Loyola

[geneseo]

Time to move on. Loyola is currently first in the league. We all know that if we play well we can win. SBU is on break this week. I hope locals and traveling alumni can pick up the slack. It is supposed to be 60 degrees Tuesday. A perfect day to travel to SBU. Go Bonas!

[dadster81]

buffalonews.com/sports/college/basketball/men/loyola-chicago-basketball-chicago-greg-dolan-atlantic-10-williamsville-south/article_1de1a948-d36e-11ee-aae0-2be5795dabf1.html

[towniegrad]

Read the Dolan story in the bn
Another wny player who slipped away…

[kccgold]

averaging 4 points per game at Loyola. mostly in bench/garbage time

[derhut]

i have season tix at loyola...Dolan's playing time is not primarily bench/garbage time he currently has played the 5th most number of minutes on their squad...
loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24



on another note...his sister, a true frosh at U of Illinois is first off of the bench for the lady illini

[chrismoses]

Feb 26, 2024 13:27:16 GMT -5 derhut said:

i have season tix at loyola...Dolan's playing time is not primarily bench/garbage time he currently has played the 5th most number of minutes on their squad...
loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24



on another note...his sister, a true frosh at U of Illinois is first off of the bench for the lady illini

Odd to see Dolan's regression given how big of a star he was at Cornell last season.

Valentine has done a great job in his second year in the Atlantic 10 and brought in a few key transfers while returning some key pieces. They have virtually no shot of getting an at large bid, but they have rebounded tremendously from last year's 4-14 mark.

The Ramblers have a great defense and will be a tough out at home.

[derhut]

chris...A10 vs Ivies....big difference..also, several guys on LU's 2020-2021 team are still on this years team...the 20//21 team finished 26-5 and was 2-1 in the ncaa tourney.

[dadster81]

Feb 26, 2024 13:27:16 GMT -5 derhut said:

i have season tix at loyola...Dolan's playing time is not primarily bench/garbage time he currently has played the 5th most number of minutes on their squad...
loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24



on another note...his sister, a true frosh at U of Illinois is first off of the bench for the lady illini

Funny story. My daughter went to Illinois in Urbana for post grad. I told her she was now a "Fighting Illini" - she thought i made up the name. Did not think any school would go by what she thought was a ridiculous nickname.

Greg's mom has been a long time BB coach in Buffalo.

[derhut]

their mom and dad are canisius grads, but the dad spent a semester/year as a bonnie

[ceharv]

Did we even offer Dolen? We usually don’t compete with Cornell for players so I don’t think it can be said he slipped away. I don’t know but my guess is he was a very marginal D1 candidate coming out of high school.

[towniegrad]

Three time all state player (williamsville finalist for nys player of the year.

[gregmitch70]

Game preview with Schmidt's comments today. Apparently Loyola plays 11 guys.

www.tapinto.net/towns/greater-olean/sections/sports/articles/bonnies-return-home-to-host-loyola-chicago?fbclid=IwAR1jtB1sXtOIOoCCeMIb2qCjkRDK-whSEdeIkbL6eMUUQTLRsoCnHhD4oD4

[Sipowicz]

BONNIES favored by 4.5 points.

[bigcat]

Bonnies will play their best game of the season and beat the Ramblers. I don’t make a lot of predictions but just a feeling. We seem to play well against the better teams on the schedule except for Auburn.

LOC is no more talented than VCU or Dayton (probably less). They certainly don’t have the size and muscle of Dayton. Ramblers do have scoring balance, they pass the ball extremely well and look to push the pace. They had 24 assists and a 20-4 edge in fast-break points in an 80-59 rout of GM last weekend.

Alston, Watson and Edwards all are 6-6 wings who are active on both ends. Watson and Edwards shoot better than 40% from deep. Loyola’s bigs don’t look to score often and don’t appear to have the strength to contend with Chad one on one — or Noel. They do have three centers who see action.

LOC has won 7 straight since losing to VCU a month ago. Also lost to Richmond. Won’t face Dayton until this Friday.

[kccgold]

Alston will be a load. I dont love the matchup. Often when opponents play tight defense this team gets befuddled and Loyola plays tight defense.

one thing we have going for us is that this team plays so much better when they can generate turnovers and Loyola does have a weakness there