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Vince, Pt. II · 07-31-2015, 02:38 AM

1954-55 Wrap Up: The Stanford Indian Post-Mortem

Prestige: 49
Record: 13-17
Conference Record: 6-10
RPI: 123
vs. Top 50: 1-7
vs. 51-100: 4-6
vs. 101-200: 8-4
Points per Game: 61.9
Points allowed per Game: 61.1

Season MVP: SG Aldo Granados (Sr.) - 17.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.4 blocks

1954 Recap

After a brilliant inaugural season, the Stanford Indians took a huge step back in season two, going from an unlikely NCAA tournament berth to a three way tie for last place in the PCC South. Turns out, a three way tie for last place in the PCC South is also a three way tie for second place (USC, UCLA and Stanford all ended the year 6-10 in conference play)...but yeah, still not all that great. The season started off well enough, with a 6-2 open...unfortunately the season would go on to prove that those 8 teams would be a combined 80-157 on the year. From there, things went completely south. A 2-point loss @ Arizona on December 10th started a skid of epic proportions, and the team would wake up on February 2nd a woeful 7-13, having gone 1-11 in December and January (the only win against a woeful Pacific squad that would finish the year 6-23), including 6 straight conference losses to open PCC play. A win over USC on February 5th got us on the board in the PCC for the first time, but we would immediately embarrass ourselves against 9-19 Washington State with a 20 point loss in the next game. Somehow, the 20 point loss must have invigorated the team, as we would close the year 5-3 with two of those losses coming to #11 Washington and #9 Cal, and both by single digits (ignore the 65-35 loss to Oregon in there, because...well, because I said so). Hard to say 'what might have been' with a 13-17 (6-10) record, but there were an awful lot of close games in that record. Going to take that as the silver lining for this season.

Senior SG Aldo Granados was everything for the Indians, and is a contender for PCC player of the year as the PCC points leader (6th in the nation) who was no slouch at rebounding (13th in the conference) and defense (6th in the conference in steals). Unfortunately, he was largely a volume scorer as other teams realized that there wasn't much offense behind him. SF Dino Winner was inconsistent at best as a second option, but much more efficient. Granados was a weak .396 from the floor, while Winner shot .537. Try as we may, we couldn't find a way for anyone else to step forward and be that solid second option. There were high hopes for young Sophomore C Andreas Fontes, but while his rebounding was impressive (7.1 per game, good for 7th in the PCC), his 7.4 points and lackluster defense (0.3 steals and 0.3 blocks out of a 7-footer with a 14/A rating in Post Defense) were certainly not impressive. Hopefully next year he can show some improvement, because this year he was the fourth scoring option behind Granados, Winner and Bingham. Speaking of Bingham (that's Junior PG Mark Bingham), he had a solid, if unspectacular year. 8.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists (versus only 1.8 turnovers) and 1.3 steals on .444 shooting. His defense is a little too aggressive (3.1 fouls per game), but we like that enthusiasm. He'll be the most veteran player on the team next year, and will have a LOT of youth to work with.

The bench...was almost undoubtedly the downfall of Stanford this season. Only seven players averaged more than 5 minutes per game, and the two main bench players (SF Leif Paredes and 7'0" PG Major Clarke) were hardly impact players, averaging 5.0 and 2.6 points per game respectively. Next season will see more talent on the bench, and hopefully a reduced workload for the starters.

Young Guns Report:

The 1954 season saw the first ever NCAA53 recruits hit the floor. Stanford's 1953 Recruiting class didn't see much action, however; #181 ranked C Robert Coil and # 355 ranked SF Erik Plant both took a redshirt this season, as they figured to be the 9th player at best if they were to play this season. Turns out, they might have been useful had they been playing. That left #249 C Annibal Jeanlouis and walk-on centers Thomas Willaims (6'10") and Major Clarke (7'0"). Jeanlouis held down the starting PF position all season long, and did ok for a young man surrounded by pretty decent talent. In 28 minutes per contest, Annibal averaged 5.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. Impressively, and despite a lackluster Handling skill, he turned the ball over less than every other starter. Clarke laughably clocked the most minutes this season at the PG slot, where he was marginally effective. Less than half a turnover per game, nearly an assist per game, and all of this in less than 15 minutes per. Willaims only clocked 5 minutes per game, but was somewhat impressive in the time he had, shooting 56% from the floor and absolutely choking at the free throw line despite a decent rating there.

Happy Trails Report:

Graduating this season are PCC Player of the Year Candidate SG Aldo Granados, second leading scorer SF Dino Winner and warm body SF Mitchell Neill. Neill logged all of 39 minutes all season, so he will not be missed. However, Granados and Winner were quite possibly the two best players on the floor this season. Which means 1955 could be a LOOOONG year. Granados will retire with 1,002 career points for Stanford, which will be the school record for at least a few years until we can get some players with multiple seasons under their belts.

