1952-53 SEASON REVIEW
Chicago State had a strong non-conference season, whereas DePaul just stayed afloat treading under .500 To make a return trip to the tourney, Chi State will likely need to win the CDC tournament, but at least it's clear last year wasn't a fluke.
I peeked at recruiting for both clubs and it's pretty clear the AI coach is not very good at identifying talent, so that's why recruiting classes are so bad because prestige really does impact who they go for and more often than not, those players are not as good as who they might be able to get otherwise. Lots of good talent gets left with no offers. but I'm just going to let it go for right now.
DePaul (12-19) will miss the post-season again, but with another new coach and the abysmal recruiting job he did, it's not a shock they weren't able to build on last season. I think all you can do is chalk this up to the rebuilding process and hope that the future is going to be brighter.
Meanwhile,
Chicago State (23-9) claimed the CDC conference title in their first season and will return to the NCAA tournament for a second straight year, this time as a 13-seed.
Code:
CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Schedule
Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11/09/52 at CCNY 15-17 84 W 120-93 1-0
11/14/52 Cal State LA 6-23 392 W 129-101 2-0
11/20/52 Kansas City 16-13 291 W 139-117 3-0
11/24/52 vs. Grambling 16-15 87 L 120-113 3-1
11/25/52 vs. Akron 21-11 65 L 133-123 3-2
11/26/52 vs. Loyola Chicago 8-23 224 W 115-99 4-2
12/01/52 at UIC 9-22 316 W 121-110 5-2
12/03/52 at Santa Clara 8-23 331 W 125-96 6-2
12/05/52 at Wyoming 17-13 71 W 115-107 7-2
12/09/52 Amherst 16-17 356 W 99-63 8-2
12/12/52 Wayne State 21-12 148 L 122-114 8-3
12/18/52 at Wright State 18-12 100 L 137-119 8-4
12/27/52 at UMSL 8-21 214 W 144-131 9-4
12/29/52 at DePaul 12-19 85 W 102-89 10-4
01/02/53 Nebraska-Kearney 14-15 377 L 83-70 10-5 (0-1)
01/06/53 Colorado College 20-9 251 W 94-57 11-5 (1-1)
01/09/53 at CSU Pueblo 8-21 367 W 89-76 12-5 (2-1)
01/13/53 Southern Oregon 9-20 340 W 88-67 13-5 (3-1)
01/16/53 NW Missouri State 7-22 336 W 102-82 14-5 (4-1)
01/20/53 CSU Pueblo 8-21 367 W 91-68 15-5 (5-1)
01/23/53 at Colorado College 20-9 251 L 89-83 15-6 (5-2)
01/27/53 at MSU Billings 5-24 379 W 100-90 16-6 (6-2)
01/30/53 at Southern Oregon 9-20 340 W 88-80 17-6 (7-2)
02/03/53 at Nebraska-Kearney 14-15 377 W 94-76 18-6 (8-2)
02/06/53 at Northern Colorado 20-11 158 W 72-62 19-6 (9-2)
02/10/53 at NW Missouri State 7-22 336 L 100-92 19-7 (9-3)
02/13/53 Colorado Mines 10-19 353 W 83-68 20-7 (10-3)
02/17/53 at Denver State 19-11 108 L 86-62 20-8 (10-4)
02/20/53 Black Hills State 24-7 95 L 91-84 20-9 (10-5)
02/24/53 Wyoming State 14-15 298 W 89-63 21-9 (11-5)
03/01/53 vs. Denver State 19-11 108 W 64-60 22-9
03/04/53 vs. Black Hills State 24-7 95 W 61-60 23-9
Code:
CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lewis Owens PF 32 32 30.3 23.6 6.3 8.7 1.7 1.1 0.5 1.8 3.2 10.2
Fernando Fischer PG 32 32 25.9 16.3 1.2 1.8 7.9 1.2 0.1 3.1 3.9 11.3
Michael Sanders SF 32 32 23.3 14.8 1.6 4.4 1.7 1.0 0.2 2.3 3.3 8.6
Gustavo Harwood SG 32 32 28.2 13.0 2.1 2.8 4.2 1.5 0.1 2.5 3.5 11.7
