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Old 12-24-2020, 01:23 AM   #1
Young Drachma
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FBCB Hoop Dreams Pt. 2 (Chicago State & DePaul)

This dynasty is using the same universe as my Hoop Dreams dynasty.

I just wanted to do this, sim a bunch of years and then put the game away for a while because I am spending too much time trying to sim haha.

I figure I'd take both a program and their rival, the idea being that you'd want both programs to be good and while there will be down years, it's college basketball and so you could keep reloading over time.

My normal tendency is to create a school and take them over because I just prefer non-D1 schools and storylines, but for once, I'm going to take over an existing program that's in the basement and see if we can invest and recruit and coach our way into acceptability. They'll need a rival from the same area, so we'll find a program that either has a rival or we'll invent a rivalry for them.

DePaul and Chicago State have one thing in common -- they're both garbage at men's basketball. DePaul has made only one appearance in the NCAA tournament ever. Chicago State has yet to participate and after this season, will be dispatched from their latest conference and either sent to purgatory to become an independent program.

We're going to try to turn both of these programs around, both at opposite ends of the spectrum. At least DePaul is already in a good conference, whereas Chicago State will be harder to navigate, but I prefer the indy schedule so I can schedule whoever we want and get some interesting matchups as the team gets better.

In both cases, we'll try to find regional players who will sign with them rather than trying to cast a wide recruiting net. I'll play AD so I'll sign the coaches and improve the recruiting pool, and setup their schedules, but otherwise, I'm not going to coach any games at all, but we'll be able to get to know the kids who'll be attending the schools and since they've been terrible for the longest time, maybe by the end of 25 years, we'll see a program history book filled with guys that we remember.

Also, if it came down to it, we can follow their post-college careers too since I have a pro save going solely for that purpose.

I went back to the old dynasty golden era of 2007-08 when people were regularly doing FBCB dynasties to find a format that'll suit my speed driven ways.

Even though we're using the same universe, I've decided to do was turn off injuries, early entry (sophomores had been previously able to leave and before that it was juniors) but I'll leave transfers on since no one good really ever leaves anyway and it means a bunch of walk-ons will probably go somewhere and actually play someday.

Academic suspensions were already off. I just want to see what the best players can do over a 4-year period and maybe see if anyone breaks any records too.

I went back to the old dynasty golden era of 2007-08 when people were regularly doing FBCB dynasties to find a format that'll suit my speed driven ways.


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Old 12-24-2020, 01:40 AM   #2
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Tourney Champions

NCAA CHAMPIONS

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NCAA Champs Season Team Record Opponent Score -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 Seton Hall Pirates 36-3 Syracuse Orange 84-76 1973 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 30-9 Seton Hall Pirates 96-91 1972 Boston College Eagles 29-10 Florida Gators 71-63 1971 Baylor Bears 30-6 Louisville Cardinals 90-81 1970 Marquette Golden Eagles 38-1 Minnesota Golden Gophers 93-87 1969 Creighton Bluejays 34-6 Boston College Eagles 69-45 1968 Boston College Eagles 37-2 Delaware Blue Hens 78-70 1967 Maryland Terrapins 39-1 Baylor Bears 70-61 1966 Boston College Eagles 35-4 Xavier Musketeers 83-79 1965 Florida State Seminoles 34-5 Louisville Cardinals 75-63 1964 Jackson State Tigers 39-0 Akron Zips 104-79 1963 Jackson State Tigers 33-6 Seton Hall Pirates 69-59 1962 Creighton Bluejays 32-7 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 81-72 1961 USC Trojans 26-11 Marquette Golden Eagles 71-68 1960 Seton Hall Pirates 31-6 North Carolina Tar Heels 91-78 1959 Michigan State Spartans 35-3 Seton Hall Pirates 79-57 1958 Florida Gators 33-4 Denver Pioneers 97-73 1957 USC Trojans 32-6 Maryland Terrapins 70-48 1956 San Francisco Dons 32-7 BYU Cougars 88-65 1955 UCLA Bruins 36-1 Michigan Wolverines 110-59 1954 Seton Hall Pirates 37-3 BYU Cougars 92-63 1953 Michigan Wolverines 37-3 Kentucky Wildcats 94-79 1952 Denver Pioneers 39-0 Florida Gators 59-37 1951 Denver Pioneers 40-0 Maryland Terrapins 70-43 1950 Georgetown Hoyas 34-4 Howard Bison 62-51 1949 Michigan State Spartans 35-4 Kentucky Wildcats 74-64 1948 Syracuse Orange 25-12 UConn Huskies 84-76 1947 Wisconsin Badgers 38-1 Seton Hall Pirates 77-65 1946 Louisville Cardinals 33-6 Virginia Cavaliers 95-68 1945 Maryland Terrapins 33-6 Louisville Cardinals 92-82 1944 Michigan State Spartans 31-8 Maryland Terrapins 95-73 1943 Wichita State Shockers 36-3 Florida Gators 78-75 1942 Marquette Golden Eagles 32-8 Michigan State Spartans 70-63 1941 Florida Gators 32-5 Mississippi State Bulldogs 106-53 1940 Florida Gators 37-3 Michigan Wolverines 68-55 1939 Florida Gators 30-8 LSU Tigers 77-62 1938 Kentucky Wildcats 31-7 Seton Hall Pirates 76-63 1937 Seton Hall Pirates 38-1 Tennessee Volunteers 104-86 1936 Seton Hall Pirates 31-8 Marquette Golden Eagles 72-64 Season Team Record Opponent Score -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1935 Michigan State Spartans 35-3 Michigan Wolverines 83-75 1934 Michigan Wolverines 35-4 Wisconsin Badgers 74-68 1933 Michigan State Spartans 30-7 Duke Blue Devils 94-88 1932 Arkansas Razorbacks 28-9 Florida Gators 98-75 1931 Florida Gators 31-6 Maryland Terrapins 80-67 1930 Iowa Hawkeyes 32-6 Seton Hall Pirates 72-69 1929 Michigan State Spartans 37-3 Rhode Island Rams 72-60

FINAL FOUR TEAMS

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National Semifinals Champs Season Bracket Team Bracket Team -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 West Clemson Midwest Coppin State East Kansas South Oregon 1956 West Tulsa Midwest Purdue East Arizona South Texas A&M 1955 West Pepperdine Midwest UConn East Kansas State South Temple 1954 West Portland Midwest UCLA East Villanova South Seton Hall 1953 West Tulsa Midwest Florida East Villanova South Kentucky 1952 West Arizona Midwest Saint Mary's East NC State South Penn State 1951 West Alabama Midwest Ohio State East UConn South Seton Hall 1950 West Maryland Midwest Florida East Seton Hall South Villanova 1949 West UConn Midwest Florida East Marquette South Tulsa 1948 West Tulsa Midwest Cincinnati East Kentucky South Florida State 1947 West Kentucky Midwest Seton Hall East Boston College South Tulsa 1946 West Wisconsin Midwest Texas A&M East Arizona South Texas Tech 1945 West Wisconsin Midwest Tulsa East Michigan State South Pepperdine 1944 West Notre Dame Midwest Central Michigan East Penn State South Kentucky 1943 West Purdue Midwest Michigan State East Tulsa South Florida 1942 West Ohio State Midwest Texas A&M East Florida South NC State 1941 West Arizona Midwest Minnesota East Seton Hall South NC State 1940 West NC State Midwest Tulsa East Saint Mary's South Kentucky 1939 West Tulsa Midwest Butler East Seton Hall South UCLA 1938 West Michigan State Midwest Butler Season Bracket Team Bracket Team -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- East Duke South NC State 1937 West Princeton Midwest Texas East Canisius South NC State 1936 West Wichita State Midwest Ohio State East Pepperdine South Michigan State 1935 West Wisconsin Midwest TCU East Stanford South Michigan 1934 West Seton Hall Midwest Wichita State East West Virginia South Texas 1933 West Kansas Midwest Wisconsin East Princeton South Florida Gulf Coast 1932 West Houston Midwest Kansas East Texas A&M South Ohio State 1931 West Michigan State Midwest Notre Dame East Wisconsin South Arizona State 1930 West Villanova Midwest Virginia Tech East Georgetown South Iowa 1929 West Georgetown Midwest Notre Dame East Villanova South LSU 1928 West Wichita State Midwest Cincinnati East UCF South St. Bonaventure 1927 West Arizona State Midwest Wichita State East Arkansas South Fordham 1926 West North Carolina Midwest SMU East Florida International South Florida State 1925 West Arizona Midwest Wisconsin East Florida South West Virginia 1924 West Villanova Midwest Saint Mary's East Providence South North Carolina 1923 West Florida Midwest Clemson East Saint Mary's South Memphis 1922 West Saint Mary's Midwest Duke East Tennessee South San Diego State 1921 West Arizona Midwest Butler East UCLA South Florida State 1920 West TCU Midwest Utah State East West Virginia South Wichita State
NIT CHAMPIONS
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NIT Champs Season Team Record Opponent Score -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 West Virginia Mountaineers 27-10 New Mexico Lobos 77-45 1956 Florida A&M Rattlers 24-14 Howard Bison 77-72 1955 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 28-9 Oklahoma Sooners 69-61 1954 DePaul Blue Demons 25-12 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 74-65 1953 Stanford Cardinal 25-12 Utah Utes 61-49 1952 Miami Hurricanes 26-10 Portland Pilots 90-63 1951 UNLV Rebels 23-12 Eastern Washington Eagles 70-68 1950 Evansville Purple Aces 27-9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 62-59 1949 Baylor Bears 24-14 Tennessee Volunteers 74-61 1948 Penn State Nittany Lions 24-14 Memphis Tigers 69-52 1947 Washington Huskies 27-10 San Diego State Aztecs 76-70 1946 Gonzaga Bulldogs 24-11 Utah State Aggies 89-86 1945 Gardner-Webb Bulldogs 26-11 Missouri Tigers 91-76 1944 Kansas State Wildcats 24-12 SMU Mustangs 72-62 1943 UAB Blazers 27-10 UCLA Bruins 68-53 1942 Temple Owls 28-9 Mississippi Rebels 67-54 1941 LSU Tigers 24-13 Ball State Cardinals 67-58 1940 Texas Tech Red Raiders 27-11 Ball State Cardinals 72-49 1939 Cincinnati Bearcats 26-11 Missouri Tigers 66-50 1938 Northern Illinois Huskies 28-8 St. Bonaventure Bonnies 67-50 1937 BYU Cougars 23-13 Indiana Hoosiers 93-84 1936 UC Irvine Anteaters 32-5 Auburn Tigers 95-84 1935 Boise State Broncos 25-11 Alabama Crimson Tide 84-69 1934 UC Irvine Anteaters 30-8 William & Mary Tribe 96-65 1933 Kansas State Wildcats 23-13 Cincinnati Bearcats 88-61 1932 Northern Illinois Huskies 24-12 Pepperdine Waves 86-72 1931 Kansas Jayhawks 23-13 Loyola Chicago Ramblers 81-60 1930 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 26-10 Utah Utes 91-82 1929 Mississippi State Bulldogs 24-13 Creighton Bluejays 81-70 1928 BYU Cougars 23-12 Florida Gators 82-63 1927 Ohio State Buckeyes 24-11 Texas Tech Red Raiders 98-82 1926 Maryland Terrapins 25-11 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 103-81 1925 BYU Cougars 26-9 Buffalo Bulls 71-70 1924 Michigan State Spartans 23-13 Wichita State Shockers 77-76 1923 Tennessee Volunteers 27-11 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 84-68 1922 UNC Greensboro Spartans 28-9 UCLA Bruins 72-56 1921 Wisconsin Badgers 23-13 Saint Mary's Gaels 80-67 1920 Murray State Racers 29-6 San Francisco Dons 82-70
CIT CHAMPS

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CIT Champs Season Team Record Opponent Score -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 Fairfield Stags 23-12 UC Davis Aggies 78-72 1956 Yale Bulldogs 22-13 North Florida Ospreys 75-68 1955 Toledo Rockets 24-11 Mercer Bears 59-55 1954 South Carolina Upstate Spartans 22-12 Lafayette Leopards 61-60 1953 Prairie View A&M Panthers 22-13 UAB Blazers 69-58 1952 Wayne State Warriors 25-12 CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners 64-62 1951 Grambling Tigers 22-14 Richmond Spiders 82-45 1950 Princeton Tigers 21-12 Nebraska-Kearney Lopers 58-49 1949 Niagara Purple Eagles 23-11 Navy Midshipmen 77-75 1948 Hofstra Pride 22-12 Nebraska-Kearney Lopers 67-58 1947 Loyola (MD) Greyhounds 22-11 South Dakota Coyotes 64-55 1946 Belmont Bruins 23-11 Portland State Vikings 109-90 1945 Utah Valley Wolverines 24-14 UT Arlington Mavericks 75-57 1944 Princeton Tigers 24-12 Liberty Flames 67-62 1943 Merchant Marine Mariners 26-8 SIU-Edwardsville Cougars 71-59 1942 Appalachian State Mountaineers 25-12 UL Monroe Warhawks 78-76 1941 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 23-13 VMI Keydets 82-60 1940 UIC Flames 23-12 Georgia State Panthers 82-81 1939 Wyoming Cowboys 25-9 Eastern Washington Eagles 53-49 1938 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 22-12 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 89-78 1937 Jacksonville Dolphins 24-14 VCU Rams 69-56 1936 Lipscomb Bison 22-12 Alabama State Hornets 94-89 1935 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 21-13 UT Martin Skyhawks 92-90 1934 Robert Morris Colonials 22-12 Lamar Cardinals 89-82 1933 Murray State Racers 21-14 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 84-75 1932 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 22-14 New Mexico State Aggies 89-61 1931 Texas Southern Tigers 21-13 Kansas City Roos 85-77 1930 Dartmouth Big Green 21-14 UMass Minutemen 76-73 1929 George Mason Patriots 22-15 Colorado State Rams 93-82 1928 Sam Houston State Bearkats 22-13 Saint Louis Billikens 61-57 1927 UAB Blazers 21-14 Montana Grizzlies 84-73 1926 Green Bay Phoenix 22-14 North Dakota State Bison 76-69 1925 Fresno State Bulldogs 23-15 CSU Fullerton Titans 82-79 1924 Wright State Raiders 21-14 Fresno State Bulldogs 76-64 1923 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 23-14 Valparaiso Crusaders 85-77 1922 UMass Minutemen 22-13 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 73-70 1921 UAB Blazers 22-13 Boise State Broncos 61-58 1920 Pennsylvania Quakers 22-13 CSU Fullerton Titans 72-63

CBI CHAMPS
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CBI Champs Season Team Record Opponent Series -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 IUPUI Jaguars 25-11 Pittsburgh Panthers 2-0 1956 San Diego Toreros 23-12 Montclair State Redhawks 2-0 1955 Boston College Eagles 25-15 Texas State Bobcats 2-1 1954 Ohio State Buckeyes 26-11 Purdue Boilermakers 2-1 1953 Saint Mary's Gaels 25-12 California Baptist Lancers 2-0 1952 Iowa State Cyclones 25-13 Butler Bulldogs 2-1 1951 Houston Cougars 23-13 Iowa State Cyclones 2-1 1950 Tulane Green Wave 24-11 Columbia Lions 2-1 1949 Boise State Broncos 23-12 Southern Jaguars 2-0 1948 St. Bonaventure Bonnies 24-12 VMI Keydets 2-1 1947 UC Irvine Anteaters 24-12 Kennesaw State Owls 2-0 1946 Indiana State Sycamores 23-12 Akron Zips 2-0 1945 East Carolina Pirates 28-11 Williams Ephs 2-0 1944 Florida International Golden Panthers 27-11 Minnesota Golden Gophers 2-0 1943 Wayne State Warriors 28-7 St. John's Red Storm 2-1 1942 Purdue Boilermakers 25-12 Azusa Pacific Cougars 2-0 1941 Richmond Spiders 30-7 New Mexico Lobos 2-0 1940 Rice Owls 26-10 Little Rock Trojans 2-0 1939 Houston Cougars 27-12 Youngstown State Penguins 2-0 1938 St. John's Red Storm 23-13 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 2-1 1937 Cornell Big Red 23-13 Rice Owls 2-1 1936 Portland Pilots 24-13 North Dakota State Bison 2-1 1935 Tennessee Volunteers 23-14 Wofford Terriers 2-1 1934 Oregon Ducks 24-13 Saint Mary's Gaels 2-0 1933 Western Michigan Broncos 23-13 Navy Midshipmen 2-0 1932 CSU Fullerton Titans 24-12 Bucknell Bison 2-1 1931 Old Dominion Monarchs 24-13 Winthrop Eagles 2-1 1930 Arkansas State Red Wolves 24-12 San Diego State Aztecs 2-0 1929 Cincinnati Bearcats 24-13 Lafayette Leopards 2-0 1928 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 24-13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2-0 1927 Indiana Hoosiers 23-14 Colorado Buffaloes 2-1 1926 Miami (OH) RedHawks 24-13 Old Dominion Monarchs 2-0 1925 Nicholls Colonels 23-13 Detroit Mercy Titans 2-1 1924 Virginia Tech Hokies 23-13 Long Beach State 49ers 2-0 1923 Saint Joseph's Hawks 24-13 Miami (OH) RedHawks 2-0 1922 TCU Horned Frogs 24-13 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 2-1 1921 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 24-14 Temple Owls 2-1 1920 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 24-13 Georgia Southern Eagles 2-1

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Old 12-24-2020, 02:05 AM   #3
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CHICAGO STATE

It's been a revolving door of coaches and a pretty abysmal history at the real-life commuter school. Going to find them a coach who is young, hungry & can actually coach. Louis Olson, is an assistant Purdue and we're going to hire him as Chicago State's newest head coach. The hope is he can turn things around with whoever shows up.

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COACH DETAILS Louis Olson - Coaching Assistant - Purdue -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 29 High School: Mchenry East High School Hometown: Mc Henry, IL Alma Mater: Oklahoma Current Level: 6 Career Record: 0 - 0 Salary: $224,622 Recruiting: 5 Scouting: 36 Offense: 97 Defense: 97 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 Purdue Assistant 22 14 11 9 Loss in NIT Round 2 1949 Wyoming State Assistant 22 9 12 4 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round 1948 Wyoming State Assistant 19 12 11 5 Loss in CIT Round 1 1947 Wyoming State Assistant 6 23 3 13 No Postseason Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No awards won. Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 Hired by Purdue (Assistant Coach) 1950 Quit job because of a salary dispute 1947 Hired by Wyoming State (Assistant Coach)

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CHICAGO STATE TEAM PERFORMANCE Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 Chicago State 13 16 9 11 250 246 41 No Postseason 1949 Chicago State 3 26 3 17 423 396 37 No Postseason 1948 Chicago State 14 15 11 9 221 157 36 No Postseason 1947 Chicago State 11 18 6 14 302 194 32 No Postseason 1946 Chicago State 11 18 10 10 310 213 30 No Postseason 1945 Chicago State 13 17 6 8 269 369 26 No Postseason 1944 Chicago State 11 18 7 9 308 370 30 No Postseason 1943 Chicago State 6 26 2 14 406 354 36 No Postseason 1942 Chicago State 22 12 13 3 62 49 43 Loss in NIT Round 2 1941 Chicago State 20 14 11 5 125 138 43 Loss in CIT Round 2 1940 Chicago State 6 24 2 12 363 314 41 No Postseason 1939 Chicago State 9 22 6 8 336 214 43 No Postseason 1938 Chicago State 15 16 6 7 182 174 42 No Postseason 1937 Chicago State 13 18 9 6 233 199 42 No Postseason 1936 Chicago State 16 15 4 6 156 83 39 No Postseason 1935 Chicago State 9 23 6 10 331 304 37 No Postseason 1934 Chicago State 13 18 8 8 242 303 38 No Postseason 1933 Chicago State 7 22 4 12 342 335 37 No Postseason 1932 Chicago State 11 20 6 10 287 278 39 No Postseason 1931 Chicago State 6 24 2 14 346 277 40 No Postseason 1930 Chicago State 12 19 9 7 268 264 43 No Postseason 1929 Chicago State 13 16 8 8 222 184 41 No Postseason 1928 Chicago State 13 18 10 6 252 258 39 No Postseason 1927 Chicago State 6 23 4 12 344 352 35 No Postseason 1926 Chicago State 9 22 4 12 335 332 35 No Postseason 1925 Chicago State 17 14 8 8 137 124 35 No Postseason 1924 Chicago State 11 19 8 8 288 259 29 No Postseason 1923 Chicago State 8 22 5 11 333 329 24 No Postseason 1922 Chicago State 8 22 5 11 324 218 19 No Postseason 1921 Chicago State 4 25 3 13 349 348 13 No Postseason 1920 Chicago State 3 26 3 13 354 330 10 No Postseason

DEPAUL
A lone NCAA tourney appearance is the highlight reel for Depaul. They've had the same head coach since 1938, but he's about to be dispatched.

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DEPAUL TEAM PERFORMANCE Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 DePaul 9 22 3 15 380 243 55 No Postseason 1949 DePaul 9 22 4 14 381 222 55 No Postseason 1948 DePaul 6 25 3 15 419 262 54 No Postseason 1947 DePaul 9 21 3 15 365 234 54 No Postseason 1946 DePaul 13 17 8 10 277 169 53 No Postseason 1945 DePaul 9 21 5 13 369 251 51 No Postseason 1944 DePaul 15 16 8 10 212 113 49 No Postseason 1943 DePaul 4 26 1 17 413 329 48 No Postseason 1942 DePaul 20 14 7 11 99 126 48 Loss in CBI Round 1 1941 DePaul 4 26 1 17 388 235 46 No Postseason 1940 DePaul 6 23 1 15 360 263 49 No Postseason 1939 DePaul 5 25 1 15 376 212 53 No Postseason 1938 DePaul 11 19 2 14 266 158 57 No Postseason 1937 DePaul 7 22 5 15 332 246 60 No Postseason 1936 DePaul 11 20 7 13 277 287 61 No Postseason 1935 DePaul 11 21 6 14 296 154 62 No Postseason 1934 DePaul 20 15 9 11 73 55 63 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1933 DePaul 12 19 5 15 252 149 57 No Postseason 1932 DePaul 14 17 11 9 213 125 58 No Postseason 1931 DePaul 12 18 5 15 255 150 56 No Postseason 1930 DePaul 11 19 4 16 276 201 56 No Postseason 1929 DePaul 5 26 4 16 356 327 56 No Postseason 1928 DePaul 9 22 4 16 333 224 57 No Postseason 1927 DePaul 10 21 5 15 307 239 58 No Postseason 1926 DePaul 14 17 7 13 206 147 60 No Postseason 1925 DePaul 12 19 6 14 264 151 61 No Postseason 1924 DePaul 17 13 9 11 109 65 62 No Postseason 1923 DePaul 19 15 8 12 105 44 62 No Postseason 1922 DePaul 13 19 7 13 240 107 61 No Postseason 1921 DePaul 9 20 4 16 307 160 63 No Postseason 1920 DePaul 20 14 9 11 56 39 66 Loss in NIT Round 2

DePaul is going to hire former Penn State HC Colt Walker who was fired despite leading that program to a national title. He probably could've gotten a better job, but because he was fired in the first stage, the best jobs were all dried up. It gives DePaul an opportunity to force resign a coach they've had for entirely too long. Hopefully, he'll be a key part in restoring his own reputation while rebuilding the Blue Demons into something less garbage.

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COACH DETAILS Colton Walker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 53 High School: Dickson High School Hometown: Ardmore, OK Alma Mater: Army Current Level: 11 Career Record: 322 - 216 Salary: $0 Recruiting: 100 Scouting: 55 Offense: 100 Defense: 65 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 Penn State Head Coach 17 14 9 11 No Postseason 1949 Penn State Head Coach 22 15 10 10 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1948 Penn State Head Coach 24 14 10 10 NIT Champion 1947 Penn State Head Coach 18 14 11 9 No Postseason 1946 Penn State Head Coach 15 18 8 12 No Postseason 1945 Penn State Head Coach 16 15 8 10 No Postseason 1944 Penn State Head Coach 30 9 13 5 NCAA Champion 1943 Penn State Head Coach 24 8 14 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1942 Penn State Head Coach 24 12 9 5 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1941 Penn State Head Coach 25 9 10 4 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1940 Penn State Head Coach 26 8 12 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1938 Tennessee Head Coach 12 18 6 14 No Postseason 1937 Tennessee Head Coach 15 17 7 13 No Postseason 1936 Tennessee Head Coach 15 16 8 12 No Postseason 1935 Tennessee Head Coach 23 14 10 8 CBI Champion 1934 UNC Asheville Head Coach 16 15 9 11 No Postseason 1933 Auburn Assistant 25 10 12 6 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1948 NIT Champion 1944 NCAA Champion 1943 Conference Coach of the Year (Yankee Conference) 1943 Yankee Conference Champion Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 Fired by Penn State 1940 Hired by Penn State (Head Coach) 1939 Fired by Tennessee 1935 Hired by Tennessee (Head Coach) 1935 Quit job with UNC Asheville 1934 Hired by UNC Asheville (Head Coach) 1934 Quit job with Auburn 1933 Hired by Auburn (Assistant Coach)

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Old 12-24-2020, 03:08 AM   #4
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1951-52 ROSTER

Given neither program had a Top 150 recruiting class nationally, not expecting anything from the current crop. We'll do our best to seek out wins where we can get them in the OOC part of the schedules and that's about it for Year 1. A post-season bid for DePaul would be a huge win [and a stretch] but that's the stretch goal. Realistically, .500 for either would be a coup. DePaul with the better coaching I'd expect to maybe be a little better, but Chicago State is now an independent and will surely play a garbage schedule so anything is possible there.

