A fresh start to Division I, new conference, new coach

[collegesportsfanms]

I have decided to bring the GWAL back as I will be coaching a team in the dynasty. The GWAL will be prestige 3. I decided to try something different, I got an average rating of all the schools that were in prestige 3 conferences, and I have made all GWAL schools start with a team prestige of 42. All head coaches in the GWAL will begin with a coach prestige of 5.

Now obviously that may create havoc for the first season, as conference play could be pretty even. But I expect teams to have a rise or fall in prestige based on w-l record, schedule strength, recruiting results, and assistant coaches. I guarantee not all the GWAL schools will be prestige 42 schools after season 1.

I am taking over Wichita West. For those that need a recap of the GWAL schools, we have:

Bishop Carroll
Wichita East
Wichita Heights
Kapaun Mt. Carmel
Wichita North
Wichita Northwest
Wichita South
Wichita Southeast
Wichita West

[collegesportsfanms]

For those that were in the interactive coaching dynasty, I feel bad that it was cut short. If any of you want to participate, I might be able to make it happen. Although the focus will be on whatever team I am coaching, I would be happy to give anybody details of any specific schools they are curious about.

Here is a look at my coach card for the 2012-2013 season:



Mike Schaplowsky - Head Coach - Wichita West
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Age: 32
High School: Northeast Magnet High School
Hometown: Wichita, KS
Alma Mater: Cowley College

Current Level: 5
Career Record: 0 - 0

Recruiting: 26
Scouting: 87
Offense: 5
Defense: 82


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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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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2012 Hired by Wichita West (Head Coach)

[collegesportsfanms]

I have hired my staff. With my skills coming in the scouting and coaching defense department, I was hoping to find somebody with a recruiting rating of 65 or higher, and somebody with a coaching offense rating of 65 or higher. I went 1 for 2.



Robert Birchfield - Recruiting Coordinator - Wichita West
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Age: 53
High School: Hightower High School
Hometown: Missouri City, TX
Alma Mater: Arkansas State

Current Level: 1
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $40,000

Recruiting: 42
Scouting: 26
Offense: 50
Defense: 2

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2012 Hired by Wichita West (Recruiting Coordinator)




William Rohrer - Lead Scout - Wichita West
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Age: 43
High School: University High School
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Alma Mater: Massachusetts

Current Level: 0
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $45,000

Recruiting: 41
Scouting: 38
Offense: 17
Defense: 4

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2012 Hired by Wichita West (Lead Scout)

Tom Mota - Coaching Assistant - Wichita West
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Age: 25
High School: Glassboro High School
Hometown: Glassboro, NJ
Alma Mater: Long Island

Current Level: 0
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $50,000

Recruiting: 3
Scouting: 25
Offense: 68
Defense: 4

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2012 Hired by Wichita West (Assistant Coach)

[collegesportsfanms]

2012-2013 Non-Conference Scheduling

We were invited to the Las Vegas Invitational as the 8th seed in an 8 team tournament. Obviously this means we'll probably go and get smashed by a power conference team, but what the hell. It's 3 games of tournament experience. I accepted the invite.

Our first round game will be against Mississippi State, then we will play either Nevada or Colorado.

June 2012

Tulsa, Oral Roberts, and Arkansas have offered to play us. Those are 3 tough teams. I decided to accept the offer from Oral Roberts and decline the offers from Tulsa and Arkansas.

In addition, I have sent invites to Seattle, Elon, and Chicago State to play us at home. All winnable games.

July 2012 Scheduling

All 3 of our offers were accepted, and we received offers from Murray State and Mississippi Valley State for home games, as well as an offer from Montana State for a home and home series, starting in Wichita this season. I accepted all the offers. This means we have 4 games left to schedule, and all of them have to be on the road. I sent offers to go to Kansas State and Houston Baptist.

