You really have to feel for Loyola. After a freakishly good season last year, including a spectacular run to the Final Four, no one wants a piece of the Ramblers.
And if you’re a Power Five team, why would you?
It’s just going to ding your post-season resume and with a lack of real job security, no one wants to take chances. And as Matt Norlander points out here, with 20-league conference schedules coming, risk-aversion is going to get even higher. And who knows how the new NCAA NET system, which replaces the RPI, will affect March?