Our Next Opponent is DePaul

[Hungry Jack]

The Demons certainly have been pretty blue in recent years. They last made the NCAA in 2003-4, when they were a CUSA member. Their last 20-win season was 2006-7, when they went 9-7 in the Big East (their most recent winning conference record).

Chris Holtman got fired for leading a highly underachieving Ohio State team last year, so DePaul promptly hired him. He did not waste any time remaking the roster. The Blue Demons have 14 new faces this season. The results have been better. They certainly could not get worse, as the team won all of 3 games last year.

But last night the Demons opened conference play with a resounding 89-61 loss at St. John's. They turned it over 24% of the time. Wow.

DePaul has 2 guards who can shoot the 3 ball: Jacob Meyer (43.8%) and Isaiah Rivera (44.3%). G Connor Enright is the facilitator, averaging 30 mpg and 7.1 assists.

The guy who can play a bit is new C David Skogman (8.6 ppg, 6.2 rbd), who has some size but will shoot the 3 (47%).

Pay attention when former Hoosier CJ Gunn enters. He averages 8.4 shots in his 17 minutes.

I think we match up well with this team, though our perimeter defense will have to be sharp. They don't have GT's length and athleticism. Matt can handle Skogman in the paint. If the St. John's game is any indication, we should be able to force a lot of turnovers.

 

[Skunkpilot]

The Demons certainly have been pretty blue in recent years. They last made the NCAA in 2003-4, when they were a CUSA member. Their last 20-win season was 2006-7, when they went 9-7 in the Big East (their most recent winning conference record).

Chris Holtman got fired for leading a highly underachieving Ohio State team last year, so DePaul promptly hired him. He did not waste any time remaking the roster. The Blue Demons have 14 new faces this season. The results have been better. They certainly could not get worse, as the team won all of 3 games last year.

But last night the Demons opened conference play with a resounding 89-61 loss at St. John's. They turned it over 24% of the time. Wow.

DePaul has 2 guards who can shoot the 3 ball: Jacob Meyer (43.8%) and Isaiah Rivera (44.3%). G Connor Enright is the facilitator, averaging 30 mpg and 7.1 assists.

The guy who can play a bit is first year C David Skogman (8.6 ppg, 6.2 rbd), who has some size but will shoot the 3 (47%).

Pay attention when former Hoosier CJ Gunn enters. He averages 8.4 shots in his 17 minutes.

I think we match up well with this team, though our perimeter defense will have to be sharp. They don't have GT's length and athleticism. Matt can handle Skogman in the paint. If the St. John's game is any indication, we should be able to force a lot of turnovers.

Don’t think there will be students or the band at the game. Potential let down game on home court. Don’t need another Chicago state as it’s probsbly the one year anniversary of that game.

 

[Hungry Jack]

Don’t think there will be students or the band at the game. Potential let down game on home court. Don’t need another Chicago state as it’s probsbly the one year anniversary of that game.

Not sure DePaul has a guy who can go off for 30+ points like Cardet did. Their biggest single game point total by a player is 23 by Jacob Meyer vs. Wichita St. He went 4-6 from 3 and 7-7 on FT.


Skogman put up 22 against a decent Providence team with 6-10 from 3. If he gets hot, we could have some problems.

 

[Catreporter]

Skogman is an interesting matchup problem. He's not much of a threat in the paint, but can get hot from 3 as he did against Providence. Will be interesting to see how we defense him. DePaul hit a lot of threes in blowing out Wichita State, by far their best win of the season.

 

[PURPLECAT88]

Jacob Meyer should have the same nickname as our defensive back Robert Fitzgerald, "No Relation".

 

[Hungry Jack]

DePaul will jack up 30+ 3 point shots. SJU has good length on their roster (all but one G listed at 6'4" or taller), and it looks like Wichita State is certainly much smaller.