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Young Drachma 05-30-2015 12:55 AM
Just a bunch of Cowgirls (FBCB)
 
I've done every kind of dynasty it seems over the years, but one of my favs in the "modern" era was my women's college basketball coaching dynasty with fictional Nebraska State.

Well I've rebooted my women's league install with a new league (that feeds into the WNBA, actually..) that is now in the year 1991.

I want to take over the University of Wyoming and turn them into a women's basketball power. The game only generates like one Wyoming player per year, so we'll have to generate more prospects but in general, the actual team roster draws almost entirely from the west at the moment. In the past they've done well recruiting foreign players too.

Anyway, we'll see how it goes.

Team is currently rated a 45 and plays in the Mountain West Conference.

Young Drachma 05-30-2015 11:07 AM
I hired a new head coach in the form of former UCLA assistant Chana Bobcock. Since she had roots in the region, I figured she had a good pedigree for us to work with.

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COACH DETAILS

 Chana Babcock - Head Coach - Wyoming
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 Age:            41
 High School:    Center High School
 Hometown:        Center, CO
 Alma Mater:      UC Riverside
 
 Current Level:  9
 Career Record:  0 - 0
 
 Recruiting:      100
 Scouting:        53
 Offense:        40
 Defense:        87

 
 Coaching History:
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 Season Team                    Position      W  L  CW  CL  Postseason
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 1990  UCLA                    Assistant    24  12  11  7  Loss in WNIT Round 2
 1989  UCLA                    Assistant    27  11  10  8  NCAA Champion
 1988  UCLA                    Assistant    27  9  14  4  Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
 1987  UCLA                    Assistant    31  5  15  3  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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 1991    Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach)
 1991    Quit job with UCLA
 1987    Hired by UCLA (Recruiting Coordinator)

Here's the past success of the team. In that, there hasn't been very much. Just one post-season appearance ever.

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WYOMING TEAM PERFORMANCE

  Season Team        W  L  CW  CL  Rank  RPI  PRS Result               
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    1990 Wyoming    10  20  9  11  297  243  45 No Postseason       
    1989 Wyoming    8  23  6  14  337  319  46 No Postseason       
    1988 Wyoming    9  21  4  16  322  333  48 No Postseason       
    1987 Wyoming    13  18  8  12  231  182  50 No Postseason       
    1986 Wyoming    19  14  11  9  109  144  50 No Postseason       
    1985 Wyoming    11  20  8  12  286  244  48 No Postseason       
    1984 Wyoming    17  13  12  8  117  97  48 No Postseason       
    1983 Wyoming    21  14  12  8    36  48  45 Loss in WNIT Round 3 
    1982 Wyoming    12  18  7  13  241  232  39 No Postseason       
    1981 Wyoming    15  16  7  13  179  143  39 No Postseason       
    1980 Wyoming    11  20  7  13  290  273  39 No Postseason       
    1979 Wyoming    10  21  6  14  311  217  39 No Postseason       
    1978 Wyoming    10  22  6  14  309  281  40 No Postseason       
    1977 Wyoming    7  24  6  14  341  328  41 No Postseason       
    1976 Wyoming    8  22  7  13  330  296  41 No Postseason       
    1975 Wyoming    10  20  6  14  302  280  41 No Postseason       
    1974 Wyoming    11  20  6  14  279  219  43 No Postseason       
    1973 Wyoming    12  19  6  14  269  261  44 No Postseason       
    1972 Wyoming    7  22  4  16  335  317  46 No Postseason       
    1971 Wyoming    11  20  7  13  293  215  47 No Postseason       
    1970 Wyoming    11  21  4  16  281  208  49 No Postseason       

Here's the current roster:



I changed the colors in my game years ago because I couldn't really remember what was what. From best to worst: Black, Gray, Blue, Pink, White.

The roster looks pretty much like a normal Wyoming team in terms of where we're drawing players from at the moment. I don't intend to dramatically alter that save for the occasional foreign player if we're fortunate.

Young Drachma 05-30-2015 03:33 PM
Not a surprise that the first year was terrible, the cupboard was bare and we weren't really working with much. I just ran through and got us to the end of the season.

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aWYOMING COWBOYS Schedule

  Date        Opponent              Record  RPI  Result  Score      Record
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  11/11/91    Northern Colorado      17-16  159      L  54-46          0-1
  11/14/91    at Georgia Tech        12-20  92      L  96-87          0-2
  11/17/91    at Vermont            17-13  141      L  57-55          0-3
  11/18/91    Massachusetts          14-17  268      L  69-61          0-4
  11/22/91    vs. Creighton          14-20  58      L  78-72          0-5
  11/24/91    vs. Fairfield          13-18  279      L  88-75          0-6
  11/26/91    vs. Illinois State    13-18  293      L  64-56          0-7
  12/05/91    Montana                13-18  214      L  78-65          0-8
  12/10/91    Northern Arizona      16-14  162      L  69-65          0-9
  12/12/91    at #22 UCLA            24-11  49      L  55-42        0-10
  12/18/91    Fresno State          10-19  290      L  77-75  0-11 (0-1)
  12/21/91    at Boise State        16-16  239      W  73-60  1-11 (1-1)
  12/25/91    at Colorado State      23-10  65      L  77-74  1-12 (1-2)
  12/28/91    at UNLV                17-13  157      L  78-73  1-13 (1-3)
  12/31/91    at Ball State          19-12  201      L  70-60        1-14
  01/04/92    UNLV                  17-13  157      L  67-56  1-15 (1-4)
  01/08/92    at Fresno State        10-19  290      W  66-55  2-15 (2-4)
  01/11/92    Nevada                20-14  72      W  80-72  3-15 (3-4)
  01/15/92    at Nevada              20-14  72      L  63-61  3-16 (3-5)
  01/22/92    at New Mexico          18-15  181      L  71-52  3-17 (3-6)
  01/29/92    San Jose State        13-18  267      W  62-59  4-17 (4-6)
  02/01/92    New Mexico            18-15  181      L  77-61  4-18 (4-7)
  02/05/92    at San Diego State    19-12  123      W  71-70  5-18 (5-7)
  02/08/92    Air Force              15-16  246      L  81-60  5-19 (5-8)
  02/12/92    at San Jose State      13-18  267      W  65-62  6-19 (6-8)
  02/15/92    at Utah State          10-22  316      L  67-47  6-20 (6-9)
  02/19/92    Utah State            10-22  316      W  76-62  7-20 (7-9)
  02/26/92    San Diego State        19-12  123      L  66-52  7-21 (7-10)
  02/29/92    Boise State            16-16  239      W  58-50  8-21 (8-10)
  03/04/92    at Air Force          15-16  246      L  58-50  8-22 (8-11)
  03/07/92    Colorado State        23-10  65      L  69-54  8-23 (8-12)
  03/10/92    vs. Boise State        16-16  239      L  65-59        8-24

