,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #aid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #aj1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,durbin1 ,mr4 ,cochran1 and ,mr4        
,wicker7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,congratulating the #aifc 
men's basketball team of ,loyola        
,university ,chicago on its induction   
into the ,national ,collegiate          
,basketball ,hall of ,fame1 the #ejth   
anniversary of the team's ,division ,i  
,national ,collegiate ,athletic         
,association men's basketball           
championship1 and the team's historic   
,,ncaa tournament game against          
,mississippi ,state ,university4        
,whereas1 in #aifc1 ,coach ,george      
,ireland led the men's basketball team  
of ,loyola ,university ,chicago         
7referred to in this preamble as the    
,ramblers7 to the ,division ,i ,national
 ,collegiate ,athletic ,association     

7referred to in this preamble as the    
,,ncaa7 men's basketball championship2  
,whereas the ,ramblers lost only #b     
games during the #aifb-aifc season and  
led the ,nation in scoring with an      
average of #ia4h points per game2       
,whereas ,coach ,ireland and the ,loyola
 ,university men's basketball teams of  
the early #aifjs are considered by many 
to be responsible for ushering in a new 
era of racial equality in the sport by  
shattering major racial barriers in     
,,ncaa men's basketball2 ,whereas1 in   
#aifc1 the ,ramblers shocked the ,nation
 and changed college basketball forever 
by starting #d ,african-,american       
players in the ,,ncaa tournament1 as    
well as the championship game2 ,whereas 
it is difficult to appreciate what      
,coach ,ireland and his team went       
through1 starting in #aifa1 in breaking 
what had been a longstanding gentleman's
 agreement to play not more than #c     
,african-,american players2 ,whereas1   
during the #aifb-aifc season1 ,coach    

,ireland started #d ,african-,american  
players in every game1 and1 in ,december
 #aifb1 the ,ramblers became the first  
team in ,,ncaa ,division ,i history to  
have an all-,african-,american lineup in
 a game against the ,university of      
,wyoming2 ,whereas1 despite their       
success during the #aifb-aifc season1   
the players and ,coach ,ireland endured 
terrible bigotry1 including racial      
taunts and abuse1 and received countless
 pieces of hate mail from the ,ku ,klux 
,klan and other racist individuals1 and 
all the while ,coach ,ireland tried to  
shield his team in every way possible2  
,whereas the men's basketball team of   
,mississippi ,state ,university         
7referred to in this preamble as the    
,maroons and now called the ,bulldogs7  
won its second consecutive southeastern 
conference championship in #aifc1 but   
had been forced by the ,governor of     
,mississippi not to accept ,,ncaa       
tournament bids in the #c previous      
seasons because of the inclusion of     

,african-,american players in the       
tournament2 ,whereas1 before advancing  
to the championship round1 the ,ramblers
 participated in the ,,ncaa ,midwest    
regional semifinal against the ,maroons1
 a landmark game often referred to half 
a century later as the ,game of ,change2
 ,whereas ,mississippi ,state           
,university president ,dean ,colvard and
 athletic director and men's basketball 
coach ,james ,harrison ,babe ,mc,carthy 
bravely accepted the ,maroons' #aifc    
,,ncaa tournament invitation against the
 wishes of the ,governor of             
,mississippi2 ,whereas1 determined to   
play in the regional semifinal1 the     
,maroons snuck out of ,mississippi in   
the middle of the night to avoid an     
injunction1 and the integrated ,ramblers
 and the all-white ,maroons met on the  
basketball court at ,michigan ,state    
,university on ,march #ae1 #aifc2       
,whereas1 with police surrounding the   
sports complex in ,east ,lansing1       
,michigan1 the ,ramblers went on to     

defeat the ,maroons in a competitive    
game by a score of #fa to #ea in the    
regional semifinal1 a game that changed 
race relations on the basketball court  
forever and was selected by the ,,ncaa  
in #bjjf as one of the #be defining     
moments in the first #ajj years of the  
organization2 ,whereas the ,ramblers    
went on to win games against the        
,university of ,illinois and ,duke      
,university before defeating the #b-time
 defending ,,ncaa champion ,university  
of ,cincinnati in overtime by a score of
 #fj to #eh1 the crowning achievement in
 ,loyola ,university ,chicago's nearly  
decade-long struggle with racial        
inequality in men's college basketball1 
highlighted by the tumultuous events of 
the #aifc ,,ncaa tournament2 ,whereas   
the ,ramblers' #aifc ,,ncaa title was   
historic not only for the racial makeup 
of the ,ramblers1 but also because the  
,university of ,cincinnati had started  
#c ,african-,american players1 making #g
 of the #aj starters in the #aifc ,,ncaa

 championship game ,african-,american2  
,whereas the city of ,chicago has many  
storied sports teams1 but the ,ramblers 
basketball team of #aifc and ,coach     
,ireland hold an exalted place because  
they are the only ,,ncaa ,division ,i   
,illinois basketball team to win a      
national championship and because they  
paved the way for the long overdue      
integration of races in college         
basketball before the enactment of the  
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd 7,public   
,law #hh-ceb2 #gh ,stat4 #bda72 ,whereas
 all #e starting players from the       
national championship game graduated    
from ,loyola ,university with a degree1 
and several went on to earn advanced    
degrees in law and business2 ,whereas   
the journey of the ,ramblers is not just
 the story of an underdog team          
overcoming great odds to beat the       
favored team from the ,university of    
,cincinnati1 a much larger basketball   
program that held the number #a ranking 
and had won the previous #b national    

championships2 ,whereas the real        
significance of ,coach ,ireland and the 
,ramblers is the lasting impact of their
 bravery in breaking the racial barrier 
in college basketball that had been     
allowed to prevail for decades2 and     
,whereas the #bjac ,hall of ,fame       
induction season will mark the #ejth    
anniversary of the #aifc ,ramblers'     
basketball championship1 making the     
#aifc ,ramblers the first whole team    
ever to be honored in the ,hall of      
,fame3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the
 ,senate--  7#a7 congratulates ,coach   
,george ,ireland and the #aifc ,loyola  
,university ,chicago men's basketball   
championship team on their induction    
into the ,national ,collegiate          
,basketball ,hall of ,fame2  7#b7 honors
 the #ejth anniversary of the historic  
,division ,i ,national ,collegiate      
,athletic ,association championship of  
the ,loyola ,university ,chicago men's  
basketball team and the profound        
athletic and civil rights achievements  

of the #aifc team2 and  7#c7 honors the 
#aifc ,mississippi ,state ,university   
men's basketball team for their bravery 
and sportsmanship in rejecting racism   
and aiding in the civil rights movement 
in the ,state of ,mississippi and the   
southeastern ,united ,states4