CHICAGO (November 9, 2020) – For the second time in the last three seasons, the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team has received votes for the Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll. The Ramblers, who went 21-11 a year ago, picked up three votes in the 2020-21 AP Preseason Poll, which was released today. Loyola also garnered votes for the AP Preseason Poll in 2018-19, picking up 162 points, on the cusp of cracking the Preseason Top 25.
Loyola was one of two Missouri Valley Conference teams to secure votes for the 2020-21 AP Preseason op 25 Poll, with preseason favorite and defending champion Northern Iowa collecting one vote.
Head coach
Porter Moser has piloted the Loyola program to three postseason berths in three of the last six seasons, including a trip to the NCAA Final Four in 2018. The tenth-year Ramblers coach welcomes back a veteran cast that includes all five starters from the 2019-20 club, including First Team All-MVC senior center
Cameron Krutwig and Third Team All-MVC guard/forward
Tate Hall along with sophomore guard
Marquise Kennedy, who was the 2020 MVC Sixth Man of the Year.
The 2020-21 AP Top 25 Preseason Poll follows.
1. Gonzaga
(28 first-place votes) – 1,541 points
2. Baylor
(24) – 1,540
3. Villanova
(11) – 1,501
4. Virginia
(1) – 1,364
5. Iowa – 1,273
6. Kansas – 1,221
7. Wisconsin – 1,150
8. Illinois – 1,105
9. Duke – 1,073
10. Kentucky – 1,038
11. Creighton – 922
12. Tennessee – 919
13. Michigan State – 820
14. Texas Tech – 790
15. West Virginia – 651
16. North Carolina – 465
17. Houston – 438
18. Arizona State – 402
19. Texas – 380
20. Oregon – 375
21. Florida State – 351
22. UCLA – 336
23. Ohio State – 270
24. Rutgers – 190
25. Michigan – 160
Others receiving votes: LSU (146), Memphis (69), Florida (69), Alabama (50), Indiana (48), Louisville (41), Richmond (40), Stanford (14), Providence (9), Saint Louis (8), Auburn (8), San Diego State (6), Connecticut (6), BYU (4),
Loyola Chicago (3), Seton Hall (2), UNC Greensboro (1), Northern Iowa (1)