Here's the roster for the upcoming season with new freshman. Wyoming has the top recruiting class in the Mountain West Conference, but that's not saying a lot. We loaded up on 3-stars (5) and that's what did it.

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WYOMING COWBOYS General

 Player                #  Pos  Yr    Ht  Wt  Sch  Acd  Status                            Hometown
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 Carissa Hussey      32  PF  Sr*  6-0  240  Yes  57      OK                      Parachute, CO
 Abigail Osborn      10  PF  Sr*  6-0  234  No  21      OK                    Westminster, CO
 Paityn Badger        31  SF  Sr  6-2  207  Yes  29      OK                Glenwood Springs, CO
 Deborah Blizzard    53    C  Jr*  6-4  236  Yes    4      OK                        Salinas, CA
 Ava Wilder          42  SF  Jr*  6-2  245  Yes  56      OK                      Wheatland, WY
 Khloe Lunceford      30  SG  Jr  5-11  173  Yes  46      OK                          Casper, WY
 Stella Evensen      15  SG  Jr  6-6  189  Yes  100      OK                      Tromso, Norway
 Bryleigh Abbys      25  PF  So  5-3  162  Yes  42      OK                      Sioux City, IA
 Lauren Stillman      24  PG  So  5-4  175  Yes  44      OK                          Pierre, SD
 Shelbee Abbott      11  SF  Fr  5-10  183  Yes  90      OK                    Copper City, WY
 Eden Flockhart      56    C  Fr  6-10  244  Yes  90      OK  Southside (Queensland), Australia
 Franjica Stolcer    18  SF  Fr  6-4  198  Yes  88      OK                Ljubljana, Slovenia
 Elsa Styers          52  SG  Fr  5-11  188  Yes  41      OK                          Fresno, CA
 Ashley Hunsaker      21  PF  Fr  6-4  249  Yes  89      OK                          Denver, CO

Jon 05-30-2015 03:40 PM
Dumb question here: how do you convert to a woman's league?

Young Drachma 05-30-2015 04:00 PM
Here's the champions list up to now. Pretty much all major schools.

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NCAA Champs

 Season  Team                        Record Opponent                        Score
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 1991    Villanova Wildcats            34-6 Georgetown Hoyas                66-64
 1990    Kansas Jayhawks              35-3 Vanderbilt Commodores          96-88
 1989    UCLA Bruins                  27-11 Duke Blue Devils                76-64
 1988    Kansas Jayhawks              33-6 Seton Hall Pirates              75-63
 1987    Purdue Boilermakers          36-2 Southern California Trojans    77-60
 1986    Wisconsin Badgers            32-5 Purdue Boilermakers            88-75
 1985    Temple Owls                  32-7 Purdue Boilermakers            81-69
 1984    Oregon Ducks                  34-4 Purdue Boilermakers            86-63
 1983    Oregon Ducks                  31-6 Butler Bulldogs                66-57
 1982    Tennessee Volunteers          31-7 Michigan State Spartans        77-68
 1981    Evansville Aces              32-5 Seton Hall Pirates              84-56
 1980    Georgetown Hoyas              35-3 Louisville Cardinals            72-67
 1979    Duke Blue Devils              36-3 Vanderbilt Commodores          67-48
 1978    Vanderbilt Commodores        34-4 Michigan Wolverines            74-73
 1977    Ohio State Buckeyes          34-6 Duke Blue Devils                86-68
 1976    Ohio State Buckeyes          29-11 Temple Owls                    71-69
 1975    Louisville Cardinals          30-8 Pittsburgh Panthers            102-90
 1974    North Carolina Tar Heels    27-11 Pittsburgh Panthers            79-66
 1973    Duke Blue Devils              29-7 Michigan Wolverines            97-66
 1972    Kentucky Wildcats            31-6 Vanderbilt Commodores          84-56
 1971    UCLA Bruins                  32-7 Illinois Fighting Illini        74-55
 1970    Purdue Boilermakers          27-10 UCLA Bruins                    69-61

Young Drachma 05-30-2015 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon (Post 3030422)
Dumb question here: how do you convert to a woman's league?

Not dumb at all.

Fast Break Basketball Forum • View topic - Women's College Basketball Mod

This guy did the main work for us. You have to edit the first name files to be female names, though I have noticed a few dude names have slipped in occasionally, so you can prune his work if you feel like it, tho I haven't recently.

Anyway...you change the first name files, modify your height.ini file and then start a new game and go to town.

You should save the old files in a separate folder (I have one called men) and save the old height.ini file too because if you don't, you'd lose them completely.

Then you start your game and all of the players generated will be female. Obviously everything in-game still references male pronouns but that's minor.

For the pro game, I used the same files -- with some other ones I've made on my own a long time ago when I first got this idea -- to edit that version and allows me to have a WNBA for these players to play in, too. One of these days I'll upload those files.