Anthony Lemos SG 32 0 22.8 8.7 2.0 3.2 2.8 1.7 0.1 2.0 3.2 4.2
Robert Robbins C 32 32 21.7 5.5 2.1 8.5 1.1 0.9 0.1 1.8 2.3 10.2
Terry Seay SF 32 0 11.1 5.3 1.0 1.6 1.1 1.4 0.0 1.6 2.2 -1.4
Antione Robles SG 31 0 7.5 3.5 0.9 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.9 1.3 -2.7
Amauri Mcdonald PF 27 0 4.4 3.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.3
George Reid C 32 0 10.3 2.9 0.7 3.8 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 1.2 -0.8
Edgar Scales C 32 0 15.0 2.9 1.8 5.2 1.1 0.6 1.3 1.4 1.8 0.5
Orval Capers SF 14 0 3.4 1.1 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 -1.4
Tyler Henderson C 6 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.7
Richard High C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Harold Levesque SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Team Prestige: 45 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 23-9 Record Vs 51-100: 4-4 RPI Rank: #106
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 2-2
Home Record: 9-3 Record Vs 200+: 17-3
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Points 99.5 1 57 Points 89.9 5 150 Points 9.6 2 47
O.Reb 19.9 1 18 O.Reb 18.2 8 320 O.Reb 1.7 1 91
D.Reb 22.7 5 95 D.Reb 20.8 4 151 D.Reb 1.9 3 79
Rebounds 42.6 1 27 Rebounds 39.1 4 235 Rebounds 3.5 2 49
Assists 23.8 1 55 Assists 20.3 12 237 Assists 3.5 2 59
Steals 10.9 8 314 Steals 10.3 1 24 Steals 0.6 5 173
Blocks 2.9 1 123 Blocks 2.5 8 244 Blocks 0.3 4 145
Turnovers 19.4 1 25 Turnovers 21.5 8 249 Turnovers -2.0 4 118
Fouls 26.3 2 131 Fouls 27.1 11 250 Fouls -0.7 6 148
FG% .504 4 163 FG% .474 1 28 FG% .030 2 83
FT% .616 5 235 FT% .628 11 284 FT% -.012 6 284
3P% .371 3 260 3P% .385 11 242 3P% -.015 8 270
PPS 1.49 6 188 PPS 1.39 1 19 PPS .101 1 51
Adj. FG% .580 2 122 Adj. FG% .539 2 47 Adj. FG% .041 1 63
SECOND ROUND
Chicago State will take on Penn State (26-7) in their first tournament matchup. It's a rough test against a team that was Top 50 in the nation in defense and can also score points.
Code:
#10 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Team Prestige: 80 Record Vs 1-50: 6-6 Poll Rank: #10
Season Record: 26-7 Record Vs 51-100: 7-0 RPI Rank: #7
Conference Record: 15-5 Record Vs 101-200: 4-1
Home Record: 10-2 Record Vs 200+: 9-0
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Points 98.8 5 66 Points 85.1 3 43 Points 13.7 3 26
O.Reb 16.9 4 223 O.Reb 15.3 5 65 O.Reb 1.6 2 92
D.Reb 21.9 4 164 D.Reb 19.1 2 48 D.Reb 2.9 3 35
Rebounds 38.9 4 203 Rebounds 34.4 3 39 Rebounds 4.5 2 21
Assists 22.2 7 121 Assists 20.8 5 284 Assists 1.5 5 135
Steals 15.2 1 71 Steals 11.1 7 66 Steals 4.2 2 45
Blocks 3.6 4 65 Blocks 3.4 11 399 Blocks 0.2 8 167
Turnovers 21.5 8 145 Turnovers 25.3 3 67 Turnovers -3.8 3 56
Fouls 25.8 6 95 Fouls 26.9 4 266 Fouls -1.0 5 124
FG% .536 5 69 FG% .490 4 130 FG% .046 4 52
FT% .681 1 6 FT% .622 4 231 FT% .059 1 7
3P% .390 9 155 3P% .359 2 83 3P% .031 4 84
PPS 1.56 2 45 PPS 1.42 2 50 PPS .138 1 22
Adj. FG% .591 6 92 Adj. FG% .547 2 85 Adj. FG% .044 4 56
As I expected, the Cougars lose and end the season at (23-10), but nonetheless, this two-year stretch with these seniors leaving as the greatest class in program history to this point is absolutely worth noting.