DEPAUL
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Phillips 11 C Sr* 7-1 306 Yes 79 OK Dakota, IL Jordan Benson 14 PG Sr* 6-1 181 Yes 23 OK Gladwin, MI Michael Mumber 4 C Sr 7-1 248 Yes 23 OK Chicago, IL Ian Lightfoot 32 PG Sr 6-0 174 Yes 74 OK Manistee, MI Herman Dunn 1 SF Jr* 6-10 218 Yes 43 OK Yonkers, NY William Colby 0 SF So 6-10 229 Yes 78 OK El Paso, IL John Werth 15 SG So 6-9 220 Yes 39 OK Morrison, IL Edward Fulks 30 PF Fr* 7-1 318 Yes 65 OK Stanton, MI Kevin Hamlet 13 SF Fr 6-8 228 Yes 48 OK Crawfordsville, IN Arlen Torres 52 PG Fr 6-1 179 Yes 96 OK East Aurora, NY Brennan Marsh 3 C Fr 6-11 222 Yes 47 OK Stanton, MI Lacy Aldrich 33 PF Fr 6-11 217 Yes 72 OK Wheaton, IL Deividas Harker 5 PG Fr 6-5 209 Yes 13 Redshirt Lima, OH Kelly Weeden 40 SG Fr 6-2 193 No 26 OK Lafayette, IN Nino Ingram 25 SG Fr 6-5 191 No 43 OK Dubuque, IA

CHICAGO STATE
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cory Roundtree 50 PF Sr* 6-11 272 Yes 60 OK Sandwich, IL Harry Heading 4 SG Sr* 6-5 188 Yes 35 OK Belvidere, IL Ryan Bell 51 SG Sr 6-2 179 Yes 71 OK Auburn, IL Kimar Meyer 21 SF Sr 6-11 259 Yes 29 OK Indianapolis, IN Camron Daniels 22 PF Sr 6-8 236 Yes 41 OK Paxton, IL Fernando Fischer 23 PG Jr 6-3 190 Yes 62 OK Waldron, MI Antione Robles 41 SG Jr 6-0 188 Yes 74 Unhappy Newark, OH Terry Seay 54 SF Jr 6-7 230 Yes 25 Redshirt Buffalo Grove, IL Lewis Owens 15 C Jr 7-1 308 Yes 49 OK Brimfield, IL Tyler Henderson 32 C Jr 7-1 254 Yes 52 OK Park Ridge, IL Gustavo Harwood 14 PG So 6-5 189 No 30 OK Chicago, IL Michael Sanders 13 SG Fr 6-2 184 Yes 63 OK Mc Henry, IL Edgar Scales 42 PF Fr 6-10 219 Yes 89 OK Two Rivers, WI Robert Robbins 30 C Fr 7-0 222 Yes 96 OK Clintonville, WI Anthony Lemos 45 PG Fr 6-5 192 No 64 OK Suttons Bay, MI
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Old 12-24-2020, 02:42 PM   #5
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1951-52 SEASON RECAP

DePaul's season is over, but a respectable 14-16 regular season is worth celebrating. The first double-digit win season in years and the most wins since 1944. 10-8 in the Big East is especially surprising, but perhaps with good recruiting things could be turning around? Fingers crossed.

Super impressive upset of defending national champs Seton Hall on the road by DePaul, too. I just noticed!

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 55 Record Vs 1-50: 4-8 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 14-16 Record Vs 51-100: 1-2 RPI Rank: #195 Conference Record: 10-8 Record Vs 101-200: 4-3 Home Record: 5-10 Record Vs 200+: 5-3 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 96.0 7 159 Points 99.5 8 352 Points -3.5 9 278 O.Reb 17.8 8 189 O.Reb 17.9 8 248 O.Reb -0.1 8 210 D.Reb 22.4 6 238 D.Reb 24.8 11 376 D.Reb -2.5 12 375 Rebounds 40.2 7 209 Rebounds 42.8 11 350 Rebounds -2.6 10 339 Assists 22.7 6 89 Assists 23.2 11 416 Assists -0.5 9 226 Steals 10.0 12 358 Steals 11.0 4 61 Steals -1.0 8 257 Blocks 1.8 10 291 Blocks 4.6 12 422 Blocks -2.8 12 424 Turnovers 20.3 3 60 Turnovers 21.6 10 226 Turnovers -1.3 5 139 Fouls 28.5 9 235 Fouls 29.7 2 85 Fouls -1.2 3 102 FG% .493 8 197 FG% .512 8 343 FG% -.019 8 298 FT% .577 11 391 FT% .625 8 321 FT% -.048 11 403 3P% .431 3 12 3P% .394 11 320 3P% .037 3 57 PPS 1.46 9 253 PPS 1.51 9 330 PPS -.058 10 316 Adj. FG% .559 9 188 Adj. FG% .577 9 362 Adj. FG% -.018 10 283

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Mumber C 30 30 26.3 18.3 2.1 7.9 1.4 0.8 0.3 2.5 3.7 -1.1 Ian Lightfoot SG 30 30 27.7 15.0 2.0 4.2 4.8 1.6 0.0 3.4 3.5 -0.7 Frederick Phillips PF 30 30 28.0 11.8 5.2 9.0 1.2 0.6 0.5 1.5 3.0 -1.3 Deividas Harker SF 30 30 25.7 10.5 1.1 3.4 3.1 1.1 0.1 3.3 3.0 -1.3 Jordan Benson PG 30 30 25.9 10.1 1.1 2.3 5.5 2.2 0.0 3.5 3.8 0.3 Lacy Aldrich PF 30 0 17.4 8.0 1.3 3.3 0.8 0.9 0.2 1.1 2.1 -3.7 Kelly Weeden SG 30 0 17.4 6.6 0.7 1.3 2.6 1.2 0.0 1.9 2.9 -3.3 John Werth SF 30 0 12.5 5.9 0.6 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.2 2.5 -1.2 Nino Ingram SG 29 0 6.2 3.8 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.7 1.3 -3.2 Edward Fulks C 29 0 8.2 2.9 2.4 4.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.5 -0.4 William Colby SF 28 0 5.6 1.9 0.6 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.9 -1.4 Brennan Marsh C 16 0 2.6 1.6 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.9 Arlen Torres PG 13 0 3.3 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.8 -1.1 Kevin Hamlet SF 3 0 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 -3.0 Herman Dunn SF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/51 vs. South Carolina State 12-18 214 L 76-69 0-1 11/30/51 at #23 Minnesota 23-9 27 L 116-106 0-2 12/02/51 Milwaukee 19-12 151 L 131-122 0-3 12/06/51 Northern Iowa 8-20 355 W 111-95 1-3 12/13/51 UT Rio Grande Valley 22-9 49 L 125-105 1-4 12/15/51 Loyola Chicago 11-20 247 L 120-111 1-5 12/20/51 at Charleston 14-15 330 W 131-123 2-5 12/23/51 UIC 5-26 369 L 113-100 2-6 12/29/51 at Chicago State 25-5 61 L 147-142 2-7 01/01/52 Grand Canyon 10-20 176 W 147-138 3-7 01/09/52 at Georgetown 11-20 184 W 97-78 4-7 (1-0) 01/12/52 at St. John's 20-14 44 L 99-57 4-8 (1-1) 01/16/52 at Butler 19-13 95 W 86-75 5-8 (2-1) 01/19/52 Creighton 10-19 153 W 98-90 6-8 (3-1) 01/23/52 at #1 UConn 29-4 3 L 82-60 6-9 (3-2) 01/26/52 Holy Cross 6-25 374 W 89-86 7-9 (4-2) 01/30/52 #7 Villanova 26-6 18 L 103-72 7-10 (4-3) 02/02/52 Providence 19-13 42 L 97-76 7-11 (4-4) 02/06/52 Butler 19-13 95 L 96-75 7-12 (4-5) 02/09/52 #1 UConn 29-4 3 L 89-63 7-13 (4-6) 02/13/52 Georgetown 11-20 184 L 80-53 7-14 (4-7) 02/16/52 at Providence 19-13 42 W 78-69 8-14 (5-7) 02/20/52 at #3 Seton Hall 27-4 7 W 82-80 9-14 (6-7) 02/23/52 at Marquette 21-11 38 W 88-87 10-14 (7-7) 02/27/52 at Holy Cross 6-25 374 W 119-81 11-14 (8-7) 03/01/52 St. John's 20-14 44 W 105-80 12-14 (9-7) 03/05/52 Xavier 12-19 146 L 119-111 12-15 (9-8) 03/08/52 at Creighton 10-19 153 W 107-92 13-15 (10-8) 03/12/52 vs. Holy Cross 6-25 374 W 104-88 14-15 03/13/52 vs. Marquette 21-11 38 L 129-115 14-16

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1951-52 SEASON RECAP

All I did for this program was: 1. Find them a new coach 2. Kick them out of the MAC and into the independents again and 3. that's it.

For whatever reason, the magic was there because the Cougars had their best season in school history and managed to claim an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a First Four 11-seed against perennial contenders Wichita State program that just left the Yankee Conference for the Big 12. Wichita State has missed the post-season only once [1923] in their history thus far.

Should they stay independent or is it time to find a conference again? I kind of prefer to indy schedule for now, it's fun to be able to find matchups that fit the team's level, but I have no idea if lightning will strike twice like this again with such a wild confluence of factors. Also, can we hold onto their coach? Surely after winning national coach of the year [or at least surely he's a finalist] he'll be able to leave this job and get a more prestigious one.

Nonetheless, I'm agape at their success and really excited to see if this is a thing we can build on or if it's just a blip. With five seniors leaving, it'll come down to how successful recruiting was this season.

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 41 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 25-5 Record Vs 51-100: 2-0 RPI Rank: #61 Conference Record: 6-2 Record Vs 101-200: 8-3 Home Record: 11-2 Record Vs 200+: 15-2 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 104.9 2 24 Points 94.4 3 238 Points 10.5 1 29 O.Reb 19.1 2 84 O.Reb 19.8 3 383 O.Reb -0.7 2 259 D.Reb 25.8 1 11 D.Reb 22.9 2 241 D.Reb 2.9 1 39 Rebounds 44.9 1 18 Rebounds 42.7 3 344 Rebounds 2.2 1 105 Assists 22.6 2 96 Assists 20.0 3 243 Assists 2.6 1 79 Steals 8.5 4 406 Steals 10.0 1 14 Steals -1.5 3 285 Blocks 3.7 1 63 Blocks 3.0 4 337 Blocks 0.7 1 105 Turnovers 18.2 1 5 Turnovers 18.3 4 386 Turnovers -0.2 3 196 Fouls 28.0 2 182 Fouls 28.8 3 157 Fouls -0.8 2 139 FG% .511 2 120 FG% .463 1 18 FG% .047 1 33 FT% .591 4 339 FT% .610 2 161 FT% -.019 4 320 3P% .434 1 8 3P% .355 1 69 3P% .078 1 5 PPS 1.56 1 20 PPS 1.36 1 12 PPS .202 1 5 Adj. FG% .599 1 46 Adj. FG% .519 1 11 Adj. FG% .080 1 9

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernando Fischer PG 30 30 27.5 19.1 1.1 2.3 8.2 0.9 0.1 3.0 3.5 7.4 Camron Daniels PF 30 30 25.1 13.8 2.5 6.0 1.2 0.7 0.3 1.7 2.9 8.3 Harry Heading SF 30 30 23.1 13.5 1.3 3.7 1.8 0.8 0.0 2.1 3.2 5.7 Michael Sanders SG 30 0 16.7 11.6 0.9 2.8 1.3 0.9 0.1 1.6 3.0 4.2 Gustavo Harwood SG 30 30 24.5 11.1 1.3 1.9 2.6 1.1 0.1 2.7 3.7 7.2 Lewis Owens C 30 0 19.6 10.7 2.1 3.8 1.3 0.7 0.5 1.0 2.6 4.2 Cory Roundtree C 30 30 26.9 8.9 6.4 14.4 1.6 0.7 1.9 2.3 2.8 7.4 Ryan Bell SF 30 0 10.2 6.4 0.7 2.1 1.0 0.7 0.0 1.0 1.9 1.7 Kimar Meyer SF 30 0 13.3 3.7 0.7 3.1 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.8 2.4 2.4 Anthony Lemos PG 20 0 7.2 3.6 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.2 3.3 Edgar Scales PF 30 0 7.7 2.1 1.4 2.8 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 Antione Robles SG 16 0 3.1 2.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.8 0.4 Robert Robbins C 22 0 2.8 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 -0.5 Tyler Henderson C 5 0 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 Terry Seay 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 Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/13/51 at Alaska-Anchorage 23-10 66 W 75-60 1-0 11/15/51 at Alaska 19-12 145 W 81-59 2-0 11/19/51 UMSL 11-19 218 W 86-77 3-0 11/21/51 Kentucky State 20-12 155 W 70-62 4-0 11/25/51 at Northern Illinois 16-14 200 W 78-74 5-0 12/03/51 at Illinois State 8-21 336 L 137-126 5-1 12/04/51 at Indiana State 9-20 357 W 122-94 6-1 12/07/51 at Valparaiso 10-20 262 W 100-89 7-1 12/10/51 at Ithaca 20-10 164 L 110-101 7-2 12/15/51 Wayne State 20-12 116 L 119-110 7-3 12/17/51 MSU Billings 2-27 424 W 140-93 8-3 12/19/51 at Morehouse 16-13 226 W 120-111 9-3 12/23/51 vs. Virginia 20-11 58 W 113-93 10-3 12/24/51 vs. Louisiana Tech 22-8 140 W 147-142 11-3 12/29/51 DePaul 14-16 195 W 147-142 12-3 12/31/51 SIU-Edwardsville 12-17 322 W 130-99 13-3 01/04/52 Wright State 19-13 124 W 84-76 14-3 01/06/52 at UIC 5-26 369 W 91-78 15-3 01/14/52 at Longwood 10-20 338 W 86-76 16-3 01/19/52 Morehead State 16-14 207 W 95-92 17-3 01/24/52 at Mississippi Valley State 15-17 168 W 92-80 18-3 02/07/52 at West Chester 8-22 358 W 84-69 19-3 (1-0) 02/14/52 at Cal Tech 15-14 148 L 111-107 19-4 (1-1) 02/19/52 Williams 17-14 297 W 71-69 20-4 02/21/52 NW Missouri State 13-16 290 L 77-74 20-5 (1-2) 02/26/52 West Chester 8-22 358 W 87-79 21-5 (2-2) 02/28/52 Cal Tech 15-14 148 W 150-145 22-5 (3-2) 03/04/52 at NW Missouri State 13-16 290 W 108-107 23-5 (4-2) 03/06/52 Cal State LA 10-20 276 W 131-99 24-5 (5-2) 03/11/52 at Cal State LA 10-20 276 W 140-113 25-5 (6-2) 03/18/52 vs. Wichita State 22-10 56
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Old 12-24-2020, 02:58 PM   #7
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1951-52 TOURNAMENT
CHICAGO STATE GOES DANCING
I still can't believe this is happening. But here we go.

Opening Round
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Chicago State 129, Wichita State 123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State (26-5, 6-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Cory Roundtree C 23 5-7 0-0 2 5 3 4 10 Camron Daniels PF 27 10-15 4-7 7 13 1 3 24 Harry Heading SF 29 8-15 1-5 1 3 2 4 19 Gustavo Harwood SG 28 6-9 2-5 4 4 7 4 18 Fernando Fischer PG 36 11-19 3-10 2 2 19 3 33 Lewis Owens C 20 5-8 1-2 1 5 2 2 11 Michael Sanders SG 13 3-8 3-4 0 1 2 3 12 Kimar Meyer SF 10 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Ryan Bell SF 3 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Anthony Lemos PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Edgar Scales PF 7 0-1 0-0 4 8 2 0 0 Robert Robbins C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 21 (C.Daniels 2, H.Heading 5, G.Harwood 3, F.Fischer 7, L.Owens 1, E.Scales 3) Blocked Shots: 1 (L.Owens 1) Steals: 12 (C.Roundtree 1, C.Daniels 1, G.Harwood 4, F.Fischer 5, L.Owens 1) 3P FGs: 17-33 (H.Heading 2-5, G.Harwood 4-7, F.Fischer 8-13, M.Sanders 3-6, K.Meyer 0-1, R.Bell 0-1) Wichita State (22-11, 15-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts David Montgomery C 31 8-16 3-5 4 4 4 2 19 Glenn Bush PF 33 9-13 8-12 3 7 4 2 26 Felix Dentlinger SF 25 7-9 1-2 2 11 1 3 19 Nelson Shayok SG 33 8-14 2-2 1 2 10 4 19 Souleymane Cremo PG 27 8-14 1-3 0 2 13 4 20 Ralph Casey C 17 1-5 2-2 2 7 3 4 4 Rocco Desmond PF 12 1-2 0-0 1 5 0 1 2 Thomas Riley SG 11 2-3 2-2 0 1 0 1 7 Dustin Nichols C 4 1-1 1-2 2 2 0 0 3 Kaeyshawn Krutwig SF 2 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 2 Timmy Hartnett PG 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Turnovers: 23 (D.Montgomery 4, G.Bush 1, F.Dentlinger 4, N.Shayok 9, S.Cremo 2, R.Casey 1, R.Desmond 2) Blocked Shots: 6 (F.Dentlinger 2, R.Desmond 3, T.Riley 1) Steals: 11 (G.Bush 2, F.Dentlinger 2, N.Shayok 1, S.Cremo 1, R.Casey 2, R.Desmond 1, D.Nichols 1, K.Krutwig 1) 3P FGs: 9-22 (F.Dentlinger 4-6, N.Shayok 1-5, S.Cremo 3-8, R.Casey 0-1, T.Riley 1-2) Player of Game: PG Fernando Fischer (CH ST)

We get 6-seed Alabama in the 2nd round on Thursday. It's a winnable game, Alabama is similarly bad at defense, so it'll be a track meet. Just getting here is absolutely wild, but would love to see them make a run.

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ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 69 Record Vs 1-50: 4-3 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 24-8 Record Vs 51-100: 4-2 RPI Rank: #37 Conference Record: 14-6 Record Vs 101-200: 10-2 Home Record: 10-4 Record Vs 200+: 6-1 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 101.0 6 74 Points 92.8 5 191 Points 8.2 3 53 O.Reb 15.2 16 396 O.Reb 15.9 5 67 O.Reb -0.7 9 251 D.Reb 20.8 15 362 D.Reb 23.8 14 314 D.Reb -3.0 16 398 Rebounds 36.0 15 396 Rebounds 39.6 10 182 Rebounds -3.6 15 379 Assists 22.3 11 105 Assists 22.4 11 399 Assists -0.1 11 204 Steals 16.1 3 44 Steals 12.6 6 213 Steals 3.5 4 56 Blocks 1.8 15 300 Blocks 3.8 12 409 Blocks -2.0 16 413 Turnovers 22.3 3 225 Turnovers 27.1 3 31 Turnovers -4.7 2 39 Fouls 25.1 3 22 Fouls 26.2 14 376 Fouls -1.2 7 106 FG% .514 9 104 FG% .519 13 373 FG% -.005 11 206 FT% .646 4 47 FT% .637 13 391 FT% .009 7 165 3P% .414 5 45 3P% .366 4 125 3P% .048 2 34 PPS 1.53 8 85 PPS 1.45 4 135 PPS .075 4 73 Adj. FG% .595 8 65 Adj. FG% .575 9 353 Adj. FG% .019 7 122

Unfortunately, the magic ended on Friday as we fall to the Crimson Tide. Still, an amazing season for the Cougars and we hope this is the start of something special rather than Cinderella heading to the ball. Because all I'm doing is playing AD, there's not a lot I can do besides replace the coach if/when he leaves and hope they reload on players.

I'm still debating whether they ought to join a conference for next season or not.

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Alabama 117, Chicago State 105 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State (26-6, 6-2): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Cory Roundtree C 27 6-7 3-5 11 22 0 1 15 Camron Daniels PF 26 8-18 3-6 5 10 3 4 19 Harry Heading SF 27 4-7 5-6 1 4 2 4 15 Gustavo Harwood SG 20 1-3 2-4 1 2 1 5 5 Fernando Fischer PG 35 9-21 2-2 0 1 14 4 28 Lewis Owens C 21 2-6 1-2 2 5 0 4 6 Michael Sanders SG 9 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 5 2 Kimar Meyer PG 13 1-7 1-2 0 0 0 3 4 Ryan Bell SF 11 2-3 2-4 0 1 1 2 6 Anthony Lemos PG 4 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Edgar Scales PF 4 1-1 0-1 1 2 2 0 2 Robert Robbins C 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Antione Robles SG 2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 Turnovers: 26 (C.Roundtree 3, C.Daniels 2, H.Heading 4, G.Harwood 2, F.Fischer 9, M.Sanders 3, R.Bell 2, E.Scales 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (C.Roundtree 3, H.Heading 1, K.Meyer 1, E.Scales 1) Steals: 7 (H.Heading 1, G.Harwood 1, F.Fischer 1, M.Sanders 1, R.Bell 2, A.Lemos 1) 3P FGs: 13-34 (C.Daniels 0-1, H.Heading 2-4, G.Harwood 1-2, F.Fischer 8-18, L.Owens 1-1, K.Meyer 1-7, R.Bell 0-1) Alabama (25-8, 14-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Herman Tate C 26 4-16 1-2 8 13 1 5 9 Justin Morgan PF 36 9-15 2-4 9 18 0 2 20 Wesley Valdez SF 28 4-14 4-4 3 4 8 3 14 Clyde Igbanu SG 31 7-13 9-16 4 4 5 4 26 Azar Davis PG 28 7-7 5-6 2 6 5 4 19 Leslie Gregory SF 11 4-8 2-3 1 3 1 1 12 Amauri Mccurdy SG 11 1-3 1-2 1 1 2 3 3 Reuben Valladares C 12 1-6 1-2 2 5 0 1 4 John Smith PG 6 3-5 0-0 1 1 1 2 6 Gerry Hoch PF 11 0-3 4-4 2 6 1 0 4 Turnovers: 18 (H.Tate 3, W.Valdez 3, C.Igbanu 5, A.Davis 3, L.Gregory 1, A.Mccurdy 2, G.Hoch 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (H.Tate 1, J.Morgan 1) Steals: 16 (H.Tate 1, J.Morgan 1, W.Valdez 1, C.Igbanu 6, A.Davis 4, A.Mccurdy 3) 3P FGs: 8-25 (J.Morgan 0-1, W.Valdez 2-4, C.Igbanu 3-8, L.Gregory 2-4, A.Mccurdy 0-2, R.Valladares 1-5, J.Smith 0-1) Player of Game: SG Clyde Igbanu (ALA)
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Old 12-24-2020, 03:15 PM   #8
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1951-52 SEASON REVIEW
Final Four:
6) Alabama
1) Seton Hall
1) UConn
4) Ohio State

UConn beat Seton Hall to deny the repeat and claim their first national title two years after themselves losing in the national title game. It's UConn first national championship.

1951-52 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
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1951 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Jon Selcuk Villanova 15.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 10.5 APG 5.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR PG Wes Mayle Washington 16.3 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 5.4 APG 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: Brison Pitts Clemson 30 - 5 (18 - 2) All-league 1st Team: C SR Jesse Wise Central Arkansas 25.6 PPG, 13.8 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.7 BPG PF SO David Pipkin Arizona 19.9 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.6 APG, 3.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG SF JR Wesley Valdez Alabama 18.7 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 6.4 APG, 2.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG SR Herman Keller Seton Hall 20.9 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 5.0 APG, 3.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Jon Selcuk Villanova 15.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 10.5 APG, 5.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Xavian Owens Florida 11.8 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.8 SPG, 3.3 BPG PF SR Nelson Hopkins Robert Morris 23.8 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG SF SR Aaron Gibson Wofford 17.0 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 5.0 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG JR Dustin Peppers Nevada 19.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 8.4 APG, 3.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG SR Dave Mills Columbia 18.6 PPG, 5.1 RPG, 8.6 APG, 3.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C JR Christopher Farmer Columbia 20.2 PPG, 12.8 RPG, 1.5 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG PF JR Eddie Thornton Penn State 13.7 PPG, 12.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.7 BPG SF SR Ajiri Bell Colorado 15.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 9.5 APG, 3.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG JR Alanzo Lorenzo Southern 19.6 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 4.3 APG, 3.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG JR Bryant Coleman St. Bonaventure 26.5 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 5.6 APG, 4.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Merwann Millet Temple 6.2 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.1 SPG, 2.4 BPG PF FR Tahjai Reynolds Auburn 15.0 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.9 SPG, 1.0 BPG SF FR Kevin Ruggiero Boise State 16.5 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 3.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG FR Ronald Bouton Villanova 13.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.9 APG, 3.1 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG FR Wes Mayle Washington 16.3 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 5.4 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG

BIG EAST AWARDS 1951-52
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1951 BIG EAST AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Jon Selcuk Villanova 15.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 10.5 APG 5.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Ronald Bouton Villanova 13.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.9 APG 3.1 SPG, 0.0 BPG Coach of the Year: Rich Bishop UConn 35 - 4 (15 - 3) All-league 1st Team: C SO Ty-Shon Mcintosh Marquette 8.0 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.2 BPG PF SR Felix Cunningham Seton Hall 14.1 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.7 SPG, 1.0 BPG SF SR Tucker Day UConn 18.7 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 1.8 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Herman Keller Seton Hall 20.9 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 5.0 APG, 3.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Jon Selcuk Villanova 15.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 10.5 APG, 5.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SO Josue Ridley Providence 8.0 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 0.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 1.2 BPG PF SR Justin Paschal Butler 13.2 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.6 BPG SF SR Javier Chavis St. John's 15.8 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.8 APG, 2.7 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG JR Tim Bonner UConn 16.7 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG SR Tevin Kelley UConn 18.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 6.6 APG, 4.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Edward Julian Georgetown 7.6 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 0.8 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.5 BPG PF FR Gerry Moore Georgetown 7.7 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF FR Loyd Gulledge Holy Cross 13.6 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG FR Ronald Bouton Villanova 13.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.9 APG, 3.1 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG FR Robert Brown Butler 9.8 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG

1951-52 INDY AWARDS
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1951 INDEPENDENT AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: JR PG Fernando Fischer Chicago State 19.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 8.7 APG 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR C Tauriawn Kiel Cal State LA 16.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.4 APG 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG Coach of the Year: Louis Olson Chicago State 26 - 6 (6 - 2) All-league 1st Team: C SR Cory Roundtree Chicago State 9.1 PPG, 14.3 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.9 BPG PF SR Camron Daniels Chicago State 14.3 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG SF JR Amel Holt Cal Tech 15.8 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Dibaji Riddle Cal Tech 28.6 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG JR Fernando Fischer Chicago State 19.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 8.7 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR Elochukwu Jurgens Cal Tech 7.0 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.3 SPG, 1.7 BPG PF FR Romain Avelar Cal Tech 10.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.0 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SF SR Harry Heading Chicago State 13.8 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG SG SR Scottie Chen NW Missouri State 21.7 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 3.0 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG SR Shaquille Courtney NW Missouri State 12.0 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 8.7 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Tauriawn Kiel Cal State LA 16.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG PF FR Romain Avelar Cal Tech 10.2 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 1.0 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SF FR Arthur Martin West Chester 8.1 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Michael Sanders Chicago State 11.3 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Sedrick Mejia Cal Tech 11.5 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.0 BPG

The good news is that we get one more year of POY Fernando Fischer, though we'll lose both of our glass-eating big men at Chicago State. Super curious to see how recruiting went for both programs, it's going to be the real factor for how much better the next couple of seasons will be. A tournament appearance was not in my wildest imagination for Chi State.