Young Drachma 05-30-2015 04:13 PM
So that 8-24 season stunk last year, but the bright side I guess is all 8 wins were in conference play. We should surely be better this year. We'll do the season-by-season recaps like I did before and if there's anything to call out I'll do it.

Recruiting will be dull for a while, but I'll highlight who we're bringing in for future classes with this upcoming season.

Young Drachma 06-02-2015 07:25 PM
1992-93

The team was a lot better this year, which I wasn't necessarily anticipating but was glad to see.

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WYOMING COWBOYS Schedule

  Date        Opponent                Record  RPI  Result    Score        Record
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  11/08/92    Alabama State            17-16  209      W    66-56          1-0
  11/12/92    Central Arkansas          11-18  228      W    68-48          2-0
  11/14/92    vs. #3 Colorado            30-5    3      L    70-53          2-1
  11/15/92    vs. Lamar                18-13  136      W    77-69          3-1
  11/20/92    at Nebraska Omaha        10-20  325      W    60-52          4-1
  11/25/92    at St. Francis PA        12-17  218      L    59-56          4-2
  11/28/92    at McNeese State          13-18  241      W    66-57          5-2
  12/03/92    Maine                      7-24  345      W    64-62          6-2
  12/04/92    Portland                  18-14  128      L    85-50          6-3
  12/05/92    Georgia                  15-16  64      L    69-53          6-4
  12/12/92    at Denver                  9-21  327      L    70-66          6-5
  12/16/92    at UNLV                  17-17  114      L    79-71    6-6 (0-1)
  12/19/92    Boise State              16-15  104      L    83-76    6-7 (0-2)
  12/26/92    San Diego State          24-10  24      W    55-38    7-7 (1-2)
  12/30/92    at Utah State            15-17  141      W    60-59    8-7 (2-2)
  01/02/93    at Air Force              13-18  145      L    78-65    8-8 (2-3)
  01/06/93    Fresno State              11-19  176      W    82-55    9-8 (3-3)
  01/09/93    at Boise State            16-15  104      W    77-73    10-8 (4-3)
  01/13/93    at #16 Colorado State      30-7  11      L    70-67    10-9 (4-4)
  01/16/93    Nevada                    20-12  42      L    93-62  10-10 (4-5)
  01/20/93    at Fresno State          11-19  176      L    75-65  10-11 (4-6)
  01/26/93    vs. Ohio                  11-19  217      W    69-40        11-11
  01/30/93    Utah State                15-17  141      W    55-53  12-11 (5-6)
  02/03/93    New Mexico                16-15  95      W    81-65  13-11 (6-6)
  02/06/93    at Nevada                20-12  42      W    70-64  14-11 (7-6)
  02/10/93    San Jose State            15-16  215      L    70-56  14-12 (7-7)
  02/13/93    at New Mexico            16-15  95      L    79-58  14-13 (7-8)
  02/20/93    #16 Colorado State        30-7  11      L    68-66  14-14 (7-9)
  02/24/93    at San Diego State        24-10  24      L    81-78  14-15 (7-10)
  02/27/93    Air Force                13-18  145      L  108-103  14-16 (7-11)
  03/03/93    at San Jose State        15-16  215      W    92-89  15-16 (8-11)
  03/06/93    UNLV                      17-17  114      W    68-60  16-16 (9-11)
  03/09/93    vs. UNLV                  17-17  114      L    77-68   

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WYOMING COWBOYS Averages

 Player              Pos  GP  GS  Min  Pts  Orb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk  To  Fls  +/-
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 Khloe Lunceford      SG  33  33  33.2  18.3  1.4  7.0  2.1  0.6  0.1  3.5  2.2  -0.4
 Ava Wilder          SF  33  33  33.3  14.2  3.0  6.8  1.8  0.5  0.2  2.5  2.8  -1.8
 Eden Flockhart        C  33  33  30.1  8.3  1.7  6.7  1.0  0.2  1.2  1.8  3.3  0.2
 Franjica Stolcer    PF  33  33  32.3  6.1  2.2  5.3  1.2  0.4  0.3  1.7  3.4  -0.5
 Lauren Stillman      PG  24  24  29.8  6.0  0.5  2.6  4.3  0.5  0.0  2.1  2.1  0.8
 Bryleigh Abbys      PG  33  9  20.6  6.0  0.8  2.8  1.4  0.5  0.1  1.3  1.8  -2.3
 Elsa Styers          PG  33  0  12.8  4.5  0.4  1.7  0.9  0.2  0.1  1.1  1.2  -1.4
 Paityn Badger        SF  31  0  4.5  2.2  0.4  0.7  0.2  0.1  0.0  0.3  0.6  0.9
 Shelbee Abbott        C  33  0  8.3  1.5  0.4  1.0  0.3  0.2  0.1  0.2  1.3  -0.4
 Carissa Hussey      PF  28  0  5.3  1.2  0.3  1.4  0.3  0.1  0.3  0.2  0.6  0.4
 Stella Evensen      SG  22  0  2.7  1.1  0.0  0.2  0.2  0.0  0.0  0.4  0.2  0.8
 Deborah Blizzard      C  10  0  4.6  0.8  0.0  0.5  0.4  0.0  0.1  0.0  0.2  -0.1
 Ashley Hunsaker      PF  0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0

Signed two players out of Texas in our upcoming recruiting class:

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WYOMING COWBOYS Recruiting

 Name                  Pos  Ins  Jps  Fts  3ps  Hnd  Pas  Orb  Drb  Psd  Prd  Stl  Blk
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 Ashley Weatherford      C    C    D    D    D    D    C    C    A    B    C    B    B
 Claire Levesque        PG    F    A    B    C    B    A    F    C    D    D    B    D

Young Drachma 06-02-2015 07:29 PM
We lost our head coach and coaching staff. The head coach headed to USC and the assistants left for other jobs. So now we need to find a new head coach to run the program after just two years, but at least the cupboard isn't totally bare and in theory, we should be able to build on what we've got foundationwise.

