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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4175320, member: 5787"] Onto the next one! DePaul - KenPom #108, 10-9 [B]Schedule Analysis:[/B] [LIST] [*]327th toughest non-conference schedule. The toughest teams they played were Loyola-Chicago (lost by 4), Rutgers, Louisville and then a big dip from there: Duquesne, Western Illinois… [*]Best wins: 96-92 over Seton Hall, 73-70 over #96 Rutgers, 62-55 over #113 Louisville [*]“Worst” losses: 59-63 to Butler, 84-89 to St. John’s, 47-60 over Creighton [*]1-8 in conference play [/LIST] [B]Roster Report:[/B] [LIST] [*]There are only nine scholarship players who are not redshirting, all of which are part of the rotation. [*]Their star, Javon Freeman-Liberty, has missed the last three games with a groin injury. [*]IF JFL is out, expect 6’0 165 Jalen Terry to play all the minutes at PG, and then decent size the rest of the way. For example, their starting lineup vs Nova was 6’0 165, 6’6 195, 6’6 205, 6’8 220, 6’11 210 [*]IF JFL returns and plays a regular load, expect Terry and JF-L to get nearly all of the backcourt minutes and then the 3 and 4 spots filled between guys ranging from 6’6 195 (David Jones) to 6’8 220 (Brandon Johnson). Their two bigs play nearly all their minutes at the 5, but 13% of the time Brendan Johnson is their small-ball 5, doubtful we’ll see that against UConn. [/LIST] [ATTACH type="full"]72735[/ATTACH] [B]Offense: 105th in KenPom efficiency[/B] [LIST] [*]Not a lot of offense outside of stud Javon Freeman-Liberty, who’s a STUD. [*]To better judge the team with their current lineup, this is my first preview using recent stats, in this case, all of which are conference games. Check out the efficiency…Jones, B. Johnson, Ongenda…MAJOR swan dive in efficiency once DePaul started playing conference games. [*]Based on the above point, Jalen Terry has probably usurped David Jones as the #2 option on offense, giving the team a solid offensive backcourt. [*]40th in the nation in offensive rebounding rate. [*]113th in nation in ability to get to the line [*]135th in turnover prevention [*]Rank outside the top-180 in both 2p% (49.7) and 3p% (32.2%). [*]Only 41.4% of their FGs are from assists, which is 339th in the nation. [*]34.7% of their shots are from three, which is 249th in the nation. [/LIST] [B]Defense: 122th in KenPom efficiency[/B] [LIST] [*]David Jones is their best individual defender (1.8 steals, 1.1 blocks per game) [*]Their rotation of bigs are good rim protectors (Anei and Ongenda combine 3.9 blocks/game) [*]Top-60 in both 2p% defense and preventing teams from getting to the line [*]They do not generate a ton of turnovers (turnover rate is 265th in the nation) [*]Within their backcourt, there’s a huge discrepancy between Freeman-Liberty’s defensive ability (solid) vs Jalen Terry (so far, pretty weak). [*]Just OK defensive rebounding (135th rate in nation) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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