The Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team represents

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Division I competition. They are currently led by third-year head coach

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. It became a member of the

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along with the university's other intercollegiate athletic programs on July 1, 2013. Home matches are played at

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History

The program participated in the first interracial American basketball game played south of the

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on February 12, 1952, a 65–63 win over Morgan State. Upon moving up from Division II in 1981, Loyola was an original member of the ECAC Metro Conference which changed its name to the Northeast Conference (NEC) on August 1, 1988. During its eight seasons in the circuit, the Greyhounds never won the championship and had no appearances in either the

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s. The only player in the program's Division I history to have reached the National Basketball Association (NBA) is Mike Morrison, a four-year

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from 1985 to 1989. An All-Conference First Team as a

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and

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, he was selected by the

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in the second round (51st overall) of the

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. He was eventually named to the NEC 25th Anniversary All-Time Team in January 2006.

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was also honored as the circuit's Jim Phelan Coach of the Year in 1983–84. Loyola was a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) from 1989 to 2013. The Greyhounds won the MAAC Championship to earn the automatic bid into the NCAA tournament twice. The first time was in 1993–94 with an 80–75 win over

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and

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earning conference tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors. This was also

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's only campaign as the program's head coach. The Greyhounds' next conference title came 18 years later in 2012 with MVP Erik Etherly spearheading a 48–44 victory over Fairfield at MassMutual Center. Jimmy Patsos was the MAAC Coach of the Year that season. The MAAC era at Loyola ended with Patsos' departure to

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on April 2, 2013. G.G. Smith, an assistant coach under Patsos for six seasons, was promoted to lead the Greyhounds into the Patriot League on April 12, 2013. He announced his resignation on March 8, 2018 after five seasons in which the team posted 56–98 and 35–55 records overall and in the conference respectively.

, an assistant coach on

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's staff at

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for two years, was appointed as Smith's successor 20 days later on March 28. His third campaign at Loyola ended with the Greyhounds advancing to its first Patriot League Championship Game in an 85–72 loss at Colgate on March 14, 2021 despite entering the tournament as the No. 9 seed.

NCAA Division I seasons

* Due to the

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, the Patriot League for the 2020–21 season was temporarily divided into three regional mini-conferences based on geography. Each team played a 16-game regular-season schedule which included four matches against each regional opponent. As usual, listed standings position reflected by conference tournament seed. Sources
Loyola University Maryland Men's Basketball Year-By-Year RecordsNortheast Conference 2012–13 Men's Basketball Record BookMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball All-Time Standings

Postseason tournaments

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Greyhounds have made two appearances in the

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. Their combined record is 0–2."Ohio State Gets Past Men's Basketball In NCAA Tournament"
Loyola University Maryland Athletics, Friday, March 16, 2012

CBI results

The Greyhounds have appeared in one

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(CBI). Their record is 1–1.

CIT results

The Greyhounds have appeared in one

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(CIT). Their record is 2–1.

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Greyhounds have appeared in the NCAA Division II tournament one time. Their record is 1–2.

NAIA tournament results

The Greyhounds have appeared in the NAIA tournament four times. Their combined record is 2–4.

References

External links

* {{Patriot League men's basketball navbox