While a 1-bid league would make it hard to make the tournament as an at-large someday, trying to get into the tournament as an independent is especially difficult unless you win a lot of games every year, but I don't think it's realistic that they'll win 20-games every year even if we schedule really easy as we did this past year.

As far as conference options, the Continental Divide Conference only has 10-teams and I'd prefer it would have 11 or 12. The Southland Conference which I sort of abhor on principle (I got rid of it, made most of those programs independents for a while, but finally gave them their auto-bid back this year) makes zero geographic sense but would be a landing spot too. This program had previously been in the WAC, Summit and Horizon League at different stretches too, so we're not going to revisit those right now, though the latter two would obviously present more regionally appropriate rivalry options each year and would maybe just be more interesting.

We're going to move Chicago State to the CDC for next season, along with fellow indie program NW Missouri State as a travel partner.


Other conference changes that don't matter:
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Minnesota Duluth & St. Cloud State to the MAC from the Summit League
Wayne State from the MAC to the Summit League
Merchant Marine Academy from the MAC to Independent
Chaminade from the Big West to the WCC
UT Arlington from the Sun Belt to the Southland
MIT from the UAA to the Ivy League

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Old 12-24-2020, 03:53 PM   #9
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Who is in the CDC? It's in the original dynasty as a vehicle to create a Mt. West version of the WCC/Big East someday, except it's not full of private catholic schools.

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1952 Continental Divide Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State Cougars 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 57 45 Black Hills State Yellow Jackets 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 103 26 Colorado Mines Orediggers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 174 30 Wyoming State Homesteaders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 239 42 Northern Colorado Bears 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 270 30 NW Missouri State Bearcats 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 288 34 Denver State Roadrunners 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 325 15 Nebraska-Kearney Lopers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 384 24 Southern Oregon Raiders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 392 25 CSU Pueblo Thunderwolves 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 413 12 Colorado College Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 420 30 MSU Billings Yellowjackets 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 424 12

My Big East is also home to Holy Cross.

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1952 Big East Conference Standings TEAM CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #1 UConn Huskies 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 95 #3 Seton Hall Pirates 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 2 100 #7 Villanova Wildcats 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 11 99 Providence Friars 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 44 77 Marquette Golden Eagles 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 45 87 St. John's Red Storm 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 47 70 Butler Bulldogs 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 100 83 Xavier Musketeers 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 146 65 Creighton Bluejays 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 161 56 Georgetown Hoyas 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 183 61 DePaul Blue Demons 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 196 57 Holy Cross Crusaders 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 371 50

Recruiting was not kind of Chicago State, they came in at #204 nationally. DePaul did better, landing the 51st best class in the nation, 5th in the Big East.

CHICAGO STATE 1952-53 ROSTER
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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernando Fischer 23 PG Sr 6-3 191 Yes 62 OK Waldron, MI Antione Robles 41 SG Sr 6-0 191 Yes 74 OK Newark, OH Lewis Owens 15 C Sr 7-1 308 Yes 49 OK Brimfield, IL Tyler Henderson 32 C Sr 7-1 265 Yes 52 OK Park Ridge, IL Terry Seay 54 SF Jr* 6-7 230 Yes 25 OK Buffalo Grove, IL Gustavo Harwood 14 SG Jr 6-5 189 No 30 OK Chicago, IL George Reid 3 C Jr 6-11 237 Yes 32 OK South Holland, IL Michael Sanders 13 SG So 6-2 189 Yes 63 OK Mc Henry, IL Edgar Scales 42 PF So 6-10 229 Yes 89 OK Two Rivers, WI Robert Robbins 30 C So 7-1 229 Yes 96 OK Clintonville, WI Anthony Lemos 45 PG So 6-5 213 No 64 OK Suttons Bay, MI Orval Capers 52 SF Fr 6-10 212 Yes 15 OK Cedarburg, WI Richard High 43 C Fr 7-1 226 Yes 57 OK Chicago, IL Amauri Mcdonald 20 PF Fr 6-9 262 Yes 24 OK Auburn, IL Harold Levesque 1 SG Fr 6-0 179 Yes 75 OK Forreston, IL

DEPAUL ROSTER 1952-53
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herman Dunn 1 SF Sr* 6-10 219 Yes 43 OK Yonkers, NY William Colby 0 SF Jr 6-10 230 Yes 78 OK El Paso, IL John Werth 15 SF Jr 6-10 231 Yes 39 OK Morrison, IL Danjel Lamb 44 SG Jr 6-6 195 Yes 44 OK Churubusco, IN Edward Fulks 30 C So* 7-1 318 Yes 65 OK Stanton, MI Kevin Hamlet 13 SF So 6-8 231 Yes 48 OK Crawfordsville, IN Arlen Torres 52 PG So 6-1 180 Yes 96 OK East Aurora, NY Brennan Marsh 3 C So 6-11 242 Yes 47 OK Stanton, MI Lacy Aldrich 33 PF So 6-11 231 Yes 72 OK Wheaton, IL Deividas Harker 5 SF So 6-6 215 Yes 13 OK Lima, OH Kelly Weeden 40 SG So 6-2 205 No 26 OK Lafayette, IN Nino Ingram 25 SG So 6-5 197 No 43 OK Dubuque, IA Richard Latimer 32 PF Fr 6-11 239 Yes 78 OK Cary, IL David Montanez 4 C Fr 7-0 230 Yes 65 OK Maroa, IL Ward Thomas 42 PG Fr 6-1 180 Yes 99 OK Sturgeon Bay, WI

As expected, Chicago State HC Louis Olson will be leaving after one season, to take over the program at Indiana University. IU is on a 12-year post-season drought, so he'll still have a rebuilding job on his hands except with better amenities and in a better conference.

For this search, I cast a net looking for assistants who haven't coached before who have strong recruiting capabilities. I'd take a coach with experience, of course because they're likely to be more filled out. But when I ran across Louis Anderson, a third-year assistant at Temple who'd previously coached in the city at Loyola, I felt like he was the right fit to bring back to town for a second stint.

While he's also not an elite recruiting, it's an improvement over our last guy and his maxed out coaching skills make me hope that he can work with whatever talent we do have to win close games and to develop talent.

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COACH DETAILS Louis Anderson - Coaching Assistant - Temple -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 45 High School: Columbia High School Hometown: Columbia, SC Alma Mater: Lipscomb Current Level: 8 Career Record: 69 - 56 Salary: $221,704 Recruiting: 59 Scouting: 1 Offense: 100 Defense: 100 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 Temple Assistant 28 6 18 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1950 Temple Assistant 20 13 11 9 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1949 Temple Assistant 21 13 12 8 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1947 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 12 18 6 14 No Postseason 1946 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 18 14 11 9 No Postseason 1945 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 13 17 5 13 No Postseason 1944 Loyola Chicago Head Coach 26 7 14 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1943 Kansas Assistant 23 13 11 9 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No awards won. Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 Hired by Temple (Assistant Coach) 1944 Hired by Loyola Chicago (Head Coach) 1944 Quit job with Kansas 1943 Hired by Kansas (Assistant Coach)
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Old 12-25-2020, 03:58 AM   #10
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Chicago State had a strong non-conference season, whereas DePaul just stayed afloat treading under .500 To make a return trip to the tourney, Chi State will likely need to win the CDC tournament, but at least it's clear last year wasn't a fluke.

I peeked at recruiting for both clubs and it's pretty clear the AI coach is not very good at identifying talent, so that's why recruiting classes are so bad because prestige really does impact who they go for and more often than not, those players are not as good as who they might be able to get otherwise. Lots of good talent gets left with no offers. but I'm just going to let it go for right now.

DePaul (12-19) will miss the post-season again, but with another new coach and the abysmal recruiting job he did, it's not a shock they weren't able to build on last season. I think all you can do is chalk this up to the rebuilding process and hope that the future is going to be brighter.

No signature wins at all.

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 0-11 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 12-19 Record Vs 51-100: 3-4 RPI Rank: #84 Conference Record: 6-12 Record Vs 101-200: 3-3 Home Record: 5-10 Record Vs 200+: 6-1 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 88.6 9 298 Points 98.2 10 357 Points -9.5 10 374 O.Reb 17.5 5 175 O.Reb 18.7 12 362 O.Reb -1.3 10 316 D.Reb 18.5 12 413 D.Reb 22.1 10 242 D.Reb -3.6 11 403 Rebounds 36.0 10 356 Rebounds 40.8 12 320 Rebounds -4.8 12 403 Assists 19.5 10 226 Assists 24.4 12 423 Assists -4.9 12 403 Steals 11.6 7 261 Steals 13.2 7 262 Steals -1.6 9 290 Blocks 2.8 7 139 Blocks 3.3 7 386 Blocks -0.5 9 266 Turnovers 23.3 7 293 Turnovers 21.7 9 239 Turnovers 1.5 9 270 Fouls 24.9 3 39 Fouls 25.5 7 359 Fouls -0.6 3 161 FG% .477 10 314 FG% .531 10 395 FG% -.053 10 393 FT% .602 10 314 FT% .645 12 400 FT% -.043 11 390 3P% .362 11 305 3P% .388 7 263 3P% -.026 9 310 PPS 1.41 9 370 PPS 1.50 8 263 PPS -.085 9 351 Adj. FG% .550 9 246 Adj. FG% .589 10 380 Adj. FG% -.038 9 344

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/52 vs. Morgan State 15-13 69 W 127-114 1-0 11/16/52 vs. #7 Ohio State 28-4 3 L 136-119 1-1 11/26/52 Bellarmine 10-19 268 W 116-107 2-1 11/30/52 #18 Florida 25-7 16 L 140-90 2-2 12/04/52 at #4 Temple 28-3 8 L 133-107 2-3 12/09/52 Indiana State 15-15 124 W 130-118 3-3 12/11/52 at Saint Louis 13-16 246 W 118-90 4-3 12/20/52 at Milwaukee 17-13 98 L 128-99 4-4 12/23/52 UIC 9-22 316 W 120-91 5-4 12/25/52 Iowa State 20-12 112 L 126-108 5-5 12/29/52 Chicago State 23-9 106 L 102-89 5-6 01/07/53 #15 Villanova 26-7 27 L 94-71 5-7 (0-1) 01/10/53 Xavier 20-12 61 L 88-86 5-8 (0-2) 01/14/53 at Georgetown 6-25 252 W 93-75 6-8 (1-2) 01/17/53 at #5 Seton Hall 28-4 6 L 119-66 6-9 (1-3) 01/21/53 Butler 20-12 96 W 82-70 7-9 (2-3) 01/24/53 at St. John's 17-14 146 L 89-78 7-10 (2-4) 01/28/53 at Creighton 8-21 247 W 78-72 8-10 (3-4) 01/31/53 at #21 UConn 24-8 15 L 100-87 8-11 (3-5) 02/04/53 at Butler 20-12 96 L 82-68 8-12 (3-6) 02/07/53 St. John's 17-14 146 W 93-81 9-12 (4-6) 02/11/53 at #15 Villanova 26-7 27 L 98-56 9-13 (4-7) 02/14/53 #21 UConn 24-8 15 L 99-79 9-14 (4-8) 02/18/53 at Xavier 20-12 61 W 82-81 10-14 (5-8) 02/21/53 Providence 22-10 36 L 95-69 10-15 (5-9) 02/25/53 #5 Seton Hall 28-4 6 L 96-70 10-16 (5-10) 02/28/53 Marquette 23-10 51 L 101-76 10-17 (5-11) 03/04/53 at Holy Cross 6-24 283 W 83-81 11-17 (6-11) 03/07/53 Georgetown 6-25 252 L 73-63 11-18 (6-12) 03/11/53 vs. St. John's 17-14 146 W 87-85 12-18 03/12/53 vs. #5 Seton Hall 28-4 6 L 80-58 12-19

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danjel Lamb SG 31 31 21.5 14.3 1.4 2.3 1.5 1.5 0.2 4.2 2.5 -5.1 Deividas Harker SF 31 31 26.2 11.8 1.5 3.5 3.9 1.1 0.3 4.4 3.0 -4.9 Lacy Aldrich PF 31 31 27.6 11.2 2.3 5.8 1.9 1.8 0.3 2.2 3.1 -6.0 John Werth PG 31 0 14.8 10.1 0.8 1.7 2.4 0.5 0.2 1.8 2.8 -4.1 Kelly Weeden PG 31 31 27.5 10.0 1.2 1.9 5.5 1.8 0.1 3.4 2.4 -3.1 Ward Thomas SG 31 0 15.1 8.9 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.3 0.0 2.4 2.3 -4.3 Edward Fulks C 31 31 28.4 7.6 5.2 11.5 0.7 1.1 0.4 1.5 3.0 -8.1 David Montanez C 31 0 15.1 4.6 1.6 2.9 0.7 1.2 0.6 1.1 2.0 -3.0 William Colby SF 31 0 9.3 3.9 1.1 2.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.2 1.4 -3.5 Nino Ingram SG 30 0 5.1 2.7 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.7 0.8 -2.5 Brennan Marsh C 31 0 7.9 2.5 1.8 2.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.3 -1.6 Arlen Torres PG 17 0 2.1 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 -1.3 Richard Latimer PF 20 0 2.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 Herman Dunn SF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Kevin Hamlet SF 3 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
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Chicago State had a strong non-conference season, whereas DePaul just stayed afloat treading under .500 To make a return trip to the tourney, Chi State will likely need to win the CDC tournament, but at least it's clear last year wasn't a fluke.

I peeked at recruiting for both clubs and it's pretty clear the AI coach is not very good at identifying talent, so that's why recruiting classes are so bad because prestige really does impact who they go for and more often than not, those players are not as good as who they might be able to get otherwise. Lots of good talent gets left with no offers. but I'm just going to let it go for right now.

DePaul (12-19) will miss the post-season again, but with another new coach and the abysmal recruiting job he did, it's not a shock they weren't able to build on last season. I think all you can do is chalk this up to the rebuilding process and hope that the future is going to be brighter.

Meanwhile, Chicago State (23-9) claimed the CDC conference title in their first season and will return to the NCAA tournament for a second straight year, this time as a 13-seed.

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/09/52 at CCNY 15-17 84 W 120-93 1-0 11/14/52 Cal State LA 6-23 392 W 129-101 2-0 11/20/52 Kansas City 16-13 291 W 139-117 3-0 11/24/52 vs. Grambling 16-15 87 L 120-113 3-1 11/25/52 vs. Akron 21-11 65 L 133-123 3-2 11/26/52 vs. Loyola Chicago 8-23 224 W 115-99 4-2 12/01/52 at UIC 9-22 316 W 121-110 5-2 12/03/52 at Santa Clara 8-23 331 W 125-96 6-2 12/05/52 at Wyoming 17-13 71 W 115-107 7-2 12/09/52 Amherst 16-17 356 W 99-63 8-2 12/12/52 Wayne State 21-12 148 L 122-114 8-3 12/18/52 at Wright State 18-12 100 L 137-119 8-4 12/27/52 at UMSL 8-21 214 W 144-131 9-4 12/29/52 at DePaul 12-19 85 W 102-89 10-4 01/02/53 Nebraska-Kearney 14-15 377 L 83-70 10-5 (0-1) 01/06/53 Colorado College 20-9 251 W 94-57 11-5 (1-1) 01/09/53 at CSU Pueblo 8-21 367 W 89-76 12-5 (2-1) 01/13/53 Southern Oregon 9-20 340 W 88-67 13-5 (3-1) 01/16/53 NW Missouri State 7-22 336 W 102-82 14-5 (4-1) 01/20/53 CSU Pueblo 8-21 367 W 91-68 15-5 (5-1) 01/23/53 at Colorado College 20-9 251 L 89-83 15-6 (5-2) 01/27/53 at MSU Billings 5-24 379 W 100-90 16-6 (6-2) 01/30/53 at Southern Oregon 9-20 340 W 88-80 17-6 (7-2) 02/03/53 at Nebraska-Kearney 14-15 377 W 94-76 18-6 (8-2) 02/06/53 at Northern Colorado 20-11 158 W 72-62 19-6 (9-2) 02/10/53 at NW Missouri State 7-22 336 L 100-92 19-7 (9-3) 02/13/53 Colorado Mines 10-19 353 W 83-68 20-7 (10-3) 02/17/53 at Denver State 19-11 108 L 86-62 20-8 (10-4) 02/20/53 Black Hills State 24-7 95 L 91-84 20-9 (10-5) 02/24/53 Wyoming State 14-15 298 W 89-63 21-9 (11-5) 03/01/53 vs. Denver State 19-11 108 W 64-60 22-9 03/04/53 vs. Black Hills State 24-7 95 W 61-60 23-9

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis Owens PF 32 32 30.3 23.6 6.3 8.7 1.7 1.1 0.5 1.8 3.2 10.2 Fernando Fischer PG 32 32 25.9 16.3 1.2 1.8 7.9 1.2 0.1 3.1 3.9 11.3 Michael Sanders SF 32 32 23.3 14.8 1.6 4.4 1.7 1.0 0.2 2.3 3.3 8.6 Gustavo Harwood SG 32 32 28.2 13.0 2.1 2.8 4.2 1.5 0.1 2.5 3.5 11.7 Anthony Lemos SG 32 0 22.8 8.7 2.0 3.2 2.8 1.7 0.1 2.0 3.2 4.2 Robert Robbins C 32 32 21.7 5.5 2.1 8.5 1.1 0.9 0.1 1.8 2.3 10.2 Terry Seay SF 32 0 11.1 5.3 1.0 1.6 1.1 1.4 0.0 1.6 2.2 -1.4 Antione Robles SG 31 0 7.5 3.5 0.9 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.9 1.3 -2.7 Amauri Mcdonald PF 27 0 4.4 3.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.3 George Reid C 32 0 10.3 2.9 0.7 3.8 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 1.2 -0.8 Edgar Scales C 32 0 15.0 2.9 1.8 5.2 1.1 0.6 1.3 1.4 1.8 0.5 Orval Capers SF 14 0 3.4 1.1 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 -1.4 Tyler Henderson C 6 0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.7 Richard High C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Harold Levesque SG 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 45 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 23-9 Record Vs 51-100: 4-4 RPI Rank: #106
Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 2-2
Home Record: 9-3 Record Vs 200+: 17-3


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 99.5 1 57 Points 89.9 5 150 Points 9.6 2 47
O.Reb 19.9 1 18 O.Reb 18.2 8 320 O.Reb 1.7 1 91
D.Reb 22.7 5 95 D.Reb 20.8 4 151 D.Reb 1.9 3 79
Rebounds 42.6 1 27 Rebounds 39.1 4 235 Rebounds 3.5 2 49
Assists 23.8 1 55 Assists 20.3 12 237 Assists 3.5 2 59
Steals 10.9 8 314 Steals 10.3 1 24 Steals 0.6 5 173
Blocks 2.9 1 123 Blocks 2.5 8 244 Blocks 0.3 4 145
Turnovers 19.4 1 25 Turnovers 21.5 8 249 Turnovers -2.0 4 118
Fouls 26.3 2 131 Fouls 27.1 11 250 Fouls -0.7 6 148
FG% .504 4 163 FG% .474 1 28 FG% .030 2 83
FT% .616 5 235 FT% .628 11 284 FT% -.012 6 284
3P% .371 3 260 3P% .385 11 242 3P% -.015 8 270
PPS 1.49 6 188 PPS 1.39 1 19 PPS .101 1 51
Adj. FG% .580 2 122 Adj. FG% .539 2 47 Adj. FG% .041 1 63

SECOND ROUND
Chicago State will take on Penn State (26-7) in their first tournament matchup. It's a rough test against a team that was Top 50 in the nation in defense and can also score points.

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#10 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 80 Record Vs 1-50: 6-6 Poll Rank: #10 Season Record: 26-7 Record Vs 51-100: 7-0 RPI Rank: #7 Conference Record: 15-5 Record Vs 101-200: 4-1 Home Record: 10-2 Record Vs 200+: 9-0 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 98.8 5 66 Points 85.1 3 43 Points 13.7 3 26 O.Reb 16.9 4 223 O.Reb 15.3 5 65 O.Reb 1.6 2 92 D.Reb 21.9 4 164 D.Reb 19.1 2 48 D.Reb 2.9 3 35 Rebounds 38.9 4 203 Rebounds 34.4 3 39 Rebounds 4.5 2 21 Assists 22.2 7 121 Assists 20.8 5 284 Assists 1.5 5 135 Steals 15.2 1 71 Steals 11.1 7 66 Steals 4.2 2 45 Blocks 3.6 4 65 Blocks 3.4 11 399 Blocks 0.2 8 167 Turnovers 21.5 8 145 Turnovers 25.3 3 67 Turnovers -3.8 3 56 Fouls 25.8 6 95 Fouls 26.9 4 266 Fouls -1.0 5 124 FG% .536 5 69 FG% .490 4 130 FG% .046 4 52 FT% .681 1 6 FT% .622 4 231 FT% .059 1 7 3P% .390 9 155 3P% .359 2 83 3P% .031 4 84 PPS 1.56 2 45 PPS 1.42 2 50 PPS .138 1 22 Adj. FG% .591 6 92 Adj. FG% .547 2 85 Adj. FG% .044 4 56

As I expected, the Cougars lose and end the season at (23-10), but nonetheless, this two-year stretch with these seniors leaving as the greatest class in program history to this point is absolutely worth noting.

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Penn State 79, Chicago State 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State (23-10, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Robert Robbins C 22 1-2 1-2 1 6 1 1 3 Lewis Owens PF 34 5-14 4-7 6 7 2 2 14 Michael Sanders SF 26 4-9 4-5 1 2 0 1 13 Gustavo Harwood SG 33 7-11 0-0 2 2 0 3 17 Fernando Fischer PG 36 2-10 5-7 2 3 8 3 11 Anthony Lemos SG 19 1-3 4-5 0 0 2 2 6 Edgar Scales C 14 0-0 2-2 1 3 1 2 2 George Reid PF 7 0-0 1-2 1 3 0 1 1 Terry Seay SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Antione Robles SG 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Amauri Mcdonald PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 15 (R.Robbins 2, M.Sanders 1, G.Harwood 7, F.Fischer 2, A.Lemos 1, E.Scales 1, A.Robles 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Scales 1) Steals: 9 (L.Owens 1, M.Sanders 1, G.Harwood 2, F.Fischer 3, A.Lemos 1, E.Scales 1) 3P FGs: 6-23 (L.Owens 0-3, M.Sanders 1-6, G.Harwood 3-5, F.Fischer 2-8, A.Lemos 0-1) Penn State (27-7, 15-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Eddie Thornton PF 32 2-4 0-0 1 10 1 3 4 Dalin Zhang PF 33 7-8 3-6 2 5 2 2 17 Victor Harmon SF 27 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 2 6 Felix McMurray SG 36 4-5 2-2 0 0 4 3 12 Anthony Haile PG 28 6-8 2-4 1 1 7 3 15 John Britt C 12 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 2 Elmo Green PF 3 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Nestor Mcneely PG 18 6-8 2-5 0 1 4 1 17 Scott Perdomo SF 9 1-1 3-4 1 2 0 3 6 Paul Canady PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 17 (E.Thornton 1, D.Zhang 2, F.McMurray 6, A.Haile 2, J.Britt 1, E.Green 1, N.Mcneely 1, S.Perdomo 3) Blocked Shots: 3 (E.Thornton 2, J.Britt 1) Steals: 7 (E.Thornton 1, D.Zhang 2, F.McMurray 1, A.Haile 2, N.Mcneely 1) 3P FGs: 9-12 (V.Harmon 2-3, F.McMurray 2-3, A.Haile 1-1, N.Mcneely 3-4, S.Perdomo 1-1) Player of Game: PF Dalin Zhang (PA ST)

Both Fernando Fischer and Lewis Ownens would have their jerseys retired if such a thing were possible. This team won THREE whole games two years ago and flipped that into back-to-back NCAA appearances in two different conferences. I don't care that their schedule got easier, they won the games they were supposed to win more often than not. It's an impressive run, and one we'll hope we can sustain upon their departure.

