A new mid-major, the GWAL: An FBCB 2010 dynasty

[collegesportsfanms]

Hoopsguy, I definitely dropped the ball when I hired Ralph Snowden to coach at Heights. They must not be getting the recruits they need. I have toyed with the idea of possibly taking control of some of the hiring and firing of assistant coaches as well. I know I should leave it up to the AI head coach to do so, but I think Ralph is a better coach than he is showing.

As for Northwest, you have had some tough luck OOC. Playing 3 top 10 teams at some point in the season, and losing all of them fairly close, makes that 13-9 record seem worse than it really is. On a bright note, your strength of schedule should be quite high. I've seen some crazy things in the GWAL. North may have a 2 game lead right now, but February is when things seem to shift the most.

[collegesportsfanms]

OVERALL BUBBLE WATCH

 Team                   Record        RPI  vs. 1-50  vs. 51-100  vs. 101-200  vs. 200+  SOS  Projected
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 Wisconsin                15-8  .610 (21)       0-6         6-1          5-0       4-1   27         In
 Wake Forest              16-6  .563 (56)       2-3         3-2          4-0       7-1  172         In
 Wichita Southeast        17-6  .580 (41)       1-3         3-2         10-0       3-1   78         In
 Syracuse                 17-6  .578 (44)       3-4         4-1          2-1       8-0  134         In
 Wichita Northwest       13-10  .602 (33)       1-7         5-0          6-3       1-0    2         In
 Kentucky                 14-7  .560 (60)       4-4         2-1          3-1       5-1  116         In
 Indiana                  14-6  .556 (67)       5-1         3-1          2-4       4-0  140         In
 Rutgers                  13-8  .574 (48)       1-4         3-1          4-2       5-1   69         In
 Milwaukee               13-10  .550 (74)       2-4         2-4          5-1       4-1   68        Out
 San Francisco            16-6  .562 (58)       0-3         2-0          4-3      10-0  184        Out
 Louisiana State          15-8  .559 (61)       1-5         3-1          4-2       7-0  112        Out
 Xavier                   15-6  .548 (79)       2-2         3-1          4-2       6-1  168        Out
 Houston                  14-6  .558 (62)       1-2         5-2          3-1       5-1  132        Out
 Kapaun Mt. Carmel        15-7  .568 (52)       2-4         1-0          6-2       6-1  125        Out
 Southern California      14-6  .542 (89)       1-5         3-0          4-0       6-1  157        Out

The fact that we have 3 teams on the NCAA Bubble as we enter February makes me giddy. And with North a definite in at the moment, this only bodes well for our conference.

[collegesportsfanms]

Here's a look at the final standings for the 2011-2012 season

 TEAM                           CW  CL   Pct   W   L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 #13 Wichita North Redskins     12   4  .750  28   5  .848   40        63
 Bishop Carroll Eagles          10   6  .625  17  16  .515   89        59
 Wichita Northwest Grizzlies     9   7  .563  19  14  .576   52        65
 Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders     9   7  .563  20  11  .645   51        47
 Wichita Southeast Buffaloes     9   7  .563  22  10  .688   39        69
 Wichita South Titans            9   7  .563  16  14  .533  101        54
 Wichita East Blue Aces          6  10  .375  10  21  .323  158        57
 Wichita West Pioneers           5  11  .313  11  21  .344  186        57
 Wichita Heights Falcons         3  13  .188   8  22  .267  321        75

North won the GWAL with relative ease, even after a 3 game losing streak in the middle of the month. It was a congested mess in the middle, with 4 teams going 9-7. The bottom third has 2 teams that should never, ever be there, no way, no how. And then there is West. Ugh! They are definitely gone from the GWAL after the season.

Wichita Northwest (Chris Prewitt) was hammered by North to start February, and also had losses to Kapaun and Carroll, but rebounded nicely to finish tied for third in the conference.

Wichita South (Kuji Chagulia) has one thing that will really look good on their postseason resume: they were the only GWAL team to sweep North this season, winning both games. However, a 24 point loss to Heights (which normally wouldn't be a bad thing if Heights was playing like they should be) is a mark that they didn't need.

Wichita Southeast (Rudy Arellano) also had a 3 game losing streak in February, to Northwest, North, and East. 2 of the losses are forgivable in the tough GWAL, but the loss to East may keep them out of the big dance.

[collegesportsfanms]

Georgia State (Charlie Woods) -- 9-23, 5-13 CAA, 11th. It was not a great season for Charlie, as his team struggled all year. Their only win in February was against James Madison, they lost their other 8 games in the month.

Creighton (Deacon Palmer) -- 19-11, 10-8 MVC, 5th. It was an average month for February, not great by any means. They did lose to Bradley, a team they should have handled, but they won all the games they should have won. They also beat Wichita West in a non-conference game to start the month of Febraury.

