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PostPosted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:28 pm 
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They lost to Bradley. I have no idea how.


starting point guard and best player was out for the conference road game in a fairly unfriendly arena

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A shame after such a great season they wont make the big dance

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Still sounds as if they do not get in unless they win their conference tourney.


Probably because of big conference bias. They are in the upper 40s in RPI and mid 50s in the other ranking so they should be pretty close to in on the top 68

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Peoria Matt wrote:
They lost to Bradley. I have no idea how.


starting point guard and best player was out for the conference road game in a fairly unfriendly arena


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Love that he had the championship shirt on the whole game. That is the smile of a man who finally be able to leave Loyola for greener pastures next month.

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Missouri Valley Conference Champions!

That is pretty good that they stepped up in the quality of conference, competed pretty quickly and then won it within five years. It is a little less impressive that they won it when Wichita State left.

24-5 with an RPI of 41.

Home game against third place Illinois State to close out the regular season. Hopefully it is not a let down game sandwiched between winning the conference and the start of the conference tournament.

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on the UIC front, they sit in third place but one game out of first. They place the two teams in front of them to close out the regular season so a conference championship is still a possibility. This is a nice rebound year for the Flames. Either way they will be a darkhorse for the conference tournament. It would be cool to get two Chicago teams in the NCAAs, even if they are not the big boys.

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Missouri Valley Conference Champions!

That is pretty good that they stepped up in the quality of conference, competed pretty quickly and then won it within five years. It is a little less impressive that they won it when Wichita State left.

24-5 with an RPI of 41.

Home game against third place Illinois State to close out the regular season. Hopefully it is not a let down game sandwiched between winning the conference and the start of the conference tournament.


Missouri Valley is similar to the Horizon league at this point.

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Missouri Valley Conference Champions!

That is pretty good that they stepped up in the quality of conference, competed pretty quickly and then won it within five years. It is a little less impressive that they won it when Wichita State left.

24-5 with an RPI of 41.

Home game against third place Illinois State to close out the regular season. Hopefully it is not a let down game sandwiched between winning the conference and the start of the conference tournament.


Missouri Valley is similar to the Horizon league at this point.


Missouri Valley #10 based on BPI. Horizon #22. That is out of 32 conferences and as of January 18. Obviously the MVC is a true mid major in the top third of all conferences, including just a few ticks below the big, bad Pac 12 who is #7. Horizon is in the bottom third below conferences like the Ivy.

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closed out the regular season by beating the #2 and 3 teams in the conference.

25-5 with an RPI of 32. That really should be enough to be a lock for the tourney. I don't think they are.

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MVC MVP, Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year

Two of those three are back next year. They have an excellent freshman class that will mature into sophmores including, for RR's enjoyment, a player from Morgan Park. I read somewhere that they have some 3.5 star, 6'9" recruit from Florida coming in next year as well. They are well poised for another run next year and should have the benefit of the doubt they haven't been getting in rankings this year. I look for them to open with top 25 votes.

I expect Moser to parlay this season into a better gig but I think this job would now be an attractive first job for a top assistant in a nation wide search.

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I just want to know if our Dolphin is going to be making a game appearance for their opening round weekend?

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good dolphin wrote:
MVC MVP, Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year

Two of those three are back next year. They have an excellent freshman class that will mature into sophmores including, for RR's enjoyment, a player from Morgan Park. I read somewhere that they have some 3.5 star, 6'9" recruit from Florida coming in next year as well. They are well poised for another run next year and should have the benefit of the doubt they haven't been getting in rankings this year. I look for them to open with top 25 votes.

I expect Moser to parlay this season into a better gig but I think this job would now be an attractive first job for a top assistant in a nation wide search.


You also have to worry about power 5 teams coming in and convincing kids to transfer up.

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conns7901 wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
MVC MVP, Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year

Two of those three are back next year. They have an excellent freshman class that will mature into sophmores including, for RR's enjoyment, a player from Morgan Park. I read somewhere that they have some 3.5 star, 6'9" recruit from Florida coming in next year as well. They are well poised for another run next year and should have the benefit of the doubt they haven't been getting in rankings this year. I look for them to open with top 25 votes.

I expect Moser to parlay this season into a better gig but I think this job would now be an attractive first job for a top assistant in a nation wide search.


You also have to worry about power 5 teams coming in and convincing kids to transfer up.


They aren't THAT good of players. The MVP will be a senior next year. No way he transfers. In fact, he talked one of his friends to transfer in to LU. The freshman is one of those big, burly guys who wouldn't impress with athleticism. The other rising sophomores had minimal roles that wouldn't stand out but should be pushing for playing time. They wouldn't sniff the court until senior year in big time programs

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Moser runs a good system that doesn't rely on a single great scorer - as long as he continues to stick to those principles, he will be successful there.


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Ramblers escape in a close one. On to round 2 against Bradley or Drake. I expect them to have gotten rid of their anxiety and roll in round 2.

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Ramblers escape in a close one. On to round 2 against Bradley or Drake. I expect them to have gotten rid of their anxiety and roll in round 2.


So are you going full meatball and making plans for the Big Dance? Inquiring minds want to know

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Ramblers escape in a close one. On to round 2 against Bradley or Drake. I expect them to have gotten rid of their anxiety and roll in round 2.


So are you going full meatball and making plans for the Big Dance? Inquiring minds want to know


No. I have professional things to do during round 1. Then I have to coach on the weekend. The title defense begins in one month.

I would bet university will have a watching party somewhere. I might go to that.

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Ramblers escape in a close one. On to round 2 against Bradley or Drake. I expect them to have gotten rid of their anxiety and roll in round 2.


So are you going full meatball and making plans for the Big Dance? Inquiring minds want to know


No. I have professional things to do during round 1. Then I have to coach on the weekend. The title defense begins in one month.

I would bet university will have a watching party somewhere. I might go to that.


Hopefully not an NIT watch party. Everything I see online says they have no real shot at an at large despite the RPI. Low SOS and a couple of bad losses and only one real win.

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Semi final game this afternoon - Loyola vs Bradley; Loyola RPI now at 31; still think a win today and a close loss in the championship game gets the Ramblers an at large bid ( probably one of those play in games, but better than nothing)


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How Loyola-Chicago built a March Madness dark horse out of thin air

At least the state of Illinois will produce one team for sure....


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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.


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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.

I watched that MVC championship game and they are pretty impressive on D and transition pretty well too -- I wouldn't want to face them in the first round.

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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.

Yep; put the hurt on ISU.

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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.


I really hope they make the round of 16. I grew up loving DePaul, but oddly I really liked Loyola almost as much. Especially with teams loaded with Chicago kids.

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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.


I really hope they make the round of 16. I grew up loving DePaul, but oddly I really liked Loyola almost as much. Especially with teams loaded with Chicago kids.



It is nice to see 2 local programs (Northwestern and Loyola) make a rare tourney appearance the last 2 years.

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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.


I really hope they make the round of 16. I grew up loving DePaul, but oddly I really liked Loyola almost as much. Especially with teams loaded with Chicago kids.

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Looks like they are going to be in the big dance.


I really hope they make the round of 16. I grew up loving DePaul, but oddly I really liked Loyola almost as much. Especially with teams loaded with Chicago kids.

The Demons were all this city had for a while



Yep remember watching them on WGN on the weekends

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