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PLAYER DETAILS #15 PF Lewis Owens - Chicago State - Senior -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 7-1 Weight: 308 High School: Brimfield High School Hometown: Brimfield, IL Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 96 30 43 68 55 22 100 50 61 46 28 38 12 100 43 70 1951: 88 28 43 62 48 20 94 46 53 42 27 35 12 97 43 62 1950: 82 27 43 59 45 19 88 43 48 40 26 33 12 92 42 52 1949: 77 26 42 56 42 18 83 40 44 38 25 31 12 87 42 41 1948: 69 24 40 52 38 16 75 36 38 36 23 29 10 76 40 17 Potential: A D C B B D A C B B D D Health: Good Scholarship: Yes Status: Active Roster Academics: 49 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 17 0 5.4 2.8 1.0 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.43 0.1 0.0 0.8 1950 21 0 6.3 3.6 1.0 1.7 0.3 0.2 1.40 0.1 0.0 0.9 1951 32 0 19.6 10.5 2.1 3.9 1.3 0.9 1.33 0.7 0.5 2.7 1952 33 33 30.5 23.3 6.3 8.6 1.7 1.8 0.98 1.1 0.5 3.1 Career 103 33 18.0 11.9 3.0 4.5 1.0 1.0 0.98 0.6 0.3 2.1 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1.0 2.2 .459 0.7 1.4 .500 0.1 0.5 .222 1.30 -1.65 1950 1.1 2.6 .436 1.1 1.9 .600 0.2 0.6 .333 1.38 1.33 1951 4.0 7.6 .525 2.0 3.9 .504 0.6 1.4 .409 1.38 4.44 1952 9.2 16.8 .544 4.2 6.8 .611 0.8 2.3 .338 1.38 9.58 Career 4.6 8.7 .529 2.3 4.0 .571 0.5 1.4 .352 1.38 4.45 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 17 0 91 48 17 23 3 7 2 0 13 1950 21 0 133 76 22 36 7 5 2 0 18 1951 32 0 628 337 66 124 40 30 21 17 85 1952 33 33 1005 768 208 285 57 58 37 16 103 Career 103 33 1857 1229 313 468 107 100 62 33 219 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 17 37 12 24 2 9 -28 1950 24 55 24 40 4 12 28 1951 128 244 63 125 18 44 142 1952 302 555 138 226 26 77 316 Career 471 891 237 415 50 142 458 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 45 12 16 5 3 2 7 16 24 14 18 2 8 Career 45 12 16 5 3 3 7 16 24 14 18 3 8 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Player of the Game: 15 1948 High School: Rated *** and #1712 overall by the FBCB scouting service. ------ PLAYER DETAILS #23 PG Fernando Fischer - Chicago State - Senior -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-3 Weight: 192 High School: Waldron High School Hometown: Waldron, MI Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 49 47 40 100 76 100 62 14 40 52 16 31 100 35 72 93 1951: 48 44 40 100 74 100 58 13 38 45 15 29 100 33 71 78 1950: 47 41 40 98 66 94 54 12 36 38 14 27 100 31 70 61 1949: 44 38 38 92 61 87 49 11 34 32 13 25 100 29 68 44 1948: 42 34 36 86 55 79 46 11 32 28 11 23 98 25 63 7 Potential: C C D A B A B F C C F D Health: Good Scholarship: Yes Status: Active Roster Academics: 62 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 29 29 24.6 14.6 0.9 1.6 4.7 3.3 1.41 0.9 0.1 3.4 1950 29 29 28.6 17.6 1.1 1.7 6.6 3.9 1.71 1.0 0.1 3.3 1951 32 32 28.0 19.8 1.1 2.3 8.7 3.3 2.60 1.0 0.1 3.5 1952 33 33 26.2 16.2 1.2 1.8 7.9 3.1 2.57 1.2 0.1 3.9 Career 123 123 26.9 17.1 1.1 1.8 7.0 3.4 2.57 1.0 0.1 3.5 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 4.8 9.8 .488 2.9 4.8 .601 2.2 6.3 .346 1.49 -7.28 1950 5.6 11.2 .498 2.9 4.5 .641 3.5 7.6 .464 1.57 0.00 1951 5.8 11.4 .510 4.2 7.3 .570 4.0 8.4 .472 1.73 7.09 1952 4.9 10.4 .469 3.5 5.9 .582 2.9 6.8 .431 1.55 10.55 Career 5.3 10.7 .492 3.4 5.7 .593 3.2 7.3 .434 1.59 2.96 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 29 29 713 424 27 45 135 96 25 2 98 1950 29 29 829 510 32 48 191 112 28 3 97 1951 32 32 897 633 35 73 278 107 32 2 111 1952 33 33 866 533 39 60 262 102 40 2 128 Career 123 123 3305 2100 133 226 866 417 125 9 434 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 139 285 83 138 63 182 -211 1950 162 325 84 131 102 220 0 1951 186 365 134 235 127 269 227 1952 161 343 114 196 97 225 348 Career 648 1318 415 700 389 896 364 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 32 4 5 18 4 1 9 12 23 10 18 7 14 Career 45 4 7 19 5 1 9 15 23 12 20 9 21 Awards & Acheivements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Player of the Game: 24 1948 High School: Rated *** and #939 overall by the FBCB scouting service. 1951 1st Team All-Conference (Independents) 1951 Conference Player of the Year (Independents)


1952-53 FINAL FOUR
For the 2nd straight year, the team that Chicago State played in the 1st round ends up making the Final Four. Joining Penn State are 2-seeds Arizona and St. Mary's, as well as fellow 4-seed NC State.

Arizona beat NC State to claim their first national championship in school history.
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1952-53 AWARD WINNERS
An unexpected surprise as Lewis Owens is named a 2nd team All-American. Again, this guy was on this team when they won THREE games two years ago. It's amazing what a little coaching can do for a guy's potential. I doubt he's NBA material, but we'll be checking on his career and maybe someday, he'll end up as a coach.

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1952 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SO PG Wes Mayle Washington 18.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 7.6 APG 5.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Nigel Dail Pepperdine 22.8 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 1.6 APG 3.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: Billy Eberhardt Navy 30 - 3 (19 - 1) All-league 1st Team: C SR Tyler Flowers Case Western Reserve 19.6 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.7 BPG PF SR Freddie Akintola Tulsa 10.8 PPG, 13.0 RPG, 1.7 APG, 2.1 SPG, 2.5 BPG SF SR Aleem Bozeman Florida 21.2 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 3.0 APG, 4.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG SR Tim Bonner UConn 23.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 6.2 APG, 2.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SO Wes Mayle Washington 18.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 7.6 APG, 5.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR Eric Mcfall North Carolina A&T 13.3 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.4 SPG, 2.6 BPG PF SR Lewis Owens Chicago State 23.3 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF SR Albert Ruiz Tennessee State 18.5 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 4.8 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Rashun Casey Kentucky 21.0 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 6.7 APG, 2.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG SR Wallace Robinson Miami (OH) 18.4 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 9.0 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C SR Dejan Duffus Akron 19.7 PPG, 9.4 RPG, 2.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.8 BPG PF SR Scott Sutton Florida State 14.9 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.0 BPG SF SR Lester Morris New Orleans 12.6 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 6.8 APG, 3.6 SPG, 0.0 BPG SG SR Adokiye Palmer UCF 19.9 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 5.1 APG, 3.6 SPG, 0.3 BPG PG SR Jon Hill Arizona 18.4 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 8.4 APG, 3.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Larry Anderson Clemson 15.5 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG PF FR Charles Carlsen Butler 11.8 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 1.8 APG, 1.5 SPG, 1.4 BPG SF FR Damezi Defelice Ohio State 20.3 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 2.0 APG, 3.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Nigel Dail Pepperdine 22.8 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 3.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Deishuan Meacham Howard 14.7 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 4.9 APG, 2.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG

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1952 CDC AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Francisco Cotten Northern Colorado 20.8 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 6.8 APG 4.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SF Robin Roche Denver State 11.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.0 APG 2.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG Coach of the Year: Robert Stephens Denver State 19 - 12 (12 - 4) All-league 1st Team: C SR Max Lautier-Ogunleye Black Hills State 11.1 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG PF SR Lewis Owens Chicago State 23.3 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF SR Jonathan Cole Nebraska-Kearney 10.9 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, 4.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Fermin Ibanez Northern Colorado 17.1 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Francisco Cotten Northern Colorado 20.8 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 6.8 APG, 4.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR John Johnson Denver State 13.5 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.4 BPG PF SR Matt Weber Southern Oregon 7.9 PPG, 13.7 RPG, 1.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF FR Robin Roche Denver State 11.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG JR Gustavo Harwood Chicago State 13.2 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Fernando Fischer Chicago State 16.2 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 7.9 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Alperen Macgregor Wyoming State 6.0 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.4 BPG PF FR De'Ron Stanford Black Hills State 11.9 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG SF FR Robin Roche Denver State 11.8 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG FR Donnell Murphy Colorado College 15.6 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG FR Milt Capers Nebraska-Kearney 8.5 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG

DePaul's David Montanez was the lone DePaul awardee, being named to the All-Freshman Big East Team.

RECRUITING RANKINGS
DePaul landed a Top 50 class. Are things turning around?

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1952 Recruiting Rankings # Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Seton Hall Big East SF Gautier Meunier ***** 3 1 0 0 0 14. Villanova Big East SF Mario Funches ***** 4 0 0 0 0 22. St. John's Big East C Kit Bean ***** 1 5 0 0 0 35. DePaul Big East PF Mark Mercado ***** 4 0 0 0 0 49. UConn Big East C Axel Kirnberger ***** 3 0 0 0 0 61. Holy Cross Big East PF Donald Holt **** 0 3 2 0 0 66. Marquette Big East C Daniel Speaks **** 2 1 0 0 0 76. Providence Big East SG Cheddi Saunders ***** 2 1 0 0 0 121. Creighton Big East PG Douglas Osborn **** 0 3 0 0 0 131. Georgetown Big East PG Nicolas Saltzman ***** 1 1 0 0 0 156. Xavier Big East PF Dhamir Mckinley ***** 1 1 0 0 0 243. Butler Big East SG Michael Lambert ***** 1 0 0 0 0

Chicago State has an even better class than DePaul, landing in the Top 25?!

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1952 Recruiting Rankings # Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. Chicago State CDC PF Dominic Croswell ***** 4 0 0 0 0 164. Nebraska-Kearney CDC SG Mathias Döz *** 0 0 4 1 0 190. Black Hills State CDC PG Trenton Garcia *** 0 0 4 1 0 256. MSU Billings CDC SG Aubrey Butler *** 0 0 3 0 0 268. Southern Oregon CDC SF Otto Purgauer *** 0 0 3 0 0 276. Wyoming State CDC PF Skylar Sutton *** 0 0 2 0 0 277. NW Missouri State CDC PF Carsten Haller *** 0 0 2 0 0 299. Denver State CDC SF Robert Macdonald *** 0 0 2 0 0 356. Colorado College CDC SG Lewis Fraser *** 0 0 2 0 0 367. CSU Pueblo CDC C Daniel Harmon *** 0 0 2 1 0 378. Northern Colorado CDC PG Raymond Burns *** 0 0 1 0 0 424. Colorado Mines CDC 0 0 0 0 0
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Holy Cross [Big East --> Atlantic North]
Merchant Marine [Independent --> Atlantic North]
Coast Guard [UAA --> Atlantic North]
SUNY Plattsburgh [Atlantic North --> Independent]
Union College replaced with SUNY Plattsburgh
Cal State LA replaced with SUNY Oswego
West Chester replaced with Bowdoin College
Wesleyan [CT] replaced with Carroll [MT]
Missouri [SEC --> Big Ten]
Florida A&M [SWAC --> SEC]
Maryland [ACC --> Big Ten]
Notre Dame [ACC --> Big East]

The Big Ten was always a little weird in this universe, because they only had 12 teams while the other major conferences had 14-16 (or more for a bit, the Pac-12 got to 20 at one point before they reformed....and the Big 12 came back.) So now things are a bit more balanced with the ACC losing a few programs, the SEC rebalancing and a few other programs reviving.

After the 4th season, we'll do the slower style monthly recaps so you can kind of see it playing out more in real time. Plus, you'll be able to see what other programs are doing throughout the year. Chicago State's relative fast ascent -- with no real help from me besides coaching changes -- makes me wonder what the ceiling is for that program and/or focusing more hands-on with trying to get DePaul to be a player in the Big East which is already good.

But with DePaul, UIC, Chicago State, Chicago & Northwestern all in/near the city, I'm considering setting up a recurring pre-season event between all of them so we can see their annual progress since none of those programs are in the same conference, along with three other programs. All of them are between 33-57 prestige, so it's evenly matched.

I'll setup a separate 4-team invitational regional for the Philly-area programs too (with St. Joe's and LaSalle swapping every other year since they're in the same league)

1953-54 TEAM ROSTERS

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Colby 0 SF Sr 6-10 234 Yes 78 OK El Paso, IL John Werth 15 PG Sr 6-10 236 Yes 39 OK Morrison, IL Danjel Lamb 44 SG Sr 6-6 206 Yes 44 OK Churubusco, IN Arlen Torres 52 PG Jr 6-2 181 Yes 96 Unhappy East Aurora, NY Brennan Marsh 3 C Jr 6-11 244 Yes 47 OK Stanton, MI Kelly Weeden 40 PG Jr 6-2 206 No 26 OK Lafayette, IN Nino Ingram 25 SG Jr 6-5 203 No 43 OK Dubuque, IA David Mccartney 1 PF Jr 7-1 236 Yes 67 OK Honesdale, PA Richard Latimer 32 PF So 6-11 258 Yes 78 OK Cary, IL David Montanez 4 C So 7-1 256 Yes 65 OK Maroa, IL Ward Thomas 42 SG So 6-1 183 Yes 99 OK Sturgeon Bay, WI Tom Dupont 14 SG Fr 6-7 196 Yes 49 OK Torrington, WY Alfie Mitchell 21 PG Fr 6-2 173 Yes 52 OK Helena, MT Mark Mercado 24 PF Fr 6-10 225 Yes 45 OK Anaheim, CA George Harris 5 PF Fr 6-9 225 Yes 42 OK Dartmouth, NH


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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Seay 54 SF Sr* 6-7 232 Yes 25 OK Buffalo Grove, IL Gustavo Harwood 14 SG Sr 6-5 191 No 30 OK Chicago, IL George Reid 3 C Sr 6-11 243 Yes 32 OK South Holland, IL Michael Sanders 13 SF Jr 6-2 191 Yes 63 OK Mc Henry, IL Edgar Scales 42 C Jr 6-11 233 Yes 89 OK Two Rivers, WI Robert Robbins 30 C Jr 7-1 244 Yes 96 OK Clintonville, WI Orval Capers 52 SF So 6-11 229 Yes 15 OK Cedarburg, WI Amauri Mcdonald 20 PF So 6-9 263 Yes 24 OK Auburn, IL Richard High 43 C Fr* 7-1 240 Yes 57 OK Chicago, IL Harold Levesque 1 SG Fr* 6-0 179 Yes 75 OK Forreston, IL Jeffrey Wills 0 C Fr 7-1 241 Yes 14 OK Gering, NE Dominic Croswell 40 PF Fr 7-0 226 Yes 8 OK Brainerd, MN Carey Rice 5 PG Fr 6-1 177 Yes 53 OK Huntingdon Valley, PA Riley Jenkins 53 SG Fr 6-0 183 Yes 59 OK Riggs, SD William Leech 31 PF Fr 6-11 260 No 75 OK Ft Mitchell, KY
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NOTES
A clerical note: I operate the pace of the season in three stages. The OOC until January is very up-tempo, then the game slows down during the conference season, then we slow it down way more during the tournament period, because I find this gives bad teams a chance at being competitive and creates the potential for more upsets. I'm able to control this by changing the "Time" modifier in the FBCB.ini file. I started doing this ages ago, because I felt like the game doesn't generate high enough scoring using the defaults and spending years IRL playing fantasy college basketball, I got a sampling of what the stats looked like and the game didn't really fit what I thought the modern game was looking like.

The other thing I did was change the height modifiers, so it's possible to get bigger guys playing guard positions because Ben Simmons wouldn't have been generated in the stock version of the game. So it's possible in my universe if you're paying attention to play more "position less" basketball. I haven't tested it with a team myself as a coach yet, but I suspect given where we are in the calendar, it's something I'll attempt down the road.

The last under the hood thing worth noting is that I will relocate recruits to create more geographic balance. The game by default generates too many players in some states and barely any other in others. Obviously the big states like California and Texas have a glut of players, but at least the South has enough schools to bring those guys to college, whereas the west didn't until I added more programs. Even with that, even states like Massachusetts and other other Northeast states just don't have their same share of talent relative to the number of schools located there.

The game should do a better job of distributing those players, but since those schools typically are lower prestige, they're not able to compete for guys who'd otherwise be at their level meaning that a lot of guys who are good enough for scholarships end up as walk-ons, especially in my universe where I've already increased the default/recruit talent levels (which is why you see so many 5/4 star recruits being signed to even minor programs) because it's a way to simulate things like Loyola Chicago being able to make a Final Four or Gonzaga getting elite recruits to go there, because if you essentially make it like real life -- where a 5-star rating isn't necessarily a guarantee that a player is going to be good, just a guideline -- it means you have to scout but it also means that there's a bit of randomness and luck to it all just like real life. (I think a lot of people play in online leagues expecting this kind of certainty, but in this line of thinking, Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry would've been Hall of Famers, and Mike Piazza would've sold insurance. Text sims are just not especially good out of the box at generating these kinds of random outcomes without a lot of tinkering. Luckily, I've spent a lot of time over the years trying to find a sweet spot that appeals to my sensibilities.)

If I had injuries on like I did before, it'd increase the level of randomness even more and eventually I will turn it on again, but for now, I'd just like to see what guys can do with 4 years in school and without having to worry about them getting hurt.

I'm thinking the next iteration of this experiment is to flood a particular city/market with lots more local talent -- in-game you just don't have big city players proliferating like you would IRL -- to see if you could assemble a team of relatively local talent in a major market and then seeing if how far you can take a program like that. Right now, we're futzing with Chi State/DePaul, but in the future, it could be cool to see if you could take over a program like New Orleans or CCNY or whatever, flood the local city with more talent (from game-generated players..I usually just repatriate foreign players since they're ready made and just change their names) and see if you can create a legacy of talent by doing this.

You kind of have to be more hands-on here, because the AI just isn't very good at finding these players *at all* and will always opt to recruit elsewhere first, plus you can only change the name/locations of players after the game generates them in June or something, meaning teams will fill their call lists before you can relocate anybody which is problematic. Still, it's an effective strategy for getting international guys who will get zero interest or very few feelers into highly coveted recruits because you've gotten them out of international distance purgatory and its cheaper to try to woo them no matter where in the states you stick them -- even Alaska or Hawaii, tbh
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1953-54 SEASON RECAP

DePaul finishes the year 13-18. Nothing truly notable to say about this club other than how difficult it appears to be for them to build a winner. We gotta give this coach a few years to build it before we overreact, but seeing Chicago State immediately turn into a winner makes me wonder what DePaul's deal is other than the tougher conference schedule.

Meanwhile, the Big East had SEVEN bids to the NCAA tournament this year.

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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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Villanova 29-3 .663 (3) 14-1 2-2 3-0 10-0 17 NCAA Marquette 26-8 .646 (6) 8-7 7-1 5-0 6-0 2 NCAA Seton Hall 22-9 .606 (21) 6-8 6-0 4-1 6-0 26 NCAA Xavier 24-9 .604 (23) 6-8 3-0 7-1 8-0 58 NCAA UConn 21-10 .609 (17) 5-10 4-0 5-0 7-0 11 NCAA Providence 23-10 .603 (25) 5-8 4-1 7-1 7-0 25 NCAA Butler 20-13 .606 (19) 4-11 5-1 9-1 2-0 3 NCAA St. John's 18-14 .563 (64) 4-11 3-1 3-2 8-0 48 Out DePaul 13-18 .551 (85) 2-13 2-3 4-0 5-2 4 Out Notre Dame 13-18 .521 (151) 2-14 2-2 3-1 6-1 56 Out Creighton 9-22 .499 (200) 1-12 2-4 1-2 5-4 23 Out Georgetown 8-23 .495 (212) 0-14 2-6 3-2 3-1 14 Out

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 2-13 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 13-18 Record Vs 51-100: 2-3 RPI Rank: #85 Conference Record: 5-13 Record Vs 101-200: 4-0 Home Record: 7-7 Record Vs 200+: 5-2 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 86.1 10 344 Points 89.1 8 129 Points -3.0 10 260 O.Reb 16.7 8 244 O.Reb 17.5 11 265 O.Reb -0.8 10 282 D.Reb 19.2 12 393 D.Reb 20.7 9 146 D.Reb -1.6 10 335 Rebounds 35.9 9 347 Rebounds 38.2 12 190 Rebounds -2.4 12 344 Assists 20.3 10 199 Assists 20.9 9 287 Assists -0.5 9 230 Steals 11.6 10 254 Steals 12.4 6 204 Steals -0.8 9 234 Blocks 2.9 10 135 Blocks 4.5 12 424 Blocks -1.6 11 395 Turnovers 22.0 6 206 Turnovers 21.6 11 221 Turnovers 0.4 9 220 Fouls 24.4 7 33 Fouls 25.8 6 326 Fouls -1.5 4 89 FG% .495 10 230 FG% .509 9 277 FG% -.014 10 265 FT% .602 12 319 FT% .627 6 275 FT% -.024 9 338 3P% .385 6 184 3P% .379 4 185 3P% .006 5 179 PPS 1.44 10 319 PPS 1.45 7 96 PPS .000 9 210 Adj. FG% .558 10 227 Adj. FG% .564 8 216 Adj. FG% -.006 10 235

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danjel Lamb SG 31 31 24.0 20.2 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.7 0.0 4.1 3.3 0.7 John Werth PG 31 0 18.3 11.2 1.4 2.2 3.5 0.9 0.2 2.3 3.6 -0.5 Kelly Weeden PG 31 31 26.5 9.7 0.9 1.4 6.0 2.9 0.1 2.6 3.4 -0.9 David Montanez C 31 31 26.3 8.8 3.7 5.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 2.2 2.6 -2.4 William Colby SF 31 31 26.6 8.0 1.7 7.2 1.9 1.5 0.2 3.0 3.1 -3.1 Ward Thomas SG 31 0 11.2 7.7 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 2.0 1.7 -2.9 Alfie Mitchell SG 30 0 8.8 6.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.0 1.1 1.6 -1.1 Mark Mercado PF 31 31 27.2 5.8 1.8 5.7 3.4 0.7 0.5 2.7 2.1 -1.1 Brennan Marsh C 31 0 19.0 5.2 3.6 6.0 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.6 -1.0 Tom Dupont SF 28 0 5.1 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 George Harris PF 31 0 7.5 1.4 0.7 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.6 -0.4 Arlen Torres PG 6 0 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 2.0 David Mccartney PF 12 0 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -1.4 Nino Ingram SG 12 0 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 -1.3 Richard Latimer PF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0

This year's most notable win was an upset over #2 Villanova back in February.

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/18/53 at #3 Tulsa 30-2 11 L 105-70 0-1 11/21/53 Northern Illinois 10-20 311 W 128-110 1-1 11/26/53 vs. UIC 10-25 300 W 130-95 2-1 11/27/53 vs. Northwestern 18-14 74 W 100-76 3-1 11/29/53 vs. Chicago 20-10 149 W 117-99 4-1 12/10/53 at Stanford 20-12 82 W 125-106 5-1 12/12/53 New Hampshire 16-14 218 W 100-73 6-1 12/15/53 at Indiana State 13-16 368 W 118-97 7-1 12/18/53 Vanderbilt 13-19 209 L 119-94 7-2 12/23/53 #5 Temple 26-5 13 L 138-100 7-3 12/25/53 at #7 Florida 27-4 10 L 120-98 7-4 01/01/54 Wright State 18-15 176 W 101-93 8-4 01/06/54 at Butler 20-13 19 L 67-52 8-5 (0-1) 01/09/54 #21 Seton Hall 22-9 21 L 83-77 8-6 (0-2) 01/13/54 at St. John's 18-14 64 L 106-98 8-7 (0-3) 01/16/54 UConn 21-10 17 L 78-71 8-8 (0-4) 01/20/54 #9 Marquette 26-8 6 W 85-76 9-8 (1-4) 01/23/54 at Georgetown 8-23 212 L 80-71 9-9 (1-5) 01/27/54 #24 Xavier 24-9 23 L 87-74 9-10 (1-6) 01/30/54 #2 Villanova 29-3 3 W 83-81 10-10 (2-6) 02/03/54 at #23 Providence 23-10 25 L 80-68 10-11 (2-7) 02/06/54 at #2 Villanova 29-3 3 L 87-74 10-12 (2-8) 02/10/54 Butler 20-13 19 L 88-70 10-13 (2-9) 02/13/54 at #9 Marquette 26-8 6 L 97-60 10-14 (2-10) 02/17/54 St. John's 18-14 64 L 101-95 10-15 (2-11) 02/20/54 Georgetown 8-23 212 W 84-76 11-15 (3-11) 02/24/54 at UConn 21-10 17 L 97-85 11-16 (3-12) 02/27/54 at #21 Seton Hall 22-9 21 L 84-73 11-17 (3-13) 03/03/54 Creighton 9-22 200 W 55-52 12-17 (4-13) 03/06/54 at Notre Dame 13-18 151 W 66-62 13-17 (5-13) 03/10/54 vs. St. John's 18-14 64 L 50-48 13-18
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Meanwhile, Chicago State makes its *third* straight NCAA tournament appearance after winning the CDC for the 2nd straight year. It seems in their best interest to continue playing in this league as it's been good for them, but I wonder if a more geographically appropriate league would suit them better. The Summit League would be my preference, even though you'd just be trading the western plains for the central plains. Horizon League would make the absolute most sense, except then you have to contend with UIC being in the same conference and I'm less interested in that for obvious reasons.

So it's basically stay put or take a look at a possible Summit League bid. I don't think it would dramatically diminish their prospects, especially if we adopted a tougher OOC schedule so that the team could possibly qualify for an at-large if the lose in the conference tournament.

Anyway, ho-hum another 20-win season. Unlike the previous two clubs, this year's team is Top 25 in defense and that's surprising. We'll see if it yields anything come tournament time.