In theory.

Young Drachma 06-02-2015 08:19 PM
We hired former Auburn head coach Isabella Castro after she was fired for going 16-43 there, but my thinking is she's a good recruiter and that she'll do better in the Mountain West.

Tellistto 06-02-2015 09:50 PM
I'll follow along, sir.

Good luck!

Young Drachma 06-03-2015 09:25 PM
Stella Evensen will leave us this year and go pro, but the JUCO transfer from Norway literally blacked out and went nuts this year and that explains this result. I think our new coach paid dividends too. But NO ONE saw THIS season coming from this team.

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#9 WYOMING COWGIRLS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:        44  Record Vs 1-50:      4-3  Poll Rank:            #9 
Season Record:      33-6  Record Vs 51-100:    6-1  RPI Rank:            #29 
Conference Record:  16-4  Record Vs 101-200:  8-1
Home Record:        12-3  Record Vs 200+:    15-1


Team Stats        CR  NR  Opp. Stats        CR  NR  Margin            CR  NR 
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Points      72.3  1  89  Points      58.8  1  6  Points      13.5  1  8 
O.Reb        9.9  9 252  O.Reb        9.4  2  54  O.Reb        0.5  5 137 
D.Reb        26.6  2  55  D.Reb        23.3  3  70  D.Reb        3.3  1  19 
Rebounds    36.6  4 128  Rebounds    32.7  2  40  Rebounds      3.9  1  48 
Assists      14.4  2  78  Assists      10.7  1  5  Assists      3.7  2  16 
Steals        3.7  10 348  Steals        5.3  6  99  Steals      -1.6  9 317 
Blocks        2.6  5 174  Blocks        1.6  1  3  Blocks        1.1  4  68 
Turnovers    13.0  3  60  Turnovers    13.6  6 191  Turnovers    -0.7  4 120 
Fouls        18.0  2  52  Fouls        17.6  10 330  Fouls        0.5  8 199 
FG%          .461  2  27  FG%          .390  1  8  FG%          .071  1  7 
FT%          .659  7 264  FT%          .682  5 177  FT%        -.022  6 263 
3P%          .397  1  8  3P%          .272  1  1  3P%          .124  1  1 
PPS          1.32  1  28  PPS          1.10  1  10  PPS          .215  1  5 
Adj. FG%    .553  1  5  Adj. FG%    .437  1  4  Adj. FG%    .116  1  1 

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 Player                Pos  GP  GS  Min  Pts  Orb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk  To  Fls  +/-
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 Stella Evensen        SF  39  39  30.7  19.7  1.1  3.1  2.5  0.6  0.1  1.8  2.9  12.6
 Khloe Lunceford        SG  39  39  32.3  16.6  1.6  7.7  2.5  0.6  0.0  2.8  2.4  12.3
 Eden Flockhart          C  39  39  33.3  9.1  2.2  7.1  1.6  0.5  1.5  1.9  2.7  13.8
 Lauren Stillman        PG  39  34  28.1  7.9  0.4  2.2  3.9  0.4  0.1  2.2  2.6  10.3
 Elsa Styers            SF  39  0  13.5  5.9  0.7  2.2  0.8  0.3  0.2  1.1  1.5  2.4
 Ava Wilder            SF  39  5  12.8  4.7  1.1  2.5  0.6  0.2  0.1  0.7  1.0  3.0
 Ashley Weatherford    PF  39  39  29.8  3.7  1.9  8.4  1.7  0.7  0.6  1.4  2.9  10.2
 Bryleigh Abbys        PG  39  0  9.5  2.7  0.4  1.2  0.6  0.2  0.0  0.5  0.9  2.4
 Franjica Stolcer      PF  39  0  6.7  1.5  0.4  1.1  0.2  0.1  0.1  0.5  0.7  0.5
 Ashley Hunsaker        PF  4  0  1.8  1.0  0.0  0.3  0.0  0.3  0.0  0.0  0.3  0.3
 Claire Levesque        PG  5  0  3.0  0.4  0.0  0.4  0.2  0.4  0.0  0.0  0.2  1.2
 Deborah Blizzard        C  28  0  3.8  0.3  0.1  1.3  0.1  0.1  0.0  0.3  0.4  -0.5
 Shelbee Abbott          C  0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 Sofia Newberg          SF  0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0
 Olivia Huseman        PF  0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0