Lafayette (Shane Kormelink) -- 26-5, 13-1 Patriot, 1st. What a season for Shane and Lafayette, who had their unbeaten conference run ended by a 10 win Army team. Ouch, what could have been. Either way, Lafayette is going to the postseason, and by all rights should have an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament if they don't win the Patriot Tournament.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 16-14, 10-6 WAC, T-1st. Hawaii was in a 3 way tie for first in the WAC at 10-6, which shows you how down of a year it was in the conference. They could have won the conference outright, but lost their final 2 games to Fresno State and Utah State. It looks as if they'll be the second seed in the WAC tournament.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 GWAL First Round

(8) Wichita West hammered (9) Wichita Heights 67-51. It's sad to see how far Heights has fallen.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 GWAL Quarterfinals

(1) Wichita North all over (8) Wichita West 69-55.
(5) Wichita Southeast beats (4) Kapaun Mt. Carmel 60-38.
(2) Bishop Carroll beats (7) Wichita East 75-66.
(3) Wichita Northwest beats (6) Wichita South 68-60.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 GWAL Semifinals

(1) Wichita North survived (5) Wichita Southeast 73-70.
(2) Bishop Carroll beats (3) Wichita Northwest 77-66.

So we have a 1 vs. 2 again in the GWAL Championship.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 GWAL Championship

(1) Wichita North beats (2) Bishop Carroll 72-55 to win the GWAL postseason title.

With a #13 ranking, North is a lock for the NCAA Tournament. In my opinion, Southeast should be dancing too, but we already know the selection committee likes to screw us, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Redskins are the only GWAL school to get in. Northwest and Kapaun should be locks for the NIT, and Bishop Carroll and South have a chance to make the CIT, maybe the CBI, but it's iffy.

[collegesportsfanms]

CAA Tournament

Georgia State opened the tournament by upsetting (6) George Mason 65-57. Then in the Quarterfinals they beat (3) Hofstra 77-72. Their run and most likely their season ended in the semifinals with a 78-70 loss to (2) UNC Wilmington.

MVC Tournament

Creighton had a quick end to their MVC tournament appearance, as they were beaten 69-51 in the Quarterfinals by (4) Bradley. They probably won't be dancing this year, but an NIT berth is not out of the equation.

Patriot Tournament

Lafayette beat (8) Navy 64-56 in the quarterfinals, then beat (5) Colgate 75-64 in the semifinals. They then lost to (2) Holy Cross 70-56 in the Patriot Championship. They should be at least in the running for an at-large berth to the big dance, but if not, as the regular season winner of the Patriot League, they are guaranteed a spot in the NIT.

WAC Tournament

Hawaii missed a golden opportunity as they lost in the quarterfinals to (7) Nevada, 95-84. Unfortunately that 16-15 record may keep them home for the postseason.

Other Teams and Coaches of Interest

Clemson (Shane Dreiling) -- The Tigers finished the regular season with a 24-7 record, 12-4 in the ACC, and a #16 record. In the ACC Tournament, they lost in the Quarterfinals to (5) Duke 68-63.

Oklahoma (Marty Frankamp) -- The Sooners finished ranked 8th in the nation with a 26-7 record, 11-5 in the Big Twelve. In the Big 12 Tournament, they beat (6) Missouri 80-63 in the quarterfinals, and lost to (2) Kansas 73-64 in the semifinals.

Mitch Linn (Memphis) -- Memphis finished ranked 7th in the nation, with a 27-5 record, 14-2 in Conference USA. In the Conference USA Tournament, they beat (8) Marshall 63-46, then were upset by (5) Rice 65-55 in the semifinals.

James Cole (BYU) -- BYU was 22-9 overall, and 12-4 in the MWC. In the MWC Tournament, the Cougars beat (8) Colorado State 67-59 in the quarterfinals, then lost in the semifinals 82-65 to (5) Utah.

Bryan Chadwick (Arizona) -- It was a rough year for the Wildcats, who were just 18-13 overall, and 8-10 in conference play. In the Pac Ten tournament, they lost to (4) California 78-66 in the quarterfinals.

Ryan Hujing (Arkansas) -- It was a slightly better year for Ryan, but the Hogs still finished 10-19 and 5-11 in conference. In the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals, they played (5) Tennessee tough, but lost 95-89.

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 Selection Sunday

GWAL

Wichita Southeast gets in as the 9th seed in the NCAA West Region. they'll face (8) Auburn in the first round.

Wichita North is the 5th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and they get (12) California in the First Round.

Kapaun Mt. Carmel is the 3rd seed in the NIT Midwest Region. They'll host (6) Valparaiso in the Second Round.

