Loyola Phoenix · Oct 30, 2019
New Faces, Same Expectations for Men’s Basketball in 2019-20
Junior guard Lucas Williamson pulls first-years Paxson Wojcik and Tom Welch aside during the game against University of Indianapolis Oct. 29.Despite coming off consecutive Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season titles and having the MVC Preseason Player of the Year in Cameron Krutwig, the Loyola men’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth in the conference’s preseason poll.
This season, the Ramblers will be forced to fill the gap left by the graduation of back-to-back MVC Players of the Year Clayton Custer and Marques Townes. The Ramblers’ hole at the guard position grew larger when sophomore Cooper Kaifes went down with a torn labrum in his hip over the summer.