1953-54 PREVIEW
CHANGES
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Holy Cross [Big East --> Atlantic North]
Merchant Marine [Independent --> Atlantic North]
Coast Guard [UAA --> Atlantic North]
SUNY Plattsburgh [Atlantic North --> Independent]
Union College replaced with SUNY Plattsburgh
Cal State LA replaced with SUNY Oswego
West Chester replaced with Bowdoin College
Wesleyan [CT] replaced with Carroll [MT]
Missouri [SEC --> Big Ten]
Florida A&M [SWAC --> SEC]
Maryland [ACC --> Big Ten]
Notre Dame [ACC --> Big East]
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The Big Ten was always a little weird in this universe, because they only had 12 teams while the other major conferences had 14-16 (or more for a bit, the Pac-12 got to 20 at one point before they reformed....and the Big 12 came back.) So now things are a bit more balanced with the ACC losing a few programs, the SEC rebalancing and a few other programs reviving.
After the 4th season, we'll do the slower style monthly recaps so you can kind of see it playing out more in real time. Plus, you'll be able to see what other programs are doing throughout the year. Chicago State's relative fast ascent -- with no real help from me besides coaching changes -- makes me wonder what the ceiling is for that program and/or focusing more hands-on with trying to get DePaul to be a player in the Big East which is already good.
But with DePaul, UIC, Chicago State, Chicago & Northwestern all in/near the city, I'm considering setting up a recurring pre-season event between all of them so we can see their annual progress since none of those programs are in the same conference, along with three other programs. All of them are between 33-57 prestige, so it's evenly matched.
I'll setup a separate 4-team invitational regional for the Philly-area programs too (with St. Joe's and LaSalle swapping every other year since they're in the same league)
1953-54 TEAM ROSTERS
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS General
Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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William Colby 0 SF Sr 6-10 234 Yes 78 OK El Paso, IL
John Werth 15 PG Sr 6-10 236 Yes 39 OK Morrison, IL
Danjel Lamb 44 SG Sr 6-6 206 Yes 44 OK Churubusco, IN
Arlen Torres 52 PG Jr 6-2 181 Yes 96 Unhappy East Aurora, NY
Brennan Marsh 3 C Jr 6-11 244 Yes 47 OK Stanton, MI
Kelly Weeden 40 PG Jr 6-2 206 No 26 OK Lafayette, IN
Nino Ingram 25 SG Jr 6-5 203 No 43 OK Dubuque, IA
David Mccartney 1 PF Jr 7-1 236 Yes 67 OK Honesdale, PA
Richard Latimer 32 PF So 6-11 258 Yes 78 OK Cary, IL
David Montanez 4 C So 7-1 256 Yes 65 OK Maroa, IL
Ward Thomas 42 SG So 6-1 183 Yes 99 OK Sturgeon Bay, WI
Tom Dupont 14 SG Fr 6-7 196 Yes 49 OK Torrington, WY
Alfie Mitchell 21 PG Fr 6-2 173 Yes 52 OK Helena, MT
Mark Mercado 24 PF Fr 6-10 225 Yes 45 OK Anaheim, CA
George Harris 5 PF Fr 6-9 225 Yes 42 OK Dartmouth, NH
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS General
Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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Terry Seay 54 SF Sr* 6-7 232 Yes 25 OK Buffalo Grove, IL
Gustavo Harwood 14 SG Sr 6-5 191 No 30 OK Chicago, IL
George Reid 3 C Sr 6-11 243 Yes 32 OK South Holland, IL
Michael Sanders 13 SF Jr 6-2 191 Yes 63 OK Mc Henry, IL
Edgar Scales 42 C Jr 6-11 233 Yes 89 OK Two Rivers, WI
Robert Robbins 30 C Jr 7-1 244 Yes 96 OK Clintonville, WI
Orval Capers 52 SF So 6-11 229 Yes 15 OK Cedarburg, WI
Amauri Mcdonald 20 PF So 6-9 263 Yes 24 OK Auburn, IL
Richard High 43 C Fr* 7-1 240 Yes 57 OK Chicago, IL
Harold Levesque 1 SG Fr* 6-0 179 Yes 75 OK Forreston, IL
Jeffrey Wills 0 C Fr 7-1 241 Yes 14 OK Gering, NE
Dominic Croswell 40 PF Fr 7-0 226 Yes 8 OK Brainerd, MN
Carey Rice 5 PG Fr 6-1 177 Yes 53 OK Huntingdon Valley, PA
Riley Jenkins 53 SG Fr 6-0 183 Yes 59 OK Riggs, SD
William Leech 31 PF Fr 6-11 260 No 75 OK Ft Mitchell, KY