Had some Chicago State news worth sharing. The program had a wild run to the Elite 8 some years ago, with a coach that only stayed two years before retiring. The whole thing made my head spin, as I hadn't paid attention to the program in many years.
Coming off a tourney appearance last year, their latest coach left for Furman (which I don't get it) and I hadn't noticed it until mid-season. The replacement had this team sputtering, so I made the unprecedented step of replacing him with a former Chicago State assistant who was at Ohio State, Myron Castro.
For whatever reason, Castro (who is only a Level 2 coach and I never edited) turned this team on its head into the Summit League schedule. They won the conference tournament, making it back to the NCAAs for the 2nd straight year, but this time as a 16-seed in the First Four.
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CHICAGO STATE TEAM PERFORMANCE
Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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1973 Chicago State 22 10 12 4 85 121 53 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1972 Chicago State 13 16 6 10 240 145 49 No Postseason
1971 Chicago State 18 16 10 6 141 180 53 No Postseason
1970 Chicago State 13 18 10 6 274 273 55 No Postseason
1969 Chicago State 28 9 11 5 45 44 58 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1968 Chicago State 15 14 9 7 181 197 52 No Postseason
1967 Chicago State 14 17 9 7 235 185 54 No Postseason
1966 Chicago State 15 15 8 8 188 205 53 No Postseason
1965 Chicago State 11 18 8 8 285 229 52 No Postseason
1964 Chicago State 13 18 5 11 255 160 51 No Postseason
1963 Chicago State 17 14 7 9 145 103 51 No Postseason
1962 Chicago State 15 17 9 7 212 139 51 No Postseason
1961 Chicago State 17 15 7 9 146 73 50 No Postseason
1960 Chicago State 11 18 7 9 290 312 48 No Postseason
1959 Chicago State 9 21 4 12 338 240 48 No Postseason
1958 Chicago State 13 18 5 11 259 306 50 No Postseason
1957 Chicago State 9 22 6 10 340 311 52 No Postseason
1956 Chicago State 19 14 8 8 111 82 54 Loss in NIT Round 1
1955 Chicago State 23 13 8 8 56 63 54 Loss in NIT Round 2
1954 Chicago State 15 17 8 8 219 170 51 No Postseason
1953 Chicago State 13 19 6 10 261 204 52 No Postseason
1952 Chicago State 15 15 8 8 186 158 54 No Postseason
1951 Chicago State 16 16 7 9 177 89 54 No Postseason
1950 Chicago State 9 22 5 11 345 322 54 No Postseason
1949 Chicago State 13 18 7 9 258 167 56 No Postseason
1948 Chicago State 22 11 12 4 44 30 56 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1947 Chicago State 16 15 6 10 163 188 49 No Postseason
1946 Chicago State 15 15 8 8 172 131 48 No Postseason
1945 Chicago State 14 17 8 8 219 228 45 No Postseason
1944 Chicago State 17 14 8 8 131 109 43 No Postseason
1943 Chicago State 14 18 7 9 228 223 39 No Postseason
1942 Chicago State 8 23 3 13 359 348 37 No Postseason
1941 Chicago State 5 25 1 15 369 337 37 No Postseason
1940 Chicago State 8 23 4 12 354 297 37 No Postseason
1939 Chicago State 10 20 3 13 315 180 37 No Postseason
1938 Chicago State 7 25 4 12 363 271 36 No Postseason
1937 Chicago State 3 28 2 14 370 356 35 No Postseason
1936 Chicago State 11 21 5 11 310 298 34 No Postseason
1935 Chicago State 10 20 6 10 311 254 33 No Postseason
1934 Chicago State 12 18 7 9 259 289 31 No Postseason
1933 Chicago State 11 20 7 9 307 300 29 No Postseason
1932 Chicago State 8 22 5 11 341 332 24 No Postseason
1931 Chicago State 7 22 4 12 327 324 20 No Postseason
1930 Chicago State 5 25 4 12 347 305 16 No Postseason
1929 Chicago State 5 25 4 12 338 321 11 No Postseason
After knocking off New Orleans, they had a date with perennial contenders Florida State, whose longtime coach retired and they have a young coach in his first year. Somehow, Chicago State slayed them in the first round in an ugly box score game.
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Chicago State 63, Florida State 54
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Chicago State (21-13, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bryant McDonald C 32 3-5 4-5 3 9 0 1 10
Steven Mosley PF 31 3-8 0-0 1 6 1 2 6
Jared Alberts SF 16 2-10 7-10 3 6 1 4 11
Charles Stock SG 26 2-5 3-3 0 3 0 0 8
Quentin Geis PG 30 3-9 6-11 1 6 2 3 13
Thomas Naughton PF 15 0-1 0-2 2 5 1 0 0
Foster Elswick SF 26 3-11 0-0 3 5 2 1 7
Fredrick Wiseman C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
James Dunne SG 16 2-4 4-4 0 3 1 0 8
Tommy Broyles PG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 9 (B.McDonald 3, J.Alberts 1, C.Stock 1,
Q.Geis 1, T.Naughton 1, F.Elswick 2)
Blocked Shots: 6 (B.McDonald 2, S.Mosley 2, T.Naughton
1, F.Elswick 1)
Steals: 5 (J.Alberts 1, Q.Geis 1, F.Elswick 1, J.Dunne
1, T.Broyles 1)
3P FGs: 3-17 (S.Mosley 0-2, J.Alberts 0-4, C.Stock 1-2,
Q.Geis 1-2, F.Elswick 1-4, J.Dunne 0-2, T.Broyles 0-1)
Florida State (31-5, 18-2):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Titus Horn C 32 1-4 0-0 3 10 2 2 2
Lou Meacham PF 37 5-12 0-0 1 7 3 2 10
Brian Reagan SF 28 5-14 2-4 0 5 2 5 12
Leo Oakley SG 6 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 4 3
Jose Louis PG 24 2-3 0-0 1 3 3 4 6
Chris Johnson SG 15 1-6 3-4 1 1 0 5 6
Curtis Barrera PG 24 3-6 0-3 1 3 2 3 6
Edmond White SF 11 2-6 0-0 0 4 0 1 5
Michael Gibbs C 10 2-2 0-0 0 2 0 1 4
James Weeden SG 8 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 3 0
Eli Imhoff SG 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0
Turnovers: 14 (T.Horn 2, L.Meacham 1, B.Reagan 1,
J.Louis 1, C.Johnson 2, C.Barrera 2, E.White 4,
J.Weeden 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (T.Horn 2)
Steals: 0
3P FGs: 5-13 (B.Reagan 0-1, L.Oakley 1-4, J.Louis 2-2,
C.Johnson 1-3, C.Barrera 0-1, E.White 1-2)
Player of Game: C Bryant McDonald (CH ST)
In the Round of 32, they took on Loyola Marymount, an upstart who themselves were in the Final Four last year. Didn't matter, the Cougars won and advance to the Sweet 16. I've never seen a 16-seed into the Sweet 16.
