After two years at Chicago State, James Stringer took the Prairie View A&M job. He was replaced by former Chicago State star Fernando Fischer who I made a coach because he did not make it into the draft pool for the pro league at all, effectively ending his pro basketball ambitions. The hope is he can provide some stability to the program moving forward.
I'll make sure he hangs out for some time and that they don't replace him, etc.
DePaul NCAA appearance makes me feel like both of these programs are in much better shape than when we took them over and I did not expect it to go this fast. I imagined it was going to be much longer slog for both programs which -- beyond their city -- is why I chose them.
What I want to do now is pick a program where I can flood its immediate city (or state) with surplus talent, see if we're able to recruit said players and then see what the ceiling is for the program. AI recruiting is weird, so I'd be curious if you had more advantages whether you could convert minor programs into major ones.
1956-57 CONFERENCE MOVES
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CCNY [Yankee --> ACC]
William & Mary [A10 --> Yankee]
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We're just doing a fly-by for this season since we're technically unattached. Still, as I expected both Chicago State & DePaul are having good seasons. Chicago State is 24-6 and if they don't win the auto bid, they're surely a NIT team. DePaul meanwhile is a lock in the Big East for a tournament spot. What a different a few years makes!
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BIG EAST CONFERENCE BUBBLE WATCH
Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected
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UConn 31-2 .662 (2) 10-1 9-1 8-0 4-0 41 NCAA
Notre Dame 27-6 .660 (3) 7-5 12-1 6-0 2-0 5 NCAA
Providence 24-8 .653 (5) 9-4 8-4 5-0 2-0 3 NCAA
DePaul 20-11 .592 (35) 3-7 8-2 4-1 5-1 29 NCAA
Seton Hall 21-11 .560 (72) 4-7 6-4 4-0 7-0 110 NIT
Villanova 20-12 .561 (71) 3-7 6-4 4-1 7-0 64 NIT
Georgetown 18-13 .556 (75) 4-6 5-4 2-2 7-1 63 CBI
Butler 16-15 .568 (65) 2-10 9-2 1-2 4-1 10 Out
St. John's 16-16 .584 (48) 4-6 7-6 1-2 4-2 4 Out
Marquette 14-17 .570 (62) 3-9 3-8 6-0 2-0 1 Out
Xavier 14-19 .542 (92) 1-11 4-5 4-3 5-0 14 Out
Creighton 10-23 .536 (103) 1-12 4-8 2-2 3-1 2 Out
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MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE BUBBLE WATCH
Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected
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Missouri State 23-8 .605 (21) 1-3 2-1 5-2 15-2 73 NCAA
Chicago State 24-7 .555 (76) 1-1 0-1 4-1 19-4 285 NIT
Saint Louis 17-12 .505 (174) 0-3 0-2 3-1 14-6 287 CIT
Bradley 15-15 .495 (211) 0-3 0-4 1-2 14-6 240 Out
Southern Illinois 14-16 .497 (203) 0-3 1-4 1-3 12-6 192 Out
Northern Iowa 14-16 .490 (223) 1-2 0-3 2-2 11-9 190 Out
Evansville 13-16 .493 (217) 0-4 1-2 0-4 12-6 165 Out
Northern Illinois 13-16 .474 (268) 0-1 0-2 1-5 12-8 254 Out
Drake 14-18 .495 (210) 1-5 2-2 0-2 11-9 169 Out
Illinois State 12-17 .462 (302) 1-2 0-2 1-2 10-11 275 Out
Valparaiso 11-19 .466 (291) 0-3 0-3 3-2 8-11 212 Out
Milwaukee 10-20 .464 (297) 0-5 0-1 0-7 10-7 158 Out
Indiana State 8-21 .425 (383) 0-4 0-4 1-1 7-12 261 Out
FINAL REGULAR SEASON POLL
[Before the tournament]
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Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. UConn (72) 31-2 1800 1 Big East Conference
2. Oklahoma 29-2 1719 2 Pacific-14 Conference
3. Texas A&M 28-2 1628 3 Southeastern Conference
4. Stanford 28-4 1619 4 Pacific-14 Conference
5. Tulsa 30-3 1506 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Auburn 28-4 1429 6 Southeastern Conference
7. Hampton 29-4 1376 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
8. Syracuse 29-3 1279 9 Yankee Conference
9. West Virginia 27-6 1237 10 Southeastern Conference
10. Saint Mary's 29-4 1161 7 West Coast Conference
11. Notre Dame 27-6 1080 11 Big East Conference
12. Boise State 26-4 1007 13 Mountain West Conference
13. USC 26-7 827 23 Pacific-14 Conference
14. Florida State 27-6 826 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Ohio State 27-6 810 17 Big Ten Conference
16. Purdue 25-6 748 12 Big Ten Conference
17. San Francisco 27-6 680 20 West Coast Conference
18. Florida 25-8 602 21 Southeastern Conference
19. Southern 26-6 535 16 Southwestern Athletic Conference
20. Temple 25-7 422 18 Yankee Conference
21. Providence 24-8 366 15 Big East Conference
22. UCLA 24-9 277 25 Pacific-14 Conference
23. Kansas State 24-7 219 19 Big 12 Conference
24. Seattle 26-5 118 22 West Coast Conference
25. Kentucky 23-9 69 24 Southeastern Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Penn State 24-8 39 Yankee Conference
LSU 24-8 18 Southeastern Conference
Oregon 23-10 2 Pacific-14 Conference
Cincinnati 24-9 1 Atlantic Coast Conference