NCAA Tournament March Madness

#275 Loyola-Chicago

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Loyola-Chicago’s profile reads like a team with flashes of quality but too many self-inflicted wounds: there are resume-building wins such as the road victory at Rhode Island, a neutral-site result over Santa Clara and nonconference victories over Princeton and Central Michigan, yet those highs are offset by damaging defeats like the rout at Wichita State and losses to low-major opponents such as Mercyhurst, Chicago State and San Jose State that highlight defensive shortcomings and inconsistency. Success away from home and in neutral settings has been scarce beyond that road win, with setbacks in similar environments to North Texas, Northern Iowa and San Francisco leaving the résumé thin on signature victories. The remainder of the schedule hands them clear paths to repair the résumé with home opportunities against Duquesne, Saint Joseph’s and La Salle but also presents several true road tests at Davidson, Dayton, Saint Bonaventure, VCU and Saint Louis that will ultimately determine whether the season’s better moments hold up or whether the bad losses leave too much damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cleveland St324W91-88
11/6Mercyhurst318L73-65
11/9(N)North Texas132L64-62
11/13@Wichita St95L95-74
11/16Colorado St87L80-67
11/21N Illinois321L76-59
11/25(N)Northern Iowa86L72-51
11/26(N)San Jose St219L63-51
12/2C Michigan326W83-72
12/6Princeton249W73-68
12/14Chicago St351L84-75
12/17(N)San Francisco100L85-71
12/20(N)Santa Clara55W80-78
12/31@Rhode Island121W61-57
1/3Dayton74L70-68
1/7Davidson13130%
1/10@G Washington665%
1/13George Mason8818%
1/16@Dayton746%
1/20@St Bonaventure11411%
1/24Duquesne13430%
1/27St Joseph's PA21849%
1/30@VCU402%
2/3La Salle25056%
2/6@Davidson13114%
2/13St Louis398%
2/18@Fordham19725%
2/21@St Joseph's PA21828%
2/28Richmond11726%
3/4@St Louis392%
3/7G Washington6614%