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 48 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 23-9 Record Vs 51-100: 2-1 RPI Rank: #161 Conference Record: 13-3 Record Vs 101-200: 3-2 Home Record: 9-4 Record Vs 200+: 18-6 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 89.4 6 283 Points 83.4 1 22 Points 6.0 1 92 O.Reb 18.3 6 105 O.Reb 16.4 1 160 O.Reb 1.9 1 73 D.Reb 20.3 9 326 D.Reb 18.8 1 45 D.Reb 1.5 3 105 Rebounds 38.6 7 201 Rebounds 35.2 1 63 Rebounds 3.4 2 45 Assists 16.7 11 357 Assists 18.2 1 37 Assists -1.6 8 288 Steals 13.1 4 160 Steals 10.8 1 51 Steals 2.3 2 99 Blocks 2.7 2 156 Blocks 1.9 5 70 Blocks 0.8 2 100 Turnovers 20.8 2 96 Turnovers 21.5 6 228 Turnovers -0.7 5 166 Fouls 25.9 2 102 Fouls 26.9 10 266 Fouls -1.0 5 131 FG% .488 8 273 FG% .485 4 81 FG% .003 2 190 FT% .662 1 34 FT% .647 12 397 FT% .015 5 138 3P% .396 1 128 3P% .357 3 50 3P% .040 2 55 PPS 1.52 2 116 PPS 1.44 3 72 PPS .088 2 61 Adj. FG% .560 3 222 Adj. FG% .546 3 84 Adj. FG% .014 2 142

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Sanders SG 32 32 24.6 18.5 1.6 3.9 2.5 1.3 0.2 4.0 3.8 4.5 Gustavo Harwood PG 32 32 30.8 14.8 1.8 2.6 4.4 1.6 0.1 2.9 3.4 8.0 Terry Seay SF 32 32 27.6 13.0 2.4 3.8 1.7 2.7 0.2 3.5 3.5 6.9 Dominic Croswell PF 32 32 29.0 11.4 5.0 7.4 1.7 1.5 0.4 2.3 3.1 7.0 Riley Jenkins SG 32 0 17.8 9.5 0.7 1.8 1.6 1.9 0.0 2.4 3.3 2.5 Robert Robbins PF 32 32 24.9 6.1 1.8 7.7 1.3 1.4 0.1 1.8 2.4 6.2 Carey Rice PG 32 0 8.8 4.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.0 1.0 1.6 -1.5 Amauri Mcdonald SF 32 0 7.9 3.6 0.4 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.2 0.1 Edgar Scales C 32 0 14.0 3.5 2.5 5.5 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.7 -1.8 Harold Levesque SG 19 0 4.6 3.0 0.6 1.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.6 -1.8 George Reid PF 32 0 8.6 1.7 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.1 0.4 Jeffrey Wills C 24 0 4.0 1.2 0.8 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.4 Orval Capers SF 6 0 3.2 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 -2.5 William Leech PF 7 0 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 Richard High C 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 Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/19/53 UNC Greensboro 4-26 387 W 115-83 1-0 11/21/53 Charleston Southern 14-17 298 L 107-91 1-1 11/26/53 vs. Cornell 20-12 68 W 93-79 2-1 11/27/53 vs. Chicago 20-10 149 L 95-82 2-2 11/29/53 vs. Northwestern 18-14 74 L 92-79 2-3 12/07/53 at Southeastern Louisiana 14-17 274 L 107-85 2-4 12/10/53 at Western Michigan 7-23 352 W 95-86 3-4 12/12/53 at RIT 16-14 167 W 105-104 4-4 12/17/53 UIC 10-25 300 L 111-92 4-5 12/19/53 Western Illinois 17-14 260 W 99-91 5-5 12/23/53 at Cleveland State 15-15 159 L 132-114 5-6 12/25/53 Nebraska-Kearney 9-20 414 W 113-92 6-6 (1-0) 12/29/53 at Southern Oregon 4-25 421 W 118-114 7-6 (2-0) 01/01/54 at Colorado College 19-10 179 W 75-60 8-6 (3-0) 01/05/54 Carroll 7-23 369 L 71-68 8-7 (3-1) 01/08/54 MSU Billings 13-16 324 W 75-74 9-7 (4-1) 01/11/54 at Morehead State 11-18 345 W 72-67 10-7 01/14/54 CSU Fullerton 22-9 51 W 98-86 11-7 01/19/54 CSU Pueblo 12-17 337 W 71-62 12-7 (5-1) 01/22/54 at Nebraska-Kearney 9-20 414 W 79-70 13-7 (6-1) 01/26/54 Black Hills State 17-15 316 W 93-80 14-7 (7-1) 01/29/54 at Carroll 7-23 369 W 106-76 15-7 (8-1) 02/02/54 Colorado Mines 9-20 401 L 84-75 15-8 (8-2) 02/05/54 at MSU Billings 13-16 324 W 89-71 16-8 (9-2) 02/09/54 NW Missouri State 11-18 374 W 102-78 17-8 (10-2) 02/12/54 at Northern Colorado 15-15 357 L 98-95 17-9 (10-3) 02/16/54 at Denver State 16-13 303 W 81-78 18-9 (11-3) 02/19/54 Colorado College 19-10 179 W 85-70 19-9 (12-3) 02/21/54 at NYU 14-15 288 W 82-72 20-9 02/23/54 at Wyoming State 7-22 407 W 82-81 21-9 (13-3) 02/28/54 vs. Northern Colorado 15-15 357 W 85-52 22-9 03/03/54 vs. Black Hills State 17-15 316 W 66-45 23-9

NCAA TOURNAMENT

Chicago State is a 14-seed in the Midwest Region and will face a first-round matchup against Nevada who went 28-4 on the year out of the Mountain West Conference. The team is ranked Top 50 in both offense and defense, so it's going to be a tough slog for the Cougars. If history is any indication, we have to consider the Wolf Pack a Final Four favorite since the previous two 2nd round matchups for Chicago State have gone to the Final Four.

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#18 NEVADA WOLF PACK TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 77 Record Vs 1-50: 6-3 Poll Rank: #18 Season Record: 28-4 Record Vs 51-100: 2-1 RPI Rank: #12 Conference Record: 16-4 Record Vs 101-200: 7-0 Home Record: 13-1 Record Vs 200+: 13-0 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 100.1 1 42 Points 85.3 2 44 Points 14.8 2 18 O.Reb 17.0 7 220 O.Reb 16.2 3 132 O.Reb 0.8 4 154 D.Reb 20.9 8 255 D.Reb 20.6 4 133 D.Reb 0.3 5 177 Rebounds 37.9 8 242 Rebounds 36.8 3 123 Rebounds 1.1 4 156 Assists 21.5 5 142 Assists 17.8 1 20 Assists 3.7 3 53 Steals 18.2 2 14 Steals 12.2 5 180 Steals 6.0 3 20 Blocks 2.9 5 132 Blocks 2.9 8 311 Blocks 0.0 6 182 Turnovers 22.1 5 210 Turnovers 27.5 4 23 Turnovers -5.4 3 29 Fouls 27.8 10 252 Fouls 27.4 5 216 Fouls 0.5 8 252 FG% .526 2 96 FG% .491 4 130 FG% .035 2 66 FT% .636 3 127 FT% .617 3 173 FT% .019 2 113 3P% .431 2 22 3P% .364 2 84 3P% .067 1 9 PPS 1.59 1 22 PPS 1.49 8 240 PPS .094 1 55 Adj. FG% .605 1 54 Adj. FG% .546 4 85 Adj. FG% .059 1 26

They did keep it close, but ultimately, the Cougars season will end at 23-10 after a loss to Nevada. Too many turnovers and the 3-ball just wasn't working tonight.

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Nevada 55, Chicago State 46 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State (23-10, 13-3): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Dominic Croswell PF 33 3-9 2-2 2 5 0 2 8 Robert Robbins PF 25 2-4 0-0 1 8 3 2 4 Terry Seay SF 34 3-7 2-5 5 8 1 4 8 Michael Sanders SG 34 4-12 0-0 1 2 2 2 10 Gustavo Harwood PG 36 1-8 3-5 2 2 3 4 6 Riley Jenkins SG 10 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 Edgar Scales C 14 0-1 2-2 1 4 0 1 2 George Reid C 7 0-0 2-2 2 3 0 0 2 Jeffrey Wills C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Carey Rice PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Amauri Mcdonald SF 4 2-2 0-1 0 0 0 0 4 Turnovers: 20 (D.Croswell 1, R.Robbins 3, T.Seay 4, M.Sanders 5, G.Harwood 3, R.Jenkins 2, E.Scales 1, G.Reid 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (D.Croswell 1) Steals: 7 (D.Croswell 2, R.Robbins 1, M.Sanders 2, R.Jenkins 1, E.Scales 1) 3P FGs: 3-15 (T.Seay 0-2, M.Sanders 2-7, G.Harwood 1-6) Nevada (29-4, 16-4): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Kamani Campbell C 27 1-1 1-3 0 2 0 4 3 Harris Berrios PF 31 6-10 2-2 3 5 4 0 14 Mohammed Boddie SF 30 1-4 1-4 2 7 3 2 3 Novio Mendez SG 22 3-11 2-2 2 3 2 4 9 Trevon Mojica PG 28 4-9 0-0 1 4 1 5 11 Matthew Baker SG 15 3-5 2-4 1 2 2 1 8 Stephen Terry SF 15 0-1 3-4 0 2 1 2 3 Millard Yung SG 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Myles Osuna C 15 1-1 0-0 2 5 0 0 2 Daniel Svoboda SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Eduardo Perez PG 4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Antoine Koerner PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 17 (K.Campbell 1, M.Boddie 2, N.Mendez 1, T.Mojica 5, M.Baker 2, S.Terry 2, M.Yung 2, E.Perez 1, A.Koerner 1) Blocked Shots: 1 (H.Berrios 1) Steals: 9 (H.Berrios 1, M.Boddie 4, N.Mendez 1, T.Mojica 2, E.Perez 1) 3P FGs: 4-16 (M.Boddie 0-1, N.Mendez 1-6, T.Mojica 3-6, M.Baker 0-2, S.Terry 0-1) Player of Game: PF Harris Berrios (NEV)
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Old 12-25-2020, 09:31 PM   #17
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TOURNAMENT RECAP
SWAC team and 3-seed Alcorn State made the Elite 8 -- a first for that league -- before losing to Villanova. The Heritage League has actually emerged to surpass the SWAC (there were 5 Heritage League teams to make the tournament this year, only 2 SWAC teams did) but this is quite the breakthrough for that league, even as my prestige boosts they got some years ago (read my Pt. 1 dynasty) have worn off and most of those programs have leveled off. Conference prestige seems not to impact anything for these teams, it's all about what the teams themselves have to offer coupled with how close they are in proximity to talent in the regions.

The Final Four this season is top seeds Florida v. Villanova and the other semi-final will pit 7-seed Kentucky against 2-seed and perennial Final Four team Tulsa for whom championships have been elusive. This is Kentucky's 5th Final Four and they have yet to win a title. Florida is in their 7th Final Four, winning their first-ever title 5 seasons ago. Villanova is in their 5th Final Four, but their only title came in 1930. Tulsa has made EIGHT Final Fours, but are 2-5 in national championship games.

Villanova won their 2nd national title in program history over Tulsa, winning 80-65. Tulsa now 2-6 in national title games. Kentucky still winless.

1953-54 AWARD WINNERS
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1953 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG George Barnett Alcorn State 21.1 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 9.2 APG 4.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Charles Drake Boise State 19.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.2 APG 2.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG Coach of the Year: Pedro Shepard MIT 23 - 9 (13 - 7) All-league 1st Team: C SR Bill Larochelle Pacific 20.0 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG PF SR Clyde Person Boston College 11.9 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 4.0 APG, 2.2 SPG, 1.9 BPG SF SR Son Ransdell UC San Diego 19.2 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 6.9 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG SG SR Douglas Barney Cornell 17.9 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 7.8 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR George Barnett Alcorn State 21.1 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 9.2 APG, 4.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Chad May Gardner-Webb 13.3 PPG, 12.1 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.7 SPG, 2.7 BPG PF SR Pantelis Emery Bethune-Cookman 12.9 PPG, 13.3 RPG, 5.7 APG, 0.9 SPG, 3.2 BPG SF JR New Moody UConn 17.3 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 4.6 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG SR Michael Hamilton Florida State 21.0 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 8.4 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG JR Wes Mayle Washington 19.8 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 7.9 APG, 5.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C SO Greg Williams Utah State 16.6 PPG, 12.7 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.8 SPG, 2.1 BPG PF SR Efe Manor Central Michigan 10.5 PPG, 12.2 RPG, 4.4 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.8 BPG SF SR Joshua Mclemore Kentucky State 14.0 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 7.4 APG, 2.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG JR Ronald Bouton Villanova 18.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 6.7 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SO Peter Jones RIT 22.4 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 6.7 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Gregg Oneill CSU Northridge 5.9 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 1.2 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.3 BPG PF FR James Simms Maryland-Eastern Shore 13.5 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG SF FR Jeffrey Brady MIT 14.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG FR Charles Drake Boise State 19.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.2 APG, 2.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG FR Trevon Mojica Nevada 13.8 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 3.2 APG, 3.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG

DePaul made 3/5ths of the All-Freshman team for the Big East, which maybe means that the future is pretty bright?

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1953 BIG EAST AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: JR SG Ronald Bouton Villanova 18.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 6.7 APG 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR PG Adam Gray Providence 8.2 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.2 APG 1.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG Coach of the Year: Matthew Austin Villanova 35 - 3 (15 - 3) All-league 1st Team: C SR Donald Steib St. John's 9.4 PPG, 12.8 RPG, 4.8 APG, 1.5 SPG, 1.7 BPG PF SO Charles Carlsen Butler 13.8 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.6 BPG SF JR New Moody UConn 17.3 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 4.6 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG JR Ronald Bouton Villanova 18.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 6.7 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Frank Sheffield Xavier 12.4 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 8.8 APG, 3.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Christopher Patterson Villanova 11.7 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 1.1 APG, 1.3 SPG, 2.2 BPG PF JR Bobby Cannady Seton Hall 9.5 PPG, 11.4 RPG, 3.0 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.1 BPG SF SR Carl Calzada Seton Hall 17.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.4 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.3 BPG SG SR Caden Bennett Providence 23.4 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 2.3 APG, 4.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SO Daniel Woodhouse Villanova 16.6 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 6.9 APG, 2.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Kit Bean St. John's 3.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.3 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG PF FR Mark Mercado DePaul 5.8 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 3.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF FR Tom Dupont DePaul 1.6 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG SG FR Alfie Mitchell DePaul 6.4 PPG, 0.9 RPG, 0.7 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG FR Adam Gray Providence 8.2 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.2 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG

CDC Freshman of the Year and two players made the All-League 2nd team.

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1953 CDC AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: JR PG Severino Medina Colorado College 12.2 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 9.3 APG 2.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR PF Dominic Croswell Chicago State 11.3 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.7 APG 1.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG Coach of the Year: Ricquall Lopez Colorado College 20 - 11 (11 - 5) All-league 1st Team: C SR John Johnson Denver State 14.1 PPG, 13.9 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.5 BPG PF SR Harold Burleson MSU Billings 17.0 PPG, 9.9 RPG, 2.8 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG SF SR Alan Rice Colorado College 17.8 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 1.8 APG, 3.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SO Donnell Murphy Colorado College 18.4 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 3.2 APG, 2.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG JR Severino Medina Colorado College 12.2 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 9.3 APG, 2.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR John Martin CSU Pueblo 17.7 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG PF FR Dominic Croswell Chicago State 11.3 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF SR Terry Seay Chicago State 12.9 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 2.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG SR William Bertrand Black Hills State 16.1 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 2.3 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG JR Brain Ebner Wyoming State 12.6 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 7.6 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Elliott Yung Colorado Mines 9.2 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG PF FR Dominic Croswell Chicago State 11.3 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF FR Christian Coble CSU Pueblo 10.3 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Riley Jenkins Chicago State 9.3 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG FR Carey Rice Chicago State 4.2 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.0 BPG

In thinking about where Chicago State should go, another idea emerged. Opting out of a regional approach entirely and picking another league outside of the midwest and being the 14th team to join the Heritage League. That league is peaking right now and it would be a huge challenge to jump in and be successful, but it gets the Cougars out of the 1-bid purgatory if they were ever to start to drop down a notch, because they're able to access to Chicago talent pool they're (much like in the CDC) able to stay competitive in ways their opponents won't, but though they'd immediately become the lowest prestige program in that conference as opposed to the highest prestige team in the CDC as they are now.

In the Summit League, only Wayne State (57) has a higher prestige than Chicago State so that league only provides better regional opponents but not necessarily better competitive opportunities. The Horizon League is actually more competitive than both of those leagues with prestiges ranging from 33-62 and it's the most regionally appropriate of the non-football conferences, but it's a 1-bid league with a local rival sharing the league (albeit in much worse shape than the Cougars are now after three straight tournament appearances.)

Joining the Heritage gives that league a shot in the arm, but it could backfire and reverse any momentum they've built over the past few years, which is why it worries me, but if the Cougars can maintain upper echelon status in a league that sent 5 programs to the tourney this year, it'll mean getting into the NCAAs with seeding better than the 13-seed range as they've been the past few years.

Here's where the prestige for conferences sits as of the 1954-55 season.

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Conference List Name Div Teams Games Prestige Tourney Teams Tourney Berth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlantic Coast Conference 1 14 20 5 14 Yes Big East Conference 1 12 18 5 12 Yes Big Ten Conference 1 14 20 5 14 Yes Heritage League 1 12 20 5 4 Yes Pacific-14 Conference 1 14 20 5 12 Yes Southeastern Conference 2 16 20 5 16 Yes Southwestern Athletic Conference 1 11 20 5 11 Yes Big 12 Conference 1 14 20 4 14 Yes Mountain West Conference 1 12 20 4 4 Yes West Coast Conference 1 12 16 4 11 Yes Yankee Conference 1 12 20 4 12 Yes Conference USA 1 12 20 3 4 Yes Horizon League 1 12 16 3 12 Yes Ivy League 1 12 20 3 4 Yes Mid-American Conference 2 14 20 3 14 Yes Western Athletic Conference 1 12 20 3 12 Yes Atlantic 10 Conference 1 13 20 2 4 Yes Big West Conference 1 13 20 2 4 Yes Independents 1 4 9 2 0 No Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 1 12 20 2 4 Yes Missouri Valley Conference 1 12 20 2 4 Yes Southern Conference 1 14 18 2 14 Yes Southland Conference 1 12 18 2 4 Yes University Athletic Association 1 12 20 2 2 Yes America East Conference 1 14 20 1 4 Yes Atlantic North Conference 1 11 18 1 11 Yes Atlantic Sun Conference 1 14 20 1 4 Yes Big Sky Conference 1 12 20 1 4 Yes Colonial Athletic Association 1 14 20 1 4 Yes Continental Divide Conference 1 13 16 1 4 Yes Northeast Conference 1 13 20 1 4 Yes Ohio Valley Conference 1 13 20 1 4 Yes Summit League 1 12 20 1 4 Yes Sun Belt Conference 1 12 20 1 4 Yes

RECRUITING WASN'T GREAT
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1953 Recruiting Rankings # Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 134. Northern Colorado CDC SG Jay Craft *** 0 0 4 0 0 158. NW Missouri State CDC PF Damari Sorrells *** 0 0 5 0 0 190. CSU Pueblo CDC SG Charles Spies ***** 1 0 1 0 0 255. Black Hills State CDC SF Paul Siegel **** 0 1 1 0 0 266. Denver State CDC PG Jahnathan Seidel *** 0 0 2 1 1 274. Colorado Mines CDC PG Thomas Eads *** 0 0 4 1 0 298. Colorado College CDC PF Radoslav Sykora *** 0 0 3 1 0 305. Chicago State CDC PG William Showalter *** 0 0 2 0 0 358. Southern Oregon CDC PG Tyrese Merrick *** 0 0 1 0 0 375. MSU Billings CDC SG LeBron Coffey *** 0 0 3 0 1 396. Nebraska-Kearney CDC SF Lanny Forrest *** 0 0 1 1 0 405. Wyoming State CDC PF Noel Lavery *** 0 0 1 0 0 416. Carroll CDC SF Barney Allen ** 0 0 0 1 0 1953 Recruiting Rankings # Team Conference Best Player Rtg 5* 4* 3* 2* 1* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Xavier Big East SF Joshua Mcgrath **** 5 2 1 0 0 7. Notre Dame Big East SF Robert Plemmons ***** 5 0 0 0 0 22. Seton Hall Big East PG De Whalen ***** 1 2 0 0 0 25. Providence Big East PG Curran Eaton **** 3 1 0 0 0 30. Marquette Big East PG Richard Bowers **** 0 3 0 0 0 72. UConn Big East SG Michael Martino **** 1 1 0 0 0 115. St. John's Big East C Jewell Barnett ***** 1 1 0 0 0 118. Butler Big East SF Timothy Lyons ***** 2 0 0 0 0 120. DePaul Big East SF Steven Miller **** 0 3 0 0 0 161. Villanova Big East SF Reynaldo Koehler **** 0 1 0 0 0 162. Creighton Big East PF Donald Arrington **** 0 1 2 0 0 174. Georgetown Big East C Ronald Neale **** 0 2 0 0 0
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Old 12-25-2020, 10:06 PM   #18
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COACH RECORDS
I started this league with a real coach file, so the names started off as IRL coaches despite the weird years, so the milestones are harder to reach, which is fun.

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Coach Wins Records # NAME SEASON RECORD CURRENT TEAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mike Krzyzewski 1920 1156 Retired 2. Jim Boeheim 1920 1072 Retired 3. John Calipari 1929 1021 Retired 4. Dana Altman 1930 931 Retired 5. Roy Williams 1921 924 Retired 6. Rick Barnes 1926 852 Retired 7. Mick Cronin 1939 846 Retired 8. Bill Self 1925 828 Retired 9. Bob Huggins 1920 816 Retired 10. Shaka Smart 1945 815 Retired 11. Mark Few 1930 807 Retired 12. Cliff Ellis 1920 782 Retired 13. Dwayne Torres 1952 780 Retired 14. James Edoka 1954 774 Texas A&M 15. Lon Kruger 1932 768 Retired 16. Steve Alford 1932 737 Retired 17. Jeff Jones 1934 729 Retired 18. Bob Richey 1947 672 Retired 19. Rich White 1952 672 Retired 20. Bernie Sullivan 1954 662 Kentucky 21. Archie Miller 1940 660 Retired 22. Jay Wright 1922 659 Retired 23. Tom Izzo 1921 651 Retired 24. Thad Matta 1930 651 Retired 25. Kelvin Sampson 1923 648 Retired 26. Bruce Weber 1927 636 Retired 27. Jim Larranaga 1920 634 Retired 28. Michael White 1937 634 Retired 29. Ben Jacobson 1936 629 Retired 30. Mike Martin 1942 626 Retired 31. Tubby Smith 1921 624 Retired 32. Cody Gaither 1954 624 Temple 33. Todd Golden 1943 616 Retired 34. Richie Riley 1944 615 Retired 35. Bryce Drew 1938 604 Retired 36. Bob Mckillop 1920 598 Retired 37. Chris Holtmann 1939 596 Retired 38. Tommy Amaker 1926 594 Retired 39. Kevin Stallings 1929 593 Retired # NAME SEASON RECORD CURRENT TEAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40. Matt Painter 1931 589 Retired 41. Fran Mccaffery 1927 584 Retired 42. Leonard Hamilton 1920 583 Retired 43. Juan O'Brien 1954 583 West Virginia 44. Buzz Williams 1933 581 Retired 45. Mike Brey 1922 579 Retired 46. Darnell Jackson 1943 579 Retired 47. Sean Miller 1929 574 Retired 48. Mark Turgeon 1931 571 Retired 49. David Hanson 1946 569 Retired 50. Jeff Neubauer 1943 560 Retired

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Coach Winning % Records # NAME SEASON RECORD CURRENT TEAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Zac Foley 1954 0.837 Tulsa 2. Penny Hardaway 1933 0.800 Retired 3. Michael Lee 1954 0.798 Florida 4. Roy Williams 1921 0.788 Retired 5. Matthew Austin 1954 0.785 Villanova 6. John Calipari 1929 0.780 Retired 7. Edon Cortez 1954 0.777 NC State 8. Mike Krzyzewski 1920 0.766 Retired 9. Mark Few 1930 0.763 Retired 10. Edward Neal 1954 0.760 Boston College 11. Donnell Troy 1954 0.759 Pepperdine 12. Bill Self 1925 0.757 Retired 13. Romeo West 1954 0.746 Saint Mary's 14. Chris Jans 1931 0.743 Retired 15. Tim McDonald 1939 0.740 Retired 16. Dave Gatling 1954 0.739 Cincinnati 17. Darnell Jackson 1943 0.738 Retired 18. Wassef Jones 1954 0.738 VCU 19. Juan O'Brien 1954 0.737 West Virginia 20. Kimani Young 1948 0.732 Retired 21. Jim Boeheim 1920 0.732 Retired 22. Randall Le 1954 0.731 Ohio State 23. Todd Golden 1943 0.731 Retired 24. Darrell Terry 1950 0.728 Retired 25. Thad Matta 1930 0.727 Retired 26. Randy Bennett 1923 0.725 Retired 27. Tom Izzo 1921 0.721 Retired 28. Gregg Marshall 1921 0.719 Retired 29. Jabril O'Leary 1954 0.719 Stanford 30. Gregory McClendon 1954 0.711 Florida State 31. Greg Gard 1926 0.708 Retired 32. Brian Hayes 1932 0.706 Retired 33. Eric Henderson 1940 0.706 Retired 34. Jay Wright 1922 0.704 Retired 35. Will Wade 1941 0.704 Retired 36. Michael White 1937 0.704 Retired 37. Bob Huggins 1920 0.702 Retired 38. Jamie Dixon 1925 0.700 Retired 39. Eric Sullivan 1954 0.695 Butler # NAME SEASON RECORD CURRENT TEAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40. Timothy Mitchell 1954 0.694 Auburn 41. Anthony Ballard 1930 0.693 Retired 42. David Hanson 1946 0.691 Retired 43. James Edoka 1954 0.690 Texas A&M 44. Mick Cronin 1939 0.690 Retired 45. Dwayne Torres 1952 0.689 Retired 46. Cody Gaither 1954 0.689 Temple 47. Rich Bishop 1954 0.685 UConn 48. Dana Altman 1930 0.685 Retired 49. Louis Potter 1954 0.684 Arizona 50. Bobby Pickles 1954 0.684 Penn State

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Coach NCAA Championships Records # NAME SEASON RECORD CURRENT TEAM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andy Enfield 1931 2 Retired 2. Bryce Drew 1938 2 Retired 3. Tim McDonald 1939 2 Retired 4. Todd Golden 1943 2 Retired 5. James Edoka 1954 2 Texas A&M 6. Edon Cortez 1954 2 NC State 7. Randy Bennett 1923 1 Retired 8. Carlik VanSoelen 1927 1 Retired 9. Penny Hardaway 1933 1 Retired 10. Rob Krimmel 1936 1 Retired 11. Mick Cronin 1939 1 Retired 12. LaVall Jordan 1940 1 Retired 13. Eric Henderson 1940 1 Retired 14. Mike Martin 1942 1 Retired 15. David Hanson 1946 1 Retired 16. Bob Richey 1947 1 Retired 17. Tony Atkinson 1948 1 Retired 18. Darrell Terry 1950 1 Retired 19. Rich White 1952 1 Retired 20. Matthew Austin 1954 1 Villanova 21. Michael Lee 1954 1 Florida 22. Louis Potter 1954 1 Arizona 23. Zac Foley 1954 1 Tulsa 24. Rich Bishop 1954 1 UConn 25. Michael Benson 1954 1 Seton Hall 26. Juan O'Brien 1954 1 West Virginia 27. Roberts Andre 1954 1 Air Force 28. Colton Walker 1954 1 DePaul

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1954-55
After two 20-win seasons, Louis Anderson is at a crossroads at Chicago State. What's the ceiling for this program? He's 47, he previously coached in the city at Loyola before getting canned after three straight no postseason appearances after making the tourney in his first year. So if teams are talking to him, he has an obligation to pursue it. Being on their third coach in 4 years would be less than ideal for the Cougars who were hoping to establish a bit of consistency, but we always knew that getting a coach as good as he was for a program like this meant that if he had an opportunity to escape he might do it.

I think that it also gives us an opportunity to shore that program up into a league that will sustain them for a while and then look for a different 2nd program to operate. DePaul is setup well in the Big East for us to focus on that program and see if we can turn it around, whereas Chicago State, they got better without any real help (I mean, maybe if I hadn't hired those coaches?) and so the only real story now is "can you get them into a consistent tournament team?" And while that'll be interesting, it's just a matter of getting them into a conference where it makes sense.

