NCAA Tournament March Madness

#280 Loyola-Chicago

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Loyola-Chicago's need to secure an automatic berth is clear from a resume that contains a handful of eye-opening wins but is smudged by too many bad losses away from home. The squad has shown it can beat quality opponents on neutral floors and in hostile arenas — wins over Santa Clara and Richmond and a road victory at Rhode Island stand out — and it collected useful home victories such as the one over George Washington. Those bright spots are offset by heavy defeats on the road at Wichita State and at St. Louis and by rough losses at VCU and other conference opponents that sap the resume of the kind of marquee wins the committee prizes. With limited signature victories away from their own court and a string of damaging results in tough venues, the most reliable way for them to reach the NCAA field is to erase the blemishes with strong neutral-site wins in the Atlantic Ten postseason.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cleveland St320W91-88
11/6Mercyhurst287L73-65
11/9(N)North Texas136L64-62
11/13@Wichita St82L95-74
11/16Colorado St88L80-67
11/21N Illinois333L76-59
11/25(N)Northern Iowa72L72-51
11/26(N)San Jose St225L63-51
12/2C Michigan269W83-72
12/6Princeton252W73-68
12/14Chicago St344L84-75
12/17(N)San Francisco121L85-71
12/20(N)Santa Clara35W80-78
12/31@Rhode Island135W61-57
1/3Dayton78L70-68
1/7Davidson114L79-64
1/10@G Washington85L101-66
1/13George Mason96L82-74
1/16@Dayton78L78-51
1/20@St Bonaventure139L84-70
1/24Duquesne128L71-59
1/27St Joseph's PA116L85-64
1/30@VCU45L89-75
2/3La Salle233W71-61
2/6@Davidson114L84-64
2/13St Louis41L86-59
2/18@Fordham166L62-59
2/21@St Joseph's PA116L75-61
2/28Richmond160W69-66
3/4@St Louis41L79-65
3/7G Washington85W68-62
3/11(N)Richmond160W75-67
3/12(N)Davidson114L64-59