[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

TIM'S BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

PARIS SCHUTZ IS ON ASSIGNMENT.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> THE McDORM PLACE IS OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR CHICAGO'S CASINO NOW DETAILS WHICH THREE BIDS MADE THE CUT.

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY IN LVIV UKRAINE AS A MEDICAL STUDENT IN CHICAGO WITH FAMILY IN THAT WESTERN CITY IS ORGANIZING AID.

>> THIS IS MORE THAN A GAME.

THIS WAS HISTORY.

>> AND THE 1963 LOYOLA RAMBLERS ARE KNOWN FOR COMPETING IN THE GAME OF CHANGE A DOCUMENTARY DETAILS WHAT THE PLAYERS EXPERIENCE WHILE BEING BLACK IN THE 60s.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> DAY TWO OF CONFIRMATION HEARINGS FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.

KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TOOK QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC SENATORS ON HER JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY WHILE DEFENDING HER SENTENCING RECORD OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OFFENDERS AND DAWOUD BEY DETAINEES.

SHE WAS QUESTIONED ON HER RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND HERE IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.

>> DO YOU ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY.

>> WELL, SENATOR I AM RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT MY FAITH IN THIS WAY JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE NEED FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY ABILITY TO SEPARATE OUT MY PERSONAL VIEWS.

>> IF CONFIRMED JACKSON WOULD MAKE HISTORY AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT.

>> A IMAGE FIRE TAKES OUT AN ALBANY PARK DISCOUNT STORE.

THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS CUSTOMERS AND STAFF WERE INSIDE JOE JOE HOME LINE WHEN THE FIRE ERUPTED TODAY.

PEOPLE ESCAPED AS SMOKE FLOODED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL HAVE TO BE TORN DOWN.

>> MORE WOULD BE POLICE OFFICERS ARE APPLYING FOR THE JOB NOW THAT THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WAIVED THE COLLEGE CREDIT REQUIREMENT.

>> ONE DAY WE ARE ANNOUNCED WE HAD 400 CANDIDATES APPLY IN ONE DAY AND WE'VE HAD SPIKES OF APPLICANTS OVER THAT TIME.

IN ADDITION WE DON'T HAVE 1500 VACANCIES WE HAVE AROUND IT'S IN FLUX, AROUND 1100 VACANCIES.

>> THE NEW POLICY WAS CREATED TO SPUR DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS AMID AN INCREASE IN POLICE VACANCIES.

THE WAIVER APPLIES TO RECRUITS WHO HAVE TWO YEARS OF MILITARY OR PEACE OFFICER EXPERIENCE OR THREE YEARS IN CORRECTIONS, SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, TRADES OR EDUCATION.

MEANWHILE, SUPERINTENDENT BROWN NOTED HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 17% THIS MONTH COMPARED TO MARCH OF 2021.

WHILE SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 14%.

OVERALL THIS YEAR C.P.D.

SAYS HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 4% FROM JANUARY TO MARCH LAST YEAR AND SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 8%.

UP NEXT NEW DETAILS ABOUT CHICAGO'S FUTURE CASINO.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> WHAT STARTED WITH FIVE IS NOW DOWN TO THREE.

THREE FINALISTS FOR A CHICAGO CASINO THAT IS.

CHICAGO OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THEIR TOP PICKS FOR THE LONG AWAITED FACILITY EARLIER TODAY.

AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE DETAILS.

HEATHER REMIND US WHAT CITY OFFICIALS HOPE THAT A CHICAGO CASINO WILL BRING TO THE CITY?

>> WELL, ONCE A CHICAGO CASINO IS FULLY UP AND RUNNING WHICH WILL TAKE SOMETIME EVEN UNDER THE BEST SCENARIO IT WILL GENERATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 200 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CITY.

NOW, THAT ALREADY EARMARKED FOR THE CITY'S WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDED FIRE AND POLICE PENSION FUNDS.

THE CASINO WILL GENERATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND CITY OFFICIALS SAID TODAY THEY ARE HOPING THAT IT WILL ATTRACT TOURISTS TO COME BACK TO CHICAGO AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> WHICH THREE CASINO BIDS MADE THE CUT?

>> WELL, THE THREE FIRMS THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS ARE STILL IN THE RUNNING.

