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Loyola was not so much a dumpster fire. Instead, they were a chronically under-resourced, low-major program that made low-majors hires in Larry Farmer and Jim Whitesell among others.

Loyola won the Valley in his first season with most of the guys from the Sweet 16 run returning as graduate students, but got destroyed in the first round of the NCAA. I think Loyola will keep Valentine as long as he has a Top 100 or so team and the ticket sales are good. But with 6 games to go, their record will be worse than last season. 23-10 last season compared to 16-9 this season so far. They have only lost one game at home so that works in his favor.

This point cannot be overstated.

Loyola-Chicago is the Chicago area equivalent of St. Louis University. In 2025, please use only Loyola Chicago or Loyola University Chicago.

We have officially reached the I have a way off-topic question about hangers time of the basketball season. Just three home games left. What the heck happened to the season?

Jaden Shertz, I could see it.

Swope ranks twelfth in the nation in three point attempts (second in the A-10), despite shooting a relatively mediocre 33% from the perimeter. I am not sure it is a matter of having the stones.

I am not sure that a guy who played for three seasons at two other universities before landing at Virginia Commonwealth can be described as staying in conference.

Hey guys, this sucks, but don't give up yet.

I would say 5,277 is pretty good considering the weather conditions. It is 13 degrees and dropping. And the city streets are a disaster. Otherwise, a great night.

For those at home, the Billikens rally to end the half had fans on their feet. First time in the first half this season IIRC.

I love Kellen Thames

Take care of yourself!

I was able to get 12 months of Peacock for $19.99. Do some digging and you might find something better than $8 for a month.

I think it is defensible under Federal rules, given the nature of an online forum and a thread specifically acknowledging the Substack post. But it would not meet APA or Chicago standards for that term paper.

A weird flex or a limited understanding a United States fair use rules. Hard to say.

Billikens clear the bench, oh, right, lol...

14th weakest schedule.

Kai-freaking-zen baby!

Thanks guys

Right, I am well aware that Rockhurst and Maryville are Division II schools. My point was that one computer has William Woods rated lower than the D2 opponents on the schedule. I was mostly curious about the notion of low-major schools. Is Wofford a low-major school?

Is there a consensus definition or dividing line between mid-major and low-major? Massey has a computer ranking for all college basketball and has Williams Woods significantly below Rockhurst and Maryville, but with the injury report...

To be fair, the current SLU administration has been good for the research enterprise. SLU will be a R1 research university in 2025 for the first time.

I think that is right, though I do worry that research grants may be an easy and popular target. Hard to say. The Humanities are definitely headed for a reduction in government grants.