Wichita Northwest is the 3rd seed in the NIT East Region. They host (6) Stetson in the Second Round.

Wichita South is the #1 seed in the CBI, and they'll host (16) Florida Atlantic in the First Round.

Unfortunately, Bishop Carroll was left out of the postseason, and as expected, so were East, Heights, and West.

Non-GWAL

Oklahoma is the top seed in the NCAA West Region and gets (16) Sacred Heart in the Opening Round.

Memphis is the 2nd seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and gets (15) Evansville in the opening round.

BYU is the 9th seed in the NCAA East Region and gets (8) Wisconsin in the opening round.

Clemson is the 6th seed in the NCAA East Region and gets the play-in winner between St. Johns and St. Josephs.

Lafayette gets the 3rd seed in the NIT West Region and will host (6) Seattle in the second round.

Arizona is the 2nd seed in the NIT South Region and will host the winner between (7) Notre Dame and (10) South Alabama.

Creighton is the 2nd seed in the CBI, and will host (15) Illinois-Chicago in the first round.

No postseason for Hawaii, Georgia State, or Arkansas.

[collegesportsfanms]

NCAA First Round

(1) Oklahoma struggled against (16) Sacred Heart but pulled out a 59-54 win.

(9) Wichita Southeast lost 61-48 to (8) Auburn.

(5) Wichita North hammered (12) California 78-59.

(2) Memphis beat (15) Evansville 84-67.

(9) BYU lost to (8) Wisconsin 59-45.

(6) Clemson beat (11) St. Josephs 80-66.

NIT Second Round

(3) Lafayette beat (6) Seattle 86-73.

(3) Kapaun Mt. Carmel lost to (6) Valparaiso 71-59.

(3) Wichita Northwest was upset by (6) Stetson 85-83. That's a tough loss to take.

(2) Arizona beat (7) Notre Dame 64-49.

CBI First Round

(1) Wichita South beat (16) Florida Atlantic 92-61.

(2) Creighton beat (15) Illinois-Chicago 90-71.

[collegesportsfanms]

NCAA Second Round

(8) Auburn upset (1) Oklahoma 54-52.

(2) Memphis beat (10) Michigan 67-52.

(5) Wichita North beat (4) Ohio St. 77-68.

(6) Clemson beat (14) Holy Cross 74-68.

NIT Round of 16

(3) Lafayette beat (2) Dayton 89-85 in OT.

(2) Arizona beat (3) Wake Forest 67-57.

CBI Second Round

(8) North Texas beat (1) Wichita South 84-65.

(2) Creighton beat (10) Richmond 74-65.

[collegesportsfanms]

NCAA Sweet Sixteen

(5) Wichita North beat (1) Texas 72-61. This is the farthest that a GWAL school has ever advanced in the NCAA Tournament.

(6) Villanova beat (2) Memphis 78-74.

(6) Clemson hammered (10) Indiana 75-45.

NIT Round of Eight

(9) Chattanooga hammered (3) Lafayette 80-59.

CBI Semifinals

(2) Creighton whooped up on (6) Central Florida 90-60.

[collegesportsfanms]

NCAA Elite Eight

(6) Villanova ended the dream run of (5) Wichita North 66-61.

(1) Miami beat (6) Clemson 67-54.

NIT Round of Eight

(1) UNLV beat (2) Arizona 70-67.

[collegesportsfanms]

CBI Championship

(8) North Texas beat (2) Creighton 2 game to none.

North Texas won the first game 90-83 and won the second game 89-87.

Good run for Deacon Palmer and the Bluejays though.

Later on I will wrap-up the rest of the postseason.

[hoopsguy]

Awesome to see a conference team get to the Elite 8.

Pretty good first year at Northwest, hopefully next year our guys can win some of the close games against non-conference foes.

Hoping for some good results with recruiting!

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 Postseason Wrap-Up

The NCAA Final Four saw (12) Tennessee beat (5) Duke 84-80. (6) Villanova then beat (1) Miami 88-73, and in the national championship Tennessee beat Villanova in convincing fashion, 96-73.

The NIT Final Four had (8) Chattanooga beating (2) South Carolina 81-79 in the first semifinal. Then in the second semifinal, (1) UNLV beat (1) Southern Illinois 75-58. Then in the championship game, UNLV beat Chattanooga 80-71.

The CIT Championship saw (3) Oral Roberts beat (4) Pennsylvania 72-50.

[collegesportsfanms]

Favin Anderson from Creighton was national freshman of the year, while Chris Porter from Wichita North was national coach of the year. Outstanding for him! Let's look at the GWAL Awards.

