This may not be exact but its close.....Wichita St is about 13-5 in their Conference beating teams by more than 18 points. And they beat Loyola by 22 and 26 points this season. So why are they an 18 point favorite?
REASONS:
Wichita State may not be fired up to beat these guys a 3rd time.
They have an NCAA bid sewed up.
They still will of course want to win the MVC Tourney (3 games in a row) but might only expend enough energy to win today by, say, 12 or so.
They have to "save it" for possible tough games Sat & Sun against decent teams like Evansville & N Iowa.
SO it might be wise to place a unit on Loyola with all those points even though Loyola played yesterday.