DePaul Post Game Thread

[cp176]

Better shooter but better basketball player? I'm not sure about that. Steph won the NBA Rookie year of the year last year for a reason and is having people comapre his game to Shai for a reason after playing even better this season. I do agree about being better than Liam but I never was a big fan of McNeeley's game.

Castle was as good a freshman defender as there was in the country. We have been blessed to have both of them.

 

[cp176]

I get your point but there is dare I say a Larry Birdish feel to Mullins game. In the NBA you have to be able to hit the three to be a superstar so far that is a weakness with Steph. Mullins by the end of the year is going to be nearly impossible to deal with for opponents.

I’ve said to many of my friends that his instincts remind me of Bird. I don’t say it loudly out of respect for Bird. Best instincts that I have ever seen on any court anywhere.

 

[80shusky]

 

[80shusky]

Nope. DePaul has sucked for 20+ years and they don't suck anymore. The culture was a disaster and Holtmann has changed that, he's going to coach his team for 40 minutes. Hurley respects it.

He's a great coach. I'd love to see him get DePaul to be consistently good.

 

[uconngb]

Question for the experts here. What’s worse for the metrics: winning by only 12 to DePaul or losing to Wisconsin at home?

Only half joking

Well if you’re Michigan it doesn’t matter because you are just so damn good

 

[phillionaire]

Question for the experts here. What’s worse for the metrics: winning by only 12 to DePaul or losing to Wisconsin at home?

Only half joking

Michigan lost to the team that beat Michigan obviously it’s a quality loss

 

[freshler40]

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.

Not at Providence.

 

[freshler40]

I like Stewart as we know he has offensive moves but he does almost nothing on offense in the last few games. He has to be more active like Ross is when he comes in. He doesn't have an urgent bone in his body and that hinders him on offense.

Amen. Much too passive for his court time.

 

[Candyman]

Demary not turning the ball over makes this team a real threat. You can see and feel his confidence growing. A very talented point guard in an offense that is tricky to be the point guard in.

I agree but he actually had 4 turnovers today and only 4 assists.

 

[ucp990411]

In my opinion it was more being safe - lead was down to 14, and if we turned the ball over in the backcourt a couple more times, it could have led to some anxiety.

Come on. It was clearly a message to the subs. Especially Furphy. Lazy turnover. Then he put the subs back in minus Furphy

 

[ucp990411]

Much better 2nd half from Solo. He needs to create his own shot & beat his guy off the dribble and establish a mid-range game if he has any hope of raising his play to the next level. Relying solely on a jump-shot, perimeter game wont work as teams are scheming against him. Hope he figures it out. or else this offense wont work with AK & Mullins as much better shooters.

Basically, this team went through the motions today and beat a team soundly they should have beat soundly. The final score was closer than the game played out in the 2nd half, but it may hurt ranking in March.

Have you watched any games this year?

 

[freescooter]

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.

He doesn’t. And he is right. Most important metric is W-L. The rest is a bunch of nonsense to make guys who have never been competitive athletes feel important.

I don’t like the way we seem to play to the level of our competition, but again, winning isn’t the most important thing, it’s the only important thing.

 

[HungryHu5ky]

Yup. Should have pushed the 22 point lead to 30 not win by 12

Hurley tried to give some bench guys some mins up 22 with 2:00 to go & they faltered & got pulled right away not worried about only winning by 12 game was never in question

 

[freescooter]

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

Always remember in 1999 Duke won the metric national championship. I forget which one even gave them an award. I’ll take the one we won, thanks.

 

[uh-no]

Always remember in 1999 Duke won the metric national championship. I forget which one even gave them an award. I’ll take the one we won, thanks.

duke hangs banners for #1 rankings at the end of the year...not including the post-championship poll. You can see the 1999 banner in this picture: https://www.rateyourseats.com/shared/cameronindoorstadium-venue-20191218_7997.jpg

Still not as bad as the "NIT 3rd place" which used to hang in the dean dome, but still pretty cringe.

 

[HCCForever]

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

I liked the three assists that Smith had. Two to Reibe and one to Reed. Reibe had much better game than Providence although he missed some bunnies.

 

[housekeys]

The problem I see with the end of game subs, they are poor defensively and sloppy on offense. At least play solid defense, even if you do not score.

 

[3rdbass]

I get your point but there is dare I say a Larry Birdish feel to Mullins game. In the NBA you have to be able to hit the three to be a superstar so far that is a weakness with Steph. Mullins by the end of the year is going to be nearly impossible to deal with for opponents.

Tell that to Shai who just won the MVP and who Steph is compared with the most presently.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Since when do both teams not pull starters in a 20 point game with 2 minutes left. IDK, I thought that was weak for DePaul. Players aren’t dumb, they know they scored off our second team, don’t think it builds . I’m annoyed.

Usually, yeah. But I can see "no quit" as a culture piece. I loved Hurley running the starters back out.

 

[storrsroars]

Always remember in 1999 Duke won the metric national championship. I forget which one even gave them an award. I’ll take the one we won, thanks.

If Nissan pays more that $5 for that signage, they're getting ripped off.

 

[housekeys]

Dan Hurley postgame press conference:

I totally agree on his take on "physicality" and style of play in the BE at the 14:40 mark. I know we have fans around the BE and the country that love the rock fight versions of basketball. I don't. I want tight whistles and respect for freedom of movement. Notice he correctly states the lesser teams are the one resorting to that. Seton Hall I am looking at you.

 

[NewBlood]

More Reibe and Ross please. We can be a more efficient offense with Reibe. A better defense with Ross vs Solo

 

[Gurleyman]

Come on. It was clearly a message to the subs. Especially Furphy. Lazy turnover. Then he put the subs back in minus Furphy

Guarantee if we were up 25, he’d have let them play through it and send the message in film study. You don’t want to send starters back in if you don’t have to.

If he wanted to “send a message” he also could have put in the euro guys, Koroma and millender in place of the ones on the floor.

 

[thekollieman]

Guarantee if we were up 25, he’d have let them play through it and send the message in film study. You don’t want to send starters back in if you don’t have to.

If he wanted to “send a message” he also could have put in the euro guys, Koroma and millender in place of the ones on the floor.

Hurley literally said it was to send a message to the subs.

 

[uconnbill]

Seemed like Hurley was a little upset when DePaul made a semi comeback late in the game and put the starters back in.
I'll take a win no matter how it comes.