DePaul post game thread.

[Fishy]

I thought the play-by-play guy was a bit odd with his pronouncements that UConn always keeps the starters in. They didn't in that Xavier blowout. The starters were out the last 10 minutes. I think Hurley tried to do the same last night but the bench got sloppy in consectuitive trips so he put the starters back in. Too bad DePaul hat guy had a problem with it.

He was lost in space.

He’s a baseball announcer.

 

[Waquoit]

Really? I don't recall seeing that and there was quite a few folks who took issue with this and thought he was going back to the old 7 man rotation despite having used a deep bench down the stretch last year. This (deeper rotation) is based on the performance of Ball and Stewart of course. These two guys are the future for us next year so it helps in that respect as well.

I recall his saying that during the OOC schedule. I trust Hurley's judgement when it comes to developing players. He will not give PT before it's time. He took a bit of stick for not playing JStew more in Seattle. But look now, he's ready to go when called. That third 3 was just great. It was if he was thinking "Really?" and the bench was going "Really!"

 

[husky429]

I thought the play-by-play guy was a bit odd with his pronouncements that UConn always keeps the starters in. They didn't in that Xavier blowout. The starters were out the last 10 minutes. I think Hurley tried to do the same last night but the bench got sloppy in consectuitive trips so he put the starters back in. Too bad DePaul hat guy had a problem with it.

At that point, our starters are staying in for conditioning, not the win.

 

[storrsroars]

I recall his saying that during the OOC schedule. I trust Hurley's judgement when it comes to developing players. He will not give PT before it's time. He took a bit of stick for not playing JStew more in Seattle. But look now, he's ready to go when called. That third 3 was just great. It was if he was thinking "Really?" and the bench was going "Really!"

Yep. IIRC, there were comments from Dan Hurley at that time about wanting to get more guys involved but they had to earn it in practice, comments which shouldn't surprise anyone here.

 

[alphasigko]

His defense is so tremendously good. He moves laterally as quickly as anyone I can remember, and he plays his man tight because he can recover even if they get past him initially. And if someone scores over him, he never gets petulant or surly- he just gets ready for the next play.

Will Castle draw Kolek on Saturday?

 

[Waquoit]

At that point, our starters are staying in for conditioning, not the win.

Don't agree. If the subs were doing OK, I think the starters would have stayed out. That's what happened against Xavier.

 

[Shamon30]

Roumoglou has looked really solid on defense. Wasn't that supposed to be what was keeping him on the bench?

 

[David 76]

Will Castle draw Kolek on Saturday?

Him or Diarra

 

[HooperScooper]

Sorry to bump this thread from last week but I thought this was interesting.

Not a record you want to have, but DePaul is flirting with becoming the lowest-ranked KenPom team — ever — from a high-major league. The Blue Demons are 3-22 and sit at 302. The record is ... 302. Utah went 6-25 in 2011-12, its first season in the Pac-12.

Court Report: Auburn's Bruce Pearl could be coaching carousel target; Ken Pomeroy should be in Hall of Fame

When your name becomes shorthand in any culture, you're ubiquitous. You're Hall of Fame-worthy. That's KenPom

www.cbssports.com

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Sorry to bump this thread from last week but I thought this was interesting.

Not a record you want to have, but DePaul is flirting with becoming the lowest-ranked KenPom team — ever — from a high-major league. The Blue Demons are 3-22 and sit at 302. The record is ... 302. Utah went 6-25 in 2011-12, its first season in the Pac-12.

Court Report: Auburn's Bruce Pearl could be coaching carousel target; Ken Pomeroy should be in Hall of Fame

When your name becomes shorthand in any culture, you're ubiquitous. You're Hall of Fame-worthy. That's KenPom

www.cbssports.com

Wow. They have 1 more game on the schedule that they *might win (GTown). They're almost guaranteed to go down as the worst major conference team ever.