Going into this season, people saw a young Loyola men’s basketball team which had just lost three of its top four scorers. It was predicted to finish seventh in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) preseason poll, and it looked like a rebuilding year.
But the Ramblers, (16-11, 6-8) who are tied for fifth in the MVC standings and have been as high as third, are arguably having their most successful MVC campaign since joining the conference in 2013.
The offense has been the integral piece for Loyola. The team currently sits first in the MVC in field goal percentage (49.