicago. The Lake Shore Campus is connected to the Chicago "L" via the Loyola station on the CTA Red Line . Red Line trains pass north-bound to the Howard terminus and south-bound to the Loop and South Side . Purple Line trains pass by the Loyola CTA station, but do not stop. Loyola's various environmental efforts have reduced university energy use by 33% since 1998. Loyola has three LEED Silver certified buildings and four LEED Gold certified buildings, with all future construction to be LEED certified as well. Loyola has more green roofs than any college in
420-636: A presence in the city was seen as a major priority. On January 22, 2022, Matt Norlander of CBSSports.com reported that UIC's July entry to the MVC was "a done deal", with his sources indicating that the MVC wanted to announce the move before the Conference Commissioners Association held its annual meeting in Naples, Florida in early February. UIC's entry was officially announced on January 26. On May 10, 2024, Missouri State announced they would leave
480-494: A second such sport in 2025. Unlike the other two divisions, Division III institutions cannot offer athletic scholarships. Among the other NCAA Division III requirements, schools have sports sponsorship requirements set by the NCAA. All institutions, regardless of enrollment, must sponsor at least three team sports for each sex/gender, and each playing season represented by each sex/gender. A sports sponsorship rule unique to Division III
540-578: A variety of graduate programs. With over 40 buildings, the campus offers green space and lakeshore access, as well as several landmarks: The Madonna della Strada Chapel , an Art Deco masterpiece completed in 1939, is the center of Loyola's religious life. The Mundelein Center , a 200-foot tall Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1930, is the home of Loyola's fine and performing arts programs and a National Historical Landmark . The Joseph J. Gentile Arena , which holds 5,500 for basketball, volleyball, and campus events,
600-799: Is a nearby western suburb of Chicago, approximately eleven miles from the Loop. Loyola University Medical Center comprises the main hospital, Loyola Outpatient Center, Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, and several medical office and laboratory buildings. In 2011, the medical center was sold to Trinity Health , while Loyola continues to own and operate the academic buildings and select research facilities on campus. In 2017, Loyola expanded its accelerated nursing program to an online-based format with lab in Downers Grove . Loyola's permanent campus in Rome opened in 1962 at Casa Italiana Viaggi Internazionali Studenti (C.I.V.I.S.),
660-633: Is currently promoted as Hoops in the Heartland. NB: Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State until August 2005. School – Number – NCAA championships NCAA Championships as of March 2013 (*-Titles won by schools in Division II/College Division prior to their moving to Division I in the late 1960s or early 1970s) Football poll, Helms and AIAW titles are not included in the NCAA Championship count. Sources: The Valley
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#1732837439477720-635: Is one part of an eleven-year formation process toward the Jesuit priesthood. This program is administered by the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus . Until 2019, Loyola also hosted Saint Joseph College Seminary , which served the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago and provided training to candidates for the diocesan priesthood. Loyola Chicago is composed of the following schools and colleges: Most of
780-592: Is that the total number of sports that must be sponsored differs by a school's full-time undergraduate enrollment. Schools with an enrollment of 1,000 or fewer must sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women; those with larger enrollments must sponsor six men's and six women's sports. As in the other divisions, teams that include both men and women are treated as men's sports for the purpose of these regulations. Conferences that sponsor football highlighted in yellow. These all-sports conferences sponsor sports which do not have D-III championships. In addition to
840-653: Is the home of the Quinlan School of Business, the School of Law, the School of Education, the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the School of Social Work, the School of Communication, the Institute of Pastoral Studies, and Arrupe College, as well as a selection of classes from programs based elsewhere. Dominated by mixed-use skyscrapers, campus buildings include the Corboy Law Center, Terry Student Center, Baumhart Hall, and landmark Lewis Towers, built in 1945 as
900-588: Is the largest in Loyola history. In 2010, Loyola purchased the Resurrection Retreat Center in Woodstock for retreats and ecological study, allowing the site to become the school's fifth campus. In 2012, Loyola alumnus Michael R. Quinlan donated $ 40 million to the business school, which was renamed in his honor. During this time, over 200,000 square feet of LEED-certified sustainable spaces have been built on
