The first game of the Oliver Purnell era at DePaul will be described in the college basketball history books as perhaps: sloppy, uneven, foul-heavy, fast-paced, high-scoring and extremely high-energy.
DePaul beat Chicago State beat 114-81 in their opener, an excellent redemption after an embarrassing loss in their lone exhibition versus Lewis.
“It’s only the first game so I don’t want to get all that excited for it. The freshmen are all excited because it’s their first college win, and I’m happy for them but we still need to grind it out all season,” said Demons leading returning scorer Mike Stovall.
Given the fast pace of this game, I half-expected Kyle Lee Watson to get into a fist-fight with Birdie at some point.
(The shootout championship in “Above the Rim”…did that film reference not work? Should I have said Duane Martin vs. Tupac Shakur? Anyway that fictional basketball game is the only game of hoops I’ve seen which moved as fast as this one)
By Paul M. Banks
DePaul played it’s one and only game this season at McGrath Arena, their on-campus facility. The 2,200 seat venue was about 60-70% full, but provided a nice cozy atmosphere and a loud LIVELY crowd. It’s in-the-heart-of-the-Lincoln Park campus location makes it SO MUCH EASIER to get to than Allstate Arena and the University should consider playing more games at McGrath, if the NCAA and the Big East [More …]
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