Band of Oogies (FBCB)

[Young Drachma]

This is a continuation of my 50-year dynasty here. (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=87763)

The year is 2047 and I've been managing this universe since 1951. There are custom conferences, it's a D3 league primarily and I've been importing the players and teams into the pro game where there are vibrant international leagues and a domestic NBA as well.

It's been a while since I started a new program completely from scratch and I'm ready to do that, install a coach and see if I can develop a history for the program in terms of following the players, etc.

My idea was to install a coach and let him coach until he's 100. But after doing a 25 year coach, that's not as fun. I think instead, we'll go with a 100-years following one particular program and see how they do over that time, follow the coaches, the elite players and their history.

It'd be a more interesting story if it were a successful program, but we'll see how that goes.

I'm going to use this thing here to pick the location (http://plambeck.org/cgi-bin/placegen.cgi) and this thing here to pick a name. (http://www.inkalicious.com/elizabethan.html)

I'm curious to see what the life cycle is like, whether there will be numbers to retire, history and so forth to look. We'll see if it's enough of a story to stay interested.

[Young Drachma]

Savillmont University is going to be our new institution. To figure out where to put it, I'm going to look at all of the conferences in the league that have never had a team in the Final Four and put the team into one of those leagues.

Based on that, I'll find a geographically appropriate location and we'll go from there.

[Young Drachma]

These are the leagues that have never had a Final Four team. In most cases, they haven't had a team past the Sweet 16 if anything at all. Basically we're setting up our new program to potentially be the dominant program of an existing league if all works out well. That's a big if, though.

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Commonwealth Coast Conference
Empire 8
Great Rivers Athletic Conference
Keystone State League
MAC Freedom Conference
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
North Central Athletic Conference
SUNY Athletic Conference
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
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In terms of where I'd like to put it, the SLIAC is probably my first choice. Otherwise, I'd go with the NCAC or the Empire 8. The rest aren't really of interest. The Empire 8 has teams from New York and Vermont, so I won't put a team there since I'm not interested in our new university being located in the Mid-Atlantic or New England.

That leaves the NCAC or SLIAC, both are midwestern based leagues. The SLIAC has teams from Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. The NCAC has teams from Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

So we'd stick to those states or possibly an adjacent state for our possible location of the university which will be moving up from NAIA. That leaves us with those six states, plus Minnesota, Michigan, West Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota or Wisconsin.

From that list, the best options appears to be Oklahoma or Tennessee, the former having no D3 schools even in my current dynasty and Tennessee which produces a lot of recruits but only has 3.

[Young Drachma]

Savillmont University is going to be based in Oklahoma. Professors from Flipper Key Davis University in Tullahassee, OK upon its closing 1935 decided to open a new university in Miami, Oklahoma for colored and Indian youth during that time, a bold idea considered the segregated times and hostility from both sides.

Not to be deterred, the teachers began their program out of one building in Miami in 1937, graduating their first class in 1939.

In 1939, the General Education Board (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Education_Board) made the largest contribution to any Colored school of learning, after a story ran in American newspapers about British benefactors who came to a tiny college outpost and offered to help finance the develop one of the "finest colleges in the nation for anyone -- Negro, Redman or otherwise," and with the backing of Sir Eric Savill and Patricia Marchant Grimes of Middlebury, Vermont acquired land from black homesteaders in nearby Vinita, OK to create the newly renamed Savillmont University based on the merging of Savill's name with the home state of Grimes after being specifically asked not to name her in the institution.

With the boost to the institutions endowment and a university that was "the envy of many" there was a great deal of controversy and threats that the campus would be burned down in the night by outside agitators, but instead Savillmont quietly became integrated and co-educational without an official policy.

Savillmont was ranked #33 in the latest college rankings. The enrollment is 4,030 student and endowment is $918,203,188 with an endowment per student placing it in the same class as institutions such as Oberlin, Colgate, and Lafayette.

Today, Savillmont is growing its upstart USCAA athletic program that operated in recent years to become a full fledged NCAA athletic program after years of not having a program.

[Young Drachma]

In terms of a mascot (working on it) and a conference (working on it) it's a question of fit. The American Southwest Conference is the best geographic fit because it's full of schools from our region, but I'd prefer to stick to my idea of going to a league that's never had a final four team.

So that leaves the SLIAC or the HCAC. The SLIAC


2047 St. Louis Intercollegiate Standings

TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Principia Panthers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 124 34
MacMurray Highlanders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 126 14
Blackburn Beavers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 143 38
Webster Gorloks 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 166 22
Spalding Golden Eagles 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 169 24
Eureka Red Devils 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 229 10
Iowa Wesleyan Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 236 17
Westminster (MO) Blue Jays 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 271 17
Greenville Panthers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 369 18
Fontbonne Griffins 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 457 11


The NCAC

2047 North Coast Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Wittenberg Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 110 23
Wooster Fighting Scots 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 112 28
Wabash Little Giants 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 119 39
DePauw Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 146 17
Allegheny Gators 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 150 6
Denison Big Red 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 174 15
Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 183 23
Hiram Terriers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 211 14
Oberlin Yeomen 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 241 22
Kenyon Lords 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 262 20


In terms of similar academic fit, NCAC is a much better conference for us, even though it's further away. The SLIAC doesn't quite work as well in that regard and most of the schools in that area are regionally located around St. Louis and so, it might be less of a good fit for that reason too, but for the purposes of world domination, it might be an easier mark. I see us having more rivals in the NCAC though, as those are schools that I see us competing with for students.

So I think we're going to go with the NCAC over the SLIAC, even though when I started this storyline I was pretty sure we'd be a SLIAC team. Then again, another possibility is going with the SLIAC to start off and then switching leagues down the road if we feel like that's a better idea. So let's just say that Savillmont wants to join the NCAC but wasn't voted in at the last minute and so, the SLIAC came clutch with a conference invite but for the first season they'll have to be an independent and then will join the SLIAC in the 2nd year of the program.