THAT'S RUSH STREET GAMING, LED BY CHICAGO BILLIONAIRE NEIL BLUHM.

BALI'S CASINO AND HARD ROCK CASINO.

THE RIVER 78 CASINO WOULD BE BUILT ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 78 A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH OF THE LOOP BUT NORTH OF CHINATOWN.

BALLY'S CASINO WOULD BE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE "CHICAGO TRIBUNE" PRINTING PLANTS AND THE HARD ROCK CASINO WOULD BE BUILT AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT ONE CENTRAL SOUTH OF SOLDIER FIELD OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS THERE.

THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS YET TO BE APPROVED BY CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS.

>> SO NEITHER OF THE TWO BIDS THAT WERE SLATED FOR McCORMICK PLACE MADE THE CUT.

WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE?

>> THE PEOPLE WHO RUN McCORMICK PLACE BOTH BIDS ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FACILITY AND ONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITY WOULD HAVE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER TO KEEP ATTRACTING BIG SHOWS AND TO RECOVER FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AND THE CITY OFFICIALS SAID TODAY THAT NEITHER PROPOSAL WOULD GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE TO REPLACE THE SPACE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS SET TO LOSE.

>> OF THE THREE FINALISTS WE KNOW ABOUT, IS THERE A FRONT RUN SENATOR.

>> FOR MONTHS PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT NEIL BLUHM'S RUSH STREET GAMING HAD AN INSIDE TRACK.

HE IS A CHICAGO NATIVE.

HIS FAMILY IS CLOSE WITH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT.

AND HE'S WELL-KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE MAKING THIS DECISION.

BUT ALL THREE PROPOSALS HAVE PROS AND CONS.

WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE EARLY SUMMER WHICH PROPOSAL MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT FAVORS AND THEN THAT PROPOSAL WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THEN THE ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD.

SO THIS IS JUST ONE STEP IN WHAT IS ALREADY BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS TOWARD A CHICAGO CASINO.

>> GOT TO KEEP WAITING.

HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S FULL STORY ON OUR WEBSITE THAT IS WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> UP NEXT, LOCAL RELIEF EFFORTS UNDERWAY FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES.

STAY WITH US.

>> IT'S BEEN NEARLY ONE MONTH SINCE RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.

WITH MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION REFUGEES FLEEING THEIR HOME COUNTRY, THE UNITED NATIONS IS CALLING IT THE BIGGEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS SINCE WORLD WAR II.

EFFORTS TO HELP THOSE REFUGEES ARE SPRINGING TO ACTION ACROSS THE WORLD INCLUDING HERE AT HOME.

JOINING US NOW IS DMYTRO MYSAK, A FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT AT RUSH UNIVERSITY HE WAS BORN IN UKRAINE BUT IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S. AS A BOY AND DMYTRO MYSAK THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FIRST, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL STORY.

WHEN DID YOU LEAVE UKRAINE?

AND WHAT WAS THAT JOURNEY LIKE AT THE TIME?

>> SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M DMYTRO MYSAK.

I WAS BORN OVER IN UKRAINE AND I CAME OVER HERE WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS THREE YEARS OLD.

SO I I DON'T REMEMBER TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE BACK HOME BESIDES THE STORIES FROM MY PARENTS AND PHONE CALLS AND TRIPS TO GO BACK TO VISIT SINCE THEN.

>> WHAT HAVE YOUR PARENTS SHARED WITH YOU WHAT THAT JOURNEY WAS LIKE AND WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THEM AT THE TIME?

>> THEY WANTED TO SEEK BETTER OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE U.S.

SO THEY DID THEIR BEST TO GET OVER HERE.

WE WON SOME GREEN CARDS AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE INTO THE UNITED STATES AND START A LIFE FOR OURSELVES HERE.

>> YOU STILL HAVE FAMILY IN UKRAINE.

WHO IS THERE, WHERE ARE THEY AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY ARE DOING?

>> I HAVE MY EXTENDED FAMILY UNCLES, GRANDPARENTS, COUSINS THEY ARE ALL LIVING IN UKRAINE ON THE WESTERN SIDE.