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Player of the Year:

SR PG Del Burkhart  Wichita Northwest  17.7 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 5.4 APG 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

Freshman of the Year:
FR SF Sebastian Meadows  Wichita West  16.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.3 APG 0.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG

Coach of the Year:
Chris Porter  Wichita North  31 - 6 (12 - 4) 

All-league 1st Team:
C  SO Rafa Carmona  Wichita North  15.0 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.3 SPG, 1.6 BPG
PF SR Emery Dillion  Wichita Northwest  11.4 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.4 BPG
SF SR Ismael Patrick  Wichita North  12.3 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SG SR Aron Hayes  Bishop Carroll  15.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.4 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SR Del Burkhart  Wichita Northwest  17.7 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 5.4 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

All-league 2nd Team:
C  JR Leoncio Marin  Wichita Southeast  10.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.2 SPG, 1.2 BPG
PF JR Brent Esposito  Kapaun Mt. Carmel  6.6 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.9 BPG
SF SO John Gomez  Wichita Southeast  16.6 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SG SR Mack Hoover  Wichita South  11.5 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 2.3 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SR Agustin Moll  Wichita Southeast  11.4 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.8 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG

All-freshman Team:
C  FR Vern Robinett  Wichita West  5.8 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG
PF FR Harold Musso  Wichita Southeast  2.4 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 0.5 APG, 0.3 SPG, 1.1 BPG
SF FR Sebastian Meadows  Wichita West  16.0 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SG FR Scott Ellis  Wichita West  11.0 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG FR Derick Sayre  Wichita West  10.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

Georgia State put 2 on the All-Freshman team and had 1 on the All-CAA Second Team.

Creighton had 1 on the All-MVC First Team, 2 on the All-MVC Second Team, and 2 on the All-MVC Freshman Team.

Shane Kormelink won the Patriot League Coach of the Year. In addition, Lafayette put 3 on the All-Patriot First team, 1 on the Second Team, and 1 on the All-Freshman Team.

Hawaii had 2 on the All-WAC First Team and 1 on the All-Freshman Team

[collegesportsfanms]

2016 Recruiting Rankings

      # Team                 Conference           Best Player    Rtg  5*  4*  3*  2*  1*
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    31. Wichita North              GWAL       PG David Chasse  *****   1   1   0   0   0
    74. Wichita Heights            GWAL    PG Dennis Chamblee  *****   1   0   0   0   0
    94. Bishop Carroll             GWAL     PF Rudolph Fisher    ***   0   0   2   0   0
   175. Wichita Southeast          GWAL  PG Douglas Scheffler    ***   0   0   1   0   0
   193. Wichita Northwest          GWAL       SF Davis Ranson    ***   0   0   2   0   0
   205. Kapaun Mt. Carmel          GWAL       SG James Friend    ***   0   0   1   1   0
   206. Wichita West               GWAL       PG Elbert Matte    ***   0   0   1   0   0
   347. Wichita South              GWAL     PF Arthur Goldman      *   0   0   0   0   2
   356. Wichita East               GWAL                                0   0   0   0   0

Nice to see 2 of our schools pick up 5 star recruits. A lot of the schools picked up 3 star recruits, then we have South and East. At least South did get a recruit.

Georgia State had the best recruiting class in the CAA, and 82rd best in the nation.

Creighton had the 60th best class in the nation, and top class in the MVC.

Lafayette didn't do so well recruiting wise this year, as only Navy had a worse recruiting class in the Patriot League. They were 327th overall, I don't think it'll matter though. I have a feeling Shane Kormelink will be moving on to bigger, better things.

Hawaii had the 88th best class in the WAC, good for 5th best in the conference.

[korme]

BOOM

[collegesportsfanms]

There was no conference movement again this year, so I'm making my own. Wichita West and Wichita South are getting their wish and are leaving the GWAL. I am keeping Kapaun in the GWAL because they have had a couple promising seasons in a row, and on the chopping block for future removal from the GWAL, as much as I hate to admit it, have to be Wichita East and Wichita Heights, unless they can turn the corner.

They have both accepted bids into the Horizon League, so in turn that means I get to extend bids to 2 Horizon schools. There were some great teams that I was looking at.. Detroit, Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Valapraiso. I decided on Detroit and Valparaiso, since they've had the biggest jumps in prestige. However, Vaparaiso just had their head coach retire, so I have to find a coach when I bring them in.

So to recap, South and West are gone from the GWAL, and Detroit and Valparaiso are in.

[collegesportsfanms]

This is where I stop for the night, because I am sending a job offer to Shane Kormelink to be the new head coach at Valparaiso. This would get him back in the GWAL and give him a second chance.

So Korme, this is where I need to hear from you. You really have 3 choices, you can stay at Lafayette, or you can take my offer to coach Valparaiso. Or you can take a chance and see what other job offers come your way. Let me know as soon as you can. Thanks.

