Dame put up some monster numbers for Dartmouth on multiple occasions, and reports were that, despite the teams lack of success, his on court impact brought interest from multiple high majors (Ohio State, Arkansas, Wisconsin, etc).
Per on3.com, he enjoyed the connection with Coach Valentine and felt he was Loyola Chicago’s highest priority.
Guess some times that’s all it takes, even if a team is coming off its worst season in a decade where it finished 15 of 15 in conference.
BYU also had a pretty poor season by the programs standards, so news like this still gives hope for a quality signing ahead of other power conference teams.