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  Date        Opponent                      Record  RPI  Result  Score      Record
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  11/08/93    vs. Nebraska                    12-19  241      W  71-67          1-0
  11/11/93    Morehead State                  9-20  326      W  88-68          2-0
  11/14/93    Lamar                          15-16  176      W  87-65          3-0
  11/15/93    at Mississippi Valley State    13-17  255      W  76-49          4-0
  11/20/93    at VMI                          7-22  342      W  86-51          5-0
  11/21/93    at Yale                        12-18  275      W  45-31          6-0
  11/24/93    at Northwestern                  2-28  309      W  75-56          7-0
  11/26/93    at Denver                      13-19  239      W  69-57          8-0
  11/28/93    at Northern Colorado            12-18  298      W  93-52          9-0
  12/02/93    Toledo                          12-20  252      W  73-52        10-0
  12/03/93    Illinois                        15-19  122      W  62-41        11-0
  12/04/93    #8 Southern Methodist            28-7  12      L  76-47        11-1
  12/06/93    at Army                        12-18  254      W  73-62        12-1
  12/15/93    Colorado State                  26-14  47      L  75-64  12-2 (0-1)
  12/22/93    at UNLV                        12-19  188      W  79-75  13-2 (1-1)
  12/25/93    San Jose State                  12-19  228      W  87-59  14-2 (2-1)
  12/29/93    New Mexico                      16-14  139      W  94-66  15-2 (3-1)
  01/01/94    at Air Force                    15-16  140      W  64-29  16-2 (4-1)
  01/05/94    at Boise State                  23-10  71      W  88-80  17-2 (5-1)
  01/08/94    at Utah State                  11-20  223      W  79-57  18-2 (6-1)
  01/15/94    Nevada                          19-14  81      W  86-66  19-2 (7-1)
  01/22/94    Air Force                      15-16  140      W  61-53  20-2 (8-1)
  01/26/94    Utah State                      11-20  223      L  77-68  20-3 (8-2)
  01/29/94    at Colorado State              26-14  47      W  64-57  21-3 (9-2)
  02/02/94    at Nevada                      19-14  81      L  70-58  21-4 (9-3)
  02/05/94    at Fresno State                  6-25  310      W  60-52  22-4 (10-3)
  02/09/94    Boise State                    23-10  71      W  63-48  23-4 (11-3)
  02/12/94    UNLV                            12-19  188      W  61-42  24-4 (12-3)
  02/16/94    at San Diego State              17-14  93      W  68-57  25-4 (13-3)
  02/19/94    at New Mexico                  16-14  139      L  70-55  25-5 (13-4)
  02/23/94    at San Jose State              12-19  228      W  72-47  26-5 (14-4)
  02/26/94    San Diego State                17-14  93      W  89-54  27-5 (15-4)
  03/05/94    Fresno State                    6-25  310      W  61-44  28-5 (16-4)
  03/09/94    vs. UNLV                        12-19  188      W  69-44        29-5
  03/11/94    vs. Nevada                      19-14  81      W  87-52        30-5
  03/12/94    vs. Colorado State              26-14  47      W  73-65        31-5
  03/17/94    vs. Portland                    23-11  49      W  71-70        32-5
  03/19/94    vs. #2 California                31-5    2      W  83-64        33-5
  03/24/94    vs. #18 Texas                    28-9    3      L  93-70        33-6

FINAL FOUR: TEXAS, UCLA, XAVIER, SYRACUSE.
Despite being power teams, Texas, Xavier and Syracuse hadn't been to Final Fours before. (Syracuse had in the 3rd season of this league) while UCLA is two years removed from losing the national title game.

Xavier beat them for their first title.

Isabella Castro is National Coach of the Year and I'm tempted to do to her what Florida Gulf Coast's coach did after their crazy run and send her to a better program rather than bringing her back for another year and forcing us to figure out what to do with a 3rd coach in 3 years.

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 Isabella Castro - Head Coach - Wyoming
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 Age:            40
 High School:    Gladewater High School
 Hometown:        Gladewater, TX
 Alma Mater:      Bowling Green
 
 Current Level:  9
 Career Record:  49 - 49
 
 Recruiting:      100
 Scouting:        62
 Offense:        100
 Defense:        18

 
 Coaching History:
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 Season Team                    Position      W  L  CW  CL  Postseason
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 1992  Auburn                  Head Coach  10  20  6  12  No Postseason
 1991  Auburn                  Head Coach    6  23  3  15  No Postseason
 
 Awards & Achievements:
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 Season  Award
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 1993    Conference Coach of the Year (Mountain West Conference)
 1993    National Coach of the Year
 1993    Mountain West Conference Champion
 
 Job Movement:
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 Season  Move
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 1993    Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach)
 1993    Fired by Auburn
 1991    Hired by Auburn (Head Coach)

Our recruiting class ironically was the worst one we've had since we took over here, two 2-star kids and a 1-star kid.

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 Name              Pos  Ht  Wt  Pts  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk  To
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 Ashley Lyall        PG  5-4  156  21.1  7.3  6.7  2.0  0.5  1.8
 Ella Badillo        SG  5-9  186  12.3  2.6  3.7  1.8  0.3  3.4
 Milagros Farber    PF  6-0  235  4.1  4.6  1.2  1.2  1.1  1.8

Kind of sad, but it happens. We do have a scholarship left over and so, hopefully we can entice a transfer to come over and play with us and help immediately -- like an actual good one. We'll see.

Young Drachma 06-03-2015 09:32 PM
1994 OFFSEASON
Wyoming coach Isabella Castro leaves the program after just one year. She was wooed for double her salary to join St. Joe's in Philly, a program that's been to the WNIT three straight years but can't quite get back to the tournament after making the Elite 8 for years ago in a fluke. NC State who have missed the tournament 4 straight years also pursued her, but the St. Joe's job had a bit more upside.

So now for the 3rd straight year, Wyoming has to find a new women's basketball coach.

Young Drachma 06-03-2015 09:43 PM


1994 CANDIDATES FOR HEAD COACH AT WYOMING
Here are the finalists for the Women's basketball coaching job at the University of Wyoming:

Eliza Ackerman, 33 (Currently a head coach at Division 2 Metro State in Denver where she's won three straight national titles)
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Claire Cherry, 41, Louisville Assistant
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Adeline Cloud, 49, Boise State Assistant
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Kamryn McLeod, 51, Oregon Assistant
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Tamryn Mundy, 49, Miami Assistant
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I think the fan favorite is Adeline Cloud because she's a Wyoming native (from Lusk) and I did not expect to run into that when I was searching for candidates (basically the top assistants without jobs who had experience...or who I thought might be a good cultural fit.)

There's a pretty loud contingent who want Ackerman because she's young and can relate to players, grow with us and she's from North Dakota so she can understand how to recruit here.

Mundy has a career winning record and has had success before, so she's got some interest too. So not sure who our choice will be, but will report back after the off-season ends to let you know who.

Brian Swartz 06-03-2015 10:38 PM
This is cool and definitely a fairly unique concept. It also catches my eye because for whatever reason, I keep reading the title as 'Just a Bunch of Cowards', then doing a double-take.

muns 06-04-2015 06:48 AM
I'd go with Kamryn McLeod. She can recruit enough, but if she doesn't recruit well, can develop players to put the program in a position to win.

Young Drachma 06-04-2015 08:47 AM
LOL @ Brian Swartz.