[hoopsguy]

Hmm, little worried about losing two 1st Team All-Conference seniors off my team and the better recruits coming in at other schools. Guess I had better do a good job of coaching up the team next season.

Will be interesting to see the prestige numbers for the two incoming Horizon schools. Also, it should be a little easier following the conference and distinguishing between teams when they are not all named "Wichita Directional"

[ntndeacon]

Dick Vitale-- past coach of a GWAL team!

[collegesportsfanms]

thanks for the input Hoopsguy. Yeah, I live in a big town that has 9 high schools. Unfortunately for whatever reason they decided to name all the public schools after a direction. I guess Wichita Heights isn't really considered directional, but the others all are. Bishop Carroll and Kapaun Mt. Carmel are catholic schools that are part of the GWAL, but really kinda do their own thing. They are a member in name only and that's it. So it does get confusing. I try to simplify it the best I can.

I will do a little recap on Detroit and Valpo, give some team history and such tonight. I can't progess into next season until I hear back from Korme on what he is going to do. The Valpo job is his if he wants it. I'd like to have him back in the GWAL. Thanks for reading and following along. And.. if you want a second team.. (bbgunn and ntndeacon have a second team outside the GWAL) let me know and I'll make it happen. I enjoy doing this, it's fun to see what happens.

[collegesportsfanms]

ntndeacon- You're right, Dickie V was the coach at Detroit many decades ago. lol, I hadn't even thought about that. Maybe I can get him to come coach in the GWAL

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

ntndeacon- You're right, Dickie V was the coach at Detroit many decades ago. lol, I hadn't even thought about that. Maybe I can get him to come coach in the GWAL

(channeling DickieV)
NO WAY, BABY - NOT IN A MILLION YEARS! I'VE GOT THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE JOB IN THE WORLD, A FRONT ROW SEAT WATCHING DIAPER DANDIES AND PTP'ERS SQUARING OFF 100 TIMES A YEAR! YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE SCRUTINY THAT A COACH LIKE MY FRIEND JIMMY BOEHEIM HAS TO ENDURE, WHY WOULD I TRADE THAT TO GO BACK TO COACHING AND GET THE ZIGGY AGAIN?

BUT JUST WAIT UNTIL THE G-W-A-L GETS A LOT OF VICO PETTUZI! THE GUY IS GOING TO BE A WINDEX MAN AND CARRY ON THE WINNING TRADITION AT WICHITA NORTH! I'M GOING TO BE IN WICHITA ARENA NEXT FEBRUARY 4TH FOR THE SHOWDOWN WITH KAPUAN AND IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME WITH A CAPITAL A!"

[collegesportsfanms]

lol, nice touch on the Dick Vitale impression. I like it.

So this Vico Pettuzi, I take it that you want him to be your second coach? Normally I wouldn't do 2 coaches in the same conference by the same FOFCer, but hey, if that's what you want!! I make no guarantees that the North job will be open though. You would certainly think it would be, but just in case it isn't, if you wanna though Vico into the mix, then give me some information.

You know, age, alma mater, coach ratings (or you can just give a skill level between 8 and 11 since that's what all the GWAL coaches are rated), and some backup schools in case the Wichita North job doesn't come open.

[hoopsguy]

No, Vico Pettuzi was the highest rated recruit in the conference in your recruiting update. Dickie V has to be yelling about up-and-coming players, right?

As far as a second coach, I'll spin one up later tonight with that info.

Edit - weird, that was the name I saw when I scrolled down earlier but maybe it was for a different season than the last one? Because looking now, I don't see that name ... just a couple of point guards who would have been "3D MEN - DRIVE, DRAW, AND DISH!"

[collegesportsfanms]

I found what you were talking about Hoopsguy. Vico Pezzuti was the highest rated recruit for North 2 seasons ago. He should have just completed his freshman year. I would have thought he would have been on the all-freshman team, maybe he was redshirted. I'll have to look. So you're not crazy, and I'm not crazy. That's good to know. lol

No problem on the second coach. If you want one, cool, if not, no big.

[collegesportsfanms]

korme, still waiting to hear from you sir, about what you want to do. As soon as I hear from you, I can progress forward

[korme]

My bad. Don't wait for me, if I don't respond in a day or so, just pick for me. For now, I will go to Valpo

[collegesportsfanms]

no problem Korme, I just like to know what everybody wants to do. I wouldn't have waited much longer. You are now at Valpo then, congratulations, you're back in the GWAL!

[collegesportsfanms]

I have hired Shane Kormelink (korme) to be the head coach at Valparaiso. Shane's first run in the GWAL as the Kapaun coach didn't pan out so well, lets hope for better results this time.

Also we have a new entrant to this dynasty as muns has joined us. Here is a look at muns' coach of choice.

