2025–26 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

2025–26 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
2025–26 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	3–7 (0–0 A–10)
Head coach	Drew Valentine (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Chris Huey; Brendyn Taylor; Andrew Cobian; Justin Bradley; Keith Clemons;
Home arena	Joseph J. Gentile Arena
	Seasons ← 2024–25 2026–27 →

2025–26 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
George Mason	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
St. Bonaventure	0	–	0	–	9	–	1	.900
Richmond	0	–	0	–	8	–	1	.889
Saint Louis	0	–	0	–	8	–	1	.889
George Washington	0	–	0	–	8	–	2	.800
Davidson	0	–	0	–	7	–	2	.778
Dayton	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
Rhode Island	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
Duquesne	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
VCU	0	–	0	–	6	–	3	.667
Saint Joseph's	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Fordham	0	–	0	–	6	–	4	.600
La Salle	0	–	0	–	4	–	6	.400
Loyola Chicago	0	–	0	–	3	–	7	.300

† 2026 A-10 tournament winner As of December 7, 2025

The 2025–26 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team represents Loyola University Chicago during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ramblers, led by fifth-year head coach Drew Valentine, play their home games at the Joseph J. Gentile Arena in Chicago, Illinois as fourth-year members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Ramblers finished the 2024–25 season 25–12, 12–6 in A-10 play, to finish in a tie for third place.^[1] They defeated Saint Louis,^[2] before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions VCU in the semifinals of the A-10 tournament.^[3] They received an at-large bid to the NIT,^[4] where they would be defeat San Jose State,^[5] San Francisco,^[6] and Kent State,^[7] before falling to eventual tournament champions Chattanooga in the semifinals.^[8]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the Atlantic 10 Conference released their preseason poll. Loyola Chicago was picked to finish fifth in the conference, while receiving two first-place votes.^[9]

Preseason rankings

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	VCU	342 (11)
2	Saint Louis	341 (11)
3	Dayton	321 (3)
4	George Washington	296
5	Loyola Chicago	286 (2)
6	George Mason	254
7	Saint Joseph's	195
8	St. Bonaventure	185
9	Duquesne	155
10	Richmond	142
11	Davidson	107
12	Rhode Island	102
13	La Salle	56
14	Fordham	53
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[9]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams
Team	Player	Year	Position
First	Miles Rubin	Junior	Center

Source:^[9]

Preseason All-A-10 Defensive Team

Preseason All-A-10 Defensive Team
Player	Year	Position
Miles Rubin	Junior	Center

Source:^[9]

Roster

2025–26 Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Deywilk Tavarez	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Charleston	Pennsauken, New Jersey
G	1	Justin Moore	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	Drexel	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
F	2	Joshua Ola-Joseph	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	California	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
G	4	Kayde Dotson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	New Mexico	Beaumont, Texas
G	5	Daniil Glazkov	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	IMG Academy	Krasnodar, Russia
G	7	Dominick Harris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	UCLA	Murrieta, California
G	8	Nic Anderson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Olathe South High School	Olathe, Kansas
C	9	Alexander Richardson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	ART Giants Düsseldorf	Glasgow, Scotland
G	10	Chuck Love III	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	La Lumiere School	Lincoln, Nebraska
F	13	Xavier Amos	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Wisconsin	Chicago, Illinois
G	14	Caleb Reese	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	De La Salle High School	Warren, Michigan
G	22	Sam Yurasek	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Prolific Prep	Napa, California
C	24	Miles Rubin	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Simeon Career Academy	Chicago, Illinois
G	28	Kymany Houinsou	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Washington State	Mulhouse, France
F	30	Brayden Young	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	Cypress Falls High School	Houston, Texas
F	31	Zachary Royster	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Lindblom Math & Science Academy	Chicago, Illinois

