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Thinking Big in Springfield, Missouri

  • Posted onFebruary 28, 2019February 28, 2019
  • Featured

*This story was originally published on CollegeInsider.com Even as Dana Ford stews over the previous night’s frustrating loss to Northern Iowa, he admits, “It could be worse.” Yeah, you don’t have to tell Missouri State fans twice.  Since advancing to the Sweet 16 in 1999,…

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Bracketology, Feb. 25: NCAA Tournament Field of 68 Projections

  • Posted onFebruary 25, 2019March 5, 2019
  • Uncategorized

With less than three weeks until Selection Sunday, here’s how the bracket is shaping up. For reference, the bracket holds 32 automatic bids for conference champions (noted with their conference next to their name), and the remaining 36 are at-large selections. I am evaluating teams on how…

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Column: Loyola is stumbling, but it’s not time to panic

  • Posted onFebruary 18, 2019March 6, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

Both of the following statements are true: Loyola has lost two straight games, its first losing streak in conference play since 2017. And the Ramblers lost their hold on first place in the Missouri Valley Conference after a gut-punch home loss Sunday, their second loss…

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Loyola extinguishes Northern Iowa in front of amped polar vortex crowd

  • Posted onJanuary 30, 2019February 18, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

After time expired in Loyola’s game against Northern Iowa on Wednesday night, coach Porter Moser strode to mid-court. Microphone in hand, the eighth-year coach of the Ramblers addressed the student section. “You guys won the game for us tonight,” Moser said as Loyola students, who…

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Loyola avoids collapse, holds on to beat Illinois State

  • Posted onJanuary 12, 2019February 18, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

Loyola almost fell apart on Saturday, letting a double-digit second-half lead slip to nothing as the turnover bug suddenly bit and shots stopped falling. In the end, it took six straight made free throws, including a pair from 53 percent free-throw shooter Lucas Williamson, and…

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After difficult December, Loyola explodes in Missouri Valley opener

  • Posted onJanuary 2, 2019January 3, 2019
  • Chicago Basketball

A momentous 2018 calendar year for Loyola ended with a thud. Three December losses in six outings left the Ramblers one game over .500 and with scant signs this winter could develop into an encore of last year’s spellbinding run. On Wednesday night, Loyola showed…

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Patience pays off for UIC in third year of McClain era

  • Posted onMarch 2, 2018March 5, 2018
  • Chicago Basketball

Ever since he took the job in 2014, UIC head coach Steve McClain has returned to the word “process.” And after the Flames gutted their way through third and fourth consecutive losing seasons, the process has begun to pay off. McClain took over a 10-win…

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Clayton Custer

MVC Awards picks for the 2017-18 season

  • Posted onFebruary 26, 2018February 26, 2018
  • Featured

I gave up my MVC vote when I moved back to New York, but that won’t stop me from debating all-conference picks anyway! I picked my teams in order of consideration. For example, the first player on my First Team picks is my Player of…

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Freshman center Cameron Krutwig has Loyola Chicago as a mid-major threat

  • Posted onFebruary 14, 2018March 5, 2018
  • Chicago Basketball

Cameron Krutwig’s combination of size and skill doesn’t come through a small, mid-major program like Loyola Chicago often. Yet the 6-foot-9 big man who’s helped Loyola reach first place in the Missouri Valley gets his favorite advice from one of the smallest characters in movie…

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Oakland guard Martez Walker

Horizon League Preview: Oakland, Northern Kentucky, and their Big 3’s lead the way

  • Posted onNovember 7, 2017November 6, 2017
  • 2017-18 Season Preview

It’s a new era in the Horizon League with Valparaiso out and IUPUI in. But even though the Crusaders had won four of the last five regular season titles, they might not have been a major factor in the 2017-18 race this year. Oakland and…

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