2. Loyola-Chicago will not return to the NCAA Tournament. (But maybe Sister Jean will. She can do anything.) The Ramblers wrote one of the sweetest scripts in Big Dance history last March and April, but Porter Moser's team will take second in the Missouri Valley to Illinois State and come up just short of earning an at-large bid to the chagrin of many. Other coaches at power programs refusing to schedule Loyola will wind up factoring into this.
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14. Longest NCAA Tournament droughts that will end: Rider (24), Illinois State (20), Mississippi State (9), Washington (7).
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22. Seven sexy Cinderella stories set for March's splendid stage: Illinois State, Jacksonville State, Montana, Northeastern, South Dakota State, UNC Greensboro, Vermont. All should make the NCAA Tournament. At least three will get to the second round. At least three of the coaches at these schools will be hired to bigger jobs by early April.
SIU Women's Basketball | Salukis roll to win over Westminster College--The Southern Illinoisan
SIU women’s basketball tops Westminster in final exhibition game--Daily Egyptian
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