Wyoming ended hiring the Wyoming native in Adeline Cloud as head coach, it was the most Wyoming thing to do and hard to resist.

They also managed to hire Eliza Ackerman as an assistant too, with the eye on her being the future of the program potentially.

1994-95 SEASON STATS
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 Player                Pos  GP  GS  Min  Pts  Orb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk  To  Fls  +/-
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 Zoe Scheffler          PG  38  38  30.6  19.3  1.2  3.6  3.2  1.4  0.2  2.2  3.1  10.7
 Eden Flockhart          C  38  38  34.1  11.4  2.3  7.7  1.2  0.4  3.1  1.7  2.4  10.4
 Elsa Styers            SF  36  29  21.0  10.6  1.4  4.4  0.7  0.6  0.2  1.8  2.8  6.4
 Lauren Stillman        SG  35  31  27.5  8.9  0.4  2.5  4.4  0.9  0.1  2.1  3.0  9.7
 Bryleigh Abbys        SG  38  0  18.1  7.6  0.8  3.2  1.1  0.6  0.1  1.2  2.0  2.2
 Emily Mix              SF  37  7  11.2  5.3  0.6  1.9  0.8  0.7  0.0  0.9  1.1  3.2
 Franjica Stolcer      SF  38  9  14.6  3.7  0.7  2.2  0.7  0.2  0.1  0.9  1.6  4.1
 Ashley Weatherford    PF  38  38  30.4  3.5  2.3  9.2  1.9  0.6  0.8  1.2  2.5  9.6
 Ashley Hunsaker        PF  8  0  13.5  3.3  0.6  4.1  0.9  0.1  0.3  0.6  1.3  2.3
 Olivia Huseman          C  38  0  6.6  1.9  0.3  1.0  0.2  0.2  0.2  0.2  0.6  2.3
 Claire Levesque        PG  28  0  5.9  1.5  0.2  0.6  0.5  0.2  0.0  0.4  0.5  0.5
 Ella Badillo          SG  18  0  3.1  0.9  0.2  0.3  0.2  0.2  0.0  0.1  0.2  0.5
 Shelbee Abbott          C  17  0  2.4  0.4  0.1  0.5  0.1  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.3  -0.5
 Ashley Lyall          PG  1  0  1.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  1.0  0.0  -1.0
 Lily Falcon            SF  0  0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0

The program lucked out getting two transfers, Zoe Scheffer transferred from Texas and Emily Mix, a California native came from Boise State where coach Cloud was before she came to us.

Scheffer was part of a heralded recruiting class at Texas, but got no PT and somehow they managed to get her in tow to replace the lost Stella Evensen who powered the team last year to a surprise Sweet 16 run.

The team had another excellent year and seemed to have arrived as a Mountain West basketball ascendent after years in obscurity, claiming a 2nd straight conference title.

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  11/07/94    vs. Texas Christian    15-16  145      L  76-60          0-1
  11/08/94    vs. Rutgers            13-19  109      W  74-69          1-1
  11/15/94    Denver                  9-25  342      W  77-45          2-1
  11/20/94    at Loyola Marymount    16-13  77      W  79-63          3-1
  11/27/94    Virginia                7-25  102      W  78-69          4-1
  12/01/94    UW Milwaukee            19-13  152      W  64-45          5-1
  12/02/94    Auburn                  13-19  154      W  64-53          6-1
  12/03/94    Florida Gulf Coast      20-14  165      W  80-64          7-1
  12/05/94    #6 Michigan State        30-4    4      W  76-59          8-1
  12/07/94    #12 Colorado            27-7    3      L  77-69          8-2
  12/10/94    at UW Green Bay        18-17  139      W  75-65          9-2
  12/14/94    Nevada                  21-12  39      W  81-70  10-2 (1-0)
  12/17/94    at San Jose State      16-14  183      L  69-60  10-3 (1-1)
  12/24/94    Air Force              13-17  174      L  67-63  10-4 (1-2)
  01/04/95    at Utah State          13-19  160      W  60-56  11-4 (2-2)
  01/07/95    at Air Force            13-17  174      L  64-52  11-5 (2-3)
  01/11/95    at Boise State          17-14  111      W  82-62  12-5 (3-3)
  01/15/95    at VCU                  22-11  93      L  84-78        12-6
  01/18/95    Fresno State            14-18  163      W  80-50  13-6 (4-3)
  01/21/95    Boise State            17-14  111      W  69-66  14-6 (5-3)
  01/25/95    Utah State              13-19  160      W  77-69  15-6 (6-3)
  01/28/95    San Diego State        10-20  268      W  80-71  16-6 (7-3)
  02/01/95    New Mexico              10-19  251      W  80-62  17-6 (8-3)
  02/04/95    at Colorado State      22-12  63      W  63-54  18-6 (9-3)
  02/08/95    at Fresno State        14-18  163      W  69-58  19-6 (10-3)
  02/11/95    San Jose State          16-14  183      W  105-61  20-6 (11-3)
  02/15/95    at Nevada              21-12  39      W  87-61  21-6 (12-3)
  02/18/95    Colorado State          22-12  63      W  73-53  22-6 (13-3)
  02/22/95    at UNLV                19-14  84      W  64-56  23-6 (14-3)
  02/25/95    at New Mexico          10-19  251      W  78-46  24-6 (15-3)
  03/01/95    UNLV                    19-14  84      W  77-73  25-6 (16-3)
  03/04/95    at San Diego State      10-20  268      W  92-61  26-6 (17-3)
  03/08/95    vs. Fresno State        14-18  163      W  76-63        27-6
  03/10/95    vs. Nevada              21-12  39      W  68-56        28-6
  03/11/95    vs. Colorado State      22-12  63      W  76-57        29-6

In the NCAA tournament, the Cowgirls entered as a #5 seed. Their first matchup in the always dangerous 5/12 position is Chicago State from the WAC.