The Heritage League would be an interesting story, creating a HBCU version of the ACC basically and being part of that would be kind of hard to pass up. The Summit League appeals to me for purely matchup reasons, but I think you can still schedule those teams in the non-conference if you really want to play against the Wayne States of the world and ultimately, if it doesn't work out in the Heritage, you can always downgrade someday to one of those midwest leagues like the MVC/Summit or even the Horizon. I forgot about the MVC and unlike the other two leagues, Chicago State hasn't yet been a member of that league and it makes lots of geographic sense, there are interesting matchups and the prestige level is comparable. While they might get beat up, it's a more sustainable place to hang out. I'd just hate for them to end up in a power league against teams where they have no real connection and then get pummeled. In the CDC, at least they're still the big dogs on the block.

DePaul Head Coach Colt Walker is leaving after three seasons to take the job at Houston (65 prestige) which isn't really a promotion despite the prestige bump because the Big 12 probably isn't as good a league as the Big East, but sensing he was not going to win at DePaul he got out while he had a chance.

Chicago State Head Coach Lou Anderson had a different dilemma after two years at the helm and probably reaching what he viewed as their ceiling, despite the bump to the MVC next season. When Cincinnati's head coach left for Ohio State upon the retirement of Randall Le, he was offered and accepted the promotion.

That means both our programs need new coaches this year. DePaul is going to target a successful but beleaguered head coach of a top program, whereas Chicago State is going to aim either for a former head coach or a young assistant.

So we're gonna take the Missouri Valley option and join the MVC for next season.

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Chicago State [Continental Divide --> Missouri Valley]
Rutgers Newark [America East --> MAAC]
Winston Salem State moved to Central State [OH]
Oswego State moved to Ave Maria [FL]
Cal State East Bay became Azusa Pacific
Azusa Pacific [Big West --> Independent]
Palm Beach Atlantic [A-SUN --> Indepdendent]
Colgate [Ivy --> A-North]
Bowdoin became Eastern New Mexico



NEW COACHES ALERT
DePaul hired former Kansas head coach Stevie Banks, who spent a decade there making the tournament six times and before that was in Louisville. He's a coup for a program where DePaul is, but the hope is that he can use his skills to build programs to have success in what should be his final act.

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COACH DETAILS Stevie Banks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 62 High School: R.H. Watkins High School Hometown: Laurel, MS Alma Mater: The Citadel Current Level: 12 Career Record: 527 - 444 Salary: $0 Recruiting: 100 Scouting: 40 Offense: 100 Defense: 100 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1953 Kansas Head Coach 14 18 8 12 No Postseason 1952 Kansas Head Coach 14 18 7 13 No Postseason 1951 Kansas Head Coach 25 9 15 5 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1950 Kansas Head Coach 13 18 9 11 No Postseason 1949 Kansas Head Coach 20 13 13 7 Loss in NIT Round 2 1948 Kansas Head Coach 31 3 18 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1947 Kansas Head Coach 28 6 17 3 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1946 Kansas Head Coach 23 11 12 8 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1945 Kansas Head Coach 23 13 13 7 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight 1944 Kansas Head Coach 21 12 14 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1943 Louisville Head Coach 15 16 8 10 No Postseason 1942 Louisville Head Coach 26 9 11 7 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1941 Louisville Head Coach 16 15 8 10 No Postseason 1940 Louisville Head Coach 18 15 9 9 No Postseason 1939 Louisville Head Coach 22 12 11 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1938 Louisville Head Coach 11 19 6 12 No Postseason 1937 Louisville Head Coach 6 25 1 19 No Postseason 1936 Princeton Head Coach 25 9 11 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1935 Princeton Head Coach 22 11 11 3 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1934 Princeton Head Coach 26 8 12 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1933 Northern Arizona Head Coach 9 21 8 12 No Postseason 1932 Kansas Assistant 33 5 16 2 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1931 Kansas Assistant 23 13 10 8 NIT Champion 1930 Kansas Assistant 17 13 9 9 No Postseason 1929 Miami Head Coach 13 18 8 12 No Postseason 1928 Miami Head Coach 13 19 7 13 No Postseason 1927 Miami Head Coach 13 16 7 13 No Postseason 1926 Miami Head Coach 17 14 11 9 No Postseason 1925 Miami Head Coach 20 15 9 11 Loss in NIT Round 2 1924 Miami Head Coach 9 23 4 16 No Postseason 1923 Miami Head Coach 10 21 4 16 No Postseason 1922 Miami Head Coach 12 18 5 15 No Postseason 1921 Miami Head Coach 12 19 7 13 No Postseason 1920 Ohio State Assistant 34 4 17 3 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1948 Conference Coach of the Year (Big Ten Conference) 1948 Big Ten Conference Champion 1935 Conference Coach of the Year (Ivy League) 1935 Ivy League Champion 1934 Ivy League Champion Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 Quit job with Kansas 1944 Hired by Kansas (Head Coach) 1944 Quit job with Wichita State 1944 Hired by Wichita State (Head Coach) 1944 Quit job with Kansas 1944 Hired by Kansas (Head Coach) 1944 Quit job with Louisville 1937 Hired by Louisville (Head Coach) 1937 Quit job with Princeton to pursue a higher position 1934 Hired by Princeton (Head Coach) 1934 Quit job with Northern Arizona 1933 Hired by Northern Arizona (Head Coach) 1933 Quit job with Kansas to pursue a higher position 1930 Hired by Kansas (Assistant Coach) 1930 Fired by Miami 1921 Hired by Miami (Head Coach) 1921 Quit job with Ohio State 1920 Hired by Ohio State (Assistant Coach)

Meanwhile, Chicago State wooed former Iowa Head Coach and current San Francisco head man James Stringer to the Windy City after 5 years on the west coast where he led the Dons to 3 NCAA tournament appearances.

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COACH DETAILS James Stringer - Head Coach - Chicago State -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 53 High School: Mondovi High School Hometown: Mondovi, WI Alma Mater: Georgia Tech Current Level: 10 Career Record: 193 - 151 Recruiting: 84 Scouting: 100 Offense: 16 Defense: 100 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1953 San Francisco Head Coach 15 16 7 9 No Postseason 1952 San Francisco Head Coach 24 8 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1951 San Francisco Head Coach 26 8 14 2 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1950 San Francisco Head Coach 24 9 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1949 San Francisco Head Coach 16 13 9 7 No Postseason 1948 Pepperdine Assistant 15 17 8 8 No Postseason 1947 Pepperdine Assistant 27 8 10 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1944 Iowa Head Coach 11 18 7 13 No Postseason 1943 Iowa Head Coach 11 19 5 15 No Postseason 1942 Iowa Head Coach 13 17 8 12 No Postseason 1941 Iowa Head Coach 15 16 8 12 No Postseason 1940 Wyoming Head Coach 13 18 1 13 No Postseason 1939 Wyoming Head Coach 25 9 12 4 CIT Champion 1938 Texas Assistant 31 5 15 3 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 Conference Coach of the Year (West Coast Conference) 1950 Conference Coach of the Year (West Coast Conference) Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 Hired by Chicago State (Head Coach) 1954 Quit job with San Francisco 1949 Hired by San Francisco (Head Coach) 1949 Quit job with Pepperdine 1947 Hired by Pepperdine (Lead Scout) 1945 Fired by Iowa 1941 Hired by Iowa (Head Coach) 1941 Quit job with Wyoming 1939 Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach) 1939 Quit job with Texas 1938 Hired by Texas (Lead Scout)

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This has been a lot of fun to follow so far! Keep up the good work. I'll be reading.
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This has been a lot of fun to follow so far! Keep up the good work. I'll be reading.

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1954-55 RECAP

We knew losing two key seniors who were part of the Cougars renaissance and joining a tough new conference was going to make things difficult for Chicago State this year. After 3 straight NCAA appearances, the team finished the year 11-19 (5-13 in the MVC). It's a rebuilding year, but the hope is James Stringer can make something of the program himself in the next few years once he's able to restock the cabinet talentwise. Losing guard Mike Sanders (23.7 PPG) will not help things at all, though.

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 51 Record Vs 1-50: 0-6 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 11-19 Record Vs 51-100: 2-3 RPI Rank: #244 Conference Record: 5-13 Record Vs 101-200: 1-4 Home Record: 6-8 Record Vs 200+: 8-6 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 95.1 12 207 Points 98.8 6 301 Points -3.7 10 279 O.Reb 18.8 3 86 O.Reb 16.5 4 127 O.Reb 2.3 3 63 D.Reb 23.3 8 99 D.Reb 23.7 11 337 D.Reb -0.4 9 243 Rebounds 42.1 4 85 Rebounds 40.2 8 242 Rebounds 1.9 5 115 Assists 15.9 13 402 Assists 23.0 10 388 Assists -7.2 13 422 Steals 13.6 5 168 Steals 14.7 11 352 Steals -1.1 6 256 Blocks 3.2 1 120 Blocks 2.9 11 278 Blocks 0.3 4 148 Turnovers 25.1 11 359 Turnovers 23.2 7 184 Turnovers 1.9 8 288 Fouls 27.0 2 121 Fouls 30.8 1 31 Fouls -3.8 1 15 FG% .457 13 392 FG% .510 8 259 FG% -.053 12 389 FT% .660 4 36 FT% .637 11 340 FT% .024 6 89 3P% .379 10 245 3P% .376 4 169 3P% .003 7 197 PPS 1.47 11 263 PPS 1.48 4 174 PPS -.004 8 222 Adj. FG% .526 13 376 Adj. FG% .574 8 281 Adj. FG% -.048 12 380

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Sanders SG 30 30 24.7 23.7 1.7 3.9 1.8 1.6 0.2 4.0 3.9 -2.0 Dominic Croswell PF 30 30 29.5 12.8 5.4 9.9 1.6 1.4 1.1 2.4 3.2 -4.5 Riley Jenkins SG 30 0 20.4 11.7 0.8 2.3 2.2 2.3 0.0 3.3 3.4 -0.1 Carey Rice PG 30 30 28.3 10.2 1.9 2.6 3.7 2.3 0.1 4.2 3.4 -3.0 Joel Lopez SF 30 30 26.5 9.7 2.0 4.2 1.9 1.8 0.2 3.2 3.3 -1.5 Robert Robbins C 30 30 25.7 7.1 2.3 9.1 1.3 1.2 0.3 2.5 2.9 -4.3 Jeffrey Wills C 30 0 17.3 6.4 3.0 4.7 0.8 0.5 0.7 1.3 2.4 0.1 William Showalter PG 29 0 7.8 5.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.0 1.4 1.2 -1.7 Amauri Mcdonald SF 30 0 8.7 3.8 0.3 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.3 1.3 -2.4 Harold Levesque SG 24 0 5.2 3.8 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.2 -1.7 Edgar Scales C 30 0 7.2 1.4 0.6 2.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.8 Jerome Newton SF 7 0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.1 Richard High C 12 0 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.8 -1.3 Orval Capers SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 William Leech PF 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 Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/14/54 Eastern Illinois 7-22 402 W 157-122 1-0 11/17/54 at #10 Michigan State 28-6 15 L 135-119 1-1 11/19/54 St. Thomas 8-21 409 W 117-106 2-1 11/25/54 vs. UIC 25-7 70 W 99-88 3-1 11/26/54 vs. DePaul 20-12 68 L 111-65 3-2 11/28/54 vs. Northwestern 12-19 182 L 118-98 3-3 12/05/54 at #15 Kansas State 26-7 45 L 112-103 3-4 12/08/54 #17 Wisconsin 25-8 36 L 124-90 3-5 12/13/54 Western Michigan 7-24 360 W 109-98 4-5 12/17/54 at Ohio State 21-10 98 W 117-110 5-5 12/22/54 at Southern Illinois 29-3 21 L 130-122 5-6 (0-1) 12/25/54 at Northern Iowa 10-19 291 W 122-115 6-6 (1-1) 12/29/54 at Missouri State 13-17 197 L 125-116 6-7 (1-2) 01/01/55 Bradley 22-10 62 L 82-74 6-8 (1-3) 01/05/55 Missouri State 13-17 197 W 90-71 7-8 (2-3) 01/08/55 Milwaukee 14-15 236 L 87-76 7-9 (2-4) 01/13/55 Belmont 12-17 253 L 92-84 7-10 01/15/55 Valparaiso 12-17 298 L 99-95 7-11 (2-5) 01/19/55 at Bradley 22-10 62 L 86-82 7-12 (2-6) 01/22/55 at Valparaiso 12-17 298 L 102-100 7-13 (2-7) 01/26/55 at Milwaukee 14-15 236 W 89-74 8-13 (3-7) 01/29/55 Northern Illinois 10-19 306 L 101-94 8-14 (3-8) 02/02/55 Illinois State 11-18 307 W 88-85 9-14 (4-8) 02/05/55 at Drake 14-15 184 L 73-67 9-15 (4-9) 02/09/55 Southern Illinois 29-3 21 L 107-91 9-16 (4-10) 02/12/55 at Saint Louis 22-9 46 L 86-83 9-17 (4-11) 02/15/55 at La Salle 13-16 256 W 97-88 10-17 02/19/55 Northern Iowa 10-19 291 W 71-67 11-17 (5-11) 02/23/55 Evansville 18-11 187 L 77-76 11-18 (5-12) 02/26/55 at Indiana State 10-18 370 L 93-61 11-19 (5-13)
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Old 12-27-2020, 03:31 AM   #22
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Meanwhile on the other side of town, DePaul has finally broken the drought! For the first time since 1942, the Blue Demons will be playing in a post-season tournament. It's only the 4th post-season appearance in program history. A win in the NIT would be the first-ever 21+ win season in school history.

It's a turnaround after several years of sputtering, but Colton Walker did not leave the cupboards bare and made it a lot easier for first-year Head Coach Stevie Banks to jump right into a team that had the potential to succeed. Best of all, the team's two leading scorers are both underclassmen.

The bracket gods have a sense of humor too, because the 2nd round matchup in the NIT is against Houston. Their head coach? Colton Walker.

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 4-8 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 20-12 Record Vs 51-100: 5-2 RPI Rank: #68 Conference Record: 11-7 Record Vs 101-200: 6-1 Home Record: 8-6 Record Vs 200+: 5-1 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 91.8 9 280 Points 87.8 4 55 Points 4.0 7 114 O.Reb 14.5 10 404 O.Reb 17.8 10 247 O.Reb -3.3 12 392 D.Reb 18.3 12 415 D.Reb 19.6 5 68 D.Reb -1.3 12 311 Rebounds 32.8 11 418 Rebounds 37.4 8 111 Rebounds -4.6 12 389 Assists 23.7 7 93 Assists 21.2 7 248 Assists 2.5 5 93 Steals 16.8 4 46 Steals 12.6 4 158 Steals 4.3 4 44 Blocks 4.3 6 46 Blocks 3.4 6 369 Blocks 0.8 5 93 Turnovers 23.4 6 252 Turnovers 26.6 5 56 Turnovers -3.3 6 82 Fouls 25.3 4 40 Fouls 25.7 6 363 Fouls -0.4 4 164 FG% .548 4 47 FG% .509 7 252 FG% .039 4 62 FT% .615 9 255 FT% .617 2 172 FT% -.002 7 217 3P% .418 3 33 3P% .388 7 275 3P% .030 5 86 PPS 1.53 7 124 PPS 1.45 5 88 PPS .079 6 75 Adj. FG% .597 6 76 Adj. FG% .563 6 194 Adj. FG% .034 5 88

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward Thomas SF 32 32 22.8 17.7 0.5 0.9 2.3 2.3 0.1 2.7 2.6 4.9 Alfie Mitchell SG 32 32 24.0 14.6 1.5 2.4 1.8 2.9 0.1 3.0 3.7 3.1 Kelly Weeden PG 32 32 27.9 11.4 1.1 2.2 9.2 3.6 0.1 3.8 3.7 7.6 Mark Mercado SF 32 32 27.6 11.3 1.5 5.0 5.9 1.3 0.5 5.2 2.9 3.6 Tom Dupont SG 32 0 18.0 9.2 1.2 2.4 1.5 1.7 0.2 2.2 3.0 0.8 Michael Little PF 32 32 27.7 8.0 3.4 9.1 0.7 1.3 0.3 1.8 2.9 2.8 David Montanez C 32 0 21.5 6.6 1.8 3.5 0.7 1.4 1.9 1.7 2.1 -1.3 Brennan Marsh C 32 0 15.4 5.9 2.3 4.2 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.9 1.1 John Titus SF 32 0 7.5 3.2 0.5 1.3 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.9 1.3 -0.7 Roger Graham SG 29 0 5.5 2.7 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.0 -0.3 Steven Miller SF 2 0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 -1.5 Theodore Glasgow PG 13 0 3.8 1.7 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.3 -3.4 George Harris PF 30 0 3.7 0.7 0.2 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 David Mccartney PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Alfonso Mott PF 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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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/16/54 at #19 Boise State 24-7 14 L 96-88 0-1 11/18/54 Louisville 19-12 83 L 129-107 0-2 11/25/54 vs. Chicago 14-16 293 W 108-105 1-2 11/26/54 vs. Chicago State 11-19 244 W 111-65 2-2 11/28/54 vs. Missouri 15-17 155 W 110-104 3-2 12/05/54 at Northwestern 12-19 182 W 112-104 4-2 12/07/54 Michigan 5-27 324 W 99-91 5-2 12/10/54 Cincinnati 23-10 52 L 108-74 5-3 12/14/54 at Kansas 6-25 351 W 130-94 6-3 12/18/54 North Dakota State 8-21 407 W 142-92 7-3 12/20/54 at #4 Temple 27-5 10 L 121-85 7-4 12/23/54 Cleveland State 21-10 102 W 112-94 8-4 01/05/55 Georgetown 11-20 97 W 74-66 9-4 (1-0) 01/08/55 Providence 13-18 104 W 84-64 10-4 (2-0) 01/12/55 at Creighton 10-21 161 W 84-63 11-4 (3-0) 01/15/55 at Marquette 22-10 23 W 71-66 12-4 (4-0) 01/19/55 #16 Seton Hall 24-9 27 L 84-77 12-5 (4-1) 01/22/55 at #14 Butler 25-7 17 L 81-73 12-6 (4-2) 01/26/55 at Notre Dame 12-19 203 L 103-93 12-7 (4-3) 01/29/55 at Xavier 14-18 88 W 103-92 13-7 (5-3) 02/02/55 at #16 Seton Hall 24-9 27 W 82-81 14-7 (6-3) 02/05/55 #14 Butler 25-7 17 L 83-73 14-8 (6-4) 02/09/55 at Georgetown 11-20 97 W 102-86 15-8 (7-4) 02/12/55 Xavier 14-18 88 W 75-60 16-8 (8-4) 02/16/55 at Providence 13-18 104 L 97-93 16-9 (8-5) 02/19/55 #1 Villanova 31-2 7 L 97-85 16-10 (8-6) 02/23/55 Marquette 22-10 23 W 86-77 17-10 (9-6) 02/26/55 UConn 21-10 41 L 100-76 17-11 (9-7) 03/02/55 at St. John's 20-12 50 W 78-70 18-11 (10-7) 03/05/55 Creighton 10-21 161 W 64-61 19-11 (11-7) 03/09/55 vs. Georgetown 11-20 97 W 80-63 20-11 03/10/55 vs. #16 Seton Hall 24-9 27 L 113-107 20-12


Houston is a formidable opponent out of the Big 12 and ranked among the best teams in the country in points against. It'll be a steep test against a coach that knows this program well, but if there was ever a need for bullet board material, the Blue Demons have it.

Despite his knowledge, DePaul had a lot of reasons to be motivated and with 9 seconds left in the game, forward Michael Little sunk the game-winning shot propelling the Blue Demons over Houston 72-70, making this the winningest season in program history!

What a year!

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DePaul 72, Houston 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston (20-12, 12-8): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Bill Palma C 35 5-5 1-3 3 5 3 4 11 C. Reynolds PF 29 1-2 1-4 3 3 1 5 3 James Lemley SF 30 3-9 4-5 0 2 3 4 11 Michael Monroe SG 25 4-8 0-2 1 1 4 4 9 Gregory Doss PG 34 9-9 5-8 0 2 3 4 27 Ignacio Keeler C 25 3-3 0-0 1 5 1 1 6 Ernesto Puentes SF 16 1-1 1-2 1 2 3 1 3 William Bozarth SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Son Castanon PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Schadrac Pasley PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 23 (B.Palma 4, C.Reynolds 1, J.Lemley 4, M.Monroe 1, G.Doss 5, I.Keeler 2, E.Puentes 5, S.Pasley 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Palma 1, E.Puentes 1) Steals: 9 (B.Palma 1, C.Reynolds 2, J.Lemley 2, M.Monroe 1, G.Doss 2, E.Puentes 1) 3P FGs: 6-11 (J.Lemley 1-4, M.Monroe 1-3, G.Doss 4-4) DePaul (21-12, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Mark Mercado SF 32 0-2 3-4 0 2 8 0 3 Michael Little PF 30 9-14 2-5 4 6 0 3 21 Ward Thomas SF 15 2-5 1-2 0 1 1 5 5 Alfie Mitchell SG 32 4-5 2-2 1 2 2 2 11 Kelly Weeden PG 35 4-7 3-5 5 5 6 4 12 David Montanez C 22 3-3 3-5 1 2 0 1 9 Brennan Marsh C 15 3-5 0-2 0 0 1 1 6 Tom Dupont SF 15 1-3 0-1 3 5 0 3 2 George Harris PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 John Titus SF 3 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 2 3 Roger Graham SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 19 (M.Mercado 4, M.Little 3, W.Thomas 3, A.Mitchell 4, K.Weeden 4, D.Montanez 1) Blocked Shots: 4 (M.Mercado 1, A.Mitchell 2, D.Montanez 1) Steals: 14 (M.Little 3, A.Mitchell 5, K.Weeden 4, D.Montanez 1, B.Marsh 1) 3P FGs: 4-7 (M.Little 1-1, A.Mitchell 1-1, K.Weeden 1-3, J.Titus 1-2) Player of Game: PF Michael Little (DEP)

In the next round, DePaul took on New Mexico (24-9) who were Top 10 in the country in points allowed. On paper, it would appear that DePaul was overmatched. But a last-second three-point attempt by the Lobos was no good and the Blue Demons have advanced to the Elite 8 of the NIT.

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DePaul 69, New Mexico 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DePaul (22-12, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Mark Mercado SF 29 2-4 2-2 0 4 2 3 6 Michael Little PF 32 3-6 0-0 6 9 2 1 6 Ward Thomas SF 25 8-12 2-3 0 0 2 3 20 Alfie Mitchell SG 20 4-7 4-6 0 0 2 4 13 Kelly Weeden PG 24 5-9 0-0 2 4 6 3 11 David Montanez C 20 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Brennan Marsh C 14 1-3 0-0 3 4 0 3 2 Tom Dupont SG 20 2-4 2-3 1 3 2 1 7 George Harris PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 John Titus SF 8 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 Roger Graham SG 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Theodore Glasgow PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 18 (M.Mercado 1, M.Little 3, W.Thomas 2, A.Mitchell 1, K.Weeden 6, D.Montanez 1, T.Dupont 2, J.Titus 2) Blocked Shots: 3 (A.Mitchell 1, D.Montanez 1, B.Marsh 1) Steals: 20 (M.Little 2, W.Thomas 2, A.Mitchell 2, K.Weeden 6, D.Montanez 3, T.Dupont 4, G.Harris 1) 3P FGs: 5-14 (M.Little 0-1, W.Thomas 2-4, A.Mitchell 1-1, K.Weeden 1-3, T.Dupont 1-2, J.Titus 0-1, R.Graham 0-2) New Mexico (24-9, 14-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Ramiro Gimenez C 34 6-7 0-0 2 9 2 1 12 Mike Sharp PF 20 2-2 2-2 1 2 1 4 6 Dalton Duhon SF 34 4-8 3-3 2 4 4 3 12 Frank Goshorn SG 35 7-15 2-4 3 3 3 3 19 Seventh Josephson PG 32 5-8 0-3 0 0 7 2 12 Peter Peters PG 11 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 Daniel Plemmons PF 13 0-3 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 Leslie Stromberg C 12 0-1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 Irving Holcomb SF 6 2-2 2-2 0 1 0 0 7 Paul Crisp SG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 23 (R.Gimenez 3, M.Sharp 2, D.Duhon 1, F.Goshorn 11, S.Josephson 2, P.Peters 1, D.Plemmons 2, I.Holcomb 1) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 11 (D.Duhon 5, F.Goshorn 3, S.Josephson 2, D.Plemmons 1) 3P FGs: 7-17 (D.Duhon 1-4, F.Goshorn 3-8, S.Josephson 2-4, I.Holcomb 1-1) Player of Game: SF Ward Thomas (DEP)

In the NIT Final 8, they'll take on 6-seed Morgan State (22-13) for a chance at a trip to the NIT Final Four. For a long-suffering fan base and program, this is a dream that I cannot believe is occurring, even if it's "just the NIT."

Unlike their previous two opponents, the Blue Demons will be the favor against the Bears of Morgan State who are middle of the pack nationally in points allowed. The difference is, Morgan State made the NCAA tournament last season. These players are battle tested for post-season basketball. Seeds aside, I'd have to think Morgan State are the team to beat. They demolished 7 seed Bowling Green in the last round, so I think it'll take a pretty flawless game for the Blue Demons to pull out a win.

It looks like the shoe fit though, because Cinderella is going dancing all the way to Madison Square Garden after knocking off the Bears.

WHAT A SEASON!