960-477: Is the school's first female president. She served until the end of September 2022 when Mark Reed succeeded her. Loyola's flagship Lake Shore Campus is on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods on Chicago's north side, about seven and a half miles north of the Loop. Founded in 1912, it is the school's primary residential campus and the home of the College of Arts and Sciences and
1020-438: Is well known for having some of the most dedicated fanbases in all of college basketball, with several members regularly selling out their large arenas on a nightly basis throughout the year. Former member (Creighton) had the sixth highest attendance for Division I in 2012–13 while Bradley, Illinois State, Missouri State, and Indiana State were all among the NCAA's top 100 teams in home attendance. In 2010–11, 2011–12, and 2012–13,
1080-478: The 2020–21 season , these telecasts also aired on Fox College Sports . Outside of regional networks these telecasts were also available on ESPN3 until the 2018–19 season . These telecasts are now available on ESPN+ . The MVC Network is home to the first two rounds of Arch Madness , the nickname for the MVC men's basketball tournament. List of NCAA conferences Under NCAA regulations, all Division I conferences defined as "multisport conferences" must meet
1140-516: The Big 12 Conference in 1996. The smaller MVIAA schools (Drake, Grinnell and Washington University in St. Louis), plus Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University–Stillwater , which joined the Big Eight in 1957), were joined by Creighton to form the MVC, which retained the old MVIAA's administrative staff. To this day, it has never been definitively established which conference was the original and which
1200-733: The Chicago metropolitan area , as well as a campus in Rome . Another guest program in Beijing was closed in 2018. The flagship Lake Shore Campus is on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago, just over seven miles north of the Loop . Loyola's athletic teams, nicknamed the Ramblers , compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference . Loyola won
1260-535: The Cuneo Mansion and Gardens in suburban Vernon Hills, Illinois , approximately thirty miles north of Chicago. The mansion and grounds were donated to the university in 2009, by the John and Herta Cuneo Foundation. The estate operates as a museum and hosts special events and a growing number of academic programs in business, education and law. For the 2022–2023 academic year, undergraduate tuition for new full-time students
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#17328374394771320-697: The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association or MVIAA , 12 years after the Big Ten Conference , the only Division I conference that is older. It is the fourth-oldest college athletic conference in the United States, after the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA Division III 's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). The MVIAA split in 1928, with most of
1380-748: The Pioneer Football League . The Missouri Valley Conference shares its name with the MVFC, and all three conferences operate from the same headquarters complex in St. Louis ; however, the three are separate administratively. After weeks of speculation, Wichita State announced on April 7, 2017, that it would leave the conference to join the American Athletic Conference starting with the 2017–18 season. The conference announced it extended an invitation to Valparaiso University on May 9, 2017; and on May 25,
1440-408: The 1963 NCAA men's basketball championship and remains the only school from Illinois to do so. The Ramblers are also two-time (2014, 2015) NCAA champions in men's volleyball. On June 30, 1870, Jesuit priest and educator Arnold Damen established St. Ignatius College . At that time, Chicago was a much smaller, but rapidly growing city just shy of 300,000 people, and as a result, the original campus
1500-668: The CTA Red Line. Students can travel between Water Tower Campus and Lakeshore Campus on a school-sponsored shuttle during the week. Founded in 1969, along with the Loyola University Medical Center, the Health Sciences Campus in Maywood is the home of the Stritch School of Medicine , the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, and several programs that are part of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Maywood
1560-698: The Illinois Catholic Women's Club, and today home of the Office of the President and the Loyola University Museum of Art. Recent construction includes the School of Communication which occupies the basement, first, and second floors of The Clare , a 587-foot tower that serves as a retirement community, and the LEED-certified John and Kathy Schreiber Center, which opened in 2015 as the new home of
1620-591: The Lake Shore Campus , along with significant mixed-use developments on the Water Tower Campus. Loyola ranks among the top 120 universities in the nation, and is currently undergoing over $ 800 million in capital construction projects. In 2015, the university established Arrupe College, a uniquely structured two-year college designed to give low-income students access to a Loyola education. On May 23, 2016, Loyola named Jo Ann Rooney its 24th president. She