AND CURRENTLY THEY ARE ACTUALLY HARBORING REFUGEES FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

BUT THEY ARE NOT OUT OF THE DANGER THEMSELVES.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY SEEKING SHELTER AT TIMES WHENEVER THE AIR-RAID ALARMS GOES OFF THEY ARE SEEKING SHELTER.

THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THE SITUATION BUT THEY ARE STRUGGLING.

>> AND YOU SAY LVIV.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IS THE CITY YOU ARE REFERRING TO IN UKRAINE, CORRECT?

>> YES.

BORDERING POLAND.

>> AS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING RUSSIAN MISSILES HAVE BEEN HITTING THAT WESTERN CITY OF LVIV WHERE YOUR FAMILY LIVES.

HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SORT OF DEALING WITH THAT UNCERTAINTY HOWEVER ONE IS DOING IF.

>> WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING PHONE CALLS AND WE'RE PHONING EACH OTHER HERE IN THE UNITED STATES CHECKING IN ON EACH OTHER HERE.

CALLING THEM IN UKRAINE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE OK EVERY NIGHT.

EVERY MORNING.

BUT WE ARE TAKING IT DAY BY DAY.

IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION FOR US.

WE NEVER EXPECTED TO BE DEALING WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO IT'S -- WE'RE JUST TAKING IT DAY BY DAY.

>> TELL US HOW YOU GOT STARTED YOU ARE WORKING ON ORGANIZING EFFORTS FOR RELIEF.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN GATHERING AND WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> SO SINCE EVERYTHING STARTED I WAS FEELING HOPELESS BUT AT THAT POINT I REALIZED THAT I COULD HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING THE PEOPLE BACK IN UKRAINE.

SO I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED AND GETTING IN TOUCH WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ONE PROGRAM HUMANA THEY SPECIALIZE IN SENDING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO UKRAINE.

WE RAN A FUNDRAISER AT RUSH TO COLLECT HUMANITARIAN AID.

I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE RUSH -- I'M LOOKING FOR DONATION DRIVES OR FUNDRAISING.

>> WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM OTHER PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP AND THOSE WHO WORKED WITH YOU?

>> CURRENTLY THE ISSUE IS LOGISTICAL.

THERE ARE CHARITIES THAT I WORK WITH THEY ARE SENDING OUT PACKAGES BUT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO KEEP SENDING OUT PACKAGES.

SO THEY HAVE WAREHOUSES FULL OF HUMANITARIAN AID BUT DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO GET IT ACROSS SEAS.

SO THAT IS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES TO FUNDRAISE THAT MONEY TO GET IT ACROSS SEAS TO UKRAINE.

>> MONEY IS THE THING THAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT DONE.

YOU MENTIONED PACKAGES BEING SENT.

WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL?

WHAT IS THE AID THAT PEOPLE NEED?

>> SO RIGHT NOW, THEY NEED EVERYDAY SUPPLIES.

RECENTLY MY COUSIN TOLD ME THEY NEED RAZORS, BASIC ITEMS, SHAVING CREAM, TOOTHBRUSHES, HOUSEHOLD THINGS THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT CAN EVER GO AWAY.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW.

ON TOP OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES, DENTAL SUPPLIES.

BUT REALLY, THE HUMANITARIAN AID IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON.

>> HAS YOUR FAMILY IN UKRAINE CONSIDERED LEAVING?

ARE THEY CONSIDERING FLEEING TO A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY?

>> I THINK EVERYBODY IS CONSIDERING LEAVING TO POLAND BUT THEY ARE PROUD UKRAINIANS THAT IS THEIR HOME AND WHERE THEIR FAMILY IS.

AND THEY ARE WAITING TO THE LAST-MINUTE TO LEAVE AND THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THAT CURRENTLY TO BE THE TIME TO LEAVE.

THEY ARE WAITING IT OUT AND THEY ARE HOPING FOR THE BEST OVER THERE.

>> IS IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SEE BE HERE TO SEE YOUR HOMELAND INVADED WHILE YOU ARE A FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT YOU HAVE A LOT TO JUGGLE IS THAT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO WATCH THIS GOING ON?

>> IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.

IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT SINCE THE FIRST DAY IT STARTED BUT JUST SEEING THE UKRAINIAN PRIDE SEEING THE PEOPLE RALLY BEHIND THE CAUSE AND PUTTING UP A FIGHT AND IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AND MAKES MY PARENTS AND MY FAMILY JUST BEING PROUD OF WHAT WE STAND FOR AND WHAT THE COUNTRY STANDS FOR.

RIGHT NOW IT STANDS FOR FREEDOM.

THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR OWN FREEDOM.

>> AS A UKRAINIAN AMERICAN WITH FAMILY IN UKRAINE WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE VIEWERS TO KNOW ABOUT HIS CONFLICT AND THE PEOPLE OF YOUR HOME COUNTRY?

>> RIGHT NOW, UKRAINE IS FIGHTING FOR ALL OF US.

THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IN VACCINE IT COULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF A BIGGER ISSUE.

UKRAINE IS HOLDING THE BURDEN FOR ALL OF US AND WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY RALLY THROUGH AT THE END OF THE DAY.

BECAUSE IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO UKRAINE, WE CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER THAT.

SO YOU KNOW THIS ISN'T JUST A UKRAINIAN FIGHT IT IS A AMERICAN FIGHT AND EUROPEAN FIGHT.

THAT SHOULD INCENTIVIZE THE VIEWERS HERE TO RALLY BEHIND THIS EFFORT.

>> AND AS A FUTURE DOCTOR, I IMAGINE ARE YOU VIEWING THIS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THROUGH A MEDICAL LENS?

>> I AM.

I AM THROUGH THE MEDICAL LENS, THROUGH THE HUMANITARIAN LENS.

IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO SEE BECAUSE IN THE U.S. WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THE SUPPLIES THAT WHENEVER WE NEED A SURGERY IF IT'S URGENT WE WILL GET IT.

BUT THERE WE'RE THINKING WHAT THEY MAY NEED AT THE HOSPITALS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET THE CHILDREN MEDICINE THEY DON'T HAVE.

IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO SEE IT AND BEING HERE IN THE U.S.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLY PRIVILEGING TO SEE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.

>> DMYTRO MYSAK, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN UKRAINE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT, THE STORY OF A 1963 LOYOLA RAMBLERS FEATURED IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THIS YEAR'S LOYOLA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM MAY HAVE BEEN BOUNCED FROM THE NCAA TOURNAMENT ALREADY BUT FANS CAN STILL BASK IN A FILM HIGHLIGHTING ILLINOIS' ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.

THE LOYOLA RAMBLERS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1963 WHILE BREAKING RACIAL BARRIERS ALONG THE WAY.

THE FOUR STARTING BLACK PLAYERS ON THE TEAM, JERRY HARKNESS, LES HUNTER, RON MILLER AND VIC ROUSE MADE SPORTS HISTORY WHEN THEY PLAYED THE ALL WHITE MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT.

MISSISSIPPI STATE WENT AGAINST THEIR GOVERNOR'S ORDERS TO NOT CROSS STATE LINES AND PLAY AN INTEGRATED TEAM.

THE SEASON WAS GROUNDBREAKING FOR MANY REASONS AS SHOWN IN THE DOCUMENTARY THE "THE LOYOLA PROJECT".

HERE IS A LOOK.

>> MY NAME IS LUCAS WILLIAMSON I WAS A FRESHMAN IN 2018 WHEN THE LOYOLA RAMBLERS MADE IT TO THE FINAL FOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 55 YEARS.

WE WERE ALWAYS TOLD HOW THE 63 TEAM MADE HISTORY.

BUT IT WAS IN THE FORGOTTEN DETAILS THAT I FOUND THE DEEPER CONNECTION.

>> UNTHINKABLE STAND ON SEGREGATION OF RACES AT ALL LEVELS.

>> THIS IS NOT 200 YEARS AGO.

THESE ARE OUR FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS.

THIS WAS MORE THAN A GAME.

THIS WAS HISTORY.

>> IT'S TIME THE REST OF WORLD HEARS THEIR STORY.

ABOUT THOSE WHO CHANGED THE GAME BY PLAYING IT THEIR WAY.

>> ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" WE RECENTLY SPOKE WITH THE FILM'S DIRECTOR PATRICK AS WELL AS RON MILLER A STARTER ON THE 63 TEAM AND LUCAS WILLIAMSON THE NARRATOR, COWRITER AND CURRENT CAPTAIN OF THE RAMBLERS.