[Young Drachma]

GO OOGIES.

http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131125222822/disney/images/b/bd/James_P._Sullivan.png

Savillmont is home to the Oogies, a fictional blue monster. Students did a name-the-mascot contest and Blue Monsters was the selected winner, based on a legend of the Dark Cloud, a lake monster who inhabits Lake Oologah. The students started informally called the Blue Monster Oogie and before long, everyone referred to the team as "Oogies" rather than "Blue Monsters."

For the first season, the Oogies will be an independent with seven other schools largely from the east. I set the prestige level at 75 intentionally to get the program started off well, but that won't last long if they don't start to win. The game doesn't really allow me to overcompensate for high spending and so, the high prestige is the only way to offset that.

As for house rules, not really my style but I do want to implement a few from the outset just to keep this somewhat interesting. This first season will be moot because we'll just end up getting players to fill the roster, but then I'm going to set everyone on the roster to be eligible for the draft after this first year so we can get another clear roster for Year 2. We won't sign any transfers.

- Roster must always contain at least 5 players from Oklahoma.
- Roster must always contain at least 3 players from a border state (AR, MO, KS, CO, NM, TX)

This will basically prevent me from loading up on players from Florida, California or foreigners to stock the roster and dominant. It'll make it harder to win and obviously Texas being there helps, but...it should be a good way to keep it interesting. I'll have 5 flex scholarships to get those kinds of guys, but...it'll make recruiting more interesting than it's been in my previous stories where I've started up programs early on and been able to load up on talent easily.

[Izulde]

Best name and mascot since the Banana Slugs. :D

[Young Drachma]

I made a separate save that I can use to sim these years with this program without losing where I was in this particular part of the dynasty.

Anyway, as far as adding recruits to make sure there are enough Oklahoma recruits, I'm going to be adding a few each year. They won't all be good, because it takes a lot of effort to make really good recruits year after year, so a lot of them won't be that great.

We have a list of seven recruits I made to add to whatever the game generates for this coming year. I imagine this first class will be slim pickings, I think we'll be able to get a few players to fall to our level, but given I have to fill at least 8 spots to start off -- if I don't want to fill the entire roster -- then we'll have to make sure we can get at least our regional quota. Texas makes it easy for us to do that, but getting five OK recruits will be tough.

Anyway, here are the people I created:


PF Tristan Giltner (5*) AR
SG Ronnie Butler (4*) MO
PF Nathaniel Pierre-Jacques (4*) NJ
SF Jeremiah Lassiter (5*) OK
PG Jamar Jeffers (5*) OK
PF Ravion Marshall (3*) OK
C Myles Jackson-Lee (3*) OK

[Young Drachma]

HEAD COACH HIRING
So it's time to upgrade from our USCAA coach to a real college coach. I'm debating between hiring a retread coach and hiring a first-time head coach who has been an assistant.

Not sure which route yet, but this remains the best job on the market right now, so we can find someone who is a good fit to start up a program from scratch. Then we'll have to hit the transfer market and find players who can fill out our first roster -- but remember, everyone will be released after this year so those scholarships will be released after this season and we'll start from scratch.

[Young Drachma]

Best name and mascot since the Banana Slugs. :D

Glad someone approves!

Here are the finalists for head coach at Savillmont University:


COACH DETAILS

Michael Helman - Recruiting Coordinator - Stony Point
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Age: 36
High School: Barnstable High School
Hometown: Hyannis, MA
Alma Mater: Mary Washington

Current Level: 6
Career Record: 107 - 104
Salary: $176,000

Recruiting: A+
Scouting: C-
Offense: C
Defense: C

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2046 Stony Point Assistant 33 2 13 1 NCAA Champion
2045 Stony Point Assistant 31 4 12 2 Loss in NCAA Final Four
2044 Illinois Tech Head Coach 10 19 4 10 No Postseason
2043 Illinois Tech Head Coach 12 17 5 9 No Postseason
2042 Illinois Tech Head Coach 22 9 11 3 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2041 Illinois Tech Head Coach 12 17 5 9 No Postseason
2040 Illinois Tech Head Coach 15 15 8 6 No Postseason
2039 Illinois Tech Head Coach 15 14 8 6 No Postseason
2038 Illinois Tech Head Coach 21 13 11 3 Loss in NIT Round 1
2037 MIT Assistant 25 9 9 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2036 MIT Assistant 19 12 7 9 Loss in NCAA Round 1

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2042 Conference Coach of the Year (Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin)
2042 Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2045 Hired by Stony Point (Recruiting Coordinator)
2045 Fired by Illinois Tech
2038 Hired by Illinois Tech (Head Coach)
2038 Quit job with MIT
2036 Hired by MIT (Recruiting Coordinator)



COACH DETAILS

Van Spicer - Coaching Assistant - Sayre
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Age: 47
High School: Hydro High School
Hometown: Hydro, OK
Alma Mater: Widener

Current Level: 7
Career Record: 72 - 104
Salary: $180,400

Recruiting: F-
Scouting: C
Offense: A+
Defense: A

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2046 Sayre Assistant 16 14 7 7 No Postseason
2045 Sayre Assistant 22 9 8 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2044 Case Western Reserve Assistant 17 14 5 11 No Postseason
2043 Covenant Head Coach 7 22 6 12 No Postseason
2042 Covenant Head Coach 9 20 5 13 No Postseason
2041 Covenant Head Coach 15 14 9 9 No Postseason
2040 Covenant Head Coach 13 16 6 12 No Postseason
2039 Covenant Head Coach 19 12 11 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2038 Covenant Head Coach 9 20 6 12 No Postseason
2037 Sayre Assistant 23 8 10 4 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2036 Sayre Assistant 24 8 10 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2035 Sayre Assistant 20 10 7 7 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2034 Sayre Assistant 27 6 12 2 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2045 Hired by Sayre (Assistant Coach)
2045 Staff fired by Case Western Reserve
2044 Hired by Case Western Reserve (Assistant Coach)
2044 Fired by Covenant
2038 Hired by Covenant (Head Coach)
2038 Quit job with Sayre
2034 Hired by Sayre (Assistant Coach)



COACH DETAILS

Lucas Murr
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Age: 43
High School: West Carroll High School
Hometown: Mount Carroll, IL
Alma Mater: Mount Carroll

Current Level: 10
Career Record: 98 - 68
Salary: $0

Recruiting: A
Scouting: B-
Offense: C+
Defense: A+

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2046 Mount Carroll Head Coach 13 18 3 9 No Postseason
2045 Mount Carroll Head Coach 21 11 6 6 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2044 Mount Carroll Head Coach 26 9 7 5 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2043 Mount Carroll Head Coach 23 14 3 9 CBI Champion
2042 Mount Carroll Head Coach 15 16 2 10 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2047 Quit job with Mount Carroll
2042 Hired by Mount Carroll (Head Coach)


Lucas Murr was replaced by another Mt. Carroll alumnus that I found who was the coach at Ohio Wesleyan and had a winning record.

