Sometimes you need to win on offense, and sometimes you need to win on defense; when you play the defending national champions, you need to win on both ends of the floor.
DePaul played tough defense in the opening minutes of Monday night’s highly anticipated rematch with the Villanova Wildcats, forcing an uncharacteristic shot-clock violation less than three minutes after tip-off. Unfortunately for the Blue Demons, it seemed as though every time the Wildcats managed to get a shot off, it went in.
On offense, the Demons played too quick for comfort, throwing passes out-of-bounds and frequently mishandling the ball in a maze of Villanova defenders for a nine-turnover half.