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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4879446, member: 5787"] So, we all know DePaul is bad: they're 3-20. However, statistically, I didn't realize they were [I]this[/I] bad. I can't upload pictures right now, but DePaul is dead last in BOTH offensive and defensive efficiency ratings. According to KenPom, early season non-conference opponent New Hampshire is currently 100 ranks better than DePaul while NAU is just nine ranks below DePaul. To make matters worse, DePaul's top scorer (11.8 ppg), shooter (37.6 3P%) and distributor (3.7a/1.9 TO) Chico Carter is out with a rib injury. Also, interestingly, interim head coach Matt Brady (coached four years at Marist and eight years at James Madison) has started freshman Churchill Abass at center over Da'Sean Nelson. I shared this in my original post, but Abass didn’t start playing basketball until he was fifteen and arrived to Chicago from Nigeria in August. Abass is 6'9 250 and owns an impressive 7’2 wingspan and 38-inch vertical. Etienne is playing more too. Both are capable rim protectors. 6'7 defensive stud Jaden Henley has been playing most of his minutes at the 2, DePaul is one of the bigger teams in the conference from 2-through-5, especially with Nelson playing less in general and more power forward than last year and earlier this season. Overall, DePaul can't shoot, rebound and they give up a ton of turnovers, so I expect a lot of transition scoring that provide all of us at least some sort of climax this Valentine's Day. [/QUOTE]

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