July 2012 Recruiting

We have 3 scholarships to fill this season, we are losing a PF, SF, and SG. Unfortunately the best recruit out of Kansas this season is a 3 star SG, who already has interest in coming to Wichita West. I'm going to add a lot of 4 star recruits to see if I can sway some of them. I can have a call list of up to 20, and here is our initial list of 20:



Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State
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Billie Hight SG 6-4 190 *** Very High Kansas
John Delvecchio SF 6-8 231 *** High Missouri
Roger Dillard PF 6-7 200 *** High Wyoming
Grant Hughes SF 6-6 216 *** High Louisiana
Stuart Cole C 6-7 215 *** High Oklahoma
René Duhemel SG 6-4 182 *** Average France
Avery Johnston SG 5-10 176 *** Average Canada
Brian Harris SF 6-7 229 **** Low Texas
Mark Osborne PF 6-8 250 **** Low Colorado
Dennis Hughes PF 6-6 248 **** Low Florida
Gerald Litchfield SF 6-5 211 **** Low Louisiana
Jude Tandy SF 6-6 215 **** Low Iowa
Charles McMichael SG 6-3 197 **** Low Tennessee
Kenneth Brody SG 6-3 185 **** Low New Mexico
Robbie Manning PG 6-3 181 **** Low Illinois
Mark Hepler C 6-8 241 **** Low Colorado
Marcellus Williams C 6-8 235 **** Low Louisiana
Dennis Whiteley C 6-10 222 **** Low Louisiana
Benito Gomez C 6-9 227 **** Low Illinois
Daniel Lopez PG 6-0 176 ***** Very Low Colorado

[collegesportsfanms]

August 2012 Scheduling

Kansas State and Houston Baptist accepted our offers, now I have to schedule 2 more road games. I have offered to go on the road to Cleveland State and SE Missouri State.

August 2012 Recruiting


I have offered scholarships to Billie Hight, John Delvecchio, and Rene Duhemel. Nobody new is showing interest, we'll see how it develops.

September 2012 Scheduling

Our schedule is complete, as Cleveland State and SE Missouri State have accepted our offers.

September 2012 Recruiting

I have invited Rene Duhemel to visit Wichita West. He has very high interest in us, in fact we are the only school he's interested in at the moment.

Also making a campus visit is Brian Harris. He's a 4 star recruit and has us in his top 5. Same with Robbie Manning.

[collegesportsfanms]

I've decided I'm probably only going to report on offseason recruiting when we get a signing, I could go on and on in recruiting, but the meat of the dynasty will be inseason. That being said, it is time to reveal the roster and schedule for the 2012-2013 Wichita West Pioneers:



Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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Carl Carl 10 PF Sr 6-11 265 Yes 74 OK Meade, KS
Joseph Moore 35 C Fr 6-8 240 Yes 63 OK Paola, KS
William Mahler 34 SF Sr* 6-6 245 Yes 70 OK Effingham, KS
Denis Welter 25 SG Sr 6-4 226 Yes 60 OK Newfolden, MN
Colby Stromberg 43 PG Jr* 5-11 169 Yes 64 OK Phillipsburg, KS
Tony Arce 54 SG Jr* 6-1 209 Yes 21 OK Wellsville, KS
Daniel Burns 32 PF So 6-9 238 Yes 18 OK Minneapolis, KS
Antoine Fast 40 C Jr* 6-7 226 Yes 35 OK Mount Vernon, IA
Brian Conners 1 PG So* 6-0 194 Yes 97 OK Ottawa, KS
Jerry Cosper 3 PF Fr 6-6 223 Yes 22 OK Wamego, KS
Alfred Mercurio 0 SG So 6-2 165 Yes 52 OK Overland Park, KS
Dannie King 41 C Fr 6-8 248 Yes 79 OK Pomona, KS
Brian Chiu 44 SF So* 6-4 213 No 7 OK Dallas, TX
Melvin Treadway 4 SF Fr 6-8 246 No 60 OK San Antonio, TX
Erich Koziol 22 PG Jr 6-0 183 Yes 22 Suspended Colby, KS


Nobody was willing to take a redshirt, but Erich Koziol is on academic suspension until Jan. 1, 2013. The players to watch on this team are Carl Carl (what a name), Dennis Welter, Colby Stromberg, and Tony Arce. Those will be our top 4 players and the team will be based around them.

