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Best case scenario:
- Doyle only misses first five games, doesn't need surgery, matches or exceeds freshman year performance.
- Somebody (Jeff White, Joe Crisman, etc.) assumes more leadership and begins to score more consistently.
- One or more of the newcomers in the frontcourt (Montel James, Donte Ingram, Julius Rajala) is a revelation offensively, defensively, or both.
- Better speed and athleticism makes up for loss in height, experience, and strength in frontcourt.
- Ramblers win a few games on the road, and at least one road conference game.
- No serious injuries, no barefoot blizzard walks.
- Loyola goes 18-12 overall (including the two non-DI games), 7-9 in conference-- good enough for a 6th place finish in the league ahead of Drake, Bradley, Indiana State, and either Illinois State or Southern Illinois.
Worst case scenario:
- Doyle misses the season.
- The seven (!) newcomers get schooled, game after game.
- The short, thin, undermanned, and inexperienced frontcourt is a sieve defensively and/or thoroughly demoralized on offense.
- Either Jeff White or Christian Thomas is injured.
- One or more of the key newcomers has bad fall grades.
- No one dares (or cares) to show on-court leadership.
- Loyola goes 4-26 overall on the season, 1-17 in conference (a home win vs. Drake?) to become the poster child for MVC flops in the 21st Century.
- Coach Moser vows more boot camps for 2015-16, as the Interim AD lauds "his perseverence and character through difficult circumstances."
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