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DePaul 71, Morgan State 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan State (22-14, 7-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts John Wallace C 32 6-12 2-3 5 6 1 2 14 Evin Jackson PF 33 1-8 2-2 4 7 1 2 4 Tyrique Jeffreys SF 34 5-8 1-7 5 11 6 2 11 Lester Clark SG 35 2-10 0-0 0 4 0 3 5 Henry Russell PG 26 6-8 4-6 4 4 2 5 19 Brendan Bergman C 12 0-2 0-0 2 3 0 4 0 Carl Henninger PF 7 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 0 Ward Daughtry PG 17 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 3 5 Willie Bernstein SF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 S. Higginbotham SG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 Turnovers: 25 (E.Jackson 2, T.Jeffreys 4, L.Clark 6, H.Russell 4, B.Bergman 3, W.Daughtry 6) Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Wallace 1) Steals: 11 (J.Wallace 2, T.Jeffreys 5, L.Clark 2, H.Russell 2) 3P FGs: 6-18 (E.Jackson 0-3, L.Clark 1-8, H.Russell 3-4, W.Daughtry 1-2, S.Higginbotham 1-1) DePaul (23-12, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Mark Mercado SF 22 1-1 2-4 0 1 2 4 4 Michael Little PF 31 2-3 2-2 4 9 0 0 6 Ward Thomas SF 22 3-8 8-12 0 2 1 4 14 Alfie Mitchell SG 31 7-9 8-9 0 1 2 3 23 Kelly Weeden PG 22 2-4 0-2 0 0 1 5 5 David Montanez C 22 2-3 0-1 0 1 0 3 5 Brennan Marsh C 13 3-3 0-3 0 1 3 0 6 Tom Dupont PG 21 0-3 3-4 0 1 0 0 3 George Harris PF 6 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 John Titus SF 7 0-0 3-3 0 1 0 2 3 Roger Graham SG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Theodore Glasgow PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 14 (M.Mercado 2, W.Thomas 3, K.Weeden 5, D.Montanez 1, T.Dupont 1, J.Titus 2) Blocked Shots: 7 (M.Little 2, D.Montanez 4, B.Marsh 1) Steals: 11 (M.Little 1, W.Thomas 2, A.Mitchell 3, K.Weeden 4, B.Marsh 1) 3P FGs: 3-8 (A.Mitchell 1-2, K.Weeden 1-3, D.Montanez 1-1, T.Dupont 0-2) Player of Game: SG Alfie Mitchell (DEP)

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Old 12-27-2020, 03:46 AM   #23
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It's the 1954-55 NIT SEMI-FINALS

DePaul has a very tough test in 1-seed and perennial post-season team NC State (23-12). The Wolfpack are disappointed to be in the NIT and DePaul hopes to capitalize because they're very much the underdog in this matchup.

In the other semi-final, top-seed Pepperdine takes on 5-seed Loyola Chicago. How fun would it be to have an all-chicago NIT Final?! Chances are, this will not happen because both teams are overmatched and playing against programs that are a lot better.

In any case, just *being* here with this DePaul team is absolutely wild and crazy. We've far exceeded any expectations for the program, though obviously the goal is to build sustainability. Still, this run is magical and it would a delight to keep it going all the way to raising a banner. We're not getting ahead of ourselves though, let's just go have fun against NC State and test ourselves against the kind of program we'd hope DePaul could be someday.

NIT SEMI-FINALS
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DePaul 71, NC State 57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DePaul (24-12, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Mark Mercado SF 31 3-6 0-0 1 3 8 2 6 Michael Little PF 29 3-6 0-0 5 13 0 2 7 Ward Thomas SF 24 6-11 3-4 0 0 1 0 16 Alfie Mitchell SG 29 6-13 0-0 1 2 2 1 12 Kelly Weeden PG 26 2-2 0-0 0 0 6 4 5 David Montanez C 21 4-5 0-0 2 5 1 1 10 Brennan Marsh C 17 4-4 0-0 3 3 0 2 8 Tom Dupont SG 12 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 5 George Harris PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 John Titus SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Roger Graham SG 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Theodore Glasgow PG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Turnovers: 13 (M.Mercado 1, M.Little 1, W.Thomas 1, A.Mitchell 5, K.Weeden 2, D.Montanez 2, T.Dupont 1) Blocked Shots: 7 (M.Little 1, A.Mitchell 1, D.Montanez 4, B.Marsh 1) Steals: 11 (M.Mercado 1, M.Little 1, W.Thomas 2, A.Mitchell 5, K.Weeden 2) 3P FGs: 6-13 (M.Little 1-1, W.Thomas 1-2, A.Mitchell 0-5, K.Weeden 1-1, D.Montanez 2-2, T.Dupont 1-1, R.Graham 0-1) NC State (23-13, 9-9): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Harold Mclaughlin C 34 2-5 1-1 5 10 4 0 5 Neemias Reed PF 32 1-7 2-2 2 2 0 1 4 Elmer Smith SF 35 2-4 4-4 0 0 1 2 9 Jeromy Bracey SG 35 3-6 4-6 2 3 3 2 11 Frank Raymond PG 35 9-17 4-5 3 4 1 1 22 Gregory Holder PF 13 1-4 0-0 1 3 0 0 2 Michael Crawford SF 5 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Coleman Noles SG 9 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 2 4 Robert Canty PG 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Noon SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Turnovers: 17 (H.Mclaughlin 3, N.Reed 1, E.Smith 7, J.Bracey 1, F.Raymond 3, G.Holder 1, M.Crawford 1) Blocked Shots: 6 (H.Mclaughlin 3, G.Holder 3) Steals: 4 (H.Mclaughlin 1, E.Smith 2, F.Raymond 1) 3P FGs: 3-8 (E.Smith 1-2, J.Bracey 1-2, F.Raymond 0-1, M.Crawford 0-1, C.Noles 1-1, R.Canty 0-1) Player of Game: SF Ward Thomas (DEP)


I cannot believe my eyes. It wasn't just a win, it was a true victory despite Frank Raymond's 22 points. The balanced attack coupled with Ward Thomas' continued brilliance in the post-season means that the Blue Demons stand one game away from the most improbable title imagined. Okay, that'd be an NCAA title. But this is pretty wild in its own right. For context, the furthest this program had ever been was the 2nd round of the NIT and that was in 1920 the first season of this simulation. Since then, they've had a lone NCAA (!934) appearance and a CBI (1942) bid. That's it.

Loyola Chicago (26-12) did their part against a very heavily favorited Pepperdine team meaning that we indeed get a Windy City matchup for the NIT title. Either way, just having our names in the record books will be meaningful and these players will be remembered for that no matter what happens next.

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DePaul 74, Loyola Chicago 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loyola Chicago (26-13, 10-8): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts J.C. Jackson PF 37 3-6 0-0 2 3 2 2 6 Luis Gartner C 36 3-9 3-5 4 6 0 3 9 Dennis Real SF 37 3-6 1-2 3 5 3 3 9 Frank Matherly SG 37 3-8 5-10 1 2 5 4 11 Vern Crum PG 37 6-9 2-2 0 0 6 2 19 Irvin Richie PF 8 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 4 Mark Lee PG 6 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 5 William Pratt C 2 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 Turnovers: 11 (J.Jackson 3, L.Gartner 2, D.Real 2, F.Matherly 1, V.Crum 2, I.Richie 1) Blocked Shots: 0 Steals: 8 (L.Gartner 1, D.Real 3, F.Matherly 2, V.Crum 2) 3P FGs: 9-14 (D.Real 2-3, F.Matherly 0-2, V.Crum 5-7, I.Richie 1-1, M.Lee 1-1) DePaul (25-12, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Mark Mercado SF 34 3-5 2-3 2 5 8 1 8 Michael Little PF 34 1-2 3-3 1 8 2 2 5 Ward Thomas SF 27 7-8 0-0 1 2 5 1 14 Alfie Mitchell SG 32 8-10 1-2 0 1 2 2 20 Kelly Weeden PG 33 6-6 1-2 0 2 5 1 15 David Montanez C 20 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 Brennan Marsh C 7 1-3 0-0 3 3 0 1 2 Tom Dupont SG 10 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 3 0 George Harris PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 John Titus SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Roger Graham SG 2 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 4 Turnovers: 10 (M.Mercado 7, M.Little 1, A.Mitchell 1, T.Dupont 1) Blocked Shots: 2 (D.Montanez 1, B.Marsh 1) Steals: 4 (M.Little 1, K.Weeden 3) 3P FGs: 6-8 (A.Mitchell 3-4, K.Weeden 2-2, T.Dupont 0-1, R.Graham 1-1) Player of Game: PG Kelly Weeden (DEP)

Senior Kelly Weeden paired with Alfie Mitchell and Ward Thomas to have the games of their lives, propelling the Blue Demons to the most unlikely of NIT championships. I am speechless.

NCAA TOURNAMENT
In the Final Four, top seeds UCLA and Villanova advanced with 5 seed Portland and 4 seed Seton Hall. In the national final, Portland upset UCLA to win the national title for the first time in their first-ever appearance beyond the Sweet 16. The last time UCLA was in the national final was 1939, they lost then too. Both programs were sporting new coaches in their first year.

AWARD WINNERS 1954-55
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1954 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: JR SG Peter Jones RIT 25.5 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 7.6 APG 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Michael Martino UConn 20.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.2 APG 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: James Nuhu North Carolina 30 - 5 (19 - 1) All-league 1st Team: C SR Immanuel Sargeant Jackson State 18.7 PPG, 12.6 RPG, 3.4 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG PF SR Keith Pickens Merchant Marine 22.9 PPG, 15.7 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG SF SR Francisco Burns Purdue 14.2 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 6.9 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG JR Peter Jones RIT 25.5 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 7.6 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Wes Mayle Washington 17.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 8.2 APG, 4.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR Greg Williams Utah State 13.4 PPG, 12.9 RPG, 1.8 APG, 2.4 SPG, 2.4 BPG PF SR New Moody UConn 16.4 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 3.6 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG SF SR Percy Duffy Kentucky 15.0 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 4.2 APG, 3.8 SPG, 0.4 BPG SG SR Ronald Bouton Villanova 15.6 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 5.8 APG, 4.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG SR Thomas Burns UCLA 14.8 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 9.1 APG, 5.4 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C SR Max Young Notre Dame 14.2 PPG, 14.9 RPG, 5.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 3.7 BPG PF SR Christopher Vansickle Long Island University 17.5 PPG, 13.7 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.3 BPG SF SR Kennith Jensen Butler 18.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 3.5 APG, 4.6 SPG, 0.0 BPG SG SR Lacy Collins Boston College 17.3 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 6.9 APG, 2.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Cillian Murray Southern 17.1 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 9.6 APG, 3.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Joshua Swain Yeshiva 14.7 PPG, 7.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.7 BPG PF FR Octavion Chiang Mississippi 9.0 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG SF FR Reagan Moreno Florida A&M 12.9 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 2.6 APG, 3.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG FR Michael Martino UConn 20.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.2 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Alberto Belisle Florida A&M 11.2 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 6.5 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG

Neither DePaul nor Chicago State had any conference award winners.
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Old 12-29-2020, 12:35 AM   #24
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CONFERENCE CHANGES
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Hampton [Heritage --> ACC]
NC State [SEC --> ACC]
West Virginia [ACC --> SEC]

I think we're nearing the point where I'm gonna just find one school to focus on, but we're gonna do at least one more reason for DePaul/Chicago State, just to see how they do. From there, we'll devise a plan moving forward because ideally it'll be the right mix of detail with recruiting players, while zooming out to do deep dives.

DePaul ranked 85th in recruiting, Chicago State in the 200s.

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amauri Mcdonald 20 PF Sr 6-9 266 Yes 24 OK Auburn, IL William Showalter 25 PG Sr 6-1 186 Yes 36 OK New Bremen, OH Joel Lopez 11 SF Sr 6-5 206 Yes 32 OK Decatur, MI Richard High 43 C Jr* 7-1 244 Yes 57 OK Chicago, IL Harold Levesque 1 SG Jr* 6-0 182 Yes 75 OK Forreston, IL Jeffrey Wills 0 C Jr 7-1 263 Yes 14 OK Gering, NE Dominic Croswell 40 PF Jr 7-0 240 Yes 8 OK Brainerd, MN Carey Rice 5 PG Jr 6-1 182 Yes 53 OK Huntingdon Valley, PA Riley Jenkins 53 SG Jr 6-0 188 Yes 59 OK Riggs, SD Jerome Costa 22 SF Jr 6-10 258 Yes 66 Redshirt Bracebridge, Canada William Leech 31 PF So* 6-11 271 No 75 OK Ft Mitchell, KY Jerome Newton 33 SF So 6-7 237 No 78 Unhappy Denver, CO Buddy Keller 30 PG Fr 6-2 180 Yes 67 OK Geneva, IL Raphael Babin 23 PF Fr 6-11 235 Yes 74 OK Scottville, MI Robert Adams 10 SF Fr 6-6 214 Yes 53 OK Mc Henry, IL


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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS General Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Montanez 4 C Sr 7-1 281 Yes 65 OK Maroa, IL Ward Thomas 42 PG Sr 6-2 185 Yes 99 OK Sturgeon Bay, WI Ferdinand Antonio 34 PF Sr 6-8 242 Yes 41 OK Beattyville, KY Tom Dupont 14 SF Jr 6-9 208 Yes 49 OK Torrington, WY Alfie Mitchell 21 SG Jr 6-2 179 Yes 52 OK Helena, MT Mark Mercado 24 PF Jr 6-10 243 Yes 45 OK Anaheim, CA David Brunette 1 PG Jr 5-10 160 Yes 86 OK Fort Worth, TX Roger Graham 55 SG So 6-3 187 Yes 41 OK Woodstock, IL Steven Miller 13 SF So 6-8 226 Yes 52 OK Aurora, IL John Titus 22 SF So 6-10 242 No 47 OK Oakland Park, FL Eugene Loftin 45 PG Fr 6-0 180 Yes 43 OK Chicago, IL Rory Goldsberry 3 C Fr 7-0 249 Yes 56 OK W Terre Haute, IN David Washington 43 PG Fr 6-0 180 Yes 63 OK Chicago, IL Vaughn Cooke 53 SG Fr 7-0 233 Yes 82 OK Crown Point, IN Larry Frisby 2 PF Fr 6-10 224 No 36 OK Peoria, IL

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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 +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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Old 12-29-2020, 01:22 AM   #26
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After winning the NIT last year, nothing short of a NCAA tournament appearance was going to be satisfying to DePaul. They met their goal, going 20-12 (11-7 Big East) this year and entering the tournament as a 10-seed in the Midwest region, where they'll get a date against Wright State (27-4) in the first round.

Regardless of how this turns out, this is DePaul's 2nd NCAA appearance ever (1934) and so it's a massive opportunity and a real joy for the seniors on this club who have officially turned things around for the future.

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 62 Record Vs 1-50: 4-9 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 20-12 Record Vs 51-100: 4-2 RPI Rank: #42 Conference Record: 11-7 Record Vs 101-200: 7-1 Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 5-0 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 96.3 9 320 Points 91.1 4 25 Points 5.2 7 107 O.Reb 15.9 12 404 O.Reb 18.2 8 165 O.Reb -2.3 12 351 D.Reb 23.3 4 256 D.Reb 20.8 4 43 D.Reb 2.6 3 44 Rebounds 39.2 9 368 Rebounds 38.9 4 62 Rebounds 0.3 7 203 Assists 22.6 8 160 Assists 22.2 6 255 Assists 0.4 9 178 Steals 16.3 5 88 Steals 13.3 6 139 Steals 3.1 5 84 Blocks 4.8 4 15 Blocks 3.0 2 312 Blocks 1.8 4 36 Turnovers 25.1 8 268 Turnovers 26.4 7 111 Turnovers -1.3 7 151 Fouls 25.9 4 12 Fouls 28.3 6 360 Fouls -2.5 1 51 FG% .541 5 45 FG% .485 4 90 FG% .056 3 28 FT% .611 8 245 FT% .611 3 148 FT% .001 7 209 3P% .379 6 213 3P% .337 1 10 3P% .042 4 48 PPS 1.52 5 162 PPS 1.36 1 2 PPS .160 2 14 Adj. FG% .583 5 98 Adj. FG% .535 2 33 Adj. FG% .048 4 41

If Alfie Mitchell and Ward Thomas have big games, this team could win a game or two, but it'll take lockdown defense.

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Averages Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfie Mitchell SG 32 32 26.9 18.9 1.7 2.9 2.6 3.2 0.2 3.6 3.8 7.3 Ward Thomas PG 32 32 24.6 16.8 0.4 0.9 3.8 2.9 0.1 4.1 4.1 8.1 David Montanez C 32 32 30.9 12.7 5.8 9.1 1.4 1.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 5.6 Tom Dupont SF 32 32 28.2 11.8 2.9 6.5 2.4 2.9 0.1 2.2 3.1 6.5 Vaughn Cooke SG 32 0 19.4 11.3 0.6 1.8 1.4 0.8 0.2 2.9 3.2 -0.5 Mark Mercado PF 32 32 29.5 8.2 1.8 8.4 7.2 1.4 1.2 4.3 2.7 4.8 David Washington PG 32 0 12.3 6.5 0.2 1.0 2.0 1.2 0.1 1.8 2.2 -1.0 John Titus SF 31 0 9.5 2.9 0.6 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.1 1.4 1.6 -1.9 Roger Graham SG 29 0 4.3 2.9 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.6 -0.2 Rory Goldsberry C 32 0 9.4 2.7 1.3 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.1 -1.0 Larry Frisby PF 4 0 3.0 2.5 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 3.0 Eugene Loftin PG 11 0 2.9 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 -1.2 David Brunette PG 7 0 2.4 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.0 Ferdinand Antonio PF 30 0 5.3 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 -1.1 Steven Miller SF 9 0 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.3

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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/11/55 vs. CCNY 12-18 258 W 102-89 1-0 11/14/55 vs. Florida State 21-9 41 W 117-108 2-0 11/21/55 vs. #24 Wichita State 24-9 12 L 101-96 2-1 11/29/55 at NC State 19-16 91 L 134-125 2-2 12/01/55 Valparaiso 16-14 198 W 115-88 3-2 12/03/55 at Hampton 17-14 83 W 116-102 4-2 12/10/55 Syracuse 23-8 35 L 114-91 4-3 12/16/55 Northwestern 10-22 270 W 100-79 5-3 12/18/55 at North Carolina A&T 11-21 123 W 105-90 6-3 12/23/55 IUPUI 8-22 363 W 132-104 7-3 12/27/55 at #9 Florida 29-4 3 L 120-118 7-4 12/31/55 Green Bay 15-16 145 W 142-113 8-4 01/04/56 at Creighton 6-25 284 W 118-76 9-4 (1-0) 01/07/56 at Butler 20-11 49 W 115-96 10-4 (2-0) 01/11/56 at Xavier 10-21 191 W 110-103 11-4 (3-0) 01/14/56 #13 Seton Hall 25-7 20 L 79-69 11-5 (3-1) 01/18/56 Providence 19-11 30 W 103-94 12-5 (4-1) 01/21/56 St. John's 13-19 95 W 92-90 13-5 (5-1) 01/25/56 at #1 Villanova 31-2 6 L 92-50 13-6 (5-2) 01/28/56 Marquette 14-17 138 W 101-98 14-6 (6-2) 02/01/56 #3 UConn 29-4 10 L 97-80 14-7 (6-3) 02/04/56 Butler 20-11 49 W 105-84 15-7 (7-3) 02/08/56 Creighton 6-25 284 W 99-65 16-7 (8-3) 02/11/56 at Providence 19-11 30 L 109-96 16-8 (8-4) 02/15/56 at St. John's 13-19 95 L 95-86 16-9 (8-5) 02/18/56 at #13 Seton Hall 25-7 20 L 90-77 16-10 (8-6) 02/22/56 at Marquette 14-17 138 L 74-72 16-11 (8-7) 02/25/56 Xavier 10-21 191 W 81-69 17-11 (9-7) 02/29/56 at Georgetown 10-21 186 W 79-70 18-11 (10-7) 03/03/56 Notre Dame 23-9 73 W 70-64 19-11 (11-7) 03/08/56 vs. Notre Dame 23-9 73 W 66-65 20-11 03/09/56 vs. #1 Villanova 31-2 6 L 64-55 20-12

The Blue Demons fell to Wright State and ended their season. Still, a successful year.

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Wright State 75, DePaul 59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DePaul (20-13, 11-7): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts David Montanez C 33 1-6 0-0 2 5 0 0 3 Mark Mercado PF 33 2-4 5-5 0 5 3 0 9 Tom Dupont SF 23 3-5 2-2 1 1 0 3 9 Alfie Mitchell SG 21 0-1 3-3 2 2 1 4 3 Ward Thomas PG 21 3-4 1-2 1 1 2 4 7 Vaughn Cooke SG 23 2-10 3-6 1 1 6 1 7 Rory Goldsberry C 10 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 3 John Titus SF 11 2-4 0-0 2 3 0 1 4 Ferdinand Antonio PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 David Washington PG 14 3-4 0-0 0 1 3 2 8 Roger Graham SG 5 0-0 1-2 0 1 2 1 1 Eugene Loftin PG 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2 Turnovers: 20 (D.Montanez 1, M.Mercado 5, T.Dupont 1, A.Mitchell 3, W.Thomas 3, V.Cooke 3, J.Titus 1, D.Washington 1, R.Graham 2) Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Montanez 2, M.Mercado 1) Steals: 4 (W.Thomas 2, D.Washington 2) 3P FGs: 6-16 (D.Montanez 1-1, T.Dupont 1-2, A.Mitchell 0-1, V.Cooke 0-6, R.Goldsberry 1-1, J.Titus 0-1, F.Antonio 1-1, D.Washington 2-3) Wright State (28-4, 16-0): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Takal Candelario C 29 3-5 0-0 1 5 2 2 6 Michael Shoup PF 32 4-8 0-0 5 8 2 1 8 Rudy Brauencker SF 34 7-8 3-5 3 5 3 4 18 Elmo Bonanno SG 20 3-3 0-0 0 0 1 4 8 Merrill Ormsby PG 32 3-12 3-6 2 3 4 2 9 Robert Lamere SG 22 2-9 2-2 2 3 3 4 7 Walter Harrison PG 13 5-7 2-2 0 0 3 1 17 Joshua Moreira PF 9 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 0 David Batty C 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Glenn Schrock SG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Turnovers: 14 (T.Candelario 1, M.Shoup 2, R.Brauencker 1, E.Bonanno 2, M.Ormsby 2, R.Lamere 6) Blocked Shots: 5 (T.Candelario 1, M.Shoup 2, W.Harrison 1, D.Batty 1) Steals: 13 (T.Candelario 1, R.Brauencker 4, E.Bonanno 2, M.Ormsby 2, R.Lamere 2, W.Harrison 2) 3P FGs: 9-20 (R.Brauencker 1-2, E.Bonanno 2-2, M.Ormsby 0-5, R.Lamere 1-4, W.Harrison 5-7) Player of Game: SF Rudy Brauencker (WRGHT)

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Old 12-29-2020, 01:32 AM   #27
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1955-56 AWARD WINNERS
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1955 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Daniel Woodhouse Villanova 19.3 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 7.7 APG 4.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Arthur Hansen Davidson 25.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.0 APG 2.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: Taelyr Leonard Loyola Marymount 27 - 5 (15 - 1) All-league 1st Team: C SR Justin Aubin Arizona 14.5 PPG, 9.2 RPG, 7.0 APG, 1.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG PF SR Scott Hartford Utah State 20.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.6 APG, 2.4 SPG, 1.6 BPG SF SR Paul Segarra Texas Southern 21.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 4.4 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR John Shapiro Seton Hall 18.0 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 6.2 APG, 4.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG SR Daniel Woodhouse Villanova 19.3 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 7.7 APG, 4.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C JR Víctor Gil Bethune-Cookman 14.9 PPG, 10.9 RPG, 4.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 1.8 BPG PF SR Robert Vickers Michigan State 9.7 PPG, 13.7 RPG, 4.9 APG, 2.3 SPG, 2.2 BPG SF SR Quinndary Wise Tulsa 18.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 5.1 APG, 4.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG SR Roger Dennis Southern Illinois 23.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.8 APG, 4.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Deishuan Meacham Howard 23.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 7.9 APG, 3.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C JR Minfenke Saldivar Washington State 19.0 PPG, 13.4 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.3 SPG, 1.9 BPG PF JR Ryan Maria Central Arkansas 22.1 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 2.1 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.6 BPG SF JR Charles Drake Boise State 24.3 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, 3.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Conrado Lopez Loyola Marymount 28.5 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Archie Harrison Arkansas Pine Bluff 25.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 5.3 APG, 5.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Edmundo Taylor MIT 12.2 PPG, 12.9 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.3 SPG, 1.2 BPG PF FR Michael Baird Central State 18.3 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF FR Brain Murray Michigan State 14.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.5 SPG, 0.3 BPG SG FR Arthur Hansen Davidson 25.7 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Joey Boyd West Virginia 16.3 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 4.5 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG

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1955 BIG EAST AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Daniel Woodhouse Villanova 19.3 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 7.7 APG 4.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Rodrick Wallace Villanova 13.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 4.1 APG 1.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: Dion Holt Villanova 32 - 3 (17 - 1) All-league 1st Team: C SR Irwin Trammell Notre Dame 15.7 PPG, 12.8 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, 3.0 BPG PF SR Dani Dale Villanova 10.9 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 3.9 APG, 0.7 SPG, 2.9 BPG SF JR Tom Dupont DePaul 11.8 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR John Shapiro Seton Hall 18.0 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 6.2 APG, 4.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG SR Daniel Woodhouse Villanova 19.3 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 7.7 APG, 4.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Charles Carlsen Butler 18.6 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.9 SPG, 2.5 BPG PF JR Mark Mercado DePaul 8.2 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 7.1 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.2 BPG SF SR Jerry Mcghee Seton Hall 13.5 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.9 SPG, 0.3 BPG SG JR Adam Gray Providence 16.7 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 8.4 APG, 3.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Dewey Gore UConn 15.7 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 6.4 APG, 4.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Miguel Angel Campos Providence 6.8 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 1.0 BPG PF FR Joseph Danner Seton Hall 10.0 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.8 BPG SF FR Henry Abramson Notre Dame 6.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 1.1 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Rodrick Wallace Villanova 13.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Robert Catalan Butler 11.5 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 3.9 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG

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1955 MISSOURI VALLEY AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR SG Roger Dennis Southern Illinois 23.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.8 APG 4.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR PG Brycen Tenney Bradley 16.4 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.9 APG 2.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG Coach of the Year: Herman Brock Southern Illinois 27 - 6 (16 - 2) All-league 1st Team: C SR Matt Trapp Evansville 13.5 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 3.7 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.8 BPG PF JR Dominic Croswell Chicago State 20.7 PPG, 10.2 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.7 SPG, 1.1 BPG SF SR Felix Torres Bradley 19.9 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 6.0 APG, 3.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SR Roger Dennis Southern Illinois 23.3 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.8 APG, 4.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Micah Fowlkes Drake 23.3 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 4.9 APG, 3.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR James Mefford Northern Illinois 17.2 PPG, 13.1 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG PF SO Amari Girard Southern Illinois 9.3 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.6 BPG SF SR Gregg Washington Evansville 10.9 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG JR Robert Williams Evansville 18.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 2.7 APG, 2.8 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG SR James Tarter Evansville 18.8 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 8.6 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Breein Harris Northern Illinois 4.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 0.4 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.0 BPG PF FR Raphael Babin Chicago State 4.2 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.6 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG SF FR David Schlegel Evansville 3.9 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 0.8 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG FR Gary Doane Missouri State 17.9 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, 2.1 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Brycen Tenney Bradley 16.4 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2.9 APG, 2.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG
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Old 12-30-2020, 02:51 AM   #28
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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.
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Old 12-31-2020, 12:29 AM   #29
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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]

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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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Old 12-31-2020, 01:18 AM   #30
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Texas A&M won the national title, beating Arizona. A&M HC Edon Cortez wins his 3rd title with his 3rd program [Previously won with Tulsa and NC State]

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1956 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Terrell Fortson Saint Mary's 13.3 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 9.2 APG 6.2 SPG, 0.3 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SF Robert Bowman Florida 13.2 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.1 APG 2.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG Coach of the Year: Karl Ross Seattle 28 - 6 (13 - 3) All-league 1st Team: C SR Víctor Gil Bethune-Cookman 16.1 PPG, 13.6 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1.9 BPG PF SR Minfenke Saldivar Washington State 17.7 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 1.4 APG, 3.5 SPG, 1.8 BPG SF JR Dolan Butler Oklahoma 18.3 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 8.0 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG SG SR Adam Gray Providence 18.8 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 8.8 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG PG SR Terrell Fortson Saint Mary's 13.3 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 9.2 APG, 6.2 SPG, 0.3 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Ari Jauregui Holy Cross 17.5 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 4.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.1 BPG PF SR Ryan Maria Central Arkansas 19.6 PPG, 14.9 RPG, 2.5 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG SF SR Timothy Chiang Tulsa 17.7 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 6.2 APG, 3.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG SR Odri Langdon Washington 18.0 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 7.9 APG, 4.0 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG JR Mark Worthington Tulsa 20.7 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 8.3 APG, 3.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C SR Robert Spencer Alcorn State 14.8 PPG, 11.7 RPG, 1.5 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.3 BPG PF JR Keith Esquibel Houston Baptist 14.5 PPG, 9.7 RPG, 3.2 APG, 1.9 SPG, 1.0 BPG SF SR David Linton Oklahoma 18.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 2.4 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG SO Joey Boyd West Virginia 18.8 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 6.1 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.0 BPG PG SR Shamorie Eaves Nebraska 13.2 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 9.7 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Clark Caruso Florida State 11.1 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.5 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.9 BPG PF FR Frank Almaraz UTEP 10.9 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.6 SPG, 0.4 BPG SF FR Robert Bowman Florida 13.2 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.1 APG, 2.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG SG FR Bradford King Duke 15.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Paul Oliva North Florida 12.7 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 3.9 APG, 3.9 SPG, 0.0 BPG

In interesting news, DePaul made the Elite 8 before losing to the eventual national champs.