New Faces Report:

Stanford's recruiting class is quite a bit more prestigious this season, as we weren't afraid to throw the weight of our conference's reputation around while recruiting. The jewel of this year's class is Four Star Frenchman Romain Dehalle. The #40 overall recruit, the PF clocks in at 6'6" and our scouts like him an awful lot. His jumper could use some work, and he'll turn the ball over a fair amount...but he's already adept at creating his own shot, should be a monster on the boards and definitely has a nose for blocking shots. He's a little undersized for the front court at 6'6", but his athleticism should help a whole hell of a lot. Right behind Dehalle is PG Chris Mohler, the #100 recruit in the nation and an All-State basketball player from Arizona. He is amazingly quick, already a ballhawk on defense, and projects to eventually be a plus shooter from the field. The only knock on Mohler is his size: at 5'8" some of the cheerleaders are taller than he is. Tremendously physically gifted, we're hoping he can find a way to make it work. Our third and final scholarship has been committed to by #133 prospect SF Stan Dyer out of Australia. A bit more of a project, Dyer appears to have a lot of room to grow on the defensive side of the ball. He also projects to be a decent shooter from range eventually, though he has a lot of work to do there as well. He DOES seem to be a stellar free throw shooter, so he's got that going for him. Between Plant, Paredes and Webb next season, Dyer will more than likely redshirt his freshman year, simply because we don't have a spot for him. All in all, this was a much stronger recruiting class than in 1953 (at least on paper), and that is a huge sigh of relief after the disastrous season on the court the Indian faithful had to endure in 1954.

1955 Preview:

C Andreas Fontes (Jr)
PF Robert Coil (Fr*)
SF Erik Plant (Fr*)
SG Romain Dehalle (Fr)
PG Mark Bingham (Sr)
6th Anibal Jeanlouis (So)
7th Leif Paredes (Jr)
8th Chris Mohler (Fr)

In '55, Stanford looks to be a little deeper than they were last season, but they also don't appear to have the top end talent they did with Granados and Winner on the floor. The team looks to be a LOT bigger; PG Bingham will be the shortest player on the court at 6'4", and Dehalle will be manning the 2 guard spot at 6'6". Plant is 6'9", Coil is 6'8" and Fontes a towering 7'0". That's an average height of 6'7.8"! Hopefully we'll be able to parlay that size into a nice advantage for ourselves. Cal will still be the class of the PCC South, but USC and UCLA look to continue to be at Stanford's level in terms of talent on the floor, so anything goes in the PCC next year. If Fontes takes a step forward offensively (his stats/ratings say this isn't a crazy hope), Dehalle is as good as advertised, and '54 redshirts Coil and Plant aren't awful, the team could be an underdog to watch. Unfortunately, all those if's, but's and maybe's could very easily make Stanford all hat and no cattle come 1955.