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The recruiting class includes Leah Golla, who was Miss Basketball for Colorado this past year and an All-American, our first HS one ever. The coup felt nice after years of CU stealing Wyoming's best talent provided any existed.

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 Leah Golla        PG  5-7  163    ****  Committed    Colorado
 Caroline Maury    PG  5-8  157    ****  Committed  New Jersey

Caroline Maury is a funnier deal because she didn't have any offers at one point, we came in on her late because the scout seemed to think she has a lot of potential. St. Joe's which took our coach was actually on her too at the same time along with three other programs and somehow, she chose us. Not sure why, but it pretty funny to imagine a coach going east and being irate that we came from that far to nab a recruit in their backyard.

So at this point, the training wheels are off and this program has actual expectations.

Young Drachma 06-04-2015 10:18 PM
OTHER NOTES
- Turned off eligibility for players to leave early. Now they have to stay all 4 years.
- Added a 3rd tournament (WBI) to the post-season roster.

Young Drachma 06-12-2015 01:28 PM
The recruits my game was generating were sooo bad because I had the FBCB.ini file depressed pretty low to generate pretty terrible players. I've modified this, so starting next year we're going to get much better players coming out as a result which should make recruiting more interesting for me.

Young Drachma 06-14-2015 10:41 AM
Adeline Cloud left the program after leading the program to the NCAAs for two straight years and took the job at Oregon.

We had to hire elsewhere and took Tennessee's top assistant when she didn't end up getting promoted after their longtime coach retired. She has a career losing record, but we think she's the right fit for us.

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 Ashley Selleck - Head Coach - Wyoming
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 Age:            44
 High School:    Hickman County High School
 Hometown:        Centerville, TN
 Alma Mater:      Mount St. Mary's

 Career Record:  46 - 75

 
 Coaching History:
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 Season Team                    Position      W  L  CW  CL  Postseason
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 1995  Tennessee                Assistant    31  6  15  3  NCAA Champion
 1994  Louisville              Assistant    23  10  12  6  Loss in NCAA Round of 32
 1993  Georgetown              Assistant    30  5  15  3  Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
 1992  Georgetown              Assistant    32  7  14  4  NCAA Champion
 1991  Liberty                  Head Coach  11  19  7  9  No Postseason
 1990  Liberty                  Head Coach  13  18  5  11  No Postseason
 1989  Liberty                  Head Coach  11  19  5  11  No Postseason
 1988  Liberty                  Head Coach  11  19  7  9  No Postseason
 1987  Vanderbilt              Assistant    30  3  17  1  Loss in NCAA Round 1
 1986  Vanderbilt              Assistant    27  7  15  3  Loss in NCAA Round of 32
 1985  Vanderbilt              Assistant    25  7  14  4  Loss in NCAA Round of 32
 1984  Vanderbilt              Assistant    29  5  15  3  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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 1996    Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach)
 1996    Quit job with Tennessee
 1995    Hired by Tennessee (Recruiting Coordinator)
 1995    Fired by Louisville
 1994    Hired by Louisville (Recruiting Coordinator)
 1994    Fired by Georgetown
 1992    Hired by Georgetown (Recruiting Coordinator)
 1992    Fired by Liberty
 1988    Hired by Liberty (Head Coach)
 1988    Quit job with Vanderbilt to pursue a higher position
 1984    Hired by Vanderbilt (Recruiting Coordinator)

Young Drachma 06-14-2015 10:56 AM
The last three years have been a far cry from the past of this program. Amazing what a little investment can do.



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WYOMING TEAM PERFORMANCE

  Season Team        W  L  CW  CL  Rank  RPI  PRS Result                     
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    1995 Wyoming    32  8  17  3    22  14  70 Loss in NCAA Final Four   
    1994 Wyoming    32  7  17  3    14    9  61 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight   
    1993 Wyoming    33  6  16  4    23  29  52 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 
    1992 Wyoming    16  17  9  11  189  160  44 No Postseason             
    1991 Wyoming    8  24  8  12  337  323  44 No Postseason             
    1990 Wyoming    10  20  9  11  297  243  45 No Postseason             
    1989 Wyoming    8  23  6  14  337  319  46 No Postseason             
    1988 Wyoming    9  21  4  16  322  333  48 No Postseason             
    1987 Wyoming    13  18  8  12  231  182  50 No Postseason             
    1986 Wyoming    19  14  11  9  109  144  50 No Postseason             
    1985 Wyoming    11  20  8  12  286  244  48 No Postseason             
    1984 Wyoming    17  13  12  8  117  97  48 No Postseason             
    1983 Wyoming    21  14  12  8    36  48  45 Loss in WNIT Round 3       
    1982 Wyoming    12  18  7  13  241  232  39 No Postseason             
    1981 Wyoming    15  16  7  13  179  143  39 No Postseason             
    1980 Wyoming    11  20  7  13  290  273  39 No Postseason             
    1979 Wyoming    10  21  6  14  311  217  39 No Postseason             
    1978 Wyoming    10  22  6  14  309  281  40 No Postseason             
    1977 Wyoming    7  24  6  14  341  328  41 No Postseason             
    1976 Wyoming    8  22  7  13  330  296  41 No Postseason             
    1975 Wyoming    10  20  6  14  302  280  41 No Postseason             
    1974 Wyoming    11  20  6  14  279  219  43 No Postseason             
    1973 Wyoming    12  19  6  14  269  261  44 No Postseason             
    1972 Wyoming    7  22  4  16  335  317  46 No Postseason             
    1971 Wyoming    11  20  7  13  293  215  47 No Postseason             
    1970 Wyoming    11  21  4  16  281  208  49 No Postseason             

I'm still wrestling with what to do with this though. I didn't really meant to replicate the whole "team is bad, now team is good, now team wins all the time" formula that is frankly, not all that fun to read or play out. I'm trying to decide whether I want to follow a coach or follow a player or figure out what kind of program to follow that'll make me want to write about and share with you.

Young Drachma 06-14-2015 07:41 PM
1996-97 SEASON IN REVIEW

The first season of Ashley Selleck at Wyoming resulted in a huge regular season.

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#2 WYOMING COWGIRLS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:        70  Record Vs 1-50:      2-2  Poll Rank:            #2 
Season Record:      35-4  Record Vs 51-100:  13-1  RPI Rank:            #9 
Conference Record:  19-1  Record Vs 101-200:  13-0
Home Record:        17-2  Record Vs 200+:      7-1


Team Stats        CR  NR  Opp. Stats        CR  NR  Margin            CR  NR 
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Points      82.0  1  6  Points      61.2  1  16  Points      20.8  1  2 
O.Reb        12.5  2  41  O.Reb        10.9  6 206  O.Reb        1.6  2  70 
D.Reb        28.1  1  6  D.Reb        21.9  1  20  D.Reb        6.2  1  1 
Rebounds    40.6  1  7  Rebounds    32.8  2  47  Rebounds      7.8  1  2 
Assists      17.7  1  15  Assists      11.9  1  50  Assists      5.8  1  4 
Steals        7.9  1  24  Steals        5.1  5  51  Steals        2.8  1  15 
Blocks        8.2  1  1  Blocks        2.9  4 188  Blocks        5.3  1  1 
Turnovers    12.7  3  34  Turnovers    16.1  1  32  Turnovers    -3.4  1  18 
Fouls        16.6  1  5  Fouls        20.7  1  57  Fouls        -4.1  1  7 
FG%          .488  1  5  FG%          .377  1  1  FG%          .111  1  1 
FT%          .721  1  36  FT%          .711  11 332  FT%          .011  3 131 
3P%          .374  3  54  3P%          .339  3 143  3P%          .035  2  49 
PPS          1.38  1  5  PPS          1.05  1  1  PPS          .336  1  1 
Adj. FG%    .542  2  16  Adj. FG%    .437  1  3  Adj. FG%    .105  1  2 

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  Date        Opponent              Record  RPI  Result  Score      Record
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  11/13/96    at Baylor              19-13  66      W  82-73          1-0
  11/14/96    at Central Florida    14-17  195      W  108-58          2-0
  11/19/96    Northern Iowa          20-14  68      W  112-56          3-0
  11/27/96    Northern Colorado      14-17  230      W  90-51          4-0
  12/05/96    Chattanooga            22-10  94      W  87-75          5-0
  12/06/96    Charlotte              12-21  255      W  75-60          6-0
  12/07/96    Buffalo                10-21  202      W  71-41          7-0
  12/12/96    Oregon                15-14  72      L  90-85          7-1
  12/14/96    Utah                    7-24  191      W  82-52          8-1
  12/17/96    #4 Seton Hall          33-4    2      L  75-72          8-2
  12/21/96    UNLV                  12-20  180      W  74-62    9-2 (1-0)
  12/25/96    Utah State            13-19  190      W  72-52  10-2 (2-0)
  12/28/96    at Colorado State      17-15  88      W  74-59  11-2 (3-0)
  01/01/97    at Siena              21-11  40      W  77-45        12-2
  01/04/97    at Fresno State        14-16  168      W  79-65  13-2 (4-0)
  01/08/97    at New Mexico          21-13  87      W  84-61  14-2 (5-0)
  01/11/97    at Nevada              14-16  252      L  66-64  14-3 (5-1)
  01/15/97    Boise State            12-17  164      W  77-49  15-3 (6-1)
  01/18/97    Air Force              13-17  196      W  82-70  16-3 (7-1)
  01/23/97    Oklahoma State        17-14  75      W  77-65        17-3
  01/25/97    at San Diego State    11-21  271      W  83-79  18-3 (8-1)
  01/29/97    San Jose State        21-13  80      W  83-70  19-3 (9-1)
  02/01/97    at San Jose State      21-13  80      W  80-61  20-3 (10-1)
  02/05/97    at UNLV                12-20  180      W  79-48  21-3 (11-1)
  02/08/97    New Mexico            21-13  87      W  89-43  22-3 (12-1)
  02/12/97    Colorado State        17-15  88      W  82-56  23-3 (13-1)
  02/15/97    Fresno State          14-16  168      W  87-61  24-3 (14-1)
  02/19/97    Nevada                14-16  252      W  91-61  25-3 (15-1)
  02/22/97    at Utah State          13-19  190      W  96-54  26-3 (16-1)
  02/24/97    at Lipscomb            7-22  332      W  64-38        27-3
  02/26/97    at Air Force          13-17  196      W  97-61  28-3 (17-1)
  03/05/97    at Boise State        12-17  164      W  95-52  29-3 (18-1)
  03/08/97    San Diego State        11-21  271      W  92-91  30-3 (19-1)
  03/12/97    vs. Air Force          13-17  196      W  81-64        31-3
  03/14/97    vs. Colorado State    17-15  88      W  91-67        32-3
  03/15/97    vs. San Jose State    21-13  80      W  83-53        33-3
  03/21/97    vs. Navy              22-11  65      W  71-62        34-3
  03/23/97    vs. #21 Syracuse      23-10  24      W  76-66        35-3
  03/27/97    vs. #4 Seton Hall      33-4    2      L  75-54 

Team lost in the Sweet 16 against an upstart Seton Hall team.

The Final Four:

11th seed Oklahoma (first Final Four)
1 seed Tennessee (6th)
6 seed TCU (2nd)
3 seed Maryland (1st)

Tennessee claimed their 3rd championship by knocking off cinderella club Oklahoma in the national championship, giving their new head coach Zoe Schnee her first-ever national title.

Given that Wyoming only got our coach because she was the top assistant at Tennessee and wanted to get promoted but wasn't, this seems to validate the move that the program made to bring in an established coach to take them to their back-to-back titles.

I'm still kicking around what I want to do with this story, though. I know the teams enough aren't all that interesting. Either going to focus on a player or a conference. Not sure yet.


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