One that is of interest is the Simple Rating System. A team's SRS is it's average margin of victory + the combination of all its opponents' ratings (SOS). It only takes into account two things: point margin and opponents played.

With this in mind, Loyola is currently 4th in the MVC at 3.49. The current rankings:

MoSt: 7.98
UNI: 6.07
ISUr: 3.93
LU: 3.49
Bradley: 2.65
SIU: 1.29
ISUb: 0.96
Evansville: 0.00
Drake: -.030
Valpo: -.13

You can find the data here: https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/se ... stats.html

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Cigarboy sucks!

Another measure, Ken Pom has metrics reflect this season only, more real to me than RPI, which I think carries forward?
They rank LU 101 ISr 157. They rate this game 50/50 with a one point spread.
I hope tonight is the night LU gets over the hump with ISr. So many painfully close losses with quirky details....
I'm going to start my red wine early so I can handle this one. I'm hoping Beckmen Vineyards Block Eight Grenache gets it done.


Go Ramblers!

You can buy a case of Two Buck Chuck for less, which would get you through almost the entire conference regular season.

17-13. Really like our defense to start. Think we're playing well overall. Still gotta get those defensive boards