07-31-2015, 02:38 AM	#83
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	1954-55 Wrap Up: The Stanford Indian Post-Mortem Prestige: 49 Record: 13-17 Conference Record: 6-10 RPI: 123 vs. Top 50: 1-7 vs. 51-100: 4-6 vs. 101-200: 8-4 Points per Game: 61.9 Points allowed per Game: 61.1 Season MVP: SG Aldo Granados (Sr.) - 17.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.4 blocks 1954 Recap After a brilliant inaugural season, the Stanford Indians took a huge step back in season two, going from an unlikely NCAA tournament berth to a three way tie for last place in the PCC South. Turns out, a three way tie for last place in the PCC South is also a three way tie for second place (USC, UCLA and Stanford all ended the year 6-10 in conference play)...but yeah, still not all that great. The season started off well enough, with a 6-2 open...unfortunately the season would go on to prove that those 8 teams would be a combined 80-157 on the year. From there, things went completely south. A 2-point loss @ Arizona on December 10th started a skid of epic proportions, and the team would wake up on February 2nd a woeful 7-13, having gone 1-11 in December and January (the only win against a woeful Pacific squad that would finish the year 6-23), including 6 straight conference losses to open PCC play. A win over USC on February 5th got us on the board in the PCC for the first time, but we would immediately embarrass ourselves against 9-19 Washington State with a 20 point loss in the next game. Somehow, the 20 point loss must have invigorated the team, as we would close the year 5-3 with two of those losses coming to #11 Washington and #9 Cal, and both by single digits (ignore the 65-35 loss to Oregon in there, because...well, because I said so). Hard to say 'what might have been' with a 13-17 (6-10) record, but there were an awful lot of close games in that record. Going to take that as the silver lining for this season. Senior SG Aldo Granados was everything for the Indians, and is a contender for PCC player of the year as the PCC points leader (6th in the nation) who was no slouch at rebounding (13th in the conference) and defense (6th in the conference in steals). Unfortunately, he was largely a volume scorer as other teams realized that there wasn't much offense behind him. SF Dino Winner was inconsistent at best as a second option, but much more efficient. Granados was a weak .396 from the floor, while Winner shot .537. Try as we may, we couldn't find a way for anyone else to step forward and be that solid second option. There were high hopes for young Sophomore C Andreas Fontes, but while his rebounding was impressive (7.1 per game, good for 7th in the PCC), his 7.4 points and lackluster defense (0.3 steals and 0.3 blocks out of a 7-footer with a 14/A rating in Post Defense) were certainly not impressive. Hopefully next year he can show some improvement, because this year he was the fourth scoring option behind Granados, Winner and Bingham. Speaking of Bingham (that's Junior PG Mark Bingham), he had a solid, if unspectacular year. 8.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 5.1 assists (versus only 1.8 turnovers) and 1.3 steals on .444 shooting. His defense is a little too aggressive (3.1 fouls per game), but we like that enthusiasm. He'll be the most veteran player on the team next year, and will have a LOT of youth to work with. The bench...was almost undoubtedly the downfall of Stanford this season. Only seven players averaged more than 5 minutes per game, and the two main bench players (SF Leif Paredes and 7'0" PG Major Clarke) were hardly impact players, averaging 5.0 and 2.6 points per game respectively. Next season will see more talent on the bench, and hopefully a reduced workload for the starters. Young Guns Report: The 1954 season saw the first ever NCAA53 recruits hit the floor. Stanford's 1953 Recruiting class didn't see much action, however; #181 ranked C Robert Coil and # 355 ranked SF Erik Plant both took a redshirt this season, as they figured to be the 9th player at best if they were to play this season. Turns out, they might have been useful had they been playing. That left #249 C Annibal Jeanlouis and walk-on centers Thomas Willaims (6'10") and Major Clarke (7'0"). Jeanlouis held down the starting PF position all season long, and did ok for a young man surrounded by pretty decent talent. In 28 minutes per contest, Annibal averaged 5.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.4 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. Impressively, and despite a lackluster Handling skill, he turned the ball over less than every other starter. Clarke laughably clocked the most minutes this season at the PG slot, where he was marginally effective. Less than half a turnover per game, nearly an assist per game, and all of this in less than 15 minutes per. Willaims only clocked 5 minutes per game, but was somewhat impressive in the time he had, shooting 56% from the floor and absolutely choking at the free throw line despite a decent rating there. Happy Trails Report: Graduating this season are PCC Player of the Year Candidate SG Aldo Granados, second leading scorer SF Dino Winner and warm body SF Mitchell Neill. Neill logged all of 39 minutes all season, so he will not be missed. However, Granados and Winner were quite possibly the two best players on the floor this season. Which means 1955 could be a LOOOONG year. Granados will retire with 1,002 career points for Stanford, which will be the school record for at least a few years until we can get some players with multiple seasons under their belts. New Faces Report: Stanford's recruiting class is quite a bit more prestigious this season, as we weren't afraid to throw the weight of our conference's reputation around while recruiting. The jewel of this year's class is Four Star Frenchman Romain Dehalle. The #40 overall recruit, the PF clocks in at 6'6" and our scouts like him an awful lot. His jumper could use some work, and he'll turn the ball over a fair amount...but he's already adept at creating his own shot, should be a monster on the boards and definitely has a nose for blocking shots. He's a little undersized for the front court at 6'6", but his athleticism should help a whole hell of a lot. Right behind Dehalle is PG Chris Mohler, the #100 recruit in the nation and an All-State basketball player from Arizona. He is amazingly quick, already a ballhawk on defense, and projects to eventually be a plus shooter from the field. The only knock on Mohler is his size: at 5'8" some of the cheerleaders are taller than he is. Tremendously physically gifted, we're hoping he can find a way to make it work. Our third and final scholarship has been committed to by #133 prospect SF Stan Dyer out of Australia. A bit more of a project, Dyer appears to have a lot of room to grow on the defensive side of the ball. He also projects to be a decent shooter from range eventually, though he has a lot of work to do there as well. He DOES seem to be a stellar free throw shooter, so he's got that going for him. Between Plant, Paredes and Webb next season, Dyer will more than likely redshirt his freshman year, simply because we don't have a spot for him. All in all, this was a much stronger recruiting class than in 1953 (at least on paper), and that is a huge sigh of relief after the disastrous season on the court the Indian faithful had to endure in 1954. 1955 Preview: C Andreas Fontes (Jr) PF Robert Coil (Fr) SF Erik Plant (Fr) SG Romain Dehalle (Fr) PG Mark Bingham (Sr) 6th Anibal Jeanlouis (So) 7th Leif Paredes (Jr) 8th Chris Mohler (Fr) In '55, Stanford looks to be a little deeper than they were last season, but they also don't appear to have the top end talent they did with Granados and Winner on the floor. The team looks to be a LOT bigger; PG Bingham will be the shortest player on the court at 6'4", and Dehalle will be manning the 2 guard spot at 6'6". Plant is 6'9", Coil is 6'8" and Fontes a towering 7'0". That's an average height of 6'7.8"! Hopefully we'll be able to parlay that size into a nice advantage for ourselves. Cal will still be the class of the PCC South, but USC and UCLA look to continue to be at Stanford's level in terms of talent on the floor, so anything goes in the PCC next year. If Fontes takes a step forward offensively (his stats/ratings say this isn't a crazy hope), Dehalle is as good as advertised, and '54 redshirts Coil and Plant aren't awful, the team could be an underdog to watch. Unfortunately, all those if's, but's and maybe's could very easily make Stanford all hat and no cattle come 1955. Last edited by Vince, Pt. II : 07-31-2015 at 12:55 PM. Reason: Formatting, editing.