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DePaul post game thread

Huskyforlife said:
We would’ve lost if their best player was in. Terrible day, but thankfully it won’t hurt us in the rankings.
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LSU at #19 lost today too. Hopefully move up. Not that it matters. Like you said, bad night. Win the ones your supposed to and advance.
 
spudzj6 said:
LSU at #19 lost today too. Hopefully move up. Not that it matters. Like you said, bad night. Win the ones your supposed to and advance.
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#15 USC also lost and #18 Tennessee is down 2 to a solid Texas team at the half as well
 
I thought defense was good; not many clean looks for DePaul, which played tough. Another solid game on the boards, and ball movement and shot selection weren't bad, though they didn't give us a load of clean looks either. Obviously, the inability to finish at the rim cost us again, but as has been said, a win is a win, especially on the road- we'll take it, and get ready for Creighton at home on Tuesday.
 
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We all saw the entire team play a bad game, or at least a bad half, with the exception of Cole. We couldn't shoot, we even missed free throws, yet the outcome wasn't in doubt down the stretch
 
Huskyforlife said:
We would’ve lost if their best player was in. Terrible day, but thankfully it won’t hurt us in the rankings.
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Or maybe we play more focused

Maybe we win by 20
 
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UConn did not cover 8.5 point spread, but a win is a win. Next.
 
Mister P said:
Take the win and leave the female announcer.
She was bad and called # 10 on DePaul Akok at least 5 times.
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en.wikipedia.org

Lisa Byington - Wikipedia

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from JI - Sept. '21 - "She was hired as television play-by-play announcer by the world champion Milwaukee Bucks, becoming the first woman to be a full-time NBA play-by-play announcer.
This is not a gimmick. Byington was hired because she earned it. She has done other play-by-play assignments, including becoming the first woman to do play-by-play of an NBA men’s tournament game."
 
Martin didn’t have it on the offense end tonight but it was nice to see he wasn’t forcing up shots either.
 
UcannUconn said:
I was really impressed by DePaul’s defense. I’m surprised they haven’t won more games in conference.
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I think they will. I like that coach for them. He fits the city. They can adopt a cincy/WV type identity. Would be good for the conference
 
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Mister P said:
Take the win and leave the female announcer.
She was bad and called # 10 on DePaul Akok at least 5 times.
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I was confused. Also thought his first name could possibly be Akok.
 
UcannUconn said:
I was really impressed by DePaul’s defense. I’m surprised they haven’t won more games in conference.
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Agree with this. UConn made some really sloppy passes but DePaul defenders were playing tight without fouling and really disruptive in the passing lanes.
 
husky8273 said:
en.wikipedia.org

Lisa Byington - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

from JI - Sept. '21 - "She was hired as television play-by-play announcer by the world champion Milwaukee Bucks, becoming the first woman to be a full-time NBA play-by-play announcer.
This is not a gimmick. Byington was hired because she earned it. She has done other play-by-play assignments, including becoming the first woman to do play-by-play of an NBA men’s tournament game."
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Also the first woman to misidentify Akok Akok for a full game, applying the name to players on both teams.
 
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One of the marks of being a decent team is playing like garbage and still beating a team on the road even if it is as subpar as DePaul. Will this effort wash against some of the teams on our upcoming schedule? Heck no. Regardless, a year or two ago and this may have been an "L". It's progress. Ugly progress, but progress nonetheless. We found a way to win. Take it and move on to the next
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Liberty is one of those star players whose departure will make his team better. He is not quite good enough to be as ball dominant as he is and still be effective at this level.
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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.
 
LIuconn said:
Just saw a pic of depaul’s arena. Very impressive
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Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center,[6] is a 10,387-seat sports venue in Chicago's Near South Side community area that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for the men's and women's basketball teams of DePaul University and serves as an events center for McCormick Place. It also is the home of the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[7]

The arena was announced in May 2013, with construction planned to begin in 2014, and use expected to begin with the 2016–17 season.[8] The start of construction was delayed to November 2015, with completion delayed until the 2017–18 season. Although DePaul had been seeking a new home arena — it used Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont starting 1980 — it rejected a November 2012 ten-year offer to play rent free at the United Center.[8] Instead, DePaul planned to use Allstate Arena on a recurring one-year basis until it had a new home.[8] On November 16, 2016, DePaul and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA or "McPier") announced that the new event center at McCormick Square would be called Wintrust Arena. The announcement came after the signing of a letter of intent that contemplated a definitive 15-year sponsorship agreement between DePaul and Wintrust.[9]
 
Credit to the DePaul game plan, down a key player. They played a tough body to body defense that prevented good ball movement by the Huskies. That defense also disrupted passes into Santago who was forced to setup outside his comfort zone. Seemed like Hurley was trying to get him back inside but our center had few clean looks and reverted to jump hooks. Our inside game was missing and only by repeated second attempts did we sometimes score.
The bench didn't show up in this game. Our three point shooting was just a hair off and that made big difference. Cole was impressive and kept us in the game in one of our coldest shooting matches. Overall a good win on a cold night in the Windy City. To win without your best stuff is the mark of a growing program.
The coach call for timeout with .6 seconds on the clock, at the end of the first half, and full court pass by Jackson to a reinserted Santago was pure genius. Thanks! Surely this was a deflating moment for DePaul and locker room hanger over.
 
husky8273 said:
Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center,[6] is a 10,387-seat sports venue in Chicago's Near South Side community area that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for the men's and women's basketball teams of DePaul University and serves as an events center for McCormick Place. It also is the home of the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[7]

The arena was announced in May 2013, with construction planned to begin in 2014, and use expected to begin with the 2016–17 season.[8] The start of construction was delayed to November 2015, with completion delayed until the 2017–18 season. Although DePaul had been seeking a new home arena — it used Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont starting 1980 — it rejected a November 2012 ten-year offer to play rent free at the United Center.[8] Instead, DePaul planned to use Allstate Arena on a recurring one-year basis until it had a new home.[8] On November 16, 2016, DePaul and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA or "McPier") announced that the new event center at McCormick Square would be called Wintrust Arena. The announcement came after the signing of a letter of intent that contemplated a definitive 15-year sponsorship agreement between DePaul and Wintrust.[9]
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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]
 
First half DePaul's D was really disruptive and they were all over us. Our 4 missed 3's by Hawk and Polley in the first half seemed to affect our play. Not sure where their students were but if that arena was full it might have been a different story.
 
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