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/19/12 vs. Mississippi State 0-0 164
11/29/12 Chicago State 0-0 48
12/03/12 Seattle 0-0 333
12/08/12 Elon 0-0 80
12/13/12 Murray State 0-0 173
12/15/12 at Oral Roberts 0-0 201
12/18/12 at Cleveland State 0-0 51
12/21/12 Mississippi Valley State 0-0 165
12/24/12 Montana State 0-0 169
12/27/12 at Kansas State 0-0 128
01/01/13 Bishop Carroll 0-0 343
01/05/13 at Wichita South 0-0 349
01/10/13 Wichita East 0-0 344
01/12/13 at Kapaun Mt. Carmel 0-0 346
01/15/13 at Houston Baptist 0-0 328
01/19/13 Wichita Heights 0-0 345
01/24/13 at Wichita Northwest 0-0 348
01/26/13 Wichita North 0-0 347
01/31/13 at Wichita Southeast 0-0 350
02/02/13 at Bishop Carroll 0-0 343
02/05/13 Wichita South 0-0 349
02/09/13 at Wichita East 0-0 344
02/14/13 Kapaun Mt. Carmel 0-0 346
02/17/13 at Southeast Missouri State 0-0 241
02/21/13 at Wichita Heights 0-0 345
02/23/13 Wichita Northwest 0-0 348
02/28/13 at Wichita North 0-0 347
03/02/13 Wichita Southeast 0-0 350

[collegesportsfanms]

To the best of my ability, I have aligned the conferences as they are in reality in 2012 (VCU/Butler in A-10, Mizzou, A&M in SEC, and so forth.)

I also am working on real life coaches, entering as many real life coaches names into the dynasty as possible. I will probably start playing games tomorrow.

[hoopsguy]

I'll be interested in hearing how the Illini do under Coach Groce if you don't mind branching outside of conference for some level of national news.

[collegesportsfanms]

You got it hoopsguy. Thanks for your participation

[collegesportsfanms]

I am going to set this dynasty report up as mainly newspaper articles, with coaches comments after every game and every big event throughout the season and offseason. I will also be reporting on the progess of Illinois (as per hoopguys request). It's going to be a trial thing at first, so let me know if you guys like it.

Also, I'd like interaction, so for all you readers that want to play a character (angry fan, evil columnist, etc etc) please do so. The more interaction the better.

First reports coming up with preseason polls and a preview of the Las Vegas Invitational

[collegesportsfanms]

Pioneer Press
Nov. 13, 2012

The preseason polls are out, and if you go by them, there are a lot of teams that should be in the running for the NCAA title at the end of the season.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Syracuse (44) 0-0 1746 NR Big East Conference
2. Kansas (10) 0-0 1704 NR Big 12 Conference
3. Creighton (10) 0-0 1700 NR Missouri Valley Conference
4. Wisconsin 0-0 1557 NR Big Ten Conference
5. Oklahoma State 0-0 1427 NR Big 12 Conference
6. Butler 0-0 1395 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Texas 0-0 1388 NR Big 12 Conference
8. Louisville (1) 0-0 1321 NR Big East Conference
9. Brigham Young (6) 0-0 1306 NR West Coast Conference
10. Vanderbilt 0-0 1133 NR Southeastern Conference
11. Florida (1) 0-0 1066 NR Southeastern Conference
12. North Carolina 0-0 964 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Ohio State 0-0 931 NR Big Ten Conference
14. West Virginia 0-0 817 NR Big 12 Conference
15. Duke 0-0 773 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Notre Dame 0-0 674 NR Big East Conference
17. Oklahoma 0-0 572 NR Big 12 Conference
18. Memphis 0-0 559 NR Conference USA
19. Pittsburgh 0-0 511 NR Big East Conference
20. Georgetown 0-0 411 NR Big East Conference
21. Gonzaga 0-0 372 NR West Coast Conference
22. Connecticut 0-0 317 NR Big East Conference
23. Utah State 0-0 298 NR Western Athletic Conference
24. Maryland 0-0 157 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
25. UCLA 0-0 123 NR Pacific-10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Villanova 0-0 95 Big East Conference
Michigan State 0-0 29 Big Ten Conference
Arizona 0-0 25 Pacific-10 Conference
Tennessee 0-0 10 Southeastern Conference
Wake Forest 0-0 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
Richmond 0-0 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
Mississippi State 0-0 3 Southeastern Conference
California 0-0 2 Pacific-10 Conference

As you can see, there are 6 teams that are receiving first place votes. The surprise has to be Creighton at #3. Not sure who came up with these polls, but wow.

In other news, our Wichita West Pioneers begin the season at the Las Vegas Challenge. Here are the seeds for this tournament.