Code:
Penn State 79, Chicago State 67
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chicago State (23-10, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Robert Robbins C 22 1-2 1-2 1 6 1 1 3
Lewis Owens PF 34 5-14 4-7 6 7 2 2 14
Michael Sanders SF 26 4-9 4-5 1 2 0 1 13
Gustavo Harwood SG 33 7-11 0-0 2 2 0 3 17
Fernando Fischer PG 36 2-10 5-7 2 3 8 3 11
Anthony Lemos SG 19 1-3 4-5 0 0 2 2 6
Edgar Scales C 14 0-0 2-2 1 3 1 2 2
George Reid PF 7 0-0 1-2 1 3 0 1 1
Terry Seay SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Antione Robles SG 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Amauri Mcdonald PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 15 (R.Robbins 2, M.Sanders 1, G.Harwood 7,
F.Fischer 2, A.Lemos 1, E.Scales 1, A.Robles 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Scales 1)
Steals: 9 (L.Owens 1, M.Sanders 1, G.Harwood 2,
F.Fischer 3, A.Lemos 1, E.Scales 1)
3P FGs: 6-23 (L.Owens 0-3, M.Sanders 1-6, G.Harwood
3-5, F.Fischer 2-8, A.Lemos 0-1)
Penn State (27-7, 15-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eddie Thornton PF 32 2-4 0-0 1 10 1 3 4
Dalin Zhang PF 33 7-8 3-6 2 5 2 2 17
Victor Harmon SF 27 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 2 6
Felix McMurray SG 36 4-5 2-2 0 0 4 3 12
Anthony Haile PG 28 6-8 2-4 1 1 7 3 15
John Britt C 12 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 2
Elmo Green PF 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Nestor Mcneely PG 18 6-8 2-5 0 1 4 1 17
Scott Perdomo SF 9 1-1 3-4 1 2 0 3 6
Paul Canady PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 17 (E.Thornton 1, D.Zhang 2, F.McMurray 6,
A.Haile 2, J.Britt 1, E.Green 1, N.Mcneely 1,
S.Perdomo 3)
Blocked Shots: 3 (E.Thornton 2, J.Britt 1)
Steals: 7 (E.Thornton 1, D.Zhang 2, F.McMurray 1,
A.Haile 2, N.Mcneely 1)
3P FGs: 9-12 (V.Harmon 2-3, F.McMurray 2-3, A.Haile
1-1, N.Mcneely 3-4, S.Perdomo 1-1)
Player of Game: PF Dalin Zhang (PA ST)
Both
Fernando Fischer and
Lewis Ownens would have their jerseys retired if such a thing were possible. This team won THREE whole games two years ago and flipped that into back-to-back NCAA appearances in two different conferences. I don't care that their schedule got easier, they won the games they were supposed to win more often than not. It's an impressive run, and one we'll hope we can sustain upon their departure.
Code:
PLAYER DETAILS
#15 PF Lewis Owens - Chicago State - Senior
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 7-1
Weight: 308
High School: Brimfield High School
Hometown: Brimfield, IL
Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 96 30 43 68 55 22 100 50 61 46 28 38 12 100 43 70
1951: 88 28 43 62 48 20 94 46 53 42 27 35 12 97 43 62
1950: 82 27 43 59 45 19 88 43 48 40 26 33 12 92 42 52
1949: 77 26 42 56 42 18 83 40 44 38 25 31 12 87 42 41
1948: 69 24 40 52 38 16 75 36 38 36 23 29 10 76 40 17
Potential: A D C B B D A C B B D D
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 49
Stat Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 17 0 5.4 2.8 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.43 0.1 0.0 0.8
1950 21 0 6.3 3.6 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 1.40 0.1 0.0 0.9
1951 32 0 19.6 10.5 2.1 3.9 1.3 0.9 1.33 0.7 0.5 2.7
1952 33 33 30.5 23.3 6.3 8.6 1.7 1.8 0.98 1.1 0.5 3.1
Career 103 33 18.0 11.9 3.0 4.5 1.0 1.0 0.98 0.6 0.3 2.1
Shooting Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 1.0 2.2 .459 0.7 1.4 .500 0.1 0.5 .222 1.30 -1.65
1950 1.1 2.6 .436 1.1 1.9 .600 0.2 0.6 .333 1.38 1.33