In a different life, I pick Murr. His grandfather John Murr won six national titles and his father Brian won three as the guy who started up the Mt. Carroll basketball program and he's the reason he got the job in the first place. But he wasn't so good and they took the chance to get a better alum to coach them.

So he could be a good guy to bring in, at least from a pedigree perspective. But I like that Spicer is an Oklahoma native.

[Young Drachma]

Lucas Murr went to Eastern Wyoming, a program that's been the sort of job that coaches have used as a platform to get to bigger jobs pretty much since forever. Murr hopes to do the same as others have in the past and the team has already established itself in the Intermountain Athletic Conference.

So with Murr off of our list as a possibility, we had to go with someone else.

In a fit of hilarity, Eastern Wyoming's former coach is 47-year old Harold McNeely, who is a native of Oologah, OK which is just 45 minutes from campus.

We end up hiring him as the first coach in Savillmont program history. He's a strong recruiter, has a background at top programs Stony Point and Colorado College and has head coaching experience which will be good for us. Finally, he's a local so he knows the area well and that'll serve us good since we need someone who can dig deep and recruit locally.


COACH DETAILS

Harold McNeely - Head Coach - Savillmont
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Age: 47
High School: Oologah High School
Hometown: Oologah, OK
Alma Mater: LeTourneau

Current Level: 9
Career Record: 125 - 177

Recruiting: A+
Scouting: A+
Offense: C
Defense: C-


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2046 Eastern Wyoming Head Coach 15 16 6 8 No Postseason
2045 Eastern Wyoming Head Coach 11 19 5 9 No Postseason
2044 Eastern Wyoming Head Coach 14 16 7 7 No Postseason
2043 Colorado College Assistant 24 9 10 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2042 Buena Vista Head Coach 11 19 7 7 No Postseason
2041 Buena Vista Head Coach 10 19 3 11 No Postseason
2040 Buena Vista Head Coach 8 21 5 9 No Postseason
2039 Buena Vista Head Coach 17 13 9 5 No Postseason
2038 Buena Vista Head Coach 15 15 8 6 No Postseason
2037 Buena Vista Head Coach 8 21 4 10 No Postseason
2036 Buena Vista Head Coach 16 18 8 6 Loss in CIT Round 2
2035 Stony Point Assistant 32 3 12 2 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
2034 Stony Point Assistant 29 3 12 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2047 Hired by Savillmont (Head Coach)
2047 Quit job with Eastern Wyoming
2044 Hired by Eastern Wyoming (Head Coach)
2044 Quit job with Colorado College
2043 Hired by Colorado College (Recruiting Coordinator)
2043 Fired by Buena Vista
2036 Hired by Buena Vista (Head Coach)
2036 Quit job with Stony Point
2034 Hired by Stony Point (Recruiting Coordinator)

[Young Drachma]

Recruiting update:


SAVILLMONT OOGIES Recruiting

Name Pos Ht Wt Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk To
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Robert Warren SG 6-2 187 31.4 5.5 2.1 0.8 0.5 2.1
Ravion Marshall PF 6-4 189 24.8 4.4 2.4 5.9 1.9 2.5
Heath Leveille SG 6-5 195 24.2 3.2 5.2 4.4 1.4 1.4
Brett Lee C 7-0 228 18.7 9.3 0.7 2.2 0.8 2.4
Clarence Cyrus SG 6-2 185 18.0 5.7 2.7 1.1 1.7 2.1
Charles Silverman SF 6-7 249 16.9 6.7 1.6 1.8 1.1 2.3
Jason Mintz C 6-6 242 16.2 7.0 2.5 1.1 1.5 2.2
Jarod Weed PG 5-11 153 15.7 3.8 5.7 3.4 0.7 2.6
Chus Gonzalez C 6-8 258 13.0 9.5 1.4 1.7 2.0 1.7


In terms of making sure we've met our requirements:


SAVILLMONT OOGIES Recruiting

Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State
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Robert Warren SG 6-2 187 **** Committed Pennsylvania
Heath Leveille SG 6-5 195 **** Committed Louisiana
Chus Gonzalez C 6-8 258 *** Committed Texas
Brett Lee C 7-0 228 *** Committed New Mexico
Jason Mintz C 6-6 242 *** Committed Oklahoma
Ravion Marshall PF 6-4 189 *** Committed Oklahoma
Charles Silverman SF 6-7 249 *** Committed Oklahoma
Clarence Cyrus SG 6-2 185 *** Committed Arkansas
Jarod Weed PG 5-11 153 *** Committed Oklahoma


Three more scholarships to go, but I've met my requirements for both Oklahoma players and border state players, because the team has two other Oklahoma players that the game signed when I started and I kept them because I wanted to make sure that we'd have at least two OK guys before I got started.

[Young Drachma]

2048 SEASON: The first season of Savillmont Oogies basketball in the NCAA ended with a 9-21 regular season. A lot more wins in the first year than I expected despite the growing pains that included a 13-game losing streak from December through late January.



