2026–27 season
Loyola Chicago
Ramblers · A-10
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -4.9
- No. 256 in Division I
- Head coach
- Drew Valentine
- Since 2021–22
- Home
- Chicago, IL
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- WeaknessWeak defensive reboundingDefensive rebound %: 62.5%13th
- StrengthStrong offensive reboundingOffensive rebound %: 37.3%86th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Loyola Chicago beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was Loyola Chicago's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
3
Record
6–3
Sweet 16s
2
Final Fours
1
Titles
0
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Dayan Nessah
- 17.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Jason Schofield
- 6′10″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Nic Anderson
- 2 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Dayan NessahForward · Geneva, Switzerland | 6′8″ | 220 | 1 | 2 | 28.5 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 85.7 | 23.4 |
| 1Jason SchofieldForward · Poughkeepsie, NY | 6′10″ | 240 | 1 | 2 | 25.5 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 25.0 | 18.8 |
| 2Guillaume Grotzinger · Décines-Charpieu, France | 6′1″ | 180 | 1 | 2 | 24.5 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 16.7 | 80.0 | 29.5 |
| 22Ryan AgarwalGuard · Coppell, TX | 6′6″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 16.3 |
| 24Jayden DawsonGuard · Omaha, NE | 6′4″ | 195 | 1 | 2 | 21.0 | 8.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 36.4 | 50.0 | 16.9 |
| 6Chris JeffreyGuard · Brooklyn, NY | 6′3″ | 210 | 1 | 2 | 20.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 23.3 |
| 13Xavier AmosForward · Chicago, IL | 6′8″ | 225 | 2 | 2 | 14.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.1 |
| 25Malick DialloCenter · Bamako, Mali | 6′9″ | 240 | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.6 |
| 8Nic AndersonGuard · Olathe, KS | 6′5″ | 190 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| 5Dayton Williams · Louisville, KY | 6′4″ | 190 | 1 | 2 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 16.7 | 100.0 | 20.1 |
| 12Donald Hand Jr.Guard · Virginia Beach, VA | 6′5″ | 210 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 19.4 |
| 10Ryan Kreager · Faribault, MN | 6′10″ | 205 | 1 | 2 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| 7Eddie Ricks IIIForward · Clarksville, TN | 6′8″ | 215 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4Sterling KnoxGuard · Las Vegas, NV | 6′6″ | 215 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9Elias RapiequeForward · Berlin, Germany | 6′9″ | 230 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 50Aidan Wing · Kansas City, KS | 6′5″ | 205 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
2–1
ATS as favorite
2–1
ATS as underdog
0–0
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsTHEThe Citadel | W77–52 | -14.5 | 143.5 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 5 | vsWESWest Georgia | W76–53 | -17.5 | 145.25 | Cover | Under |
| Nov 11 | @AIRAir Force | L93–107 | -10.5 | 160.25 | Miss | Over |
| Nov 14 | @COLColorado State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vsWICWichita State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22 | NSANSan José State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 23 | NSEASeattle U | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | @UMAMassachusetts | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 4 | vsAUGAugustana (IL) | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 10 | @HOWHoward16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vsIU IU Indianapolis | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 18 | NFAUFlorida Atlantic | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 20 | NNEVNevada | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 30 | vsG WGeorge Washington10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @RICRichmond | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 6 | @DAYDayton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsDUQDuquesne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 13 | @SLUSaint Louis2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsDAVDavidson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @GEOGeorge Mason | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vsST St. Bonaventure | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @DAVDavidson | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 2 | vsDAYDayton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @DUQDuquesne | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 9 | vsSLUSaint Louis2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsRHORhode Island | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 16 | @SAISaint Joseph's | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @LA La Salle | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsFORFordham | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2 | vsVCUVCU | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @G WGeorge Washington10 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |