I think it's okay to say that at least for now, both programs are on the right track. For the first time, DePaul and Chicago State will have winning seasons in the same year. I think our work here is done. Will it sustain? No idea, we'll keep checking on them over time to see how things evolve.
Chicago State finished 16-15 on the year, improving their conference record to 11-7. It was not good enough to appear in any post-season tournament, but it does represent progress especially in a tougher league than their previous seasons.
Still, we're a far cry from the program that couldn't last in any league they played in and hadn't been in the post-season, so I'd say things are officially turned around and it's time to find a new pet project.
DePaul meanwhile is headed back to the tournament. We'll get to them next.
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Dominic Croswell PF 31 31 29.6 20.7 3.8 10.2 1.9 1.7 1.1 3.4 3.2 -1.8
Riley Jenkins SG 31 31 25.6 16.1 1.0 2.6 2.9 3.0 0.1 4.5 3.4 -2.8
Joel Lopez SF 31 31 28.7 14.5 1.7 4.8 2.5 1.9 0.2 3.9 3.6 -2.2
Carey Rice PG 31 31 25.9 10.0 1.7 2.6 4.3 1.9 0.1 2.5 3.7 0.0
William Showalter PG 31 0 14.8 8.2 0.4 1.1 2.4 1.5 0.0 2.9 2.4 -0.7
Jeffrey Wills C 31 31 22.8 7.7 4.6 7.3 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.7 2.8 -0.8
Amauri Mcdonald PF 31 0 15.7 5.8 0.9 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.2 2.1 2.5 -2.7
Buddy Keller PG 31 0 10.5 5.8 0.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.1 1.5 1.6 -1.4
Robert Adams SF 1 0 3.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 9.0
Raphael Babin PF 31 0 9.0 4.2 1.0 2.0 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.5 -1.3
Richard High C 29 0 10.0 2.4 1.6 4.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.1
Harold Levesque SG 26 0 3.7 2.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.8 -1.7
Jerome Newton SF 30 0 3.5 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.5 -1.1
William Leech PF 22 0 2.3 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 -0.4
Jerome Costa SF 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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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 47 Record Vs 1-50: 0-8 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 16-15 Record Vs 51-100: 2-2 RPI Rank: #111
Conference Record: 11-7 Record Vs 101-200: 5-1
Home Record: 8-5 Record Vs 200+: 9-4
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 99.0 12 266 Points 101.8 4 214 Points -2.8 7 246
O.Reb 18.1 9 275 O.Reb 16.2 1 33 O.Reb 1.9 2 87
D.Reb 22.3 13 327 D.Reb 23.8 4 204 D.Reb -1.5 9 327
Rebounds 40.4 11 319 Rebounds 40.0 2 107 Rebounds 0.4 6 198
Assists 20.2 12 287 Assists 23.8 8 371 Assists -3.6 13 369
Steals 14.4 5 175 Steals 14.9 9 294 Steals -0.5 6 222
Blocks 3.4 3 107 Blocks 3.1 10 324 Blocks 0.3 5 148
Turnovers 25.1 6 264 Turnovers 25.1 6 172 Turnovers 0.0 6 200
Fouls 27.2 1 39 Fouls 30.3 10 221 Fouls -3.1 2 30
FG% .494 10 227 FG% .527 13 396 FG% -.034 12 348
FT% .647 3 59 FT% .652 13 418 FT% -.005 9 245
3P% .370 12 261 3P% .404 12 387 3P% -.034 13 338
PPS 1.50 11 229 PPS 1.53 8 314 PPS -.037 10 277
Adj. FG% .549 11 265 Adj. FG% .588 12 390 Adj. FG% -.039 13 354
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Schedule
Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/13/55 at Hampton 17-14 83 W 88-84 1-0
11/19/55 North Alabama 12-17 368 L 118-114 1-1
11/21/55 vs. NC State 19-16 91 W 108-103 2-1
11/24/55 vs. Indiana 25-8 24 L 106-98 2-2
11/25/55 vs. #20 Boise State 23-8 18 L 139-103 2-3
12/01/55 Western Illinois 17-13 221 W 107-86 3-3
12/03/55 Southeast Missouri State 18-13 142 W 111-104 4-3
12/07/55 at Butler 20-11 49 L 137-96 4-4
12/10/55 at Purdue 22-10 81 L 116-109 4-5
12/15/55 Wisconsin 10-22 265 L 132-116 4-6
12/17/55 at Michigan State 21-11 46 L 121-99 4-7
12/21/55 Northern Illinois 13-17 240 L 114-104 4-8 (0-1)
12/24/55 Indiana State 14-15 222 W 125-106 5-8 (1-1)
12/28/55 Saint Louis 11-19 212 L 93-87 5-9 (1-2)
12/31/55 at Bradley 12-16 167 L 149-141 5-10 (1-3)
01/04/56 at Northern Iowa 8-22 267 W 129-117 6-10 (2-3)
01/07/56 at Evansville 24-8 19 L 113-85 6-11 (2-4)
01/10/56 at Eastern New Mexico 14-15 342 W 138-115 7-11
01/14/56 at Valparaiso 16-14 198 W 97-87 8-11 (3-4)
01/18/56 Bradley 12-16 167 W 93-71 9-11 (4-4)
01/21/56 Northern Iowa 8-22 267 W 76-74 10-11 (5-4)
01/25/56 at Saint Louis 11-19 212 W 91-82 11-11 (6-4)
02/01/56 Evansville 24-8 19 L 107-80 11-12 (6-5)
02/04/56 Illinois State 19-11 156 W 100-83 12-12 (7-5)
02/08/56 Valparaiso 16-14 198 W 103-84 13-12 (8-5)
02/11/56 at Northern Illinois 13-17 240 W 97-93 14-12 (9-5)
02/15/56 at Drake 19-10 76 L 95-78 14-13 (9-6)
02/18/56 at Southern Illinois 27-5 43 L 89-64 14-14 (9-7)
02/22/56 Missouri State 12-18 205 W 82-73 15-14 (10-7)
02/25/56 at Milwaukee 8-22 356 W 85-84 16-14 (11-7)
03/01/56 vs. Southern Illinois 27-5 43 L 81-64 16-15