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Loyola Chicago's Ingram joins Twitter after Chance The Rapper shoutout

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Loyola Chicago guard Donte Ingram didn't have a Twitter account prior to Sunday, but a shoutout from Chance The Rapper soon changed that.

The Chicago rapper mentioned Ingram, who hit the game-winning 3-pointer to beat Miami in the first round of the NCAA tournament, in a tweet Sunday following the Ramblers' win over Tennessee.

"He didn't even have a Twitter, and he got two by Chance The Rapper, so he made a Twitter," teammate Ben Richardson said Wednesday during a press conference.

Ingram's first tweet was a retweet of Chance's shoutout. He also tweeted this in response:

"I've never really been a huge Twitter guy, and to be honest, I have two classes that require a Twitter right now, so I was on the verge of making one anyway," Ingram said. "And then honestly - I mean, obviously winning a couple games in the tournament and the chances we've been getting, guys tweeting at us and getting a shoutout from Chance The Rapper, the South Side rapper, that was the icing on the cake, and I finally gave in to making a Twitter."

Ingram was then asked what it was like to get a response from Chance.

"I mean, obviously that's huge, for another guy that takes pride in the city of Chicago," he said. "Obviously he has great music, and he does so much for the city. He's around, he's very supportive, and you look up to guys like that, so that's one of my role models, so I look up to everything he does and how he carries himself, so that was huge."

- With h/t to Complex

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