I ASKED WHAT STUCK OUT TO HIM ABOUT THE 63 TEAM.

>> FIRST OF ALL BEING A CHICAGOAN I WAS SHOCKED THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THE STORY.

I AM A SPORTS FAN I GREW UP IN CHICAGO AND WENT TO FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL AND SOMEHOW THIS STORY WAS NEW TO ME.

AND IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL THE 2018 RAMBLER CINDERELLA RUN THAT THE 63 STORY STARTED TO BE TOLD AGAIN.

AND IT SEEMED TO US THAT NOT ONLY WAS IT A GREAT STORY IT SEEMED THERE WAS A LOT ABOUT THE STORY THAT HAD NOT BEEN TOLD.

MY WIFE AND I DECIDED THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT TO DO.

WE SPENT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS MAKING IT AND CANNOT WAIT TO SHARE IT.

>> RON MILLER IT GETS INTO THE GAME OF CHANGE BETWEEN THE RAMBLERS AND THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS.

BUT THAT IS JUST ONE PART OF THE STORY.

AND THE LARGER STORY DETAILS THE DISCRIMINATION THAT YOU AND YOUR FELLOW BLACK PLAYERS EXPERIENCED.

TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT BEING A BLACK BASKETBALL PLAYER AT LOYOLA WAS LIKE FOR YOU AT THE TIME?

>> IT WAS A VERY FASCINATING TIME IN THE 60s.

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT THIS COUNTRY AS REALLY TWO PHASES OF THAT CAN AFFECT THE CAUSE FOR WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHAT PEOPLE WENT THROUGH IN THE 30s TO GET OUT OF THE DEPRESSION.

AND THE NEXT PHASE WAS THE 60s.

ALL THE SOCIAL ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE CAME TO A HEAD.

YOU HAD VIETNAM, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IT WAS A VERY UNUSUAL TIME, VERY EXCITING TIME.

I AM REALLY DELIGHTED I WAS A SMALL PART OF THAT WITHOUT BASKETBALL BECAUSE IT SHOWED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN FULL SOCIETY.

AND NOT JUST A CORNER OF IT.

AND LOYOLA GAVE US ALL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION, TO GO FORWARD INTO THE WORLD AND I THINK IT OPENED UP A LOT OF OUR EYES THE BLACK PLAYERS IN PARTICULAR WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF US.

AND JUST WASN'T A LITTLE SMALL WORLD THAT WE ALL GREW UP IN.

BUT IT SHOWED US THAT THERE WAS A WHOLE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THAT.

AND LOYOLA GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL THOSE THINGS.

WE WERE IF YOU LOOK AT 1960, WE WERE OUTSIDERS IN A WAY WE WERE PART OF THE UNIVERSITY BUT WE WERE NOT.

IN OTHER WORDS, FRATERNITIES WANTED US TO JOIN WANTED US TO COME TO THE DANCES AND PARTIES.

BUT THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW US TO JOIN.

YOU ARE INSIDE BUT ON THE OUTSIDE AT THE SAME TIME.

>> IN THE FILM THEY ASKED TO YOU ATTEND THE PARTY BUT YOU WERE TOLD YOU NEEDED TO STAND ALONG THE WALL AND YOU COULDN'T DANCE IF SOMEONE WANTED TO DANCE WITH YOU.

WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE FROM YOUR COACH OR YOUR FELLOW WHITE PLAYERS WHEN YOU ALL WERE EXPERIENCING WHAT YOU DID WHETHER IT BE AT HOME ON CAMPUS OR ON THE ROAD?

>> I TELL YOU, I WAS TALKING WITH JACKIE AND ALSO PART OF THAT TEAM THE OTHER DAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.

AND I NOTICED IN THE FILM AND LISTENING TO CONVERSATIONS FROM SOME OF THE PLAYERS THAT THE WHITE PLAYERS IN PARTICULAR DID NOT NOTICE IT AS MUCH.

THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO SAY.

I'VE HAD DISAGREEMENTS WITH MY DAUGHTERS ABOUT THIS.