1. Mississippi State
2. Dayton
3. Clemson
4. Nevada
5. Colorado
6. Valparaiso
7. Troy
8. Wichita West

This doesn't look to be a strong field. Mississippi State might not even be the best team in the field. Look for some upsets. The Pioneers could come out of this tournament with a victory or two, but we know they will definitely come out with some good tournament experience.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 21, 2012
Pioneer Press

Wichita West played a spirited game against Mississippi State tonight in the 2012 Las Vegas Classic. While the Pioneers never led, they did have it tied on 3 separate occasions in the first half, 2-2, 10-10, and 17-17. But the Bulldogs took control late in the first half and went on a huge run to open the second half to roll to a 66-48 victory. The Pioneers had 2 players in double figures. William Mahler had 12 and Dennis Welter had 11. Carl Carl had 13 boards for Wichita West. This means the Pioneers drop to the losers bracket of the Las Vegas Classic, where they will take on Colorado, who lost to Nevada 74-63. In other games, (2) Dayton beat (7) Troy 67-54 and (3) Clemson rolled over (6) Valparaiso 60-31.

Mississippi State 66, Wichita West 48

Wichita West Stats (0-1, 0-0)
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Carl Carl C 31 3-7 0-0 2 13 1 1 6
Joseph Moore PF 24 0-2 1-2 1 4 1 3 1
William Mahler SF 24 5-13 1-1 1 4 1 1 12
Denis Welter SG 28 4-10 0-0 0 1 1 1 11
Colby Stromberg PG 28 3-6 1-1 0 2 6 2 8
Tony Arce SF 28 2-8 0-0 3 7 1 2 4
Daniel Burns PF 11 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 2
Brian Conners PG 12 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 1 4
Jerry Cosper PF 14 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0

Turnovers: 18 (C.Carl 4, J.Moore 2, W.Mahler 1,
D.Welter 1, C.Stromberg 4, T.Arce 5, J.Cosper 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Carl 4, W.Mahler 1, T.Arce 1)
Steals: 2 (W.Mahler 2)
3P FGs: 5-18 (C.Carl 0-1, W.Mahler 1-4, D.Welter 3-8,
C.Stromberg 1-2, T.Arce 0-3)

Mississippi State Stats (1-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jose Stouffer C 20 3-6 0-0 2 7 3 2 6
Corey Revels PF 32 5-17 1-3 2 7 2 0 11
Michael Carter SF 34 2-10 2-2 6 12 3 2 7
Charles Ballard SG 34 7-14 0-0 2 4 0 2 17
Jonathan Naumann PG 35 1-6 3-3 0 2 7 1 6
Harold Gaston PF 17 2-2 0-0 0 4 0 2 4
Moses Muller PG 16 4-5 0-0 0 1 3 1 10
Charles Stine PG 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Wald PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Federico PF 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4
James Gause SF 3 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 2 1

Turnovers: 10 (M.Carter 3, C.Ballard 2, J.Naumann 1,
M.Muller 4)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Stouffer 1, C.Revels 1, H.Gaston 2)
Steals: 8 (C.Revels 3, M.Carter 1, J.Naumann 1,
M.Muller 2, W.Federico 1)
3P FGs: 7-18 (J.Stouffer 0-1, M.Carter 1-3, C.Ballard
3-5, J.Naumann 1-5, M.Muller 2-3, C.Stine 0-1)

Player of Game: SG Charles Ballard (MS ST)

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 23, 2012
Pioneer Press

Coach Mike Schaplowsky has his first career win after Wichita West dominated Colorado in the Las Vegas Classic tonight. Carl Carl was a beast tonight, as he had 9 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 blocks, and the Pioneers held Colorado to just 34.4% shooting in a 68-56 win. The Pioneers led by 19at one point in the second half, proving they can beat the power conference teams. Dennis Welter led all scores with 17 for the Pioneers, and it seems that coach Schaplowsky has settled on a 9 man rotation for the moment. "I feel comfortable with these 9 guys. We've got a great sixth man in Tony Acre, who could just as easily start. Not saying the other 6 guys on the team won't get a chance, you never know when injuries or foul trouble will be a problem." The Pioneers will play for 5th place on the 26th (weird scheduling for a tournament), and they will play Troy, a 65-54 winner over Valparaiso. In other games (1) Mississippi State hammered (4) Nevada 80-48, and (2) Dayton was all over (3) Clemson 69-49.

