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Message: [QUOTE="Huskee11, post: 3364096, member: 7171"] DePaul always provides a reason for some concern because they jack up so many threes and they always have a punchers chance. But, recent history has not been kind to them. After the DePaul games I have wondered what the heck I was worried about. 11/28/2018 - UConn wins 99-63, up 32-15 after first quarter, DePaul goes 12/44 from three. 12/8/2017 - UConn wins 103-69, up 33-20 after first quarter, DePaul goes 12/43 from three. 12/1/2016 - UConn wins 91-46, up 37-6 after first quarter, DePaul goes 7/40 from three. I was at that game (at Gampel) and remember that first quarter vividly, it was a beatdown of epic proportions. It was actually laughable how dominant UConn was in that first quarter. Bruno was totally exasperated, it was a tsumani. So historically, DePaul has been unable to stop UConn from scoring at will. The teams that have given UConn trouble recently are big, physical teams in grind out games and prior versions of Notre Dame, not overly physical but obviously very talented. No serious worries here although obviously UConn will need to defend the perimeter, any team taking 40 plus threes could hit the jackpot. [/QUOTE]