1680-483: The MVC announced that Valparaiso would officially join the following July 1. The most recent changes to the core MVC membership were announced during the 2021–22 school year. On September 28, 2021, the MVC and Belmont University jointly announced that the school would leave the Ohio Valley Conference for the MVC effective July 1, 2022. Then, on November 16, Loyola University Chicago announced it would leave
1740-406: The MVC at the same time, joining the Atlantic 10 Conference . On the same day Loyola announced its departure, CBS Sports reported that the MVC was actively pursuing further expansion, having entered into talks with the University of Missouri–Kansas City (known athletically as Kansas City), Murray State University , and the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). The report indicated that
1800-853: The MVC for the 2000 fall season (2000–01 school year), and the Beacons, then known as the Crusaders, played women's soccer in the MVC from the 1996 to 1998 fall seasons (1996–97 to 1998–99 school years). Full members Full members (non-football) Assoc. members (football only) Assoc. member (other sports) Other Conference Other Conference The Missouri Valley Conference sponsors championship competition in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. Ball State (men), Little Rock (women), and Miami (OH) (men) are affiliates in swimming and diving, and Bowling Green , Northern Illinois , and Western Michigan are affiliates in men's soccer. The most recent change to
1860-574: The MVC to transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and join Conference USA , effective for the 2025–26 season. ( Christian ) ( UMC ) ( Lutheran ) Note: In the case of spring sports, the year of joining is the calendar year before the start of competition. This list does not include current full members Belmont and Valparaiso. As noted above, the Bruins played men's soccer in
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1920-749: The Midwest, which includes both new and renovated buildings. In 2014, Loyola placed 4th nationally (and 1st in Illinois) in the Sierra Club 's ranking of America's Greenest Colleges. The Water Tower Campus opened in 1949, along a stretch of Michigan Avenue today known as the Magnificent Mile , and is named after the Chicago Water Tower , a city landmark that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It
1980-556: The Missouri Valley Conference which are played by Valley schools: Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Missouri Valley Conference which are played by Valley schools: The Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament is often referred to as Arch Madness, in reference to the Gateway Arch at the tournament's present location of St. Louis , Missouri, and a play on " March Madness ". The women's tournament
2040-640: The NCAA sponsors separate championships for men and women are officially treated by the NCAA as two separate sports. Among the NCAA regulations, Division II institutions have to sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women (or four for men and six for women), with two team sports for each sex, and each playing season represented by each sex. Teams that consist of both men and women are counted as men's teams for sports sponsorship purposes. Conferences that sponsor football are highlighted in yellow. These all-sports conferences sponsor sports which do not have D-II championships. One of these conferences will add
2100-574: The Quinlan School of Business. The campus is steps from the offices of major corporations, Chicago's premiere retail and tourist district, as well as institutions like the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Newberry Library . Holy Name Cathedral , the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago , is directly adjacent to the south. The Water Tower Campus is also connected to the 'L' via the Chicago station on
2160-526: The Retreat and Ecology Campus on the former site of the Resurrection Retreat Center in Woodstock , Illinois, an outer suburb approximately fifty miles northwest of Chicago. The campus houses the university's campus ministry programs, and offers a unique learning opportunity for students and faculty interested in the sciences. The property contains 20 acres (8 ha) of natural habitat that includes ponds, streams, woods, and prairie . Loyola also owns and operates
2220-810: The Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Its namesake is Saint Ignatius of Loyola . Loyola's professional schools include programs in medicine, nursing, and health sciences anchored by the Loyola University Medical Center , and the Loyola University Chicago School of Law . It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Comprising thirteen colleges and schools, Loyola offers more than 80 undergraduate and 140 graduate/professional programs and enrolls approximately 17,000 students. Loyola has six campuses across
2280-514: The Valley maintained its position as the eighth ranked conference in average attendance. The Valley made history in March 2007 with record attendance for four days at St. Louis' Scottrade Center as 85,074 fans turned out to watch the five sessions of the tournament. The two sellout crowds of 22,612 for the semifinals and final of the 2007 State Farm Tournament set an all-time attendance record for basketball at