SAVILLMONT OOGIES Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/10/47 Green Mountain 9-20 432 W 58-47 1-0
11/13/47 Lyndon State 9-20 436 W 67-52 2-0
11/15/47 Oberlin 23-9 86 L 73-63 2-1
11/23/47 vs. Concordia-Chicago 21-10 176 L 79-71 2-2
11/24/47 vs. Bluffton 22-10 167 L 64-55 2-3
12/01/47 Guilford 16-13 131 W 85-80 3-3
12/05/47 ASU Poly 17-11 93 L 80-79 3-4
12/07/47 Lynchburg 19-10 116 W 107-104 4-4
12/09/47 at Rhodes 7-22 413 W 86-66 5-4
12/12/47 Randolph 13-16 291 W 94-87 6-4
12/13/47 vs. Frostburg State 5-24 397 W 81-75 7-4
12/15/47 at Rust 21-11 31 L 76-41 7-5
12/18/47 #8 Southbridge State 26-4 10 L 103-78 7-6
12/20/47 at Principia 22-10 118 L 86-72 7-7
12/23/47 Eastern Wyoming 21-9 43 L 97-79 7-8
12/26/47 at Illinois College 17-14 144 L 90-83 7-9
12/28/47 at Fontbonne 16-14 109 L 98-96 7-10
12/31/47 Hetfield 15-12 108 L 95-80 7-11
01/03/48 Millsaps 17-14 65 L 80-73 7-12
01/06/48 Westminster (MO) 14-16 246 L 101-93 7-13
01/10/48 Cal Maritime 15-13 105 L 75-65 7-14
01/15/48 at Presentation 14-16 125 L 72-67 7-15
01/21/48 Middlebury 26-5 30 L 86-63 7-16
01/28/48 Williams 15-17 182 L 86-70 7-17
01/30/48 at Austin 12-17 200 W 89-77 8-17
02/01/48 Oregon Tech 15-13 44 L 104-99 8-18
02/10/48 Casper State 15-15 126 L 85-77 8-19
02/14/48 at Trinity (TX) 13-15 274 L 100-92 8-20
02/17/48 St. Scholastica 10-19 371 W 79-61 9-20
02/20/48 at Hanover 19-12 192 L 92-76 9-21




I think I'm going to leave one scholarship available out of the 12 I had this year, because I can't fill it and I don't want to have a bottleneck of players I have to fill all at once.

[Young Drachma]

2048 (SEASON 2) ROSTER


SAVILLMONT OOGIES General

Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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Robert Warren 53 SG Fr 6-2 187 Yes C- OK Reading, PA
Chus Gonzalez 13 C Fr 6-8 258 Yes A- OK Austin, TX
Heath Leveille 25 SG Fr 6-5 195 Yes B+ OK Shreveport, LA
Ravion Marshall 9 PF Fr 6-4 189 Yes A+ OK Midwest City, OK
Charles Silverman 14 SF Fr 6-7 249 Yes C- OK Oologah, OK
Myles Jackson-Lee 8 C Fr 6-8 212 Yes A+ OK Stillwater, OK
Brett Lee 15 C Fr 7-0 228 Yes D OK Penasco, NM
Clarence Cyrus 34 SG Fr 6-2 185 Yes A- OK Lamar, AR
Troy Winton 4 C Fr 6-9 226 Yes F+ OK California, MO
Jason Mintz 3 C Fr 6-6 242 Yes D OK Henryetta, OK
Jarod Weed 0 PG Fr 5-11 153 Yes A- OK Dale, OK
Andrew Cook 20 SG So 6-2 183 No D+ OK Ada, OK


So we've met our requirements for geography. I imagine this year's team will be a lot better than last year's team, but I'm not exactly getting my hopes up for anything. A winning record would be awesome, though.

The team moves from the Independent ranks to the SLIAC, which should be good in the sense that we won't face a swarm of tough games in January-February, but if we lose those games it'll be bad for us for other reasons.

We fully expect to be a competitive team in-league from the outset though.

One of the recruiting complications I forgot is when I moved Versallies University from Vermont and out of the Big Nine conference and moved them to the Sunset Conference and turned them into Crystal Bridges University out of Arkansas is it put a really strong team right in the recruiting territory we're hoping to capitalize on; so really good Oklahoma players would always opt for that program over us.

In a way, it's an unintentionally blessing as it'll make this more difficult. But it'll also be good once this team actually starts to compete, because they give us a strong rival to work up to.

[Young Drachma]

I freed up one scholarship for this coming season, because this isn't all that fun as a completely passive storyline. So our goal is to get someone who can help us. I think we're a little weak at SF, so we're going to look for a tweener forward who might be a useful player as a sparkplug scorer type guy. Alternatively, it'd be good to get a point guard since we didn't focus on that before.

I'll see what's out there.

[Young Drachma]

2048 RECAP
I intentionally scheduled easy for the non-conference and we went 5-7, which isn't bad for a 2nd year team where there are positions missing and we're not quite fleshed out.

Conference play was harder this year, but we're a brand new team with all new personnel this year and so, the results weren't completely unpredictable.

We matched last year's win total against much better teams, which probably shows at least no signs of regression, but building a team from scratch is difficult and I think I might opt to let go of some of our lesser freshman in the hopes of picking up some stronger transfer players. Maybe with a bit more balance, we can field a team that's got more depth and players who can go toe-to-toe with better teams or at least, our own conference where I feel like we should be more competitive going forward.




W 80-58 7-17 (3-9)
02/09/49 at Spalding 7-22 430 W 77-69 8-17 (4-9)
02/13/49 Westminster (MO) 16-13 209 L 77-74 8-18 (4-10)
02/16/49 at Eureka 8-21 351 L 85-68 8-19 (4-11)
02/20/49 Fontbonne 16-13 164 W 83-78 9-19 (5-11)
02/22/49 vs. #6 Crystal Bridges 27-6 8 L 106-58 9-20
02/26/49 Ferrum 14-15 292 L 93-63 9-21




We finish the regular season 9-21 for Year 2.

We managed to get a kid who I intend to play at point guard. Not my first choice, but he should still be a decent fit and given our lack of depth at the position, we needed him.