Wichita West 68, Colorado 56

Wichita West Stats (1-1, 0-0)
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Carl Carl C 37 2-5 5-6 4 12 3 0 9
Joseph Moore C 24 2-4 0-2 1 4 1 0 4
William Mahler SF 32 3-6 0-1 0 5 1 3 6
Denis Welter SG 29 6-8 2-2 0 2 2 2 17
Colby Stromberg PG 30 3-8 6-6 1 1 9 3 13
Tony Arce SG 18 2-4 3-4 0 0 2 1 9
Daniel Burns PF 11 4-6 0-0 1 7 0 1 8
Brian Conners PG 10 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Cosper PF 8 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2

Turnovers: 13 (J.Moore 1, W.Mahler 1, D.Welter 2,
C.Stromberg 3, T.Arce 1, D.Burns 1, J.Cosper 4)
Blocked Shots: 7 (C.Carl 6, C.Stromberg 1)
Steals: 4 (W.Mahler 2, C.Stromberg 2)
3P FGs: 6-16 (C.Carl 0-2, W.Mahler 0-1, D.Welter 3-4,
C.Stromberg 1-6, T.Arce 2-2, B.Conners 0-1)

Colorado Stats (0-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Matt Loeffler C 32 2-7 0-0 1 6 0 2 4
Elvis Sussman PF 32 1-5 0-0 5 12 2 3 2
Darin Smith SF 29 3-6 0-0 1 3 0 3 8
Grigory Khristich SG 34 5-17 1-4 4 4 1 3 14
Oscar Cheeks PG 29 3-13 3-4 1 1 4 2 9
David Jeffreys PG 19 5-7 0-0 2 4 3 1 14
Tyron Kass C 13 0-2 0-0 2 3 1 1 0
Trevor Wells SF 8 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Oscar Bridges SF 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Rice PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 3

Turnovers: 12 (M.Loeffler 2, E.Sussman 3, G.Khristich
1, O.Cheeks 2, D.Jeffreys 3, T.Kass 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (E.Sussman 2)
Steals: 4 (D.Smith 1, G.Khristich 1, D.Jeffreys 2)
3P FGs: 10-23 (D.Smith 2-4, G.Khristich 3-10, O.Cheeks
0-1, D.Jeffreys 4-6, O.Bridges 0-1, R.Rice 1-1)

Player of Game: PF Carl Carl (WW)

[collegesportsfanms]

I received a letter in the mail today from Illinois head coach John Groce. He was one of my mentors when I was going to coaching clinics and camps in the Midwest. Great guy. Here's the letter.

Coach Schaplowsky,

First let me congratulate you on making it to the division one level, I knew it was only a matter of time. It looks like you've got a good core over at Wichita West. Let me fill you in on whats going on over here at Illinois. As you know, this is my first year here since Bruce Weber left to be the coach at Kansas State. So far things are going well. We've played 2 games so far:

We beat Navy 95-55, and we snuck by Bradley 83-80. We are currently ranked 12th in the nation, jumping up from 23rd last week. How about BYU at #1? And Vanderbilt at #2? Strange rankings. Anyhow, got to get ready for Arkansas Pine-Bluff, we play them in a few days. I'll check in with you from time to time, I'm sure you'll catch our scores on the internet, I'll catch your scores on the internet. Hey.. whats say we set up a game? How's next year sound? Hell, we'll come to Wichita, could be fun. We'll talk. Best of luck.

John Groce
Head Coach Illinois Mens Basketball

[collegesportsfanms]

Per hoopsguys request, I will be adding info about Illinois, so I've decided to change my format. I will go week by week, giving quick recaps of Wichita West games this week, but I will also give scores for all of Illinois games and standings for the GWAL and Big Ten from time to time. I don't know that I'll do the top 25 polls every week, I might. This will give hoopsguy something to go off of if he decides to add extra input to this dynasty report. Unless I have specific requests, I am not going to be following the NCAA as a whole, mostly just Wichita West and Illinois.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 26-Dec. 2, 2012

Nov. 26, 2012

Las Vegas Challenge
Fifth Place Game
Wichita West (1-1) vs. Troy (1-1)

This game was close throughout, as we couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. We ended up shooting 33.3% for the game, but Troy wouldn't stop fouling us, so we went 22-27 from the line. Both Carl Carl and Joseph Morre had double doubles, and we pulled away late, 59-50. The bad news is we've lost Jerry Cosper for 67 days to a pulled quad. Here are the other scores from the final day of the tournament.

