It was an odd game last night. DePaul is clearly not good; they have earned their 0-17 mark in the Big East. They were shooting the ball incredibly well from 3, but just couldn't get out of the way of themselves. They played no defense, didn't rebound, and turned the ball over, many times by committing a silly screening foul. Early in the second half DePaul was 8-10 from 3 and trailed by 8. That is crazy. I'm not sure how good of a coach Mooney is, but at least the Spiders don't have Jerry Wainright any more. DePaul was horribly coached.
Ruoff was 6-9 from 3 as he was salivating to play a poor defensive team in an easy win type of game. The nice thing for me was that the freshmen continue to improve and be a key part of the team. Ebanks, Bryant, and Jones combined for 39 points and 24 rebounds. The group may be better than I thought. I was surprised to see Johnnie West in the game at the end. I looked at his stats for the year and noticed that he had played in a couple of games recently in scrub time. I had thought he was actually getting some real minutes at the beginning of the year (13 against Cleveland St.) and had been injured and was out for the year. I thought it was a medical redshirt year for him. Apparently that is not the case, apparently Huggins doesn't think he's good enough to play even on a team very thin at guard. Anyone know any details on that?
The pressure is off for the upcoming game at Louisville. A tourney bid is sealed and anything else is gravy. One more home game then on to Madison Square Garden.
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