After winning the NIT last year, nothing short of a NCAA tournament appearance was going to be satisfying to DePaul. They met their goal, going 20-12 (11-7 Big East) this year and entering the tournament as a 10-seed in the Midwest region, where they'll get a date against Wright State (27-4) in the first round.
Regardless of how this turns out, this is DePaul's 2nd NCAA appearance ever (1934) and so it's a massive opportunity and a real joy for the seniors on this club who have officially turned things around for the future.
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 62 Record Vs 1-50: 4-9 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 20-12 Record Vs 51-100: 4-2 RPI Rank: #42
Conference Record: 11-7 Record Vs 101-200: 7-1
Home Record: 11-3 Record Vs 200+: 5-0
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 96.3 9 320 Points 91.1 4 25 Points 5.2 7 107
O.Reb 15.9 12 404 O.Reb 18.2 8 165 O.Reb -2.3 12 351
D.Reb 23.3 4 256 D.Reb 20.8 4 43 D.Reb 2.6 3 44
Rebounds 39.2 9 368 Rebounds 38.9 4 62 Rebounds 0.3 7 203
Assists 22.6 8 160 Assists 22.2 6 255 Assists 0.4 9 178
Steals 16.3 5 88 Steals 13.3 6 139 Steals 3.1 5 84
Blocks 4.8 4 15 Blocks 3.0 2 312 Blocks 1.8 4 36
Turnovers 25.1 8 268 Turnovers 26.4 7 111 Turnovers -1.3 7 151
Fouls 25.9 4 12 Fouls 28.3 6 360 Fouls -2.5 1 51
FG% .541 5 45 FG% .485 4 90 FG% .056 3 28
FT% .611 8 245 FT% .611 3 148 FT% .001 7 209
3P% .379 6 213 3P% .337 1 10 3P% .042 4 48
PPS 1.52 5 162 PPS 1.36 1 2 PPS .160 2 14
Adj. FG% .583 5 98 Adj. FG% .535 2 33 Adj. FG% .048 4 41
If Alfie Mitchell and Ward Thomas have big games, this team could win a game or two, but it'll take lockdown defense.
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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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Alfie Mitchell SG 32 32 26.9 18.9 1.7 2.9 2.6 3.2 0.2 3.6 3.8 7.3
Ward Thomas PG 32 32 24.6 16.8 0.4 0.9 3.8 2.9 0.1 4.1 4.1 8.1
David Montanez C 32 32 30.9 12.7 5.8 9.1 1.4 1.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 5.6
Tom Dupont SF 32 32 28.2 11.8 2.9 6.5 2.4 2.9 0.1 2.2 3.1 6.5
Vaughn Cooke SG 32 0 19.4 11.3 0.6 1.8 1.4 0.8 0.2 2.9 3.2 -0.5
Mark Mercado PF 32 32 29.5 8.2 1.8 8.4 7.2 1.4 1.2 4.3 2.7 4.8
David Washington PG 32 0 12.3 6.5 0.2 1.0 2.0 1.2 0.1 1.8 2.2 -1.0
John Titus SF 31 0 9.5 2.9 0.6 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.1 1.4 1.6 -1.9
Roger Graham SG 29 0 4.3 2.9 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.6 -0.2
Rory Goldsberry C 32 0 9.4 2.7 1.3 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.1 -1.0
Larry Frisby PF 4 0 3.0 2.5 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 3.0
Eugene Loftin PG 11 0 2.9 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 -1.2
David Brunette PG 7 0 2.4 1.6 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6 2.0
Ferdinand Antonio PF 30 0 5.3 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 -1.1
Steven Miller SF 9 0 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.3
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DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Schedule
Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/11/55 vs. CCNY 12-18 258 W 102-89 1-0
11/14/55 vs. Florida State 21-9 41 W 117-108 2-0
11/21/55 vs. #24 Wichita State 24-9 12 L 101-96 2-1
11/29/55 at NC State 19-16 91 L 134-125 2-2
12/01/55 Valparaiso 16-14 198 W 115-88 3-2
12/03/55 at Hampton 17-14 83 W 116-102 4-2