PLAYER DETAILS

#32 SG Garth Heron - Savillmont - Freshman
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Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
High School: Rancho Cotate High School
Hometown: Rohnert Park, CA

Attributes:
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Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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Current: D+ B+ C+ C+ F+ D- D- C D C D- F+ A- C- A C
Potential: C A C B D D D C D B D F

Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: B-

Stat Averages:
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Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 A/T 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shooting Averages:
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Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
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Career 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.00 0.00

Stat Totals:
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Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Shooting Totals
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Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
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Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Highs:
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Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
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Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards & Acheivements:
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Season Award
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2048 High School: Rated **** and #59 overall by the FBCB scouting service.


I think I've decided that after two years, there needs to be some chirping about Men's Basketball coach Harold McNeeley. He's a nice enough guy, but there was a ho-hum about hiring a guy who got fired from his last job because he wasn't that great a coach and who has only had one winning season in his career.

So here's McNeeley's record up through now, including two 9-win seasons with us. If you're the AD, do you give him another year to show some turnaround knowing it'll largely be the same cast of characters? Or do you show him the door and find someone else realizing this is a new program and you need to show momentum? I liked the idea of a local coming home to coach, but...there's no energy around this time and looking at what we've got coming, it might be more of the same. On the flip side, if we don't hit a home run on the next hire, it could set the program back even further and have more of a revolving door around the program.



COACH DETAILS

Harold McNeely - Head Coach - Savillmont
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Age: 49
High School: Oologah High School
Hometown: Oologah, OK
Alma Mater: LeTourneau

Current Level: 9
Career Record: 143 - 219

Recruiting: A+
Scouting: A+
Offense: C
Defense: C-


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 Savillmont Head Coach 9 21 5 11 No Postseason
2047 Savillmont Head Coach 9 21 0 0 No Postseason
2046 Eastern Wyoming Head Coach 15 16 6 8 No Postseason
2045 Eastern Wyoming Head Coach 11 19 5 9 No Postseason
2044 Eastern Wyoming Head Coach 14 16 7 7 No Postseason
2043 Colorado College Assistant 24 9 10 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2042 Buena Vista Head Coach 11 19 7 7 No Postseason
2041 Buena Vista Head Coach 10 19 3 11 No Postseason
2040 Buena Vista Head Coach 8 21 5 9 No Postseason
2039 Buena Vista Head Coach 17 13 9 5 No Postseason
2038 Buena Vista Head Coach 15 15 8 6 No Postseason
2037 Buena Vista Head Coach 8 21 4 10 No Postseason
2036 Buena Vista Head Coach 16 18 8 6 Loss in CIT Round 2
2035 Stony Point Assistant 32 3 12 2 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
2034 Stony Point Assistant 29 3 12 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2047 Hired by Savillmont (Head Coach)
2047 Quit job with Eastern Wyoming
2044 Hired by Eastern Wyoming (Head Coach)
2044 Quit job with Colorado College
2043 Hired by Colorado College (Recruiting Coordinator)
2043 Fired by Buena Vista
2036 Hired by Buena Vista (Head Coach)
2036 Quit job with Stony Point
2034 Hired by Stony Point (Recruiting Coordinator)

[britrock88]

Given that he can't coach kids up that well, I say let him go.

[Young Drachma]

I'd seen enough. Harold McNeeley was relieved of his duties as head coach at Savillmont today. He's heading to SUNY-Martime to be their new head coach, as a former military veteran, maybe they'll respond to his coaching style better.

Here are our candidates for the head coaching job now.

I'm actually conducting a "national search" in the form of reviewing all of the assistants throughout the network of 460 teams in this universe to see if there's a guy who is the right fit. I'm looking at head coaches too, but given where the program is, it'd be difficult to hire someone except an upstart at a very low prestige program and I'm not aware of anyone that fits the bill.

But let's take a look:

Damion Grulule, who I hired specifically for this purpose. Unfortunately, he's very similar to the guy we just got rid of in terms of his ability to coach offense/defense. He does, however, have a better history of coaching successful teams. But Wyandanch isn't much different than us, in terms of composition and he did nothing with them. So that's no big incentive for me to give him the head job.




COACH DETAILS

Damion Gurule - Recruiting Coordinator - Savillmont
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Age: 49
High School: Lake County High School
Hometown: Tiptonville, TN
Alma Mater: Centre

Current Level: 7
Career Record: 243 - 213


Recruiting: A+
Scouting: A+
Offense: D
Defense: D-

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 Savillmont Assistant 9 21 5 11 No Postseason
2047 Wyandanch Head Coach 17 13 4 10 No Postseason
2046 Wyandanch Head Coach 20 10 6 8 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2045 Wyandanch Head Coach 17 12 5 9 No Postseason
2044 Wyandanch Head Coach 15 14 2 12 No Postseason
2043 Wyandanch Head Coach 12 17 1 13 No Postseason
2042 Florida Poly Assistant 27 6 10 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2041 Florida Poly Assistant 31 3 13 1 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
2040 Florida Poly Assistant 27 7 10 4 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2039 Florida Poly Assistant 26 8 10 4 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
2038 Hartwick Head Coach 9 21 6 8 No Postseason
2037 Hartwick Head Coach 10 19 6 8 No Postseason
2036 Hartwick Head Coach 14 15 5 9 No Postseason
2035 Hartwick Head Coach 21 11 10 4 Loss in CBI Round 1
2034 Hartwick Head Coach 15 14 7 7 No Postseason
2033 Hartwick Head Coach 17 17 8 6 Loss in CIT Round 2
2032 Hartwick Head Coach 11 21 7 7 No Postseason
2031 Hartwick Head Coach 22 10 11 3 Loss in NIT Round 1
2030 Hartwick Head Coach 19 12 10 4 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
2029 Hartwick Head Coach 24 7 14 0 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2028 Chicago Assistant 29 5 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2029 Conference Coach of the Year (Empire 8 Conference)
2029 Empire 8 Conference Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2048 Hired by Savillmont (Recruiting Coordinator)
2048 Fired by Wyandanch
2043 Hired by Wyandanch (Head Coach)
2043 Quit job with Florida Poly
2039 Hired by Florida Poly (Lead Scout)
2039 Fired by Hartwick
2029 Hired by Hartwick (Head Coach)
2029 Quit job with Chicago
2028 Hired by Chicago (Lead Scout)



Jay Yost

Not as much experience, but he can coach Xs and Os and that's important. I do need a strong recruiting coach, but I think after sacrificing that in the last one, it's going to be important to hire a guy who can bring that to us. Hillman is a perennial Top 25 program so they're a top pedigree program and bringing a guy from there would be a good PR move.



