Get to know the Loyola Chicago Ramblers, the sweetest surprise of March Madness so far

Class: Redshirt Junior

Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas

Notable Honors: MVC Larry Bird Player of the Year, Co-winner of the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, MVC Most-Improved Team, All-Tournament Team in the South Region

One thing to know: Transferred to Loyola after spending his first season with Iowa State.

Class: Senior

Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas

Honors: South Regional Most Outstanding Player in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, 2018 MVC Defensive Player of the Year, 2018 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team

One thing to know: Richardson is close friends with teammate Clay Custer, having met as basketball teammates in the first grade.

Class: Senior

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Honors: All-MVC Second Team, All-Tournament Team in the South Region

One thing to know: He finally decided to get a Twitter profile after getting a shoutout from Chance the Rapper

Class: Freshman

Hometown: Algonquin, Illinois

Notable Honors: 2018 MVC Freshman of the Year, All-MVC Third Team, MVC All-Newcomer Team

One thing to know: Krutwig's older brother, Conrad, also played college basketball, first with the University of South Dakota and later the Division II school University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Class: Junior

Hometown: Edison, New Jersey

One Thing to Know: Townes was high school teammates with current NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns, and remains close with Karl-Anthony Towns, as well as his father.

Class: Freshman

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Honors: The 2018 MVC All Bench Team

One thing to know: Williamson played on a high school basketball team with the national-title winning Duke big man and NBA lottery pick Jahlil Okafor.

Class: Senior

Hometown: Kennedale, Texas

One thing to know: Jackson originally played Junior College basketball before joining Loyola.

Loyola coach since: 2011

Head coaching record: 226-211, 121-110 at Loyola (per Sports Reference)

Also head coach at: The University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Illinois State,

Notable Honors: MVC Coach of the Year

One thing to know: He lives in Wilmette, Illinois, with his wife and four children.