1951 4.0 7.6 .525 2.0 3.9 .504 0.6 1.4 .409 1.38 4.44
1952 9.2 16.8 .544 4.2 6.8 .611 0.8 2.3 .338 1.38 9.58
Career 4.6 8.7 .529 2.3 4.0 .571 0.5 1.4 .352 1.38 4.45
Stat Totals:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 17 0 91 48 17 23 3 7 2 0 13
1950 21 0 133 76 22 36 7 5 2 0 18
1951 32 0 628 337 66 124 40 30 21 17 85
1952 33 33 1005 768 208 285 57 58 37 16 103
Career 103 33 1857 1229 313 468 107 100 62 33 219
Shooting Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 17 37 12 24 2 9 -28
1950 24 55 24 40 4 12 28
1951 128 244 63 125 18 44 142
1952 302 555 138 226 26 77 316
Career 471 891 237 415 50 142 458
Career Highs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 45 12 16 5 3 2 7 16 24 14 18 2 8
Career 45 12 16 5 3 3 7 16 24 14 18 3 8
Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Player of the Game: 15
1948 High School: Rated *** and #1712 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
------
PLAYER DETAILS
#23 PG Fernando Fischer - Chicago State - Senior
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Height: 6-3
Weight: 192
High School: Waldron High School
Hometown: Waldron, MI
Attributes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current: 49 47 40 100 76 100 62 14 40 52 16 31 100 35 72 93
1951: 48 44 40 100 74 100 58 13 38 45 15 29 100 33 71 78
1950: 47 41 40 98 66 94 54 12 36 38 14 27 100 31 70 61
1949: 44 38 38 92 61 87 49 11 34 32 13 25 100 29 68 44
1948: 42 34 36 86 55 79 46 11 32 28 11 23 98 25 63 7
Potential: C C D A B A B F C C F D
Health: Good
Scholarship: Yes
Status: Active Roster
Academics: 62
Stat Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 29 29 24.6 14.6 0.9 1.6 4.7 3.3 1.41 0.9 0.1 3.4
1950 29 29 28.6 17.6 1.1 1.7 6.6 3.9 1.71 1.0 0.1 3.3
1951 32 32 28.0 19.8 1.1 2.3 8.7 3.3 2.60 1.0 0.1 3.5
1952 33 33 26.2 16.2 1.2 1.8 7.9 3.1 2.57 1.2 0.1 3.9
Career 123 123 26.9 17.1 1.1 1.8 7.0 3.4 2.57 1.0 0.1 3.5
Shooting Averages:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 4.8 9.8 .488 2.9 4.8 .601 2.2 6.3 .346 1.49 -7.28
1950 5.6 11.2 .498 2.9 4.5 .641 3.5 7.6 .464 1.57 0.00
1951 5.8 11.4 .510 4.2 7.3 .570 4.0 8.4 .472 1.73 7.09
1952 4.9 10.4 .469 3.5 5.9 .582 2.9 6.8 .431 1.55 10.55
Career 5.3 10.7 .492 3.4 5.7 .593 3.2 7.3 .434 1.59 2.96
Stat Totals:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 29 29 713 424 27 45 135 96 25 2 98
1950 29 29 829 510 32 48 191 112 28 3 97
1951 32 32 897 633 35 73 278 107 32 2 111
1952 33 33 866 533 39 60 262 102 40 2 128
Career 123 123 3305 2100 133 226 866 417 125 9 434
Shooting Totals
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1949 139 285 83 138 63 182 -211
1950 162 325 84 131 102 220 0
1951 186 365 134 235 127 269 227
1952 161 343 114 196 97 225 348
Career 648 1318 415 700 389 896 364
Career Highs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season 32 4 5 18 4 1 9 12 23 10 18 7 14
Career 45 4 7 19 5 1 9 15 23 12 20 9 21
Awards & Acheivements:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Season Award
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All Player of the Game: 24
1948 High School: Rated *** and #939 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
1951 1st Team All-Conference (Independents)
1951 Conference Player of the Year (Independents)
1952-53 FINAL FOUR
For the 2nd straight year, the team that Chicago State played in the 1st round ends up making the Final Four. Joining Penn State are 2-seeds Arizona and St. Mary's, as well as fellow 4-seed NC State.
Arizona beat NC State to claim their first national championship in school history.