NCAA Tournament March Madness
#288 Loyola-Chicago
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Loyola-Chicago’s resume leans on modest nonconference victories while a series of damaging losses has left the team needing resume-rebuilding results. Their best moments, wins over Cleveland State and Central Michigan, do little to offset an upset home loss to Mercyhurst and ugly road and neutral setbacks at Wichita State, Colorado State, Northern Iowa and San Jose State that have eroded any margin for error. Road and neutral performance has been a weakness throughout, and even a close neutral loss to North Texas failed to provide a redeeming signature. The rest of the schedule hands them straightforward home chances against Princeton and Chicago State but then a brutal string of road and neutral tests at San Francisco, Santa Clara, Rhode Island, Dayton, VCU and Saint Louis that represent the only realistic opportunities to add the quality wins needed to change how the resume is viewed.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Cleveland St | 301 | W91-88 |
| 11/6 | Mercyhurst | 327 | L73-65 |
| 11/9 | (N)North Texas | 141 | L64-62 |
| 11/13 | @Wichita St | 99 | L95-74 |
| 11/16 | Colorado St | 67 | L80-67 |
| 11/21 | N Illinois | 321 | L76-59 |
| 11/25 | (N)Northern Iowa | 91 | L72-51 |
| 11/26 | (N)San Jose St | 186 | L63-51 |
| 12/2 | C Michigan | 300 | W83-72 |
| 12/6 | Princeton | 255 | 56% |
| 12/14 | Chicago St | 356 | 82% |
| 12/17 | (N)San Francisco | 105 | 14% |
| 12/20 | (N)Santa Clara | 49 | 6% |
| 12/31 | @Rhode Island | 94 | 8% |
| 1/3 | Dayton | 61 | 11% |
| 1/7 | Davidson | 132 | 29% |
| 1/10 | @G Washington | 65 | 4% |
| 1/13 | George Mason | 57 | 11% |
| 1/16 | @Dayton | 61 | 4% |
| 1/20 | @St Bonaventure | 115 | 10% |
| 1/24 | Duquesne | 142 | 31% |
| 1/27 | St Joseph's PA | 181 | 42% |
| 1/30 | @VCU | 40 | 2% |
| 2/3 | La Salle | 252 | 55% |
| 2/6 | @Davidson | 132 | 13% |
| 2/13 | St Louis | 44 | 8% |
| 2/18 | @Fordham | 221 | 28% |
| 2/21 | @St Joseph's PA | 181 | 22% |
| 2/28 | Richmond | 98 | 20% |
| 3/4 | @St Louis | 44 | 3% |
| 3/7 | G Washington | 65 | 12% |