Official 2016-17 MVCfans.com Prediction - 8th Place

[WSUShox88]

[quote="Khan4Cats"][quote="Wufan"]Are the folks that are voting WSU going to vote them straight through to the end? Are they basically picking "the field"?[/quote]

If its anything like past years, it is Wichita State fans voting them there to be obnoxious.[/quote]

Nah, all of those posters have been shooed away because they made too many other Valley fans cry.

Turner basically nailed it.

[BuBrave2006]

You also have to take into account that Loyola lost at home to one of, it not "the" worst team in the history of Bradley's basketball program. Loyola loses their best player off of that team. You better hope that your incoming players can fill in some gaps.

[Blers]

From an outside perspective, and I’m specifically asking Sub, I’m curious where all the disdain for Moser comes from. He’s not perfect, but in the last two years the team very rarely gets blown out, he has won a post season tournament, got at least one win at every conference tournament and beat Creighton. I may be in the minority, but I think he’s a solid coach, not a world beater, not best in conference, but respectable. He’s 39-30 in the last two years and recruitment has been WAY past where it was in the past. Anyway… I have them as a five seed this year!

Because he has a history of mediocrity at best in the MVC and has shown nothing to change that. I've said from day one of you guys in the MVC that if you're going to be serious about basketball, you need to make a change at the top and I still believe that. Moser was always able to recruit pretty well, but he's never been able to do much of anything with that. To me, that says he's not a very good coach. The revolving door in the post is another indication of that to me. You've had a couple of guys inside that appeared at least promising that he's run off. He's shown no desire to build any depth and I think it'll take a miracle or a couple of major injuries from other teams for Loyola to avoid Drake Night.

I personally don't care about what Moser did at Illinois State as a coach in his mid 30's; I just look at recent history. 15-21 in conference the last two years is by no means outstanding but his teams almost always compete, and the team is far better than when it entered the league. He's beaten every team at least once with the exception of Wichita (though we've had several good showings against them), and swept UNI last year. Winning the CBI may be what "mid tier" MVC teams do, but it also represents Moser turning the squad into a mid tier squad after one year in the league (I understand this is interpreted as more of a sign of the leagues health, but you can't blame Loyola for taking advantage of the opportunity they were given).

I look at his ability to recruit with the general lack of fan support and athletic facilities compared to other schools is remarkable. He recently landed the best pure center in Illinois in Cam Krutwig for next year. The profile of recruits he's gained recently has raised substantially. Whereas in his first 3 years he was recruiting mostly no name players with little profile (outside Doyle) we're now players with some bigger fish. To me that's a sign of a growing program. History also shows that he hires quality staffs and has quality connections with the recent hires of Daniyal Robinson (Iowa State) and most recently Emanuel Dildy (Mizzou).

I'm obviously biased, but I do understand his flaws. Offensively this team can become dreadful to watch when things aren't going their way and it's up to him to get them back on track. Losing 4 conference games by a combined 6 points is inexcusable, that was the difference between a 11-7 team and the 7-11 team we were...he needs to get his teams to put games away and finish consistently. Furthermore he needs to show he can consistently put quality big men on the floor and finish higher than sixth in conference.

But it doesn't change the face that he's started to install a culture and identity given a team that had none for the previous 30 years. Eventually that will not be good enough, but I think he's earned a lot of Rambler fans trust for the time being; and I'm excited to see where he takes the team over the next two seasons.

As a side note, I'm super excited to see Bradley play this season, I love their potential and don't look forward to playing them a few years down the road.

[SubGod22]

From an outside perspective, and I’m specifically asking Sub, I’m curious where all the disdain for Moser comes from. He’s not perfect, but in the last two years the team very rarely gets blown out, he has won a post season tournament, got at least one win at every conference tournament and beat Creighton. I may be in the minority, but I think he’s a solid coach, not a world beater, not best in conference, but respectable. He’s 39-30 in the last two years and recruitment has been WAY past where it was in the past. Anyway… I have them as a five seed this year!

Because he has a history of mediocrity at best in the MVC and has shown nothing to change that. I've said from day one of you guys in the MVC that if you're going to be serious about basketball, you need to make a change at the top and I still believe that. Moser was always able to recruit pretty well, but he's never been able to do much of anything with that. To me, that says he's not a very good coach. The revolving door in the post is another indication of that to me. You've had a couple of guys inside that appeared at least promising that he's run off. He's shown no desire to build any depth and I think it'll take a miracle or a couple of major injuries from other teams for Loyola to avoid Drake Night.

I personally don't care about what Moser did at Illinois State as a coach in his mid 30's; I just look at recent history. 15-21 in conference the last two years is by no means outstanding but his teams almost always compete, and the team is far better than when it entered the league. He's beaten every team at least once with the exception of Wichita (though we've had several good showings against them), and swept UNI last year. Winning the CBI may be what "mid tier" MVC teams do, but it also represents Moser turning the squad into a mid tier squad after one year in the league (I understand this is interpreted as more of a sign of the leagues health, but you can't blame Loyola for taking advantage of the opportunity they were given).

I look at his ability to recruit with the general lack of fan support and athletic facilities compared to other schools is remarkable. He recently landed the best pure center in Illinois in Cam Krutwig for next year. The profile of recruits he's gained recently has raised substantially. Whereas in his first 3 years he was recruiting mostly no name players with little profile (outside Doyle) we're now players with some bigger fish. To me that's a sign of a growing program. History also shows that he hires quality staffs and has quality connections with the recent hires of Daniyal Robinson (Iowa State) and most recently Emanuel Dildy (Mizzou).

