Yes, DePaul did collect their first loss this season, but there's a lot to take from this game.

Texas Tech defense is stellar. Shut DePaul offense down for the first 5 minutes of the first half. DePaul couldn't convert anything from the field. Texas Tech went on a 14-0 run to start off the game. Our bench players came in and stole the show. Jacob Meyer gave us an early shock, then NJ Benson came in and played great.

We had a lot of good things happen in that game against Texas Tech. At halftime we were only down by one point. We just couldn't hit our shots. Fading away from the three is going to be a key of emphasis in my eyes. We must find an offense that is balance towards our strengths. I'm not saying don't shoot threes but we can them down, if we're not hitting them. We're excited for Providence because it will show a lot of improvements from Texas Tech. This is a perfect game we needed at this point. Let's go beat them Tuesday.

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You don't get to wake up often and interview an athletic director of a Big East basketball school. Today, we got to interview DeWayne Peevy. It was a pleasure talking to DeWayne! We talked about the future of basketball with NIL and transfer portal. Peevy loves winning. That has been part of the culture he's building at DePaul University. A unique story he told us came in his first year. DePaul men's basketball went 15-15. In his eyes he thought it was good. For DePaul, it was like a historical season because we haven't been great in quite some time. Seeing the success we're having early this year has people jumping for joy.

Peevy was also excited about his son committing for football. It has been a pleasure for him being so close to family. So, he can enjoy those games every chance he gets.

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The beauty of all of this is where undefeated. Last year, we weren't doing so hot at this point. Yes, our competition has been weak, but we're destroying most of our opponents.

We played great in the first half against Northern Illinois University. Braedyn Martinez said that Connor Enright said this in his press conference.

" We have to play a full 40 minutes." I couldn't agree more. We haven't seen that yet from this DePaul basketball squad. If we can dominate for a full 40 minutes, we can win a lot of more games in December, January, March, and April.

Overall, we have big games coming up. We play Valparaiso Friday, then on the road vs Texas Tech. Developing those good habits now will help us in the long run. Let's stay undefeated and keep playing DePaul basketball!

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The brain behind our undefeated operation! Chris Holtmann, head coach of DePaul basketball, joined the show today!

Coach Holtmann discussed a lot about his transitions to DePaul, Chicago, and bringing the right people to the program. He has a unique way of scouting players that I haven't heard before. He looks for talent that will be inside the program for multiple years. To help chemistry build within the team.

Coach has did his due diligence on scouting the right staff. A lot of experience on this staff. Which brings a lot of basketball knowledge to a team like DePaul. One thing I enjoyed hearing from Coach Holtmann was the ability to look at a stretch day by day versus month by month. It helps your players process how to get better within the days, versus all together.

After Holtmann made his departure, Joey and I gave our breakdown on the Eastern Illinois victory last night. You will have a special treat coming your way! Our breakdown from Duquesne and Northern Illinois episodes will be coming soon! Can't wait to drop those episodes.

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DePaul University basketball is 3-0

Rally up all the fans because this is great. We have tied our wins from last season. It was a great win all around. Our team played perfect. Getting off to a hot start from three, facilitating for our players, and forcing turnovers. Connor Enright drew four fouls on Mercer guard for charges, C.J. Gunn came to play against Mercer. Cj Gunn will be the highlight of the bench for this season because of his ability to shot creation. He was able to get transition baskets, and score from the mid range.

David Skogman played the best he could from the paint. I love how aggressive he was. That aggression found the bench because N.J Benson and JJ Traynor found points in the paint.

Second half we started flat. We didn't grab the 50/50 balls, we weren't attacking as much, and Mercer started to catