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Old 12-24-2020, 03:53 PM   #9
Young Drachma
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Join Date: Apr 2001
1952-53 SEASON PREVIEW
Who is in the CDC? It's in the original dynasty as a vehicle to create a Mt. West version of the WCC/Big East someday, except it's not full of private catholic schools.

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1952 Continental Divide Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State Cougars 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 57 45 Black Hills State Yellow Jackets 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 103 26 Colorado Mines Orediggers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 174 30 Wyoming State Homesteaders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 239 42 Northern Colorado Bears 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 270 30 NW Missouri State Bearcats 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 288 34 Denver State Roadrunners 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 325 15 Nebraska-Kearney Lopers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 384 24 Southern Oregon Raiders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 392 25 CSU Pueblo Thunderwolves 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 413 12 Colorado College Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 420 30 MSU Billings Yellowjackets 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 424 12

My Big East is also home to Holy Cross.

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1952 Big East Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #1 UConn Huskies 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 95 #3 Seton Hall Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 100 #7 Villanova Wildcats 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 11 99 Providence Friars 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 44 77 Marquette Golden Eagles 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 45 87 St. John's Red Storm 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 47 70 Butler Bulldogs 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 100 83 Xavier Musketeers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 146 65 Creighton Bluejays 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 161 56 Georgetown Hoyas 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 183 61 DePaul Blue Demons 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 196 57 Holy Cross Crusaders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 371 50

Recruiting was not kind of Chicago State, they came in at #204 nationally. DePaul did better, landing the 51st best class in the nation, 5th in the Big East.

CHICAGO STATE 1952-53 ROSTER
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernando Fischer 23 PG Sr 6-3 191 Yes 62 OK Waldron, MI Antione Robles 41 SG Sr 6-0 191 Yes 74 OK Newark, OH Lewis Owens 15 C Sr 7-1 308 Yes 49 OK Brimfield, IL Tyler Henderson 32 C Sr 7-1 265 Yes 52 OK Park Ridge, IL Terry Seay 54 SF Jr* 6-7 230 Yes 25 OK Buffalo Grove, IL Gustavo Harwood 14 SG Jr 6-5 189 No 30 OK Chicago, IL George Reid 3 C Jr 6-11 237 Yes 32 OK South Holland, IL Michael Sanders 13 SG So 6-2 189 Yes 63 OK Mc Henry, IL Edgar Scales 42 PF So 6-10 229 Yes 89 OK Two Rivers, WI Robert Robbins 30 C So 7-1 229 Yes 96 OK Clintonville, WI Anthony Lemos 45 PG So 6-5 213 No 64 OK Suttons Bay, MI Orval Capers 52 SF Fr 6-10 212 Yes 15 OK Cedarburg, WI Richard High 43 C Fr 7-1 226 Yes 57 OK Chicago, IL Amauri Mcdonald 20 PF Fr 6-9 262 Yes 24 OK Auburn, IL Harold Levesque 1 SG Fr 6-0 179 Yes 75 OK Forreston, IL

DEPAUL ROSTER 1952-53
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman Dunn 1 SF Sr* 6-10 219 Yes 43 OK Yonkers, NY William Colby 0 SF Jr 6-10 230 Yes 78 OK El Paso, IL John Werth 15 SF Jr 6-10 231 Yes 39 OK Morrison, IL Danjel Lamb 44 SG Jr 6-6 195 Yes 44 OK Churubusco, IN Edward Fulks 30 C So* 7-1 318 Yes 65 OK Stanton, MI Kevin Hamlet 13 SF So 6-8 231 Yes 48 OK Crawfordsville, IN Arlen Torres 52 PG So 6-1 180 Yes 96 OK East Aurora, NY Brennan Marsh 3 C So 6-11 242 Yes 47 OK Stanton, MI Lacy Aldrich 33 PF So 6-11 231 Yes 72 OK Wheaton, IL Deividas Harker 5 SF So 6-6 215 Yes 13 OK Lima, OH Kelly Weeden 40 SG So 6-2 205 No 26 OK Lafayette, IN Nino Ingram 25 SG So 6-5 197 No 43 OK Dubuque, IA Richard Latimer 32 PF Fr 6-11 239 Yes 78 OK Cary, IL David Montanez 4 C Fr 7-0 230 Yes 65 OK Maroa, IL Ward Thomas 42 PG Fr 6-1 180 Yes 99 OK Sturgeon Bay, WI

As expected, Chicago State HC Louis Olson will be leaving after one season, to take over the program at Indiana University. IU is on a 12-year post-season drought, so he'll still have a rebuilding job on his hands except with better amenities and in a better conference.

For this search, I cast a net looking for assistants who haven't coached before who have strong recruiting capabilities. I'd take a coach with experience, of course because they're likely to be more filled out. But when I ran across Louis Anderson, a third-year assistant at Temple who'd previously coached in the city at Loyola, I felt like he was the right fit to bring back to town for a second stint.

While he's also not an elite recruiting, it's an improvement over our last guy and his maxed out coaching skills make me hope that he can work with whatever talent we do have to win close games and to develop talent.

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COACH DETAILS Louis Anderson - Coaching Assistant - Temple -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 45 High School: Columbia High School Hometown: Columbia, SC Alma Mater: Lipscomb Current Level: 8 Career Record: 69 - 56 Salary: $221,704 Recruiting: 59 Scouting: 1 Offense: 100 Defense: 100 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 Temple Assistant 28 6 18 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1950 Temple Assistant 20 13 11 9 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1949 Temple Assistant 21 13 12 8 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1947 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 12 18 6 14 No Postseason 1946 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 18 14 11 9 No Postseason 1945 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 13 17 5 13 No Postseason 1944 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 26 7 14 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1943 Kansas Assistant 23 13 11 9 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No awards won. Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 Hired by Temple (Assistant Coach) 1944 Hired by Loyola Chicago (Head Coach) 1944 Quit job with Kansas 1943 Hired by Kansas (Assistant Coach)
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