A year ago, they were Cinderellas.
As players on Loyola's endearing underdog Final Four team, Donte Ingram, Aundre Jackson and Ben Richardson became March sensations with game-winning shots and improbable victories.
Now they are learning about the march of time. Everyday college routines, such as practice, have become nostalgia. New bodies filled their roster spots as they became sports history.
"It's weird," said Richardson, who scored 23 points to help beat Kansas State in the Elite Eight. "You had your whole life invested in something and you stopped doing it, but it's still going on. I still imagine what practices are like. I ask (former teammate) Clay (Custer), 'What's Coach saying today?' "
Their absence certainly was felt this season as Loyola failed to earn an NCAA Tournament invitation.
But the trio who exhausted their eligibility with last season's Ramblers are mostly consumed with chasing new dreams.
Where are they now? The Tribune talked to Ingram, Jackson and Richardson to find out what a year removed from the glitz of the Final Four feels like.
