NCAA Tournament March Madness

#315 Loyola-Chicago

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Loyola-Chicago’s projection to need an automatic berth is rooted in a résumé that mixes a couple of credible victories with a string of damaging defeats and a lack of signature road or neutral triumphs, so the committee would view the team as dependent on its conference tournament. The neutral win over Santa Clara and the road victory at Rhode Island alongside home wins over Princeton and Cleveland State are the kind of bright spots that keep them in the conversation, but those are offset by heavy losses away at Wichita State and George Washington and a lopsided home loss to St. Louis plus ugly conference setbacks that knock down résumé trust. With winnable remaining chances at Fordham and at St Joseph’s PA and a home date with Richmond to shore things up, and with a very difficult trip to St. Louis and another meeting with George Washington standing in the way, the program’s best path to the postseason runs through winning the Atlantic Ten tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cleveland St306W91-88
11/6Mercyhurst292L73-65
11/9(N)North Texas136L64-62
11/13@Wichita St91L95-74
11/16Colorado St93L80-67
11/21N Illinois316L76-59
11/25(N)Northern Iowa87L72-51
11/26(N)San Jose St253L63-51
12/2C Michigan272W83-72
12/6Princeton250W73-68
12/14Chicago St350L84-75
12/17(N)San Francisco123L85-71
12/20(N)Santa Clara39W80-78
12/31@Rhode Island118W61-57
1/3Dayton92L70-68
1/7Davidson108L79-64
1/10@G Washington76L101-66
1/13George Mason95L82-74
1/16@Dayton92L78-51
1/20@St Bonaventure145L84-70
1/24Duquesne110L71-59
1/27St Joseph's PA155L85-64
1/30@VCU46L89-75
2/3La Salle239W71-61
2/6@Davidson108L84-64
2/13St Louis23L86-59
2/18@Fordham16012%
2/21@St Joseph's PA15511%
2/28Richmond13723%
3/4@St Louis230%
3/7G Washington7610%