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Chicago State 58, Loyola Marymount 55
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Loyola Marymount (22-11, 13-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Paul Kiely C 35 1-10 1-3 2 9 2 3 3
Robert Veal PF 34 4-11 3-8 5 12 0 3 11
Adam Perez SF 31 7-11 0-0 1 3 1 1 14
Alan Paterson SG 26 1-7 1-2 3 5 0 3 3
Danilo Groff PG 37 6-10 2-2 0 0 4 2 17
Jerome Redding PF 12 0-4 2-2 0 4 1 1 2
Junior Bailey SG 16 0-2 2-5 3 3 1 3 2
Joe Truman C 5 0-1 0-1 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Barger PG 3 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 3
Turnovers: 13 (P.Kiely 2, A.Perez 2, A.Paterson 5,
D.Groff 2, J.Bailey 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (P.Kiely 1, A.Paterson 1, D.Groff 2,
J.Redding 1)
Steals: 7 (P.Kiely 1, R.Veal 2, A.Perez 2, D.Groff 1,
J.Bailey 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (A.Perez 0-3, A.Paterson 0-3, D.Groff 3-7,
F.Barger 1-1)
Chicago State (22-13, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bryant McDonald C 27 3-9 2-2 3 9 1 5 8
Steven Mosley PF 31 2-8 2-2 3 9 2 4 6
Jared Alberts SF 34 8-14 3-4 3 8 3 2 22
Charles Stock SG 31 4-9 2-2 1 4 2 1 12
Quentin Geis PG 24 2-4 0-0 0 3 2 4 6
Thomas Naughton C 17 0-2 0-1 1 4 1 2 0
Foster Elswick PG 22 2-5 0-0 1 3 2 2 4
Fredrick Wiseman C 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
James Dunne SG 8 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 1 0
Tommy Broyles PG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0
Mark Kruger PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 20 (B.McDonald 2, S.Mosley 2, J.Alberts 6,
C.Stock 5, Q.Geis 1, T.Naughton 1, F.Elswick 3)
Blocked Shots: 3 (B.McDonald 1, S.Mosley 1, F.Wiseman 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Alberts 1, C.Stock 1, T.Naughton 1)
3P FGs: 7-17 (S.Mosley 0-1, J.Alberts 3-6, C.Stock 2-3,
Q.Geis 2-3, F.Elswick 0-2, J.Dunne 0-2)
Player of Game: SF Jared Alberts (CH ST)
Looking at their team stats, by all accounts, this is not a good team. In any way on any real measurement basis. So I'm not sure why these dudes are playing so lights out through 3 tournament games, but it's kinda fun to see. The bracket is setup for them too, because in the Sweet 16, they're playing another bracket buster in James Madison, a 12-seed out of the Beach Belt conference.
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 53 Record Vs 1-50: 2-2 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 22-13 Record Vs 51-100: 4-2 RPI Rank: #100
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 0-3
Home Record: 8-5 Record Vs 200+: 16-6
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 69.5 4 210 Points 69.1 7 168 Points 0.4 6 175
O.Reb 13.4 2 11 O.Reb 11.1 5 231 O.Reb 2.3 2 40
D.Reb 25.6 5 175 D.Reb 25.9 10 240 D.Reb -0.3 7 199
Rebounds 39.0 3 64 Rebounds 37.0 8 237 Rebounds 2.0 3 106
Assists 12.4 8 293 Assists 14.1 11 254 Assists -1.7 10 327
Steals 6.0 3 164 Steals 6.0 8 240 Steals 0.0 5 187
Blocks 4.7 2 96 Blocks 3.5 5 150 Blocks 1.2 3 78
Turnovers 14.1 7 217 Turnovers 14.8 1 109 Turnovers -0.7 5 135
Fouls 17.9 2 59 Fouls 19.8 8 172 Fouls -1.9 3 71
FG% .410 9 350 FG% .435 7 213 FG% -.024 10 308
FT% .666 8 268 FT% .668 5 116 FT% -.002 7 217
3P% .332 6 248 3P% .367 12 332 3P% -.035 10 311
PPS 1.17 9 328 PPS 1.18 4 81 PPS -.006 6 192
Adj. FG% .464 7 326 Adj. FG% .490 7 212 Adj. FG% -.026 10 309