1953-54 SEASON RECAP
DePaul finishes the year 13-18. Nothing truly notable to say about this club other than how difficult it appears to be for them to build a winner. We gotta give this coach a few years to build it before we overreact, but seeing Chicago State immediately turn into a winner makes me wonder what DePaul's deal is other than the tougher conference schedule.
Meanwhile, the Big East had SEVEN bids to the NCAA tournament this year.
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BIG EAST CONFERENCE BUBBLE WATCH
Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected
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Villanova 29-3 .663 (3) 14-1 2-2 3-0 10-0 17 NCAA
Marquette 26-8 .646 (6) 8-7 7-1 5-0 6-0 2 NCAA
Seton Hall 22-9 .606 (21) 6-8 6-0 4-1 6-0 26 NCAA
Xavier 24-9 .604 (23) 6-8 3-0 7-1 8-0 58 NCAA
UConn 21-10 .609 (17) 5-10 4-0 5-0 7-0 11 NCAA
Providence 23-10 .603 (25) 5-8 4-1 7-1 7-0 25 NCAA
Butler 20-13 .606 (19) 4-11 5-1 9-1 2-0 3 NCAA
St. John's 18-14 .563 (64) 4-11 3-1 3-2 8-0 48 Out
DePaul 13-18 .551 (85) 2-13 2-3 4-0 5-2 4 Out
Notre Dame 13-18 .521 (151) 2-14 2-2 3-1 6-1 56 Out
Creighton 9-22 .499 (200) 1-12 2-4 1-2 5-4 23 Out
Georgetown 8-23 .495 (212) 0-14 2-6 3-2 3-1 14 Out
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 57 Record Vs 1-50: 2-13 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 13-18 Record Vs 51-100: 2-3 RPI Rank: #85
Conference Record: 5-13 Record Vs 101-200: 4-0
Home Record: 7-7 Record Vs 200+: 5-2
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 86.1 10 344 Points 89.1 8 129 Points -3.0 10 260
O.Reb 16.7 8 244 O.Reb 17.5 11 265 O.Reb -0.8 10 282
D.Reb 19.2 12 393 D.Reb 20.7 9 146 D.Reb -1.6 10 335
Rebounds 35.9 9 347 Rebounds 38.2 12 190 Rebounds -2.4 12 344
Assists 20.3 10 199 Assists 20.9 9 287 Assists -0.5 9 230
Steals 11.6 10 254 Steals 12.4 6 204 Steals -0.8 9 234
Blocks 2.9 10 135 Blocks 4.5 12 424 Blocks -1.6 11 395
Turnovers 22.0 6 206 Turnovers 21.6 11 221 Turnovers 0.4 9 220
Fouls 24.4 7 33 Fouls 25.8 6 326 Fouls -1.5 4 89
FG% .495 10 230 FG% .509 9 277 FG% -.014 10 265
FT% .602 12 319 FT% .627 6 275 FT% -.024 9 338
3P% .385 6 184 3P% .379 4 185 3P% .006 5 179
PPS 1.44 10 319 PPS 1.45 7 96 PPS .000 9 210
Adj. FG% .558 10 227 Adj. FG% .564 8 216 Adj. FG% -.006 10 235
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Danjel Lamb SG 31 31 24.0 20.2 1.5 2.5 1.5 1.7 0.0 4.1 3.3 0.7
John Werth PG 31 0 18.3 11.2 1.4 2.2 3.5 0.9 0.2 2.3 3.6 -0.5
Kelly Weeden PG 31 31 26.5 9.7 0.9 1.4 6.0 2.9 0.1 2.6 3.4 -0.9
David Montanez C 31 31 26.3 8.8 3.7 5.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 2.2 2.6 -2.4
William Colby SF 31 31 26.6 8.0 1.7 7.2 1.9 1.5 0.2 3.0 3.1 -3.1
Ward Thomas SG 31 0 11.2 7.7 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 2.0 1.7 -2.9
Alfie Mitchell SG 30 0 8.8 6.4 0.6 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.0 1.1 1.6 -1.1
Mark Mercado PF 31 31 27.2 5.8 1.8 5.7 3.4 0.7 0.5 2.7 2.1 -1.1
Brennan Marsh C 31 0 19.0 5.2 3.6 6.0 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.6 -1.0
Tom Dupont SF 28 0 5.1 1.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.4 0.0
George Harris PF 31 0 7.5 1.4 0.7 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.6 -0.4
Arlen Torres PG 6 0 2.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.5 2.0
David Mccartney PF 12 0 1.8 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 -1.4
Nino Ingram SG 12 0 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 -1.3
Richard Latimer PF 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
This year's most notable win was an upset over #2 Villanova back in February.
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule
Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/18/53 at #3 Tulsa 30-2 11 L 105-70 0-1
11/21/53 Northern Illinois 10-20 311 W 128-110 1-1
11/26/53 vs. UIC 10-25 300 W 130-95 2-1
11/27/53 vs. Northwestern 18-14 74 W 100-76 3-1
11/29/53 vs. Chicago 20-10 149 W 117-99 4-1
12/10/53 at Stanford 20-12 82 W 125-106 5-1
12/12/53 New Hampshire 16-14 218 W 100-73 6-1
12/15/53 at Indiana State 13-16 368 W 118-97 7-1
12/18/53 Vanderbilt 13-19 209 L 119-94 7-2
12/23/53 #5 Temple 26-5 13 L 138-100 7-3
12/25/53 at #7 Florida 27-4 10 L 120-98 7-4
01/01/54 Wright State 18-15 176 W 101-93 8-4
01/06/54 at Butler 20-13 19 L 67-52 8-5 (0-1)
01/09/54 #21 Seton Hall 22-9 21 L 83-77 8-6 (0-2)
01/13/54 at St. John's 18-14 64 L 106-98 8-7 (0-3)
01/16/54 UConn 21-10 17 L 78-71 8-8 (0-4)
01/20/54 #9 Marquette 26-8 6 W 85-76 9-8 (1-4)
01/23/54 at Georgetown 8-23 212 L 80-71 9-9 (1-5)
01/27/54 #24 Xavier 24-9 23 L 87-74 9-10 (1-6)
01/30/54 #2 Villanova 29-3 3 W 83-81 10-10 (2-6)
02/03/54 at #23 Providence 23-10 25 L 80-68 10-11 (2-7)
02/06/54 at #2 Villanova 29-3 3 L 87-74 10-12 (2-8)
02/10/54 Butler 20-13 19 L 88-70 10-13 (2-9)
02/13/54 at #9 Marquette 26-8 6 L 97-60 10-14 (2-10)
02/17/54 St. John's 18-14 64 L 101-95 10-15 (2-11)
02/20/54 Georgetown 8-23 212 W 84-76 11-15 (3-11)
02/24/54 at UConn 21-10 17 L 97-85 11-16 (3-12)
02/27/54 at #21 Seton Hall 22-9 21 L 84-73 11-17 (3-13)
03/03/54 Creighton 9-22 200 W 55-52 12-17 (4-13)
03/06/54 at Notre Dame 13-18 151 W 66-62 13-17 (5-13)
03/10/54 vs. St. John's 18-14 64 L 50-48 13-18