Michigan State hopes to commemorate 50th anniversary of Loyola-Mississippi State game
Source: The Dagger - Jun 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis is spearheading an effort to commemorate one of the landmark moments in the integration of college basketball.
In 1963, an all-white Mississippi State team defied its state's unwritten laws of segregation and sneaked out of Starkville to face predominantly black Loyola (Chicago) in the Mideast Regional semifinals in East Lansing. Hollis told MLive.com Tuesday that he's trying to celebrate the 50th
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