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Loyola Chicago · 2026-27 preview

Loyola Chicago basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule

Loyola Chicago returns 85% of last season's minutes, and adds the No. 49 recruiting class.

Last season it ranked No. 274 in adjusted net rating (No. 259 on offense, No. 280 on defense). The biggest loss is Miles Rubin, 11.3 points a game, gone to Tennessee. The schedule has 10 games so far, none against last season's adjusted top 25.

85%

of last season's minutes return

transfers in, 1 out

No. 49

recruiting class, 2 freshmen

No. 274

adjusted net rating, 2025-26

2026-27 roster

Pos

PPG

RPG

APG

MPG

Hometown

Justin Moore

Back

6-3

10.9

2.2

3.8

30.0

Philadelphia, PA

Kayde Dotson

Back

6-1

10.5

2.8

2.0

26.6

Beaumont, TX

Xavier Amos

Back

6-8

11.1

4.3

0.7

26.2

Chicago, IL

Kymany Houinsou

Back

6-7

6.0

4.2

3.0

25.4

Mulhouse, FRA

Chuck Love

Back

6-7

7.2

2.6

1.0

24.8

Lincoln, NE

Deywilk Tavarez

Back

6-2

8.9

2.3

1.8

22.9

Pennsauken, NJ

Joshua Ola-Joseph

Back

6-7

7.6

3.8

0.7

21.5

Brooklyn Park, MN

Nic Anderson

Back

6-4

5.1

2.4

0.5

17.3

Olathe, KS

Alexander Richardson

Back

6-9

3.3

3.8

0.7

12.9

Glasgow, SCT

Daniil Glazkov

Back

6-6

2.7

1.9

0.5

12.7

Krasnodar, RUS

Caleb Reese

Back

5-11

1.5

1.3

11.6

Warren, MI

Dominick Harris

Back

6-3

1.4

0.6

0.3

6.4

Murrieta, CA

Brayden Young

Back

6-9

0.3

0.9

0.1

4.3

Houston, TX

Zachary Royster

Back

6-7

0.6

0.3

0.0

2.5

Chicago, IL

Sam Yurasek

Back

6-3

0.0

0.8

Napa, CA

PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.

Who left

Where

PPG

MPG

Miles RubinTransferred to Tennessee

Transferred to Tennessee

11.3

29.7

The players who left played 15% of last season’s minutes.

Adjusted net rating, last three seasons

2023-24

+8.8 No. 90

2024-25

+5.6 No. 103

2025-26

-10.2 No. 274

Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 104.3 (No. 259), defense 114.6 (No. 280).

2026-27 schedule

November to November

Rank

Nov 2

vs The Citadel

349

Nov 5

vs West Georgia

303

Nov 11

at Air Force

348

Nov 14

at Colorado State

Nov 18

vs Wichita State

November to December

Rank

Nov 22

vs San José State neutral

235

Nov 23

vs Seattle U neutral

110

Dec 12

vs IU Indianapolis

311

Dec 18

vs Florida Atlantic neutral

Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 10 games. Tip times are set closer to each game.

Questions

Who is back for Loyola Chicago in 2026-27?

15 players who played for Loyola Chicago last season: Justin Moore, Kayde Dotson, Xavier Amos, Kymany Houinsou, Chuck Love, Deywilk Tavarez, Joshua Ola-Joseph, Nic Anderson, Alexander Richardson, Daniil Glazkov, Caleb Reese, Dominick Harris, Brayden Young, Zachary Royster, Sam Yurasek. They played 85% of its minutes.