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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 2468576, member: 3535"] I'm with milford and anyone else that was okay with what DePaul did. A team like DePaul knows they are going to get thumped. They say "we still are going to play the same way," then all of a sudden because UCONN chooses to let up, that DePaul whose style is to never let up - they have to change because "UCONN says so?" For DePaul the fact they even scheduled the game tells us that they don't give a damn about the score. They know they are going to get wiped out. Bruno is playing a style in which he needs to work on his press and play 40 minutes of hell in order to win. He is probably recruiting that way. If he schedules UCONN and he can't play the same style because UCONN will be up by 40 after 3, - if he can't work on playing 40 minutes of hell - then what's the point of playing against UCONN? I don't get how you can even think score is an iota of concern. DePaul WAS PRESSING UCONN. Bruno knows he is not going beat UCONN with that style. So if you don't let him play that style for 40 minutes - then he has no use to ever schedule a game vs your team ever again. Just as UCONN works on their halfcourt offense so much -- Bruno is looking to play (and recruit) for a run-and-gun. The score vs UCONN is completely irrelevant imo for a team like DePaul who had no real intentions of winning vs UCONN. UCONN has the luxury of "calling off the dogs." But DePaul's style - they are a bubble type team that needs to work every minute on playing their un-orthodox style. You want a bet Geno will play him again and you want a bet Doug will do it again? DePaul signed up for the game too knowing they would get wiped out yet even played pressure ball - pushing pace. They felt imo regardless of the score THEY would PLAY THEIR STYLE. Not have UCONN determine DePaul's style. DePaul is trying to get better too using their style. They aren't going to slowdown vs anyone. It's probably a recruiting tool he uses too. [/QUOTE]

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