Game Date: Jan 16th, 2042

Rochester Institute of Technology

Team: Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers [ID #752]

Location: Rochester, NY (Northeast)

Conference: IV.4 [Division 1]

President: BMacG
          [since March 19th 2023 | last seen November 19th 2024]

Coach: Dillon Hulsey

Arena: Clark Gymnasium

Rating: 89.08 - Overall Position: #398

Fan Mood: 67.87

Alumni Mood: 20.90

Prestige: 90

Team Notes:

• Dec 19 2041: 3-star prospect Dorsey Hogan committed.
• Nov 13 2041: 2-star prospect John Malone committed.
• Aug 29 2041: Demoted to conference IV.4.
• Jun 25 2041: Dan Christy was signed as a free agent by Golden State.
• Feb 16 2041: 3-star prospect Oscar Swan committed.
• Jan 26 2041: 2-star prospect Andrew Moretti committed.
• Jan 03 2041: 4-star prospect Lucas Whitaker committed.
• Aug 30 2040: Promoted to conference III.2.
• Mar 11 2040: Made the national tournament field.
• Mar 03 2040: Won the IV.4 conference.

Record:

Wins: 4 Losses: 23 Pct: .148     Conf Wins: 0 Conf Losses: 17 Conf Pct: .000 Conf Rank: 16     Last10: 0-10 Streak: L17

Pts Ave: 66.6 - 84.9     Pts Diff: -18.2     Team Power Index: 116.4

Press Releases:

Mar 08 2041: Honoring King Christy - by BMacG on October 9th, 2024

RIT held an event to honor arguably their best ever player, Dan Christy

Played PF and C, and started 100% of his 162 career games.
125-52 RIT record during career.
Career stats/RIT All-Time Ranking
"Double-Doubles": 62/#1
Points: 2609/#2
Minutes: 5025/#5
Rebounds: 1439/#1
Steals: 162/#13
Blocks: 171/#7
FG%: 53.7/#8
FGs: 1025/#1
Plus/Minus: +1692/#3
POTGs: 44/#2


Jan 24 2041: Double Double King - by BMacG on September 26th, 2024

Despite a mostly lost season for RIT plagued by injuries to the few veteran players on the team, SR Dan Christy has been a bright spot.

With todays 22 points and 15 rebounds, Dan Christy earned his 12th "double-double" of the season, and the 55th of his career, and is (likely) the RIT record holder.

Additionally, RS SR Dylan Urban now holds the RIT record for career assists with 890.


Mar 24 2040: End of an Era - by BMacG on August 20th, 2024

As the season comes to a close, RIT ends an era with the graduation of 3 starters and 5 scholarship seniors total. This core of players and coach Hulsey led RIT to a run of success unprecedented in the schools history.

Hulsey over the last three seasons has done the following:
112-24 record overall
78-12 Conference record
11-5 Post-season record
3 Consecutive Conference Titles
3 Consecutive Promotions
3 NT invites

The three starters graduating also made RIT history:
Jacob Burns ends his career with 1854 points, 1051 rebounds, 223 steals (6th AT for RIT), and 89 blocks
#1 AT for single season 3pt % (47.9)
#1 AT for career 3pt% (42.1)
#2 AT for career 3pt (336)
#3 AT for career +/- per game (+11.69)
#1 AT for career total +/- (+2081)
#7 AT for POTG awards (21)

Joel Shepherd was never a huge scorer, but was one of the most reliable defenders on the roster.
He ends his career #2 AT for steals with 266, and he did not have any full seasons where he allowed 40% or more for OFG%.
His last season his OFG allowed was 34.8% with an OeFG of 43.1%, and a career avg of 37.6/46.9, and is #3 AT for career +/- with +1781.

Keith Brennan was a reliable inside scoring presence as the first seven footer in Hulseys tenure - he ends his career #1 AT for single season FG% (2038, 66%) and career FG% (62.3%).

Next season will be a rebuilding season for RIT, but Dan Christy and Dylan Urban hope to be able to help RIT survive and avoid demotion in their first ever season in LL3.




