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== Season 58 ==

== Season 58 ==

'''Gauging Their Playing Hands''': The St. Paul Minions were the class of conference 14 at the start of the Page Age (named for the excellent basketball Demetrius Page sparked in the conference with his donation).  They were led by the twin towers, 7'1" Juan Runner, and 7'3" Lance Parks.  In Coach Timwhelan's first season his massive front court led the newly named St. Paul Adue Dogs to a 13-0 conference season and national attention with a top associated press ranking of #16 in the country.  Springfield, Rockford, and Cleveland all had solid PTT programs before hiring their new coaches, but coach qbake11 had a borderline DTT team to work with.

'''Gauging Their Playing Hands''': The St. Paul Minions were the class of conference 14 at the start of the Page Age (named for the excellent basketball Demetrius Page sparked in the conference with his donation).  They were led by the twin towers, 7'1" Juan Runner, and 7'3" Lance Parks.  In Coach Timwhelan's first season his massive front court led the newly named St. Paul Adue Dogs to a 13-0 conference season and national attention with a top associated press ranking of #16 in the country.  Springfield, Rockford, and Cleveland all had solid PTT programs before hiring their new coaches, but coach qbake11 had a borderline DTT team to work with.  That season the new coaches got underway in rebuilding their respective teams the way they wanted them, via recruiting. St. Paul built around their twin trees by securing three ball handlers and eventually shifted their focus to gathering more 7 footers (six recruited in just 8 seasons) and lethal outside shooters. St. Cloud knew from the get-go that they would build on Page's legacy and become the greatest 3pt shooting program in DTL history. Rockford used a conservative approach to build deep and talented teams. Springfield's coach persuaded a number of great defensive combo guards out of high school. Cleveland took another approach, targeting NBA talent and building their success around a few all-americans each season.

== Seasons 59-62 ==

== Seasons 59-62 ==

'''A Season To Remember''': The following season was the first time the five prestigious coaches had rosters made up exclusively of their very own recruits.  Clark Wilks, Benjamin McCarter, Marshall Rice, and the great senior class of Rockford gave them a deep enough team to snatch the conference crown.  McCarter raked in the trophies that year winning C14 and Lg5 Freshmen of the year, C14 player of the year, and 2nd team all american.  It was clear his ceiling was limitless.  Unfortunately for him his team never reached the NTT final four or even sniffed a C14 title in his tenure.  The conference was loaded with talent and making an elite name for themselves: Cleveland's starting five of Randall Griffith, Alejandro Cox, Jarrett Hall, Cody Morrone, and Kevin Bowers displayed themselves as perhaps the toughest lineup in the nation as they blitzed to C14's first Inferno title.  St. Paul returned all five of their starters from last season's 21 win campaign, but could only squeeze out a 17-7 run with their rough schedule.  St. Cloud brought in a 7'2" Freshmen by the name of Harold Alonso who was an ideal fit for their scheme.  He pulled down 10 boards per game as a 18 year old and only got better from there with Frank McMillan, Archie Richardson (30+ ppg in HS), and Adrian Bryant chucking up FORTY threes per game and making a good portion of them.  Season 63 was arguably the greatest season in conference history.

'''A Season To Remember''': The following season was the first time the five prestigious coaches had rosters made up exclusively of their very own recruits.  Clark Wilks, Benjamin McCarter, Marshall Rice, and the great senior class of Rockford gave them a deep enough team to snatch the conference crown.  McCarter raked in the trophies that year winning C14 and Lg5 Freshmen of the year, C14 player of the year, and 2nd team all american.  It was clear his ceiling was limitless.  Unfortunately for him his team never reached the NTT final four or even sniffed a C14 title in his tenure.  The conference was loaded with talent and making an elite name for themselves: Cleveland's starting five of Randall Griffith, Alejandro Cox, Jarrett Hall, Cody Morrone, and Kevin Bowers displayed themselves as perhaps the toughest lineup in the nation as they blitzed to C14's first Inferno title.  St. Paul returned all five of their starters from last season's 21 win campaign, but could only squeeze out a 17-7 run with their rough schedule.  St. Cloud brought in a 7'2" Freshmen by the name of Harold Alonso who was an ideal fit for their scheme.  He pulled down 10 boards per game as a 18 year old and only got better from there with Frank McMillan, Archie Richardson (30+ ppg in HS), and Adrian Bryant chucking up FORTY threes per game and making a good portion of them.  Season 63 was arguably the greatest season in conference history.

== Cleveland's Glory Days ==

== Seasons 64-65 ==

In season 64 Coach Timwhelan was hired away to coach middle school girl's basketball and Ngw12 was signed to take his place.  Rockford fell apart, dropping to 13-11 without their departed seniors to lean on.  Springfield, St. Cloud, and St. Paul all won 15 plus games in the southern division, but it was Cleveland again who topped them all with another 20 win season thanks to the three headed monster of Griffith/Hall/Cox, who were all High School All Americans.  They won another Inferno title, and this time the great ROI crown.  They then finished #7 in the country after an elite 8 defeat to the eventual champions, the Albuquerque Oldtimers.  Returning four starters the next season meant reason for hope and a chance to nab the first league championship in conference history.  Cleveland got off to a miserable start losing 3 of their first five in the Inferno, but after a 39 point humiliation against Springfield, a kid named Allen Wing broke out as the x-factor in a 15 game winning streak that gave them a regular season conference title, conference tournament championship, and huge NTT wins over Grand Rapids, Santa Fe, St. Martinsville, Annapolis, and then Toledo.  The underdog 6 seed Maaks fell 12 points short of the NTT championship aginst the undefeated Tuscon Court Jesters led by the unbelievable front court of Jay Allen, Amos Sarver and +10 SF Clyde Castro.  Allen Wing scored 28 points in the defeat, but the rest of the team was ice cold, leaving the city of Cleveland in great disappointment once again.

'''Cleveland's Glory Days''': In season 64 Coach Timwhelan was hired away to coach middle school girl's basketball and Ngw12 was signed to take his place.  Rockford fell apart, dropping to 13-11 without their departed seniors to lean on.  Springfield, St. Cloud, and St. Paul all won 15 plus games in the southern division, but it was Cleveland again who topped them all with another 20 win season thanks to the three headed monster of Griffith/Hall/Cox, who were all High School All Americans.  They won another Inferno title, and this time the great ROI crown.  They then finished #7 in the country after an elite 8 defeat to the eventual champions, the Albuquerque Oldtimers.  Returning four starters the next season meant reason for hope and a chance to nab the first league championship in conference history.  Cleveland got off to a miserable start losing 3 of their first five in the Inferno, but after a 39 point humiliation against Springfield, a kid named Allen Wing broke out as the x-factor in a 15 game winning streak that gave them a regular season conference title, conference tournament championship, and huge NTT wins over Grand Rapids, Santa Fe, St. Martinsville, Annapolis, and then Toledo.  The underdog 6 seed Maaks fell 12 points short of the NTT championship aginst the undefeated Tuscon Court Jesters led by the unbelievable front court of Jay Allen, Amos Sarver and +10 SF Clyde Castro.  Allen Wing scored 28 points in the defeat, but the rest of the team was ice cold, leaving the city of Cleveland in great disappointment once again.

== The Illinois War ==

== Seasons 71-Present ==