2340-535: The above limits, as long as that sport competes in another Division I conference. The men's and women's sports so counted need not be the same sport. In addition to competing in football, multisport conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision must still meet the general NCAA Division I requirements regarding the minimum number of men's and women's sports ( see above ). Multisport conferences that do not compete in football must still meet
2400-539: The above, two single-sport conferences that currently participate in NCAA National Collegiate sports (those whose championship events are open to members of more than one NCAA division) and previously operated both men's and women's divisions now operate as women-only leagues. Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago ( Loyola or LUC ) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago , Illinois , United States. Founded in 1870 by
2460-535: The all-time highest win percentage of any team to have ever competed in the tournament. The Loyola Ramblers men's volleyball team won back-to-back NCAA championships in 2014 and 2015. In 2018, Loyola's men's basketball team won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , for the first time since 1985. The 11-seed Ramblers recorded four straight upset victories against
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2520-590: The arena and also gave The Valley the distinction of having the largest championship crowd for any of the 30 NCAA conference tournaments in 2007. Since at least 1993, the MVC has produced an in-house package of sports as part of the MVC Network . Since 1996, these telecasts have been produced, in part, by Bally Sports Midwest (formerly Fox Sports Midwest). These games are distributed to regional sports networks including Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports Kansas City , Bally Sports Indiana and NBC Sports Chicago . Until
2580-770: The following criteria: Schools in all divisions that sponsor athletic programs for only one sex/gender need only meet the sports sponsorship requirements for that sex/gender. Conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision must meet a more stringent set of NCAA requirements than other conferences. Among these additional NCAA regulations, institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision must be "multisport conferences" and participate in conference play in at least six men's and eight women's sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, and at least two other women's team sports. Each school may count one men's and one women's sport not sponsored by its primary conference toward
2640-429: The general NCAA Division I requirements regarding the minimum number of men's and women's sports ( see above ). Division I ice hockey has a different conference structure than the above multisport conferences. These schools have memberships in other conferences for other sports. This list includes conferences in sports that the NCAA does not fully split into divisions, such as men's volleyball and rifle. Sports in which
2700-437: The heart of campus social life. The E.M. Cudahy Memorial Library contains over 900,000 volumes and 3,600 periodical subscriptions, and in 2008, was expanded to include the Information Commons, an academic and social space with glass curtain walls that offer unparalleled views of the lake and campus. Science education and research takes place in the Quinlan Life Sciences building and the Institute of Environmental Sustainability,
2760-404: The larger schools (the University of Kansas , University of Missouri , University of Nebraska , Iowa Agricultural College (now Iowa State University ), Kansas State University , and University of Oklahoma ) forming a conference that retained the MVIAA name; this conference evolved into the Big Eight Conference . The Big Eight merged with four Texas schools of the Southwest Conference to form
2820-410: The latter two were considered the strongest candidates, but that all three were likely to receive invitations in the coming months. On January 7, 2022, the MVC announced that Murray State would officially join the conference on July 1 of that year. UT Arlington would soon remove itself from the list of candidates by announcing a 2022 move to the Western Athletic Conference . Shortly before Murray State
2880-612: The residence halls and apartments managed by Loyola's Department of Residence Life are in the Rogers Park and Edgewater neighborhoods, surrounding the Lake Shore Campus. One, Baumhart Hall, is at the Water Tower Campus on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Most of Loyola's residence halls are named after other Jesuit colleges and universities. Loyola University Chicago is home to several Greek letter organizations. Among them are traditional social fraternities and sororities , professional co-ed fraternities , and cultural interest fraternities and sororities . Loyola University owned and operated
2940-466: The roster of sports came in the 2024–25 school year, when the MVC reinstated men's swimming & diving after a 22-year absence. The inaugural season of the relaunched league features 7 sponsoring members, with full members Evansville, UIC, Missouri State, Southern Illinois, and Valparaiso joined by new affiliates Ball State and Miami (OH) — previously, all these programs were housed in the Mid-American Conference . Men's varsity sports not sponsored by