Nov 26 2039: Hulsey Hits Double Hundo - by BMacG on July 15th, 2024

Dillon Hulsey continues to build upon his legendary status at RIT - less than three seasons after becoming the winningest basketball coach in RIT history, he has hit 200 career wins as a head coach with RIT, for a career record of 200-115 (0.635) with an in-conference record of 136-76 (0.642). Additionally, he has a 10-6 Conference Tournament record, and a 4-3 National Tournament Record. He has led the team to three Conference Championships (VI.16 2035, VI.15 2038, V.8 2039) and a Conference Tournament Championship in 2038.

Hulsey is RIT's first coach in school history to:
- Hit 150 and 200 wins
- Win back to back conference championships
- Win a conference tournament championship
- Win a DII conference
- Promote to LL4/DI

RIT is Hulsey's first shot at being a Head Coach, and he has made the most of it, totally turning around the RIT basketball program, and has been on fire over the last few seasons - over the last 100 games, the Tigers have gone 84-16.

With age creeping up on him, Hulsey has hinted this may be his last season coaching - if so, what an incredible impact he has had in Rochester!


Oct 29 2039: Big Press Conference - by BMacG on July 7th, 2024

After more than a season since speaking to the press, the RIT Basketball president BMacG and coach Hulsey held a press conference.

BMacG: I apologize for the long radio-silence; it's been a wild ride, and frankly we have been too busy being focused on continuing this success.
When we hired Coach Hulsey, this was one of the most moribund programs in college basketball, and expectations were low; RIT has instead soared to heights that may be humble to the legends of the sport, but are unheard of in the programs history.

Hulsey is the winningest coach in school history, with a 193-114 record and a 0.629 winning percentage.
- 27% of all of RITs wins in 40 seasons have come during Hulsey's 8 seasons at the helm.
- School record for wins in a single season, with 41 wins in 2038
- The 2040 season is the first season RIT has ever reached Division 1
- The 2039 season was the first season RIT was ever invited to the Division 2 NT
- The school record for season rpi, 0.578, was achieved in both season 2038 and season 2039, resulting in overall RPI rankings of 53 and 52, respectively, the highest in school history.
- Hulsey has been a hometown crowd pleaser, going 101-42 (0.706) at home, with RIT currently on a streak of 26 straight sell-out home games, dating back to the 2038 season.


It took some time to get a system and culture established, but once it did RIT took off - over the last 5 seasons Hulsey has led the team to a 156-65 (0.706) overall record, winning the V.16 Conference in 2035, the VI.15 Conference in 2038, and the V.8 Conference in 2039, RIT's first DII conference title. Additionally, RIT won the VI.15 Conference Playoff Tournament in 2038.
-From 2035 to now, RIT has received 2 DIII NT invites and 1 DII NT invite, and has gone 10-4 in Conference Playoff games, and 4-3 in National Tournament games
- Defense has been a key part of RIT's success; over their last 97 games, the Tigers have only allowed an average of 59.2 points per game.


Finally, Hulsey has done a fantastic job recruiting and developing high quality players. Since 2035, RIT has had at least one All-Conference player each season, including the Conference Player of the Year in 2036 and 2037 (both Harvey Kerr) and 2038 (Lincoln Morris) while Dan Christy secured the Conference Freshman of the Year award in 2038. The top 6 players in RIT history for +/- rating are either current or recent players:
1 D. Bowers (C/O 2039) +1505
2 J. Burns (C/O 2040) +1435
3 J. Shepherd (C/O 2040) +1271
4 D. Christy (C/O 2041) +1223
5 R. Childers (C/O 2036) +768
6 L. Morris (C/O 2038) +668

With RIT's debut in DI, we are trying to keep our expectations realistic this season; another 27-3 conference season would be great, but these are the best players and best managers RIT has ever faced, and we just hope to show we deserve to be here and compete to avoid relegation back to DII. Thank you for your time, and we will see you at NT invite time.




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