OT: Drew Valentine and Retention of Talent at Loyola-Chicago

[Hey Adrien!]

Since Drew Valentine was promoted to take over Porter Moser as Loyola-Chicago's next head coach, I've been impressed with his ability to retain the Ramblers' talent:

• Their three-man '21 class, which includes two top-300 recruits, all stayed.
• Both of their grad transfers, Ryan Schweiger of Princeton and Chris Knight of Dartmouth, all stayed, Their combined stats: 25.5p, 9.4r, 4.6a.
• Just three players transferred, all of which averaged under 9 mpg last season.

And then, this bomb:



With only Cameron Krutwig graduating and pursuing a pro career, the Ramblers return seven of their top eight rotation players, plus the additional five players listed above.

Speaks volumes of Valentine and how the program and its players view him. Pretty cool and nice to see the the school keep ramblin' on with their new head coach. It will be fun to watch next year.

 

[LIuconn]

With all the rules tilted to favor the P5, this is great to see

 

[gtcam]

Absolutely love how this team hides until March

 

[rip7774]

F the Power 5! Go Ramblers!

hoping somehow the two studs from Oral Robert’s don’t get poached. Those teams are what makes March Madness so special!

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Another boon for the MVC:



Drake now returns eight of their nine rotation players and bring in Tucker DeVries, Drake's coach Darian DeVries' son who is a top-100 '21 prospect (and easily their highest rated recruit ever).

Then add in Northern Iowa's AJ Green getting healthy, the MVC could be a really fun league to watch next year.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

The MVC will be stacked next year. Any game between two of UNI, Loyola-Chi and Drake will be must-watch mid-major basketball.