Find out if DePaul can rebound from losing over 40 percent of its scoring to make the NCAA Tournament in our 2007 DePaul Blue Demons predictions and season preview. SportsBetting.com has Depaul at 200 to 1 odds to win the NCAA College Basketball Championship .
With Wilson Chandler and Sammy Mejia gone, the Demons will have their work cut out for themselves. These two took on every difficult defensive assignment, took all the big shots, and hit the boards hard for DePaul last season. With these guys gone, DePaul will turn to an uptempo style to use speed to their advantage.
Draelon Burns is DePaul’s top returning scorer by a mile. He averaged 11.6 points per game last season and the next closest returning scorer averaged just 6.6 points per game. Burns is an offensive juggernaut who could end up a first team All-Big East selection in a starring role this season.
Mac Koshwal, a 6’10’’ big, can do it all in the post. He’s very active for his size and won’t slow the Demons down one bit in their uptempo game. The 6’9’’ Wesley Green will play center for the Demons. The big man has a very soft touch around the basket.
Dar Tucker will join Burns in the backcourt. DePaul has high hopes for the freshman. Karron Clarke needs a bounce back year and we anticipate he will provide that. His scoring and rebounded averaged dipped last season as DePaul’s two stars did it all. People have already forgotten that he averaged 10 points and 5.2 boards per game as a sophomore. Without a true point guard, the Demons will struggle at times, especially in tight games. Jabari Currie or Will Walker will likely lead the team, but neither is exceptional and Wainwright has expressed wanting to move Currie off the ball. With the surplus of guards that DePaul has, don’t be surprised is you see a 4 guard look this season.
Losing over 40 percent of its offense is going to be too much for DePaul to overcome this soon. DePaul will push for another 20-win season, but it’ll likely come up short. The fact that the Big East will be better won’t help the Demons either. If Wainwright can get his troops pushing the ball, DePaul could surprise some teams this season. He’s going to need to find the right guy to play the point if he wants this style of play to succeed.
Jeff Alexander is your answer for Big East betting this season. Last year, he made a mint on the Big East Conference and you can expect Jeff to find success betting the Big East again this year.
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Air Force 300 – 1
Akron 300 – 1
Alabama 300 – 1
Arizona 50 – 1
Arizona St 300 – 1
Arkansas 75 – 1
Auburn 300 – 1
BYU 200 – 1
Boston College 200 – 1
Bradley 300 – 1
Butler 100 – 1
California 100 – 1
Clemson 75 – 1
Colorado St 300 – 1
Creighton 300 – 1
DePaul 200 – 1
Drexel 300 – 1
Duke 35 – 1
Florida 50 – 1
Florida St 300 – 1
Fresno St 300 – 1
George Washington 300 – 1
Georgetown 15 – 1
Georgia 100 – 1
Georgia Tech 100 – 1
Geroge Mason 100 – 1
Gonzaga 50 – 1
Hofstra 300 – 1
Houston 200 – 1
Illinois 300 – 1
Illinois St 300 – 1
Indiana 20 – 1
Iowa 300 – 1
Kansas 10 – 1
Kansas St 60 – 1
Kent St 300 – 1
Kentucky 40 – 1
LSU 300 – 1
Louisville 15 – 1
Marquette 40 – 1
Maryland 50 – 1
Memphis 7 – 1
Miami FL 300 – 1
Miami OH 300 – 1
Michigan 300 – 1
Michigan St 20 – 1
Minnesota 300 – 1
Mississippi 300 – 1
Mississippi St 100 – 1
Missouri 200 – 1
Missouri St 300 – 1
Nevada 200 – 1
New Mexico 300 – 1
New Mexico St 200 – 1
North Carolina 6 – 1
North Carolina St 60 – 1
Notre Dame 200 – 1
Ohio St 50 – 1
Oklahoma 100 – 1
Oklahoma St 300 – 1
Old Dominion 300 – 1
Oregon 40 – 1
Oregon St 300 – 1
Pittsburgh 200 – 1
Providence 300 – 1
Purdue 100 – 1
San Diego St 300 – 1
South Carolina 300 – 1
Southern Illinois 75 – 1
St Johns 300 – 1
St Josephs 200 – 1
Stanford 100 – 1
Syracuse 40 – 1
Temple 300 – 1
Tennessee 12 – 1
Texas 75 – 1
Texas A&M 50 – 1
Texas Tech 100 – 1
Toledo 300 – 1
U CONN 50 – 1
U MASS 300 – 1
UCLA 6 – 1
UCSB 300 – 1
UNLV 300 – 1
USC 75 – 1
Utah 300 – 1
Utah St 300 – 1
VA Commonwealth 100 – 1
Vanderbilt 200 – 1
Villanova 60 – 1
Virginia 100 – 1
Virginia Tech 300 – 1
Wake Forest 300 – 1
Washington 100 – 1
Washington St 40 – 1
West Virginia 100 – 1
Wichita St 300 – 1
Wisconsin 100 – 1
Xavier 100 – 1
zx Field (Any Other Team) 50 – 1
