DePaul post game thread

[storrsroars]

does anyone else get frustrated watching Jackson play? I feel like he is passive or out of control, when he is aggressive he turns into another player.

I'm usually surprised when he gets stuffed. I always expect him to be at least a half foot above whomever is defending him.

 

[Bonk]

If we play like that we lose to Creighton and get our teeth kicked in by Nova. On a positive note, this was a great opponent to have a "wake up call" against. We played our worst bball and came away with a win. If it spills into Creighton/Nova I'll be concerned though.

 

[superjohn]

I just rewatched parts of the game and man, was it dead at the Wintrust.

If you did a blind comparison between the audio of that game and a random UConn @ East Carolina game, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Not terribly surprised UConn played an uninspiring game in an uninspiring setting.

Thank god we're back at the XL for Tuesday.

It was pretty loud by the UConn bench, almost all Uconn fans doing the U-C-O-N-N chant throughout and UConn fans barking at DePaul fans. Near the end of the game a UConn dad had his little daughter on his shoulders and she was giving the double bird to the DePaul fans for about a minute.

 

[superjohn]

Hartford's never coming up with similar funding to replace XL:

Upon announcement, ESPN reported the expected cost of the 10,000-seat arena, located on Cermak Road between Indiana and Prairie Avenue, across the street from McCormick Place was $173 million.[8] The funding came from three sources: $70 million from the university, $70 million from a McPier bond fund and $33 million from public taxes (e.e., $103 million from public funds).[8] It was built to host concerts, conventions and other events in addition to DePaul Basketball games.[12] As the building approached completion, its capacity was announced as 10,387 seats for basketball.[2]

Funding​

The decision for public participation in the funding of DePaul's athletic facility was controversial because it was announced 6 days prior to the Board of Education's decision to close 50 public schools due to a $1 billion deficit.[13] When the Chicago City Council approved funding on July 24, 2013, the Chicago Reader reported the vote as though money was taken from the schools and spent on the arena because the spending plan included $68 million in budget cuts for the Chicago Public Schools.[14][15] The Chicago Tribune revealed that the land for the project had not yet been acquired four days after the City Hall funding vote.[16]

There's a proposal for a $1.5 billion casino right next to Wintrust. There's a lot of building going on in the South Loop.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

That's not correct at all. He's got a 114 ORTG on the year.

If we compare him to Cole, he gets to the rim more often and finishes better when he does. He can drive left or right. He draws fouls more frequently on a per possession basis. Despite heavier volume, he has a lower turnover rate than Cole (who is pretty low I might add, JFL's is just very low). He's hitting 39% from 3 compared to 33% for Cole on the same volume, many of which are off the dribble pull-ups. He has a decent assist rate, if lower than Cole, but he plays a combo guard role alongside Terry. Depaul's offense is 14 points better per 100 with him on the court. They're a complete dumpster fire on offense without him, as we saw tonight. Nobody can finish or shoot.

They're the equivalent of a top 30 offense with him and 250th without him on the year.

Depaul looked good today. Ewing Theory.