Tulsa, Purdue & Arizona were the other Final Four teams. This was Tulsa's 9th Final Four, but still only one title in the books.
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Old 01-05-2021, 11:07 PM   #31
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1957-58 CONFERENCE MOVES

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Palm Beach Atlantic [Independent ---> SWAC]
Plattsburgh State [Ind. --> NEC]
Ave Marie [Ind. --> A-Sun]

There's a part of me that wants to bring the D3 Midwest conference into this league, but the last thing this save needs is more Midwest programs? Is there enough talent to support such a thing? I'm sure there is in California, but in the Midwest? Doubtful.

Speaking of the Midwest, while I figure out what I want to do next, let's take a look at Tulsa's program. I've told you how success they've been throughout this save for some reason but they had two coaches leave back to back after successful seasons -- Edon Cortez left after a title -- and then assistant Zac Foley took over and they've been still very good.

He's won two titles and they are a perennial Final Four team and few programs would turn down that option. I can't decide how they keep reloading especially when they don't even play in the best league in the game at any point, but it's been fun to see them be a legit power program.

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TULSA TEAM PERFORMANCE Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1956 Tulsa 34 4 18 2 10 12 99 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1955 Tulsa 31 4 18 2 7 8 98 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1954 Tulsa 29 5 19 1 13 19 100 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1953 Tulsa 35 3 19 1 5 9 100 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1952 Tulsa 29 6 16 4 34 36 100 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1951 Tulsa 27 8 15 5 26 29 100 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1950 Tulsa 26 7 15 5 19 19 100 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1949 Tulsa 33 4 18 2 4 5 100 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1948 Tulsa 29 8 16 4 11 11 100 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1947 Tulsa 32 6 17 3 6 5 100 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1946 Tulsa 31 4 18 2 5 4 100 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1945 Tulsa 31 6 15 3 2 4 100 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1944 Tulsa 32 4 15 3 3 6 100 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight 1943 Tulsa 32 6 14 4 2 4 100 NCAA Champion 1942 Tulsa 24 8 11 4 37 37 96 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1941 Tulsa 30 6 12 3 16 28 99 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1940 Tulsa 38 1 14 0 1 3 100 NCAA Champion 1939 Tulsa 34 4 18 2 11 12 93 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1938 Tulsa 28 5 14 2 13 21 88 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1937 Tulsa 31 7 15 5 7 11 87 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight 1936 Tulsa 26 8 10 5 14 6 83 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1935 Tulsa 22 12 12 8 31 26 80 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1934 Tulsa 10 22 5 15 315 152 76 No Postseason 1933 Tulsa 22 12 13 7 41 42 79 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1932 Tulsa 24 9 14 6 13 16 76 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1931 Tulsa 27 9 14 6 9 13 73 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1930 Tulsa 15 17 10 10 190 77 66 No Postseason 1929 Tulsa 15 17 9 11 195 80 67 No Postseason 1928 Tulsa 11 20 4 16 292 235 69 No Postseason 1927 Tulsa 16 16 8 12 163 89 73 No Postseason 1926 Tulsa 11 20 7 13 287 225 73 No Postseason 1925 Tulsa 11 21 6 14 304 198 75 No Postseason 1924 Tulsa 26 10 13 7 5 10 78 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight 1923 Tulsa 21 15 10 10 54 41 73 Loss in NIT Round 3 1922 Tulsa 20 12 13 7 50 63 71 Loss in NIT Round 1 1921 Tulsa 17 15 9 11 146 82 69 No Postseason 1920 Tulsa 25 11 11 9 35 49 70 Loss in NCAA Round 1

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COACH DETAILS Zac Foley - Head Coach - Tulsa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age: 59 High School: Northeast Guilford High School Hometown: Mcleansville, NC Alma Mater: St. Bonaventure Current Level: 13 Career Record: 485 - 89 Recruiting: 95 Scouting: 65 Offense: 100 Defense: 100 Coaching History: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1956 Tulsa Head Coach 34 4 18 2 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1955 Tulsa Head Coach 31 4 18 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1954 Tulsa Head Coach 29 5 19 1 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1953 Tulsa Head Coach 35 3 19 1 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1952 Tulsa Head Coach 29 6 16 4 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1951 Tulsa Head Coach 27 8 15 5 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1950 Tulsa Head Coach 26 7 15 5 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1949 Tulsa Head Coach 33 4 18 2 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1948 Tulsa Head Coach 29 8 16 4 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1947 Tulsa Head Coach 32 6 17 3 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1946 Tulsa Head Coach 31 4 18 2 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1945 Tulsa Head Coach 31 6 15 3 Loss in NCAA Championship Game 1944 Tulsa Head Coach 32 4 15 3 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight 1943 Tulsa Head Coach 32 6 14 4 NCAA Champion 1942 Tulsa Head Coach 24 8 11 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1941 Tulsa Head Coach 30 6 12 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1940 Tulsa Assistant 38 1 14 0 NCAA Champion 1939 Tulsa Assistant 34 4 18 2 Loss in NCAA Final Four 1938 Tulsa Assistant 28 5 14 2 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1937 Tulsa Assistant 31 7 15 5 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight 1936 Tulsa Assistant 26 8 10 5 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1935 Tulsa Assistant 22 12 12 8 Loss in NCAA Round of 32 1934 Tulsa Assistant 10 22 5 15 No Postseason 1933 Tulsa Assistant 22 12 13 7 Loss in NCAA Round 1 1932 Baylor Assistant 17 14 10 8 No Postseason 1931 Baylor Assistant 19 14 8 10 Loss in NIT Round 2 Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1956 Big 12 Conference Champion 1955 Big 12 Conference Champion 1954 Conference Coach of the Year (Big 12 Conference) 1954 Big 12 Conference Champion 1953 Conference Coach of the Year (Big 12 Conference) 1953 Big 12 Conference Champion 1952 Big 12 Conference Champion 1951 Big 12 Conference Champion 1949 Big 12 Conference Champion 1948 Big 12 Conference Champion 1947 Big 12 Conference Champion 1946 Conference Coach of the Year (Big 12 Conference) 1946 Big 12 Conference Champion 1945 Big 12 Conference Champion 1944 Conference Coach of the Year (Big 12 Conference) 1944 Big 12 Conference Champion 1943 NCAA Champion 1943 Big 12 Conference Champion Job Movement: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1941 Hired by Tulsa (Head Coach) 1941 Quit job with Tulsa 1933 Moved with head coach from Baylor to Tulsa 1931 Hired by Baylor (Assistant Coach)

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Old 01-06-2021, 03:01 AM   #32
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Both DePaul and Chicago State had down seasons after the heights of post-season basketball last year. DePaul, after making the Elite 8 went (11-19) on the season. Chicago State went (13-19) so neither program did well, but it was not surprising that neither of hem were able to replicate the same success if they're not recruiting well. The key to these Chicago programs doing well is finding ways to keep regional kids home and getting a few gems. We'll do our best to keep Fernando Fischer at Chicago State since he's an alum for a while, even if they struggle for the next few years.

Is this the year Tulsa finally wins their elusive 3rd national title and get their coach Zac Foley a 2nd ring before his career ends? Will the post-season be wild or full of chalk in the Final Four?

1957-58 TOURNAMENT RECAP
16-seed Charlotte (20-15, CAA) toppled 1-seed Buffalo (30-4, ACC) in the East region. The 49ers were a First Four team that beat SE Missouri State (15-18, OVC) in the opening round.

In the same part of he bracket, 15-seed Montclair State (23-11, AEAST) beat Marquette (26-7, Big East) on a buzzer beater. They faced a 10-seed Ohio State in the 2nd round. (Ohio State advanced)

Some fun stuff, Gonzaga (28-8) was a 5-seed out of the WCC and made it to the Sweet 16 before losing to Clemson, a 9-seed in the West Region. It was the Zags first Sweet 16 appearance (and tourney appearance) in 4 years.

Longtime Tulsa assistant Douglas Greenlaw had only been with the Golden Hurricane and no one else in his 9-year career as a coach, so I went to look for a good program that could use a steady hand and chose Kansas. In his first season with the Jayhawks? They're 27-8 and in the Final Four. Not bad for the Zac Foley coaching tree. For context, Kansas had missed the post-season in each of the last 5 years and 6 of the last 7. Their last Final Four appearances came in 1932-33, so this was a big team taking a team of recruits who hadn't seen a winning season since 1951-52 and dragged them to a Final Four. Huge.

The other Final Four teams are 9-seed Clemson (1st time), 3-seed Coppin State (First Heritage League team to make a Final Four) and 2-seed Oregon (first appearance)

So it'll be full of interesting storylines and no matter what, we'll crown a first-time champion so that's cool. Clemson beat Tulsa in the Elite 8 to get here, btw, depriving them of their 10th Final Four appearance as a program. Would be crazy of Zac Foley assistant wins a title a year after leaving his boss and having as many titles as he does.

Western teams have not faired well in the tournament, which either means they're beating up on each other and we need to invest in them. Only 4 teams west of the Mississippi have won since 1935. Portland (1954) knocked off UCLA in an all-west coast final. And Arizona (1952) won one two years before that. Though besides those two programs, no team west of the Mississippi won a title since Pepperdine (1936) and Stanford (1935) went back to back.

This year will be another season denied as both Kansas and Oregon lost in their Final Four matchups. Clemson toppled Coppin State to claim their first national title.

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1957 OVERALL AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Year: SR PG Mark Worthington Tulsa 21.9 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 9.7 APG 4.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG Freshman of the Year: FR SG Conrad Spangler Purdue 19.8 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 6.2 APG 3.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG Coach of the Year: Alejandro Cowley Coppin State 30 - 7 (11 - 3) All-league 1st Team: C JR Miguel Angel Campos Providence 17.7 PPG, 13.8 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, 2.8 BPG PF SR Shembari Camp Howard 16.4 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 6.0 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.2 BPG SF SR Roger Herrera Michigan 23.7 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 6.6 APG, 2.9 SPG, 0.2 BPG SG JR Kevin Mcdade Tulsa 22.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 7.1 APG, 4.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG SR Mark Worthington Tulsa 21.9 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 9.7 APG, 4.6 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-league 2nd Team: C SR Joshua Swain Yeshiva 20.7 PPG, 12.9 RPG, 1.9 APG, 1.7 SPG, 1.7 BPG PF SR Keith Esquibel Houston Baptist 13.8 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 4.4 APG, 2.6 SPG, 0.7 BPG SF SR Mario Funches Portland 14.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 5.9 APG, 3.8 SPG, 0.1 BPG SG JR David Shivers Florida 24.7 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 3.4 APG, 4.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG JR Jeramy Lanier Buffalo 18.7 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 9.0 APG, 3.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG All-league 3rd Team: C SR James Brown Harvard 21.5 PPG, 14.4 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG PF SR Xavier Bader Gonzaga 20.6 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 1.6 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG SF SR Dolan Butler Oklahoma 15.3 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 7.4 APG, 3.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG SG SR Reagan Moreno Florida A&M 22.9 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 4.5 APG, 3.8 SPG, 0.2 BPG PG SR Michael Natividad TCU 15.5 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 10.4 APG, 5.4 SPG, 0.2 BPG All-freshman Team: C FR Elroy Garner Miami (OH) 15.7 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 1.3 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG PF FR Martins Larkin Ball State 12.4 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.4 BPG SF FR LaDavius Mullin San Diego 14.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.0 APG, 3.4 SPG, 0.0 BPG SG FR Conrad Spangler Purdue 19.8 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 6.2 APG, 3.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG PG FR Stephen Gonzalez Washington University 14.4 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 7.4 APG, 3.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG

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Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. UCLA (72) 32-3 1800 1 Pacific-14 Conference 2. Tulsa 35-3 1717 3 Big 12 Conference 3. Stanford 31-5 1667 2 Pacific-14 Conference 4. Buffalo 30-4 1538 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Florida 31-4 1517 4 Southeastern Conference 6. Arkansas 33-4 1481 6 Southeastern Conference 7. Oregon 30-8 1340 7 Pacific-14 Conference 8. Florida A&M 29-6 1291 9 Southeastern Conference 9. Marquette 26-7 1243 8 Big East Conference 10. Texas 27-8 1140 10 Pacific-14 Conference 11. Boston College 30-7 1098 15 Yankee Conference 12. TCU 29-8 949 16 Big 12 Conference 13. Seton Hall 28-9 882 13 Big East Conference 14. Texas A&M 26-8 869 18 Southeastern Conference 15. Duke 27-7 791 12 Atlantic Coast Conference 16. Penn State 28-8 775 11 Yankee Conference 17. Cincinnati 25-8 687 14 Atlantic Coast Conference 18. Alcorn State 28-6 590 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference 19. Oklahoma 25-10 443 22 Pacific-14 Conference 20. Houston Baptist 29-3 400 19 Southland Conference 21. Hampton 25-10 316 NR Atlantic Coast Conference 22. Kansas State 26-8 281 20 Big 12 Conference 23. UConn 25-10 264 NR Big East Conference 24. Coppin State 30-7 249 21 Heritage League 25. West Virginia 27-10 35 24 Southeastern Conference Others Receiving Votes: Gonzaga 28-8 29 West Coast Conference Purdue 23-9 4 Big Ten Conference Southern 27-9 3 Southwestern Athletic Conference Utah Valley 28-6 1 Western Athletic Conference
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How are you role playing as AD? I’m curious as it seems impossible even with commish mode?
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I know you can make Ai human coaches, but hiring/firing is harder
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How are you role playing as AD? I’m curious as it seems impossible even with commish mode?

Basically you can turn AI coaches into human coaches, fire the assistants you want at the assistant hiring period. You can't really hire who you want there, but you can try to influence it some. Then when it's time to sim, I auto-sim so it makes everyone a AI controlled coach again and I don't have to manage anything.

If I want to fire them, I make them human and then you can fire them without a problem. Technically, they are resigning but it's okay. Other times, I'll just move them to programs manually since I don't have human offers on in this save.

So basically, I have no influence other than picking the coach I want, which makes it feel a bit more realistic since it's pretty random whether a coach in this game is going to impact stuff one way or another.

Then once it's the off-season, I do the same thing. If there's a coach I don't want to retire prematurely, I try to remember to make them human ahead of time. It's not too bad.

The other big AD workaround [that I did not use in this dynasty] , is related to timing of when you intervene [basically you change the assistant salaries to $1 right after they sign, then it gives your program all of its available budget for recruiting.

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Old 03-30-2021, 12:44 PM   #36
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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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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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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The party ended in the Sweet 16, with a sufficient thumping by James Madison (themselves with a new coach) but still a really surprising run by a team that I wasn't expecting to see do anything.

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James Madison 78, Chicago State 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Madison (26-10, 10-6): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Daniel Creighton C 22 5-10 1-1 2 4 2 2 11 Charles Moorman PF 25 0-3 0-0 0 7 2 3 0 Volker Goehler SF 28 5-12 1-1 5 9 2 3 12 James Korte SG 26 9-17 1-1 1 2 1 3 24 James Lebeau PG 33 4-7 0-0 1 5 3 1 9 Chris Damron C 20 2-4 0-0 1 4 2 0 4 Anibal Harris SG 13 4-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 8 Donovan Kibler SF 13 2-3 2-3 0 5 3 2 6 Don McNary PG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Freeman Rhea PF 13 1-2 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 Galen Keller SG 2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Turnovers: 9 (D.Creighton 1, C.Moorman 1, V.Goehler 1, J.Korte 1, J.Lebeau 5) Blocked Shots: 4 (C.Moorman 3, F.Rhea 1) Steals: 5 (V.Goehler 1, J.Korte 2, J.Lebeau 1, D.Kibler 1) 3P FGs: 7-17 (V.Goehler 1-3, J.Korte 5-9, J.Lebeau 1-4, D.Kibler 0-1) Chicago State (22-14, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Bryant McDonald C 29 2-5 1-3 4 8 1 1 5 Steven Mosley PF 30 2-6 2-5 1 5 2 2 6 Jared Alberts SF 29 6-15 1-2 3 7 2 3 14 Charles Stock SG 21 1-5 2-2 2 5 1 3 4 Quentin Geis PG 28 1-10 2-2 0 1 0 1 5 Thomas Naughton PF 15 0-3 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 Foster Elswick SF 25 2-5 0-0 2 3 1 3 6 Fredrick Wiseman C 6 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 2 James Dunne SG 12 1-2 0-2 0 0 3 0 2 Tommy Broyles PG 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Turnovers: 18 (B.McDonald 2, S.Mosley 3, J.Alberts 4, C.Stock 1, Q.Geis 3, F.Elswick 2, F.Wiseman 1, J.Dunne 1, T.Broyles 1) Blocked Shots: 5 (B.McDonald 1, S.Mosley 1, C.Stock 1, T.Naughton 2) Steals: 3 (C.Stock 1, Q.Geis 2) 3P FGs: 4-21 (J.Alberts 1-4, C.Stock 0-3, Q.Geis 1-8, T.Naughton 0-1, F.Elswick 2-4, J.Dunne 0-1) Player of Game: SG James Korte (J MSN)
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Final Four (1974-75) will be the Big East Invitational.

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2-seed Syracuse (Yankee conference)
4-seed Marquette (Big East)
2-seed Creighton (Big East)
1-seed Seton Hall (Big East)

Pretty impressive stuff. Seton Hall (34-3) had their legendary coach Danny Velez (1177-401) retire after 29 seasons, 2 national titles, 16 conference titles, and 16 All-Americans. Both titles he won at Seton Hall. Mike Tuttle, their current head coach was an assistant under Velez before eventually spending years at Kentucky. He left there for UMass, but only spent a season there before moving to Seton Hall when this job opened up. Hilariously, UMass faced Seton Hall in the Elite 8 this year.

Syracuse (29-6) are in their first Final Four since 1948 when they won the whole tournament. This team's appearance in the NCAAs was not foretold at the start of the year. They'd missed the post-season 4 straight years, which is why head coach Michael Watt was fired. The Orange last made the tournament seven seasons ago, so it makes what first-year coach Ernest Mitchell -- who came over after years at Arkansas -- did all the more impressive.

Creighton (32-4) are back in the Final Four for the third time in school history. Both other times (1962, 1969) they won the whole tournament. 9th year head coach Mike Shipe sports one of those title rings and is aiming for a 2nd, as the only coach in this tourney left with national title experience as a head coach.

Marquette (26-9) have been to 11 Final Fours, but only have 2 titles to show for it. Surprisingly, this off-season they lost HC Brendan Carlsen after only two years to Florida, which was not the vision when they tapped him to replace longtime legendary coach Casey Velasquez. Velasquez reigned from 1948-71, elevated an already excellent program to new heights. 6 Final Fours, 3 national titles games, 2 national titles.

To replace Carlsen, they elevated former Georgia State head coach Willis Dunbar, one of the hottest young coaches who was sputtering at Georgia State since their elevation to the ACC. Dunbar, 42, has taken his 4th program to the NCAAs in his young career after starting at Wyoming. He led Denver to a surprise Final Four in 1966, meaning he's the 2nd most experienced coach in this Final Four field.

No matter who wins it all, we're talking about some pretty accomplished programs and a generation of legendary coaches down the road.

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Old 03-31-2021, 01:25 PM   #39
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Castro still has the Cougars (19-13) as consistent tournament team. They made their 4th straight appearance in the tournament this season (1976-77) and again as a 16-seed (they had to win the Summit League to get into the tourney at all) they faced a very good Texas A&M (28-7) team who made the Final Four last year, were ranked 2nd in the nation in the last poll.

Anyway, none of that mattered when they beat them handily 77-66. I can't imagine Castro will be able to stick around another year, having successfully turned himself into one of the hottest coaches in the country, even after their 2nd round loss to Tulsa.

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Chicago State 77, Texas A&M 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago State (19-12, 11-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Thomas Naughton C 37 5-10 0-0 3 14 5 2 10 Fredrick Wiseman PF 36 3-8 0-0 5 10 2 4 6 Pete Armstrong SF 32 5-14 0-0 0 6 2 0 12 Bo Puentes SG 32 10-15 2-4 4 8 3 2 25 David Smart PG 36 5-11 1-2 0 1 5 2 15 Tommy Broyles PG 10 3-4 1-2 0 0 1 2 8 Moses Freeman SF 7 0-1 0-0 2 3 1 0 0 Brant Ball C 5 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 G. Gutierrez SG 2 0-1 1-2 0 2 0 1 1 Craig Cobb PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Turnovers: 19 (T.Naughton 5, P.Armstrong 4, B.Puentes 4, D.Smart 1, T.Broyles 3, M.Freeman 1, B.Ball 1) Blocked Shots: 10 (T.Naughton 8, F.Wiseman 2) Steals: 6 (T.Naughton 1, P.Armstrong 2, B.Puentes 1, D.Smart 1, T.Broyles 1) 3P FGs: 10-21 (P.Armstrong 2-5, B.Puentes 3-6, D.Smart 4-8, T.Broyles 1-1, G.Gutierrez 0-1) Texas A&M (28-7, 15-5): Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts Chas Brooke C 24 6-17 2-2 2 5 1 2 14 Maurice Aquilar PF 36 7-17 5-7 1 6 2 1 19 Eloy Bauman SF 30 1-8 0-0 2 5 4 1 3 Michael Williams SG 34 2-4 1-2 2 4 6 2 6 Andrew Mefford PG 33 2-6 3-4 0 3 2 1 9 Robert Scales C 12 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 3 2 Jacob Cox SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Deandre Guess SG 12 2-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 4 Leo Little SF 9 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 3 3 Charles Leathers PF 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Randal Deaver C 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 Turnovers: 11 (E.Bauman 1, M.Williams 5, A.Mefford 2, R.Scales 1, C.Leathers 1, R.Deaver 1) Blocked Shots: 8 (C.Brooke 2, M.Aquilar 2, E.Bauman 2, R.Scales 2) Steals: 7 (C.Brooke 2, M.Aquilar 1, M.Williams 2, A.Mefford 1, R.Deaver 1) 3P FGs: 5-12 (C.Brooke 0-1, E.Bauman 1-1, M.Williams 1-3, A.Mefford 2-5, L.Little 1-2) Player of Game: SG Bo Puentes (CH ST)

It was their first Top 50 win of the year and they sure picked a good time for it. Super wild.

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CHICAGO STATE COUGARS TEAM INFO Current Performance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 1-3 Poll Rank: NR Season Record: 19-13 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0 RPI Rank: #129 Conference Record: 11-5 Record Vs 101-200: 1-5 Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 17-5 Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points 69.1 4 194 Points 67.8 9 159 Points 1.3 3 149 O.Reb 11.9 2 82 O.Reb 10.4 7 148 O.Reb 1.5 5 86 D.Reb 25.9 2 139 D.Reb 24.6 7 152 D.Reb 1.3 3 94 Rebounds 37.8 2 93 Rebounds 35.0 8 127 Rebounds 2.8 4 70 Assists 13.9 3 135 Assists 13.8 11 281 Assists 0.1 5 170 Steals 4.7 9 307 Steals 6.5 11 358 Steals -1.8 11 369 Blocks 4.3 3 89 Blocks 2.7 7 61 Blocks 1.6 3 57 Turnovers 14.5 10 309 Turnovers 12.9 9 280 Turnovers 1.7 10 318 Fouls 19.9 8 233 Fouls 19.0 5 271 Fouls 0.8 6 274 FG% .423 7 255 FG% .432 6 201 FG% -.009 6 249 FT% .696 3 117 FT% .653 1 52 FT% .043 1 51 3P% .357 1 114 3P% .346 7 241 3P% .011 5 159 PPS 1.23 5 223 PPS 1.22 5 147 PPS .008 5 183 Adj. FG% .487 3 188 Adj. FG% .481 6 130 Adj. FG% .007 4 160
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Old 04-01-2021, 02:11 PM   #40
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Turns out, I had an old FBCB directory that wasn't the one the game exe was located in, so for decades I'd been thinking I was making changes to the ini but knew something was wrong (aka the scoring was too low for my tastes) but I finally did some digging and realized it was using all the defaults this whole time.

Anyway, I kinda wanna start over, but I'm invested in these decades of outcomes. So if nothing else, now it just means things are gonna get way more uptempo in the subsequent years.
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