 Charlie Shocker
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 Age:             30
 High School:     Monroeville High
 Hometown:        Monroeville, PA
 Alma Mater:      Pittsburgh
 
 Current Level:   0
 Career Record:   0 - 0
 Salary:          $0
 
 Recruiting:      80
 Scouting:        0
 Offense:         10
 Defense:         10
 
 Coaching History:
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 Season Team                     Position      W   L  CW  CL  Postseason
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 Awards & Achievements:
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 Season   Award
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          No awards won.
 
 Job Movement:
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 Season   Move
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          No job changes.

Welcome aboard muns!

[collegesportsfanms]

Let's take a look at our newest GWAL members, Detroit and Valparaiso. Detroit is coached by Garry Prendergast, here's a look at his history.

COACH DETAILS

 Garry Prendergast - Head Coach - Detroit
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 Age:             58
 High School:     Zwolle High School
 Hometown:        Zwolle, LA
 Alma Mater:      Hawaii
 
 Current Level:   8
 Career Record:   143 - 86
 
 Recruiting:      68
 Scouting:        60
 Offense:         72
 Defense:         60

 
 Coaching History:
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 Season Team                     Position      W   L  CW  CL  Postseason
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 2016   Detroit                  Head Coach   26   8  15   3  Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
 2015   Detroit                  Head Coach   17  14  10   8  No Postseason
 2014   Detroit                  Head Coach   17  16   8  10  No Postseason
 2013   Niagara                  Head Coach   22  12  11   7  Loss in NIT Round 1
 2012   Niagara                  Head Coach   22  11  14   4  Loss in CIT Round 2
 2011   Niagara                  Head Coach   22  12  11   7  Loss in CBI Round 1
 2010   Niagara                  Head Coach   17  13  11   7  Loss in CIT Round 1
 
 Awards & Achievements:
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 Season   Award
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 2016     Conference Coach of the Year (Horizon League)
 2016     Horizon League Champion
 
 Job Movement:
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 Season   Move
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 2014     Hired by Detroit (Head Coach)
 2014     Quit job with Niagara to pursue a higher position 
 2010     Hired by Niagara (Head Coach)

And here is a look at the history of Detroit.

  Season Team        W   L  CW  CL  Rank  RPI  PRS Result                      
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    2016 Detroit    26   8  15   3    26   15   57 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen  
    2015 Detroit    17  14  10   8   125  157   52 No Postseason               
    2014 Detroit    17  16   8  10   142   93   49 No Postseason               
    2013 Detroit    13  18   7  11   222  239   48 No Postseason               
    2012 Detroit    15  17   9   9   182  182   48 No Postseason               
    2011 Detroit    16  16   9   9   159  223   47 No Postseason               
    2010 Detroit    13  18   6  12   238  268   45 No Postseason               

One last thing, Korme might like to know what he's inheriting at Valparaiso, so here's a look at their history to this point.

  Season Team           W   L  CW  CL  Rank  RPI  PRS Result                        
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    2016 Valparaiso    21  14   9   9    68   78   67 Loss in NIT Round 3           
    2015 Valparaiso    23   9  12   6    40   43   69 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1  
    2014 Valparaiso    25   7  14   4    24   28   66 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1  
    2013 Valparaiso    20  13  10   8   104   87   63 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1  
    2012 Valparaiso    23  11  12   6    76   90   61 Loss in NIT Round 1           
    2011 Valparaiso    23   9  16   2    48   55   58 Loss in NIT Round 1           
    2010 Valparaiso    19  13  13   5   118  126   54 No Postseason                 

[collegesportsfanms]

This coach movement period may take a while, as it appears several of our FOFcers are going to be offered a job somewhere else. Let's just start with the first round, and that will be it for the night as I wait for responses.

First a bit of bad news, as it seems that a change in conference wasn't enough to save Reggie Taylor, as he was fired as the head coach at Wichita West. In fact, the Pioneers are slapping me in the face by offering their position to both Chris Porter and Rudy Arellano. I implore both coaches not to go to Wichita West, as they were supposed to give Reggie a one year grace period moving to a new conference, but elected not to do so.

Both Chris and Rudy were offered the same jobs all the way around. Other schools that offered are: Baylor, Iowa, Butler, Loyola-IL, and Minnesota. I won't even consider Iowa, Minnesota, or Loyola-IL. Loyola is a step down prestige wise, while Iowa and Minnesota are 2 bottom of the pack big ten teams. Butler could be a decent job, but I think that Chris Porter still has a better deal at North, so he's declined all the jobs. As has Rudy, who just confirmed that he was staying at Southeast, for now.

Now, muns, you are the only other lucky one that has a decision to make this time around. If you want to start from the bottom, UNC-Asheville has offered you their position. Their record last year was 8-21, their prestige is 12, and it doesn't look like they are going to be good anytime soon. If you want this job, I'll assign you to it. Or, you can wait and see what other offers come up.