Head coach

Drew Valentine (Oakland)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Huey (Kansas)
Brendyn Taylor (USC)
Andrew Cobian (Centenary)
Justin Bradley (Guilford)
Keith Clemons (Loyola Chicago)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 7, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 19, 2025* 6:00 pm	at DePaul	L 90–92 ^OT	–	26 – Moore	7 – Rubin	6 – Moore	Wintrust Arena (4,153) Chicago, IL
October 28, 2025* 7:00 pm	St. Francis (IL)	W 93–44	–	17 – Dotson	8 – Richardson	5 – Love III	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,037) Chicago, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Cleveland State	W 91–88	1–0	16 – Tied	6 – Rubin	6 – Moore	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,581) Chicago, IL
November 6, 2025* 8:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Mercyhurst	L 65–73	1–1	25 – Moore	7 – Rubin	8 – Moore	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,016) Chicago, IL
November 9, 2025* 4:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	vs. North Texas	L 62–64	1–2	12 – Love III	7 – Love III	4 – Houinsou	Now Arena (789) Hoffman Estates, IL
November 13, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+	at Wichita State	L 74−95	1−3	16 – Tavarez	6 – Rubin	7 – Moore	Charles Koch Arena (5,661) Wichita, KS
November 16, 2025* 4:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Colorado State	L 67−80	1−4	13 – Moore	6 – Ola-Joseph	5 – Tavarez	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,999) Chicago, IL
November 21, 2025* 7:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Northern Illinois	L 59–76	1–5	16 – Rubin	7 – Rubin	5 – Moore	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,862) Chicago, IL
November 25, 2025* 3:00 pm, CBSSN	vs. Northern Iowa Acrisure Holiday Invitational semifinals	L 51–72	1–6	9 – Tied	7 – Moore	4 – Dotson	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
November 26, 2025* 1:00 pm, CBSSN	vs. San Jose State Acrisure Holiday Invitational third-place game	L 51–63	1–7	13 – Tied	10 – Rubin	5 – Moore	Acrisure Arena Thousand Palms, CA
December 2, 2025* 7:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Central Michigan	W 83–72	2–7	21 – Moore	7 – Rubin	6 – Houinsou	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (1,726) Chicago, IL
December 6, 2025* 1:30 pm, USA	Princeton	W 73–68	3–7	21 – Moore	10 – Rubin	6 – Moore	Joseph J. Gentile Arena (2,699) Chicago, IL
December 14, 2025* 4:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Chicago State						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
December 17, 2025* 9:00 pm, ESPN+	vs. San Francisco						Chase Center San Francisco, CA
December 20, 2025* 4:00 pm, BallerTV	vs. Santa Clara						Kaiser Permanente Arena Santa Cruz, CA
A-10 regular season
December 31, 2025 11:00 am, ESPN+	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
January 3, 2026 1:00 pm, CBSSN	Dayton						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
January 7, 2026 8:00 pm, CBSSN	Davidson						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, CBSSN	at George Washington						Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
January 13, 2026 6:00 pm, CBSSN	George Mason						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
January 16, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN2	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
January 20, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 24, 2026 1:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	Duquesne						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
January 27, 2026 8:00 pm, CBSSN	Saint Joseph's						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
January 30, 2026 8:00 pm, ESPN	at VCU						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 3, 2026 7:00 pm, Marquee/ESPN+	La Salle						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
February 6, 2026 5:00 pm, CBSSN	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 13, 2026 7:30 pm, ESPN2	Saint Louis						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
February 18, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Fordham						Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY
February 21, 2026 11:00 am, ESPN2	at Saint Joseph's						Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
February 28, 2026 3:00 pm, CBSSN	Richmond						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
March 4, 2026 7:00 pm, CBSSN	at Saint Louis						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
March 7, 2026 1:00 pm, USA	George Washington						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
A-10 tournament
March 11–15, 2026	vs.						PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Sources:^[10]^[11]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Men's Basketball Advances to A10 Semifinal After 72-64 Win Over SLU". Loyola Phoenix. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "VCU beats Loyola Chicago in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament 62-55, advances to championship game". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Loyola beats San Jose State 73-70 in NIT". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Jayden Dawson scores career-high 35 to lead Loyola Chicago over San Francisco in NIT". CBS Chicago. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Loyola basketball advances to NIT Final Four for the first time since 1962 with win over Kent State". FOX 32 Chicago. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Mocs Advance To NIT Title Game With Win Over Loyola Chicago". Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Loyola University Chicago Athletics. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Loyola Chicago Ramblers 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[2] "Men's Basketball Advances to A10 Semifinal After 72-64 Win Over SLU". Loyola Phoenix. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[3] "VCU beats Loyola Chicago in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament 62-55, advances to championship game". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[4] "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[5] "Loyola beats San Jose State 73-70 in NIT". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[6] "Jayden Dawson scores career-high 35 to lead Loyola Chicago over San Francisco in NIT". CBS Chicago. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[7] "Loyola basketball advances to NIT Final Four for the first time since 1962 with win over Kent State". FOX 32 Chicago. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[8] "Mocs Advance To NIT Title Game With Win Over Loyola Chicago". Chattanoogan.com. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[poll-9] "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[10] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Loyola University Chicago Athletics. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[11] "Loyola Chicago Ramblers 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

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