7th place game: Valparaiso beat Colorado 59-55
3rd place game: Clemson beat Nevada 71-69
Championship game: Mississippi State beat Dayton 74-70.

A side note, with the week by week report, I won't be posting box scores for each game, just a quick game recap. I will however, be giving team stats at the end of every month so you guys can see who is doing well.

Nov. 29, 2012

Chicago State (0-2) @ Wichita West (2-1)

Tonight is our first divison 1 home game, not just for the season, but overall. It is a sellout crowd. The game didn't dissapoint. We got off to a very slow start, down by 9 early on. Both teams started red hot. Eventually we start to get in a groove, led by Denis Welter who scored 30 points on 11-15 shooting and 5-8 from three point land. Without him, we probably lose this game. As it stands, we pulled out an 81-69 victory.


Our friends from Illinois had 1 game this week, a 91-37 thrashing of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Sorry hoopsguy, not much to report this week. If you are looking for something specific, let me know. I'll do whatever I can to give you enough info so that you can have some interaction with this dynasty. Also, whoever else is interested, let me know.

[collegesportsfanms]

As we enter the month of December, we had one signing. Rene Duhemel, a SG from France, signed a letter of intent to play at Wichita West.

RECRUIT DETAILS

#21 SG René Duhemel
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Height: 6-4
Weight: 182
High School:
Hometown: La Rochelle, France
GPA: 2.61
Test Score: 1170
Rating: ***

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: 25 47 51 61 29 47 8 0 24 28 24 29 79 64 46 76
Potential: B A C A D C F F B D D D

Season Stats:
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PTS OREB REB AST TOS A/T STL BLK PFS
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18.7 1.7 3.5 4.2 2.3 1.87 1.3 0.6 3.1

Shooting Averages:
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FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P%
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8.3 16.9 .490 0.9 1.5 .600 1.3 4.9 .258

Recruiting Notes:
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Qualified: Yes
Committed to Wichita West
Rankings: Foreign #6 Overall, Foreign #1 SG
High School Awards: None
Top 5 Schools: *Wichita West,

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 3-9, 2012

Dec. 3, 2012

Seattle (0-1) @ Wichita West (3-1)

We jumped out to an 11-2 lead and never looked back, as we held Seattle to less than 20% shooting in the first half. They ended up shooting 37.5% for the game, and we outrebounded them 34-20. Colby Stromberg led the way with 14 points and 5 assists. All 13 available players played and got at least 3 minutes of action as we won 58-40. The only bad news is that we will be without starting PF Joseph Moore for 14 days, as he has Patellar Tendanitis. Yikes!

Dec. 8, 2012

Elon (1-3) @ Wichita West (4-1)

Daniel Burns is in the starting lineup tonight for the injured Joseph Moore. This should be another game that we win easily, but I wanted Elon on the schedule because my ex-gf played softball there. This gave her a chance to come and see me. :) But more on that later, now its gametime. Unfortunately this game was much, much closer than it should have been. We had 12 first half turnovers and went into the locker room tied at 26. Never really got in a rhythm offensively, but back to back three pointers by Colby Stromberg gave us an 8 point lead late, and we ended up holding on 60-51. William Mahler was actually our player of the game, he had 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. Stromberg led us in scoring with 19.
After the game me and Sadie (the ex) went out to dinner, talked about the game. She wished me luck on the season, I asked her how she was doing, one thing led to another... and well lets just say we are no longer ex's. Bow chica wow wow.

As for Illinois this week, they had a couple cream puff games as well. They rolled over Marshall 102-64 and beat Loyola-IL 73-39. Next week gets a little tougher for them as they take on Louisville and Creighton, both 5-2 teams at the moment.

Guys, I realize this dynasty isn't going to draw as much interaction as my interactive dynasties, but I appreciate any interaction I get, especially from people that were in my interactive coaching dynasty (korme, bbgunn, ntndeacon, hoopsguy, muns, rjolley). I'll take whatever I can get. Hope you all are enjoying thus far, and if theres anything you'd like to see added, let me know.