[muns]

I wouldn't think anything better than that would come up. Might be a few Prestige points better, but nothing special. Might as well take it and get me started.

Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

This coach movement period may take a while, as it appears several of our FOFcers are going to be offered a job somewhere else. Let's just start with the first round, and that will be it for the night as I wait for responses.

First a bit of bad news, as it seems that a change in conference wasn't enough to save Reggie Taylor, as he was fired as the head coach at Wichita West. In fact, the Pioneers are slapping me in the face by offering their position to both Chris Porter and Rudy Arellano. I implore both coaches not to go to Wichita West, as they were supposed to give Reggie a one year grace period moving to a new conference, but elected not to do so.

Both Chris and Rudy were offered the same jobs all the way around. Other schools that offered are: Baylor, Iowa, Butler, Loyola-IL, and Minnesota. I won't even consider Iowa, Minnesota, or Loyola-IL. Loyola is a step down prestige wise, while Iowa and Minnesota are 2 bottom of the pack big ten teams. Butler could be a decent job, but I think that Chris Porter still has a better deal at North, so he's declined all the jobs. As has Rudy, who just confirmed that he was staying at Southeast, for now.

Now, muns, you are the only other lucky one that has a decision to make this time around. If you want to start from the bottom, UNC-Asheville has offered you their position. Their record last year was 8-21, their prestige is 12, and it doesn't look like they are going to be good anytime soon. If you want this job, I'll assign you to it. Or, you can wait and see what other offers come up.

[collegesportsfanms]

Just to update everybody, this report isn't dead, not by a long shot. I just haven't had a lot of time lately to fire up my computer and play FBCB. Things are getting heavy again with my job situation, but it should be calming down soon. Hopefully I'll have a report or 2 by the weekend. Don't give up on this guys! I'm still doing it.

[collegesportsfanms]

UNC-Asheville has hired Charlie Shocker as their coach. As for any other job offers... well there just wasn't a lot of good jobs on the market this year. A few lower level schools offered Rudy Arellano and Chris Porter jobs, but nothing worth mentioning.

As for Reggie Taylor, I'm going to see if I can't get him a position in the GWAL as an assistant coach, as nobody has taken a chance on him to be their new head coach.

As such, it was not to be, as Reggie declined all offers. His best rating is in scouting anyways, but he's determined to be a head coach again

[collegesportsfanms]

2017 Preseason Tournaments

Wichita Northwest and Hawaii are both in the Coaches Invitational. The Grizzlies are the 8th seed and will take on (9) Richmond. Hawaii is the 11th seed and gets (6) Pittsburgh.

Wichita East is the 7th seed in the GDS Classic and takes on (10) Fairfield.

Wichita South is the 4th seed in the Island Invitational and gets (5) Chattanooga first round.

Creighton and Wichita North are both in the Las Vegas Shootout. Creighton is the 2nd seed and gets (15) Cornell, while the Redskins are the 4th seed and gets (13) Colorado State.

Bishop Carroll is the 7th seed in the Philadelphia Invitational and gets (2) Maryland first round.

Wichita Heights is top seed in the Rainbow Invitational and gets (8) Arkansas State first round.

Kapaun Mt. Carmel is the 2nd seed in the 4 team Tennessee Challenge. They get (3) Delaware first round.

Detroit is top seed in the Vision Classic, where they will take on (4) Cal State Fullerton in the first round of the 4 team tournament.

Valparaiso is the third seed in the 4 team Youth Classic, getting (2) Memphis first round.

From what I can tell, Wichita Southeast, UNC Asheville, and Georgia State are not in a preseason tourney.

[collegesportsfanms]

just wanted to make sure people were still reading this and still interested. I don't plan on shutting it down, but the interaction will help keep it going.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 2017 Tournament Wrap-Up

2017 Coaches Invitational

Hawaii lost their first round game to (6) Pitt, 81-49, while Wichita Northwest beat (9) Richmond 89-87 in the first round, then lost to (1) Duke 72-54.

2017 GDS Classic

Wichita East dropped the ball by losing to (10) Fairfield 70-67 in the first round. Embarassing.

2017 Island Invitational

Wichita South lost their first round game to (5) Chattanooga 81-79, then lost in the consolation semifinals to (8) Denver 78-74, but rebounded to beat (7) Fordham in the 7th place game, 71-70.

2017 Philadelphia Invitational

Bishop Carroll upset (2) Maryland 84-75 in the first round, then beat (3) Louisville 76-62 in the semifinals. They couldn't complete the trifecta of upsets though, as they were beaten soundly by (1) Texas in the championship game, 77-60.

