The 7th Floor · Mar 13, 2018
Studying the Opponent: Breaking down the Loyola-Chicago offense
When Miami drew the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers as their Round of 64 opponents, many thought back to their memorable road upset of Florida early in the season. Since then, the Ramblers have gone on to win the Missouri Valley Conference and earn an NCAA tournament bid for the first time since 1985.
This has resulted in Miami becoming a popular upset pick among college basketball analysts (and just about everybody else filling out a bracket), but what is it about Loyola that makes them so threatening? Well, in this article we’ll focus on their offense.
According to ESPN, Miami is by far the most likely team to get upset in the first round of the entire fieldhttps://t.co/rYt98f0fJC