COACH DETAILS

Jay Yost - Coaching Assistant - Hillman
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Age: 37
High School: Beach High School
Hometown: Beach, ND
Alma Mater: FDU-Florham

Current Level: 6
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $137,231

Recruiting: C-
Scouting: F+
Offense: A-
Defense: A+

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 Hillman Assistant 23 9 7 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2047 Hillman Assistant 26 9 11 3 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2047 Hired by Hillman (Assistant Coach)




Hugh Daniels strikes me as a guy that has the experience of working with a few solid programs and has the Xs and Os credentials to steer a solid ship. He's never been a head coach and he's 50, but...if it worked out well, I think it'd be a solid fit and unlike a young guy, he's less likely to leave us for something else.



COACH DETAILS

Hugh Daniels - Coaching Assistant - UC-Santa Cruz
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Age: 50
High School: Northeastern High School
Hometown: Elizabeth City, NC
Alma Mater: Sarah Lawrence

Current Level: 4
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $95,674

Recruiting: D-
Scouting: F+
Offense: B
Defense: A-

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 UC-Santa Cruz Assistant 16 15 8 6 No Postseason
2047 UC-Santa Cruz Assistant 20 12 12 2 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2046 Emory Assistant 20 12 11 5 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2045 Emory Assistant 23 10 8 8 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2044 Skidmore Assistant 18 11 9 7 No Postseason
2043 Skidmore Assistant 16 13 10 6 No Postseason
2042 Skidmore Assistant 10 19 6 10 No Postseason
2041 Skidmore Assistant 13 16 9 7 No Postseason
2040 Skidmore Assistant 20 11 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2039 Skidmore Assistant 15 15 10 6 No Postseason
2038 Skidmore Assistant 12 17 5 11 No Postseason
2037 Skidmore Assistant 10 19 7 9 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2047 Hired by UC-Santa Cruz (Assistant Coach)
2047 Fired by Emory
2045 Hired by Emory (Assistant Coach)
2045 Quit job with Skidmore to pursue a higher position
2037 Hired by Skidmore (Assistant Coach)



Kevin Brien is the first guy I've found in my search with strong defensive coaching skills who can also recruit. His teams might not score a lot, but they'll defend and he won't hurt us on the road. I like that. Oswego is a decent team, but Western Wyoming has actually won a title before and are one of the best teams in the west for sure.



COACH DETAILS

Kevin Brien - Recruiting Coordinator - Western Wyoming
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Age: 39
High School: Mcclintock High School
Hometown: Tempe, AZ
Alma Mater: Covenant

Current Level: 5
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $88,466

Recruiting: B+
Scouting: D+
Offense: F-
Defense: A+

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 Western Wyoming Assistant 25 11 10 4 NIT Champion
2047 Western Wyoming Assistant 19 14 6 8 No Postseason
2046 Western Wyoming Assistant 19 13 9 5 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
2045 Western Wyoming Assistant 22 12 10 4 Loss in NIT Round 2
2044 Oswego State Assistant 21 13 15 5 Loss in CBI Round 2
2043 Oswego State Assistant 20 12 15 5 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
2042 Oswego State Assistant 16 14 11 9 No Postseason
2041 Oswego State Assistant 22 10 17 3 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
2040 Oswego State Assistant 21 12 15 5 Loss in NIT Round 1
2039 Oswego State Assistant 22 13 12 8 Loss in NIT Round 2
2038 Oswego State Assistant 25 9 14 6 Loss in NCAA Round 1

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2045 Hired by Western Wyoming (Recruiting Coordinator)
2045 Resigned to look for a higher paying position
2038 Hired by Oswego State (Recruiting Coordinator)



Jack Houston is another strong recruiter who has some coaching ability.



COACH DETAILS

Jack Houston - Recruiting Coordinator - St. Olaf
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Age: 47
High School: Brentwood High School
Hometown: Brentwood, NY
Alma Mater: Hamline

Current Level: 6
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $53,616

Recruiting: A-
Scouting: D
Offense: A
Defense: C-

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 St. Olaf Assistant 29 6 12 4 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
2047 St. Olaf Assistant 23 9 10 6 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2046 St. Olaf Assistant 19 11 8 8 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2045 St. Olaf Assistant 20 10 11 5 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2041 Kalamazoo Assistant 21 11 9 5 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2040 Kalamazoo Assistant 21 10 10 4 Loss in NIT Round 1
2039 Kalamazoo Assistant 22 10 11 3 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
2038 Kalamazoo Assistant 17 14 7 7 No Postseason
2037 Kalamazoo Assistant 15 15 9 5 No Postseason
2036 Kalamazoo Assistant 15 16 7 7 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2045 Hired by St. Olaf (Assistant Coach)
2042 Quit job because of a salary dispute
2036 Hired by Kalamazoo (Assistant Coach)



Roland Gordon is a dark horse who I've found later in my search for a head coach. He's a head coach which gives him a leg up on the others, obviously. Husson is not an easy place to win and because I've turned off auto-bids for leagues, the NIT is usually as high as they can shoot for. Their last NCAA appearance was in 1988 back when we still had autobids.

Anyway, he's done a lot with a little (they're a 23 prestige program) and he's been there a long time. Can't recruit, but gets a lot out of the kids who do show up.



