DePaul Post Game Thread

[temery]

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Teeing up the thread early I see

 

[Dove]

That Mullins trey while getting body slammed was amazing!

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Tom very confident today. Calling game over already.

 

[TheShot1990]

Rain Man is so smooth and so confident with the ball that goes along with his tremendous scoring ability that it has to scare opponents. He could definitely play the 1 in a pinch too. How about his steal and one handed pass up the court to Ball for the assist?

The Bear was a beast as usual.

The Dog was a total dog again.

Captain America so steady

Hoping this is the last game the bench has a flat game

 

[EricSD]

Solid game for about 37 minutes. Got the lead up to 22 to only end up winning by 12.

Liked seeing all of our core 9 get at least 12 minutes. Would have preferred a larger MOV...

 

[ctbro1999]

Last couple minutes was sorta messed up, but otherwise a solid game.

 

[UCFan1513]

Disappointing ending

 

[Lafayette]

Good game - we let then creep back in late, but win by 12 is fine. Will see ya at the Prudential Center Tuesday!

 

[MJKI]

Tough to see a 16-20 point lead end as 12 for the kenpom people but a pretty complete performance. Really frustrated by the continued passing of the ball to Reed 15-18 feet from the basket. He doesn’t have good ball skills and trying to dribble it down low results in a turnover or forced shot every time. He needs to throw it out, re-establish down low and get the re-feed.
On the positive, much better defensive effort by Solo today. Weird seeing him but the 4th option on offense but that’s a good sign of our depth. Mullins is so active defensively, I love watching him play. Oh and go Silas. The king.

 

[HailUConn]

I'm more and more impressed with the duo of Mullins and Reibe. They are just making high IQ heady plays.
Mullins is especially more advanced in defense than all of us thought...
The inbound steal and bounce off to Silas is just ridiculous

 

[Huskyforlife]

Not covering the spread against DePaul at home, yuck.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Hurley must not care about resume analytics at all. Marvin of Victory matters a ton, yet they consistently take their foot off the gas at the end of games.

 

[BugsyCT]

Silas. Demary.

 

[Dove]

This team does not have to rely on an Alpha dog scorer. And that is dangerous to all opponents.

 

[Inyatkin]

Never at all in doubt so don’t really care on the final score

 

[Dove]

Silas. Demary.

Silas The Stylus. Playing sweet music.

 

[REB1094]

For as "bad" as the first half was with missed layups and a cold scoring stretch, we were still up 10 points while shooting 52%. The defense had a rough patch but was nearly flawless for the first 10-12 minutes. DePaul got some energy but never really was threatening. Then we ended the game early in the 2nd and rolled to an easy win!

Clear emphasis to have Tarris make decisions when he gets doubled. We forced him the ball almost every possession early and he waited for the double before looking for a shot. Led to good results to start, but bad habits crept in from time to time. Tarris' improvement at that part of his game is crucial

Another quiet game from Solo. I don't think he played poorly but the openings weren't there. He got going a bit in the second with 3 strong takes at the rim. I wonder how much is because of a mental block vs. how much is because defenses are still keyed in on him. And how much more time before defenses start shifting focus to Mullins? Pick your poison

Speaking of, special shoutout to Braylon Mullins. My expectations were high, I assumed that he'd get capped out at 10-13 PPG because of how good our starting 5 is, and he's still crushing every expectation. 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 50/40/100 shooting

Let's go Huskies!

 

[Dove]

Not covering the spread against DePaul at home, yuck.

Game was in the bag.

 

[UCFan1513]

How do we square having one of the best resumes in the country, but sitting 9th in KenPom? One spot below an Illinois team we manhandled. I have to think we’re better than metrics indicate

Good team that wins games, but doesn’t step on throats of opponents worse than us

 

[Candyman]

They scored at will the last 5 minutes. Just awful end of game. Destroys any metrics. This team just has no killer instinct at all.

 

[Candyman]

How do we square having one of the best resumes in the country, but sitting 9th in KenPom? One spot below an Illinois team we manhandled. I have to think we’re better than metrics indicate

Look at the end of this game and then OT against Providence who dropped 97 on us. Thats why.

 

[Glenn]

Solid game for about 37 minutes. Got the lead up to 22 to only end up winning by 12.

Liked seeing all of our core 9 get at least 12 minutes. Would have preferred a larger MOV...

seems odd that the "footer" to your post misses the last two championships

 

[Mister P]

More free throws made and attempted than the opponent while committing less fouls than the opponent. That I like.

Also liked the announcing team of Dedes and Anthony.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Silas is really good.

Props to the kid from DePaul who played in straight up glasses. What a look. I love it.

As for the worriers about the final margin, I guess Hurley probably won't go with our deep bench in our next high leverage game.