[hoopsguy]

Congrats on signing the #1 foreign SG. I'm not sure I see the culture fit from France to Wichita, so I can only conclude that he was excited about the opportunity to learn from Coach Schaplowsky and his fine coaching staff.

I guess congrats on Sadie as well?

67 days for a pulled quad? Yikes ... that is a rough injury.

[collegesportsfanms]

Thanks hoopsguy. Yeah recruiting isn't my strong suit when it comes to playing sports games, usually I let the computer AI deal with most of it. On FBCB its pretty simple though. Really all you gotta do is set your recruiting actions once a month.

As for the Sadie thing, that was just a little roleplay type thing I decided to throw in the mix. There really is a Sadie that went to Elon and played softball, and we were friends, but not anymore. Long story short I wasn't good enough for her. Oh well, thats life. I might run with the Sadie thing in the dynasty, or that might be the end of it. Really haven't decided yet, as it was a spur of the moment thing.

Yea, those injuries are tough! Thanks for the response

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 10-16, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012

Murray State (1-5) @ Wichita West (5-1)

Murray States record is very deceiving, as they have played a very tough schedule so far. This is going to be a tough game. And it started as such as the Racers raced out to a 17-5 lead. Then, inexplicably, we scored 19 in a row to take a 24-17 lead and never looked back. We led 28-21 at halftime and built that lead to as many as 24 in the second half. Denis Welter led us in scoring with 24 and Colby Stromberg added 19, as we rolled 73-54.

Dec. 15, 2012

Wichita West (6-1) @ Oral Roberts (4-3)

This is our first true road game after a neutral site tournament and 4 straight home games. Good news on our side as Joseph Moore has been cleared to play. He won't start, and I'll probably only play him about 10 or 15 minutes to see how he does. This was about as ugly as a game can get. Neither team led by more than a few points, each team had 16 turnovers, and we committed 11 second half fouls. Despite all that, we had the last shot with a chance to win. Colby Stromburg missed a three pointer from the left corner. Oral Roberts grabbed the rebound as the buzzer went off and we lost a heartbreaker, 49-48. Despite the loss, Stromburg was still voted player of the game as he ended with a game high 19 points.

Our friends from Illinois had a rough week, as they lost to Louisville 76-73, and lost to Creighton 61-55. They are now 5-2 on the season.

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 17-23, 2012

Dec. 18, 2012

Wichita West (6-2) @ Cleveland State (6-3)

I got to Cleveland a day before the team did, as Bone Thugs n Harmony were performing on the 17th, and that was a concert to see! Now I had to get my team ready for a big game. I inserted Joseph Moore back into the starting lineup as he is almost 100%. This was a tight game throughout, but we led the whole way. Momentum changed early in the second half when we were up 47-41. Cleveland State got 2 technicals in the span of a minute, and we went on a huge run. By the time the damage was done, we led 63-41. They went on an 18-5 run to end the game, but by then the damage was done. Denis Welter led us with 24 points, and we won 68-59.

Dec. 21, 2012

Mississippi Valley State (2-6) @ Wichita West (7-2)

Not expecting this game to be very close, but I also know that we can't have any letdowns. We have to keep putting the pedal to the metal and dominate this game. And as expected, not a lot to talk about in this one. We forced 19 turnovers, committed only 8, held them to just 29.3% shooting, shot 59% ourselves, and got everybody in the game for at least 4 minutes. Everything was so balanced for us that the POTG was Colby Stromberg, who finished with 9 points and 5 assists. And oh yea, the final score was 64-32, we won.

Checking in on Illinois they played in the Las Vegas Shootout this week, where they were the #2 seed. Their first game was against (15) Portland State, in which they won 77-66. Then they took on (10) Rider, and were absolutely embarassed, 91-69. Despite how it looks, this isn't a totally bad loss, as Rider is very good this year, having already beaten teams like Gonzaga and Vanderbilt, Bucknell and Lafayette. Coach Groce at Illinois shouldn't feel too terrible about this loss.

[hoopsguy]

Good to see Wichita West rolling.

My hopes for the Illini in Big Ten play are dropping by the update.