NCAA Tournament March Madness

#318 Loyola-Chicago

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Loyola‑Chicago has flashed the ability to win tough games, most notably a neutral‑site victory over Santa Clara and a road trip win at Rhode Island plus solid nonconference wins over Princeton and Cleveland State, but their résumé is undermined by a string of damaging setbacks; lopsided road losses at Wichita State and George Washington and ugly home defeats to Mercyhurst and Chicago State supply the committee with plenty of reasons to doubt an at‑large case. Neutral losses to Northern Iowa and San Francisco robbed the profile of the kind of signature wins that change perceptions and there is scant evidence of consistent road or neutral success against top opponents. With the stretch of remaining games including daunting road tests at VCU, Davidson and St Louis and only a few manageable league dates at home, their clearest path to the NCAA tournament runs through winning the conference automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Cleveland St321W91-88
11/6Mercyhurst300L73-65
11/9(N)North Texas149L64-62
11/13@Wichita St96L95-74
11/16Colorado St95L80-67
11/21N Illinois301L76-59
11/25(N)Northern Iowa112L72-51
11/26(N)San Jose St255L63-51
12/2C Michigan302W83-72
12/6Princeton224W73-68
12/14Chicago St358L84-75
12/17(N)San Francisco102L85-71
12/20(N)Santa Clara44W80-78
12/31@Rhode Island103W61-57
1/3Dayton85L70-68
1/7Davidson132L79-64
1/10@G Washington64L101-66
1/13George Mason76L82-74
1/16@Dayton85L78-51
1/20@St Bonaventure146L84-70
1/24Duquesne135L71-59
1/27St Joseph's PA157L85-64
1/30@VCU461%
2/3La Salle22238%
2/6@Davidson1328%
2/13St Louis252%
2/18@Fordham20017%
2/21@St Joseph's PA15711%
2/28Richmond11618%
3/4@St Louis251%
3/7G Washington648%