BUT EVEN ME, JERRY, LES, VICK, RICH, WE WERE NOT TOTALLY UPSET ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON BECAUSE OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE NOT THAT WERE FULL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OR FULL MEMBERS OF LOYOLA.

SO IN THAT SENSE WE KIND OF ACCEPTED IT AND YET WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.

AND REMEMBER NOW, WE'RE 17, WE'RE 18 AND THE ONLY THING WE CARE ABOUT REALLY WAS WE JUST WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

SOME OF THE SOCIAL THINGS THAT WERE IN 1961, 62, 63, WERE THERE BUT THEY WERE NOT AT THE SURFACE LIKE THEY WERE A FEW YEARS LATER.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN.

AND YOU KNOW WITHOUT SOUNDING PASSIVE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PASSIVE.

BUT YET, WE WANTED TO -- THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO US WE WANTED TO PLAY BASKETBALL HONESTLY.

>> AND I WANT TO GET LUCAS IN BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME.

YOU SAID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK OUT TO YOU WAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT RON MILLER AND HIS TEAMMATES HAD AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD.

WHY DID LEARNING THAT PART OF THEIR HISTORY IN PARTICULAR UPSET YOU?

WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT?

>> BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I JUST DREW PARALLELS TO WHAT I KNOW IN MY EXPERIENCE HERE AT LOYOLA TODAY AND IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH UPSET ME AND STRUCK ME AWAY FROM THE COURT LIKE THINGS THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH AWAY FROM THE COURT STRUCK ME IN LEFT FIELD BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN MY WORLD.

SOME OF THE THINGS THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH LIKE NOT STAYING IN THE SAME HOTEL ROOMS AS WHITE TEAMMATES.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FROM A BASKETBALL STANDPOINT FOR ME.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE HAVE TO DO AS A TEAM LET ALONE TEAM BONDING BUT ON THE ROAD, AND FOR LIKE A COACH TO NOT ALLOW THAT -- A COACH TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR ME.

I WANTED TO COME ON TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE THE STORY MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

I SHARE THE JERSEY AS ALWAYS OF THE GUYS AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT STORY AND IT SHOULD BE TOLD AND KNOWN.

>> PATRICK, A LOT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE GAME OF CHANGE ITSELF MORE IS COMING TO BE KNOWN BUT THE FILM GOES BEYOND THAT AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DID THAT INTENTIONALLY.

WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BROADEN THE STORY BEYOND THE CHANGE?

>> FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE STORY THERE ARE TWO THINGS THEY KNOW ABOUT THE STORY.

THEY KNOW ABOUT THE COACH WHO BROKE THE UNWRITTEN RULE AND PLAYED FOUR BLACK STARTERS AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE GAME OF CHANGE THAT IS MORE ABOUT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE TEAM AND WHAT THEY DID TO PLAY IN THAT GAME.

IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THE PLAYERS ON THE LOYOLA TEAM WERE IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE STORY OR AT LEAST THE WAY THE PEOPLE KNEW THE STORY.

WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS LET'S TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE GUYS ON THE TEAM WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR THEM TO PLAY TOGETHER, WHAT WAS THE DYNAMIC WITH THEM AND THEIR COACH, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE ON THE ROAD.

WHAT WAS LIFE ON THE COURT AND LIFE OFF THE COURT.

SO THIS IS REALLY LIKE IT'S A BUDDY MOVIE.

IT IS ABOUT THE FIVE GUYS AND HOW THEY LIVED TOGETHER AND PLAYED TOGETHER AND DID WHAT THEY DID.

AND SO ALL WE REALLY WANTED TO DO AT THE "THE LOYOLA PROJECT" IS TAKE THE MAIN FIVE STARTERS AND PUT THEM FRONT AND CENTER.

THIS IS REALLY THEIR STORY.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH DURING THEIR AMAZING SEASON.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WILL SEE.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHY THE MOVIE IS SO TERRIFIC YOU HEAR THEM TELL THEIR STORY AND SHARE THEIR STORY WITH LUCAS AND HIS TEAMMATES AND IT'S TERRIFIC IT'S MOVING.

>> I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME BECAUSE IT IS A MOVING FILM.

AND IF FOLKS WILL HAVE TO WATCH IT.

I WILL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

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NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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