Depaul game thread

[muskieman]

When: Saturday, February 15 High Noon
Where: Cintas

TV/ FS1 with play-by-play from Connor Onion and analysis from Nick Bahe.
Radio: 700 WLW-AM also available on the Varsity Network and on Sirius XM.
Per Team Ranking
After beating Providence 91-82 yesterday, Xavier is now projected to finish the regular season 19-12 (11-9 Big East).
• The odds that the Musketeers make the NCAA tournament are up to 26%, an increase of 5% since yesterday.
• We currently rank Xavier as the #46 team in the country, and the #6 team in the Big East.
• Next game: Sat, Feb 15 vs. #110 DePaul. Our power ratings give the Musketeers a 86% chance to win.


This season Xavier is shooting 45.6% from the field, only 1% higher than Blue Demons concede.

The Blue Demons’ 44.2% shooting percentage from the field is only 0.2% higher than the Musketeers have conceded.

The Musketeers and Blue Demons rebound at around the same rate, with the Musketeers averaging 2.3 fewer rebounds per game.
The Musketeers are the 291st-ranked rebounding team in the country, and the Blue Demons are 152nd.
The 77.0 points the Musketeers average are only 4.3 more than the Blue Demons give up.
The Blue Demons put up only 2.0 more points per game (73.0) than the Musketeers give up (71.0

[muskieman]

Start fast and play D. You are at home and get the crowd jumping.

[Kevin Reilly]

Good start by Hunter. We will need him if we are going to do anything this year. They can't stop Freemantle.

[Kevin Reilly]

Conwell is playing very well and so are Freemantle and Swain. We should beat them by 25. I think their missing three starters.

[skyhops]

Terrible defense on perimeter. Maddox needs McKnight’s minutes

[Kevin Reilly]

Need to tighten up our three point defense. DePaul has made their last 4 three point shots. Freemantle is scoring at will.

[Kevin Reilly]

Great to see Colby Jones back. He was one of my All-Time favorites. Played hard every game and was a total team guy. Happy he's making some NBA money. I have to give Swain some love . He had a very good first half. Freemantle is killing it too

[muskieman]

Well, I would like to have seen Depaul in the 20s for the half, but the X scoring has been there most of the half. Now, don't let Depaul look like Providence in the second half because I doubt X will shoot 60-plus for the game as they did in the first half. Madox, Foster, and McKnight have not done much scoring.

Providence was beaten by two at Villanova, and today at 6pm, I hope for a Providence win at their house. Muskies take care of business first, will you?

[Kevin Reilly]

Sloppy , careless start to the second half. Freemantle is even banking in three point shots. LOL We need to wake up.

[ChitownSteve]

Time to cut McKnight’s minutes. Pure selfishness on a few possessions, where he never passed the ball and gave a woeful offensive effort.