12/10/55 Syracuse 23-8 35 L 114-91 4-3
12/16/55 Northwestern 10-22 270 W 100-79 5-3
12/18/55 at North Carolina A&T 11-21 123 W 105-90 6-3
12/23/55 IUPUI 8-22 363 W 132-104 7-3
12/27/55 at #9 Florida 29-4 3 L 120-118 7-4
12/31/55 Green Bay 15-16 145 W 142-113 8-4
01/04/56 at Creighton 6-25 284 W 118-76 9-4 (1-0)
01/07/56 at Butler 20-11 49 W 115-96 10-4 (2-0)
01/11/56 at Xavier 10-21 191 W 110-103 11-4 (3-0)
01/14/56 #13 Seton Hall 25-7 20 L 79-69 11-5 (3-1)
01/18/56 Providence 19-11 30 W 103-94 12-5 (4-1)
01/21/56 St. John's 13-19 95 W 92-90 13-5 (5-1)
01/25/56 at #1 Villanova 31-2 6 L 92-50 13-6 (5-2)
01/28/56 Marquette 14-17 138 W 101-98 14-6 (6-2)
02/01/56 #3 UConn 29-4 10 L 97-80 14-7 (6-3)
02/04/56 Butler 20-11 49 W 105-84 15-7 (7-3)
02/08/56 Creighton 6-25 284 W 99-65 16-7 (8-3)
02/11/56 at Providence 19-11 30 L 109-96 16-8 (8-4)
02/15/56 at St. John's 13-19 95 L 95-86 16-9 (8-5)
02/18/56 at #13 Seton Hall 25-7 20 L 90-77 16-10 (8-6)
02/22/56 at Marquette 14-17 138 L 74-72 16-11 (8-7)
02/25/56 Xavier 10-21 191 W 81-69 17-11 (9-7)
02/29/56 at Georgetown 10-21 186 W 79-70 18-11 (10-7)
03/03/56 Notre Dame 23-9 73 W 70-64 19-11 (11-7)
03/08/56 vs. Notre Dame 23-9 73 W 66-65 20-11
03/09/56 vs. #1 Villanova 31-2 6 L 64-55 20-12
The Blue Demons fell to Wright State and ended their season. Still, a successful year.
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Wright State 75, DePaul 59
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DePaul (20-13, 11-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
David Montanez C 33 1-6 0-0 2 5 0 0 3
Mark Mercado PF 33 2-4 5-5 0 5 3 0 9
Tom Dupont SF 23 3-5 2-2 1 1 0 3 9
Alfie Mitchell SG 21 0-1 3-3 2 2 1 4 3
Ward Thomas PG 21 3-4 1-2 1 1 2 4 7
Vaughn Cooke SG 23 2-10 3-6 1 1 6 1 7
Rory Goldsberry C 10 1-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 3
John Titus SF 11 2-4 0-0 2 3 0 1 4
Ferdinand Antonio PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3
David Washington PG 14 3-4 0-0 0 1 3 2 8
Roger Graham SG 5 0-0 1-2 0 1 2 1 1
Eugene Loftin PG 4 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Turnovers: 20 (D.Montanez 1, M.Mercado 5, T.Dupont 1,
A.Mitchell 3, W.Thomas 3, V.Cooke 3, J.Titus 1,
D.Washington 1, R.Graham 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (D.Montanez 2, M.Mercado 1)
Steals: 4 (W.Thomas 2, D.Washington 2)
3P FGs: 6-16 (D.Montanez 1-1, T.Dupont 1-2, A.Mitchell
0-1, V.Cooke 0-6, R.Goldsberry 1-1, J.Titus 0-1,
F.Antonio 1-1, D.Washington 2-3)
Wright State (28-4, 16-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Takal Candelario C 29 3-5 0-0 1 5 2 2 6
Michael Shoup PF 32 4-8 0-0 5 8 2 1 8
Rudy Brauencker SF 34 7-8 3-5 3 5 3 4 18
Elmo Bonanno SG 20 3-3 0-0 0 0 1 4 8
Merrill Ormsby PG 32 3-12 3-6 2 3 4 2 9
Robert Lamere SG 22 2-9 2-2 2 3 3 4 7
Walter Harrison PG 13 5-7 2-2 0 0 3 1 17
Joshua Moreira PF 9 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 1 0
David Batty C 7 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Glenn Schrock SG 2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Turnovers: 14 (T.Candelario 1, M.Shoup 2, R.Brauencker
1, E.Bonanno 2, M.Ormsby 2, R.Lamere 6)
Blocked Shots: 5 (T.Candelario 1, M.Shoup 2, W.Harrison
1, D.Batty 1)
Steals: 13 (T.Candelario 1, R.Brauencker 4, E.Bonanno
2, M.Ormsby 2, R.Lamere 2, W.Harrison 2)
3P FGs: 9-20 (R.Brauencker 1-2, E.Bonanno 2-2, M.Ormsby
0-5, R.Lamere 1-4, W.Harrison 5-7)
Player of Game: SF Rudy Brauencker (WRGHT)