I'm obviously biased, but I do understand his flaws. Offensively this team can become dreadful to watch when things aren't going their way and it's up to him to get them back on track. Losing 4 conference games by a combined 6 points is inexcusable, that was the difference between a 11-7 team and the 7-11 team we were...he needs to get his teams to put games away and finish consistently. Furthermore he needs to show he can consistently put quality big men on the floor and finish higher than sixth in conference.

But it doesn't change the face that he's started to install a culture and identity given a team that had none for the previous 30 years. Eventually that will not be good enough, but I think he's earned a lot of Rambler fans trust for the time being; and I'm excited to see where he takes the team over the next two seasons.

As a side note, I'm super excited to see Bradley play this season, I love their potential and don't look forward to playing them a few years down the road.

I respect where you're coming from. I simply don't see it. And until I do, my expectations remain low for Loyola. I've tried to be optimistic the past few years, but it just hasn't happened. I honestly believe that Moser will never get Loyola competing for anything more than 5th at best. And that's in a weakened MVC.

I hope you guys figure it out and turn things around. As long as Wichita is in the MVC, I would like it to be as strong as it can possibly be.

[Blers]

Understood, and agree to disagree in that case. But I hope we both get what we ultimately want from LUC!

[Wufan]

From an outside perspective, and I’m specifically asking Sub, I’m curious where all the disdain for Moser comes from. He’s not perfect, but in the last two years the team very rarely gets blown out, he has won a post season tournament, got at least one win at every conference tournament and beat Creighton. I may be in the minority, but I think he’s a solid coach, not a world beater, not best in conference, but respectable. He’s 39-30 in the last two years and recruitment has been WAY past where it was in the past. Anyway… I have them as a five seed this year!

Because he has a history of mediocrity at best in the MVC and has shown nothing to change that. I've said from day one of you guys in the MVC that if you're going to be serious about basketball, you need to make a change at the top and I still believe that. Moser was always able to recruit pretty well, but he's never been able to do much of anything with that. To me, that says he's not a very good coach. The revolving door in the post is another indication of that to me. You've had a couple of guys inside that appeared at least promising that he's run off. He's shown no desire to build any depth and I think it'll take a miracle or a couple of major injuries from other teams for Loyola to avoid Drake Night.

I personally don't care about what Moser did at Illinois State as a coach in his mid 30's; I just look at recent history. 15-21 in conference the last two years is by no means outstanding but his teams almost always compete, and the team is far better than when it entered the league. He's beaten every team at least once with the exception of Wichita (though we've had several good showings against them), and swept UNI last year. Winning the CBI may be what "mid tier" MVC teams do, but it also represents Moser turning the squad into a mid tier squad after one year in the league (I understand this is interpreted as more of a sign of the leagues health, but you can't blame Loyola for taking advantage of the opportunity they were given).

I look at his ability to recruit with the general lack of fan support and athletic facilities compared to other schools is remarkable. He recently landed the best pure center in Illinois in Cam Krutwig for next year. The profile of recruits he's gained recently has raised substantially. Whereas in his first 3 years he was recruiting mostly no name players with little profile (outside Doyle) we're now players with some bigger fish. To me that's a sign of a growing program. History also shows that he hires quality staffs and has quality connections with the recent hires of Daniyal Robinson (Iowa State) and most recently Emanuel Dildy (Mizzou).

I'm obviously biased, but I do understand his flaws. Offensively this team can become dreadful to watch when things aren't going their way and it's up to him to get them back on track. Losing 4 conference games by a combined 6 points is inexcusable, that was the difference between a 11-7 team and the 7-11 team we were...he needs to get his teams to put games away and finish consistently. Furthermore he needs to show he can consistently put quality big men on the floor and finish higher than sixth in conference.

But it doesn't change the face that he's started to install a culture and identity given a team that had none for the previous 30 years. Eventually that will not be good enough, but I think he's earned a lot of Rambler fans trust for the time being; and I'm excited to see where he takes the team over the next two seasons.

As a side note, I'm super excited to see Bradley play this season, I love their potential and don't look forward to playing them a few years down the road.

I think what you are getting in disagreement is that most teams wouldn't see 15-21 in conference as a success. A CBI tournament championship is nice, but it needs to lead to something better. Last year was a step back, so the next two years are important in my opinion, and he's earned it with the recruiting. He needs an NIT birth or all is for mediocrity and it's time to take the next step.

[Aargh]

Might want to be a little careful about wanting Moser replaced at Loyola. He's probably better than any coach they could hire. Coaches looking for stepping stone jobs can find better opportunities than trying to make Loyola significant in the Valley. MSU is probably seen as a more attractive opportunity.

[SubGod22]

Might want to be a little careful about wanting Moser replaced at Loyola. He's probably better than any coach they could hire. Coaches looking for stepping stone jobs can find better opportunities than trying to make Loyola significant in the Valley. MSU is probably seen as a more attractive opportunity.

So instead of taking a chance on getting better, they should continue with subpar performances and be happy with it? If that's the approach we added another Evansville.

[musiccitybulldog]

I only get to see Loyola in person at the MVC tournament. They always seem to give who ever they are playing a real scare if they don't win.

[pafan]

Bradley was soooo bad last season that I can't imagine them leapfrogging 3-4 teams. So I voted for them.