2017 Tennessee Challenge

Kapaun Mt. Carmel beat (3) Delaware 80-50 in the first round, but lost the championship game 56-53 to (1) Western Michigan.

2017 Vision Classic

Detroit (without Dick Vitale) beat (4) Cal St. Fullerton 58-50 in the first round, but couldn't bring home a championship, as they lost 74-65 to former Horizon League rival (2) Loyola-IL, 74-65.

2017 Youth Invitational

Valparaiso lost to (2) Memphis 75-56 in the first round, then upset (1) Syracuse 87-78 in the third place game.

[ntndeacon]

What happened at the Las Vegas Shootout?

[collegesportsfanms]

That hasn't been played yet. That will be in December, which I will do tomorrow.

[collegesportsfanms]

Here are the GWAL Standings after Nov. 2017:

TEAM                           CW  CL   Pct  W  L   Pct  RPI  Prestige
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 Bishop Carroll Eagles           0   0  .000  5  2  .714   12        59
 Wichita North Redskins          0   0  .000  5  1  .833   31        66
 Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders     0   0  .000  5  1  .833   51        47
 Valparaiso                      0   0  .000  4  2  .667   66        67
 Wichita Southeast Buffaloes     0   0  .000  4  3  .571   92        71
 Wichita Northwest Grizzlies     0   0  .000  3  2  .600   62        65
 Detroit                         0   0  .000  3  3  .500  177        57
 Wichita Heights Falcons         0   0  .000  3  2  .600  187        66
 Wichita East Blue Aces          0   0  .000  2  2  .500  255        54

The good thing is that there are no GWAL teams that have a sub .500 record. The bad news is that there is still 3 months left in the regular season, and we already know how fast things change!

UNC Asheville (Charlie Shocker) -- Right now they are 0-4, but only lost by 4 to Miss. Valley State and only lost by 8 to Southern Miss.

Georgia State (Charlie Woods) -- They finish November with a 2-2 record, and they've handed Furman their only loss of the season so far.

Wichita South (Kuji Chagulia) -- They are 1-3, with their only other result a 10 point loss to Arkansas, along with the 7th place finish in their tournament.

Creighton (Deacon Palmer) -- They are 4-2 right now, losing both their games to GWAL teams, Wichita Heights and Wichita Northwest. I guess we can only beat the Deacon in the regular season, not postseason tournaments.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- They are 2-3 right now, having played 3 teams in the top 50 of the RPI (Wichita North, Pittsburgh, St. Johns) and getting hammered by all of them. Their only wins are aginst an Idaho team that hasn't won a game yet, and Louisiana-Monroe, which is 1-4. Ugh!

Here are the top 25 polls as we enter December of 2017:

  #  Team                      FPV  Record  Points  Prv
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   1.  Kansas                   (70)     8-0    1798    1
   2.  Miami                     (2)     5-0    1725    4
   3.  Illinois                          6-0    1653    2
   4.  Arizona                           5-0    1592    3
   5.  Texas                             6-0    1512    5
   6.  Southern California               5-1    1429    9
   7.  Memphis                           6-0    1260   12
   8.  Villanova                         4-1    1254   10
   9.  Seton Hall                        4-1    1152    6
  10.  Wisconsin                         3-1    1126    8
  11.  Duke                              5-1    1003   13
  12.  Tennessee                         4-1     928    7
  13.  Vanderbilt                        6-1     927   16
  14.  Temple                            4-2     920   21
  15.  St. John's                        5-0     816   17
  16.  Maryland                          5-2     785   24
  17.  Mississippi State                 3-1     550   15
  18.  Milwaukee                         5-1     481   NR
  19.  Florida State                     5-0     452   NR
  20.  UTEP                              6-0     447   20
  21.  Ohio State                        5-1     374   25
  22.  Pittsburgh                        5-1     365   23
  23.  North Carolina                    3-1     310   19
  24.  Kentucky                          4-1     191   18
  25.  Wichita State                     5-1     167   NR
                                                         
     Others Receiving Votes:                             
     Rutgers                             3-1     130     
     Florida                             5-2      22     
     DePaul                              4-1      18     
     Xavier                              3-2       5     
     Marist                              5-1       4     
     Southern Illinois                   4-0       4     

[ntndeacon]

btw it is the Detroit Titans

[muns]

not expecting much for a few years with Charlie

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by collegesportsfanms

just wanted to make sure people were still reading this and still interested. I don't plan on shutting it down, but the interaction will help keep it going.

Still interested, checking more days than not for updates.

[rjolley]

If you have room for another coach, I'll join the fray.

[collegesportsfanms]

Definitely, I'd be glad to have another coach. Just give me the info I need, coaches name, location, alma mater, and selected school you want to coach at. Doesn't have to be a GWAL school, can be any school. Will be glad to have you on board. I'll poke you in for next season.