COACH DETAILS

Roland Gordon - Head Coach - Husson
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Age: 54
High School: Piner High School
Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA
Alma Mater: Drew

Current Level: 5
Career Record: 282 - 222

Recruiting: D-
Scouting: F
Offense: A+
Defense: A-


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2048 Husson Head Coach 18 14 11 7 No Postseason
2047 Husson Head Coach 13 17 8 10 No Postseason
2046 Husson Head Coach 14 16 9 9 No Postseason
2045 Husson Head Coach 21 13 11 7 Loss in CBI Round 3
2044 Husson Head Coach 20 12 11 7 No Postseason
2043 Husson Head Coach 15 16 9 9 No Postseason
2042 Husson Head Coach 18 13 11 7 No Postseason
2041 Husson Head Coach 21 12 11 7 Loss in NIT Round 1
2040 Husson Head Coach 14 16 8 10 No Postseason
2039 Husson Head Coach 18 12 11 7 No Postseason
2038 Husson Head Coach 20 13 12 6 Loss in CIT Round 3
2037 Husson Head Coach 16 15 9 9 No Postseason
2036 Husson Head Coach 21 12 12 6 Loss in CBI Round 1
2035 Husson Head Coach 16 15 9 9 No Postseason
2034 Husson Head Coach 19 12 10 8 No Postseason
2033 Husson Head Coach 18 14 8 10 No Postseason
2032 Stevens Assistant 30 6 12 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2031 Stevens Assistant 32 4 15 1 Loss in NCAA Final Four
2030 Stevens Assistant 16 15 6 10 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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2036 Conference Coach of the Year (North Atlantic Conference)

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2033 Hired by Husson (Head Coach)
2033 Quit job with Stevens to pursue a higher position
2030 Hired by Stevens (Assistant Coach)

[Young Drachma]

Looking at that list, I did a solid job of looking at coaches between Level 4-7 without consciously doing so. I was mostly looking at records/pedigree to get the right kind of look and I think while there were all sorts of pie in the sky candidates I'd have liked more or whatever, this is a solid list of guys that I think fit where the program is and where it'd like to be.

Each time I wrote one down, they were the favorite but now I actually have to sift through them and figure out among our finalists which will be the actual head coach in the end.

They all have their pros and cons and I like them all for different reasons to varying degrees.

[Young Drachma]

Grulule took a head coaching job with Hendrix College, so he's no longer a candidate.
Bill Turner, our other assistant also took a head coaching job with Transylvania, so he's not an option.

I basically narrowed my search down to Jack Houston, Kevin Brien and Roland Gordon. I like Gordon except for his woeful recruiting prowess. I feel like what he did with nothing at Husson and felt like we could benefit from that. As for Jack Houston, I like his ability to recruit and that he's strong on defense. I think in either case, we might be okay. I like the idea of a coach starting with us and cutting his teeth with the program rather than a riser who has been elsewhere, but Gordon is a guy that probably won't get as many shots to leave where he is going down the road and I think he's got the legs to be a really strong coach for a really long time and he's already been a head coach, so I worry less. Plus we can get a recruiter in here and after my last guy being a recruiter, I'm less inclined to necessarily need a head coach who is amazing at that sacrificing the other stuff.

I think I like the idea of promoting a guy who has served as a head coach before. So we offer the job to Roland Gordon to become Savillmont's 2nd head coach in men's basketball in history.

[Young Drachma]

I was trying to sim past the assistant hiring stage and ended up simming a whole season by accident.

I was right about hiring Gordon, though. In our 3rd season, Savillmont finished 19-14, going 12-4 in the SLIAC and winning the conference tournament. That earned the team a CIT berth, losing in the 2nd round. Still, a huge upgrade over back to back 9-win seasons.

I'm going to release two of the three freshman the game recruited. Two are from Missouri and one is from Louisiana. We're short an Oklahoman at the moment, which hopefully I can fix during transfer period.

I think the penalty for not having the required number of in-state players or regional players, will mean we run short a scholarship the following year. This isn't my fault because I didn't recruit for last year at all -- or add anyone from Oklahoma to the pool -- but it'll be the rule for the future.

[Young Drachma]

New class of recruits:

C Devin Applegate (*) Kansas
SF Shonn Camm (5*) Oklahoma
SG Majuan Jeffers (5*) Colorado
PF Leon Tadrick III (5*) Oklahoma
PG Trae Trager (3*) Kansas

[Young Drachma]

Feel free to offer up recruits for me to create during the off-season and I'll add them, so you have folks to follow.

I create them every year anyway, might as well add more to the fray.

Please use this name generator (http://fakenamegenerator.com/) if you can't think of a good name.

Name, Position, High School, City/State and one of three categories (Blue Chip, Blue Collar or Scrappy Underdog)

[Young Drachma]

C Devin Applegate (*) Kansas (UW-Oshkosh)
SF Shonn Camm (5*) Oklahoma (Monmouth)
SG Majuan Jeffers (5*) Colorado (Casper State)
PF Leon Tadrick III (5*) Oklahoma (Augustana)
PG Trae Trager (3*) Kansas (Colorado College)

Going into this recruiting season, we have 6 scholarships by cutting three spots and letting two of my blue chip players go pro early. I don't have it turned on for every team in the game -- though I'm about to consider it, because I'd like to see what the parity does to my upper echelon teams going forward into the future.

So let's go ahead and do that for this upcoming year. Starting this coming year, everyone can go pro early including HS recruits. I'd like to see the impact over the next ten years of whether the teams are able to recover and also, to see more 2 and 3 star players able to gel on better teams rather than teams just going out and signing the best players ever year as right now because it's a D3 dynasty, I have lots of good players who never see the floor because the best teams don't have spots for them.

Plus, it'll stop me from always going after the best players and has the intended side effect of giving me good players in my NBA sim a lot earlier than right now, because the talent push isn't as free flowing as I'd like.

We finished November 4-3 and ranked in the mid-major poll. I think the anticipation this year is for an NCAA bid, though that should be a tall order. I've intentionally given us a pretty tough OOC schedule to prepare us for what I hope will be a very successful SLIAC season. We went 6-7 during the OOC part of the schedule, winning most of the games I expected us to win and losing one or two with teams that I think I thought were worse than they are in reality.

Ultimately, going into Year 4, it's apparent we need a bit more depth for this team to really be able to get anywhere. Recruiting is tough right now because our area is being dominated by Illinois schools and Crystal Bridges in Arkansas, so there's no real chance -- at least right now -- of getting our hands on any real blue chip prospects.

Meanwhile, on the administrative end of things, there's talk of a conference switch on the horizon. Administration always saw the SLIAC as a temporary move, with a desire to align the program with a league of schools that were more representative of our academic standing.