3000-451: The study of systematic theology, ethics, and Biblical studies, offering a diverse set of classes that are not limited to religious studies in a Catholic context. Loyola hosts a Jesuit First Studies Program, one of three in the country, with Fordham University and Saint Louis University housing the other two. During a three-year period in the program, Jesuit Scholastics and Brothers generally study philosophy and some theology. First Studies
3060-486: The turn of the century, have greatly enhanced Loyola's academic profile and campuses. In 2005, the Loyola University Museum of Art was established on the Water Tower Campus, and the Rome campus was renamed in honor of Director Emeritus John P. Felice . In 2009, the Cuneo Foundation presented the university with the Cuneo Mansion and Gardens , a 100-acre estate with an Italianate mansion and extensive collections of art and furnishings in Vernon Hills . The $ 50 million gift
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#17328374394773120-489: The university in 1923, and closed 70 years later. A downtown campus was founded in 1914, and with it, the School of Sociology. As the predecessor to the School of Social Work, it enrolled Loyola's first female students, though the school did not become fully coeducational until 1966. Loyola Academy , a college prep high school, occupied Dumbach Hall on the Lake Shore Campus, until it moved to Wilmette in 1957. The current Water Tower Campus opened in 1949. In 1962, Loyola opened
3180-423: The wolves and cauldron refer to the prosperity and generosity of the Loyola family, who, after feeding family, retainers and soldiers, had enough food to feed even the wild animals. Loyola's men's basketball team, the Ramblers, won the 1963 national championship. Loyola is the only Division I NCAA school in Illinois to have won a national title in men's basketball. In 2018, they finished the NCAA tournament with
3240-457: Was $ 50,270 per year, not including room, board and fees, including the CTA student transit 'U-Pass', Student Activity Fee, Technology Fee and mandatory health insurance. Graduate school tuition varies, depending on the school. Loyola University Chicago was ranked 115th among "National Universities" according to the 2019 U.S. News & World Report college rankings. Loyola's Department of Theology offers undergraduate and graduate courses in
3300-419: Was first applied to Loyola's football team in 1926, because they frequently traveled throughout the United States. The LU Wolf is the mascot for the university. He was inspired by the coat of arms of St. Ignatius of Loyola , from whom Loyola derives its name, which depicts two wolves standing over a kettle. Taken from the heraldic crest carved in the lintel on St. Ignatius' family home in Azpeitia , Spain ,
3360-474: Was likely. Brown noted that with the MVC losing Loyola, league officials believed that maintaining a presence in the city was a top priority, stating (emphasis in original): Throughout this process, multiple administrators at MVC institutions stressed the importance of getting access to new urban areas to recruit more students , not just athletes. With so many schools depending heavily on Chicago, and especially Chicago's suburbs, for enrollment, continuing to have
3420-489: Was much closer to the city center, along Roosevelt Road. In 1909, the school was renamed Loyola University , and in 1912, it began to move to the Lake Shore Campus; today the original building is part of St. Ignatius College Prep , adjacent to the University of Illinois at Chicago . To meet the growing needs of Chicago, Loyola established professional schools in law (1908), medicine (1909), business (1922), and nursing (1935). The Chicago College of Dental Surgery became part of
3480-415: Was officially announced as an incoming MVC member, Matt Brown of the Extra Points college sports blog reported that the MVC was also in membership discussions with the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), then a member of the Horizon League . On the same weekend that Murray State's arrival was officially announced, MVC officials made a site visit to UIC. Brown's sources indicated that an invitation to UIC
3540-421: Was recently expanded to include the Norville Center, a student-athlete academic center and home of Rambler athletics. One of the largest events held annually in Gentile Arena is Colossus, which features a musical artist and comedian. Artists, including Jason Derulo and John Mulaney , have performed for Colossus. The Halas Recreation Center was remodeled and incorporated into the sprawling new Damen Student Center,
3600-399: Was the spinoff, though the Big Eight would go on to become the more prestigious of the two. During the Big Eight's run, both conferences claimed 1907 as their founding date, and the same history through 1927. MVC teams held a 74–27 non-conference record during the 2006–07 college basketball season , including a record of 44–1 at home. The Valley finished in the top six of the RPI and ahead of
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