The North Coast Athletic Conference, which was the original object of administration's affections has happily invited the team given we'd be one of the best teams in their league now, but..administration have set their sights on the Midwest Conference, which experienced a split a few years ago with half of its league leaving to start the Midwest Athletic Association -- now one of the power leagues -- and another target is the Southern Athletic Association, another once-top league that has suffered from the advent of the Sunset Conference.

Unlike some of my other created schools, Savillmont has to play in a real-life league against primarily real-life schools.

So that leaves a few conference options that work geographically for the Oklahoma-based school.

[Young Drachma]

Starting next year, Savillmont is moving to the Midwest Conference as that league's 10th team.

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MWC Stats Leaders

# Team Apps W L Pct Sweet 16 Elite 8 F4 Champs
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1 Grinnell 39 21 39 .350 2 1 0 0
2 St. Olaf 26 24 25 .490 6 3 1 1
3 Carleton 17 13 17 .433 3 1 1 0
4 Cornell 17 11 17 .393 1 0 0 0
5 Lake Forest 15 13 15 .464 4 2 1 0
6 Beloit 7 3 7 .300 1 0 0 0
7 Ripon 5 1 5 .167 0 0 0 0
8 St. Norbert 5 4 5 .444 1 0 0 0
9 Lawrence 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0

[Young Drachma]

SEASON 4
Savillmont finishes the year with a winning record, but no post-season tournament unfortunately. Still, a solid year and a tough year by the team.


SAVILLMONT OOGIES TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 48 Record Vs 1-50: 0-6 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 18-14 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0 RPI Rank: #100
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 7-2
Home Record: 10-3 Record Vs 200+: 11-6


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 79.2 4 129 Points 74.8 1 192 Points 4.4 3 122
O.Reb 16.4 5 167 O.Reb 13.9 1 79 O.Reb 2.5 2 83
D.Reb 24.2 7 237 D.Reb 25.8 9 372 D.Reb -1.6 9 353
Rebounds 40.6 6 184 Rebounds 39.7 2 216 Rebounds 0.9 4 193
Assists 14.6 9 270 Assists 15.8 6 294 Assists -1.2 9 322
Steals 6.7 4 172 Steals 6.1 3 162 Steals 0.6 5 148
Blocks 2.6 10 324 Blocks 5.1 11 449 Blocks -2.5 11 453
Turnovers 15.6 3 129 Turnovers 18.7 1 57 Turnovers -3.1 1 45
Fouls 18.6 8 330 Fouls 17.9 7 213 Fouls 0.8 7 307
FG% .428 7 250 FG% .447 9 363 FG% -.019 9 336
FT% .713 1 80 FT% .684 6 252 FT% .030 3 108
3P% .369 3 115 3P% .334 2 109 3P% .035 2 71
PPS 1.17 4 238 PPS 1.21 9 296 PPS -.034 9 299
Adj. FG% .484 6 291 Adj. FG% .502 8 292 Adj. FG% -.018 9 315




SAVILLMONT OOGIES Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/06/50 vs. ASU Poly 16-14 121 W 90-83 1-0
11/08/50 at #6 Caltech 24-6 6 L 82-61 1-1
11/09/50 at #15 Soka 27-4 47 L 102-86 1-2
11/14/50 Carthage 12-17 302 W 93-62 2-2
11/21/50 St. Thomas 14-15 338 W 78-58 3-2
11/22/50 at UW-Oshkosh 14-16 283 W 70-62 4-2
11/29/50 #3 Crystal Bridges 30-2 2 L 102-67 4-3
12/06/50 Elmira 8-21 273 W 65-57 5-3
12/07/50 Illinois Wesleyan 11-19 167 L 82-77 5-4
12/10/50 at Knox 20-11 26 L 74-66 5-5
12/13/50 at Kenyon 10-19 331 L 79-70 5-6
12/16/50 vs. Wyandanch 21-8 16 L 90-84 5-7
12/17/50 vs. ASU Poly 16-14 121 W 81-67 6-7
12/20/50 Principia 15-14 246 W 80-72 7-7 (1-0)
12/24/50 at Fontbonne 7-22 350 L 89-87 7-8 (1-1)
12/27/50 at Iowa Wesleyan 6-23 394 L 78-64 7-9 (1-2)
12/31/50 at Webster 12-17 221 W 80-65 8-9 (2-2)
01/03/51 Eureka 14-15 219 W 87-57 9-9 (3-2)
01/07/51 Spalding 12-17 290 W 88-78 10-9 (4-2)
01/14/51 at Blackburn 23-8 148 W 78-70 11-9 (5-2)
01/17/51 Iowa Wesleyan 6-23 394 W 72-52 12-9 (6-2)
01/21/51 at Principia 15-14 246 L 92-88 12-10 (6-3)
01/28/51 Blackburn 23-8 148 W 106-58 13-10 (7-3)
01/31/51 at Greenville 17-14 109 W 77-63 14-10 (8-3)
02/04/51 MacMurray 13-16 352 L 82-74 14-11 (8-4)
02/07/51 at Spalding 12-17 290 W 81-69 15-11 (9-4)
02/11/51 Westminster (MO) 20-10 107 W 95-78 16-11 (10-4)
02/14/51 at Eureka 14-15 219 L 74-66 16-12 (10-5)
02/18/51 Fontbonne 7-22 350 W 89-65 17-12 (11-5)
02/21/51 at Lanesborough 22-9 28 L 99-90 17-13
02/22/51 at Lefebvre 16-17 163 W 68-67 18-13
02/24/51 vs. Blackburn 23-8 148 L 85-76 18-14

[Young Drachma]

We're losing our coach Roland Gordon, who is taking the Hillman job after just two years with us. I suppose it's better than losing a guy who sucks, but...now we've got to find a new head coach again.

[Young Drachma]

I'm gonna just play at my own pace for a while and post semi-regular updates of progress over time. I'm more curious how this turns out than I am playing slowly.

[Young Drachma]

Now that I have NBA2K14 for PC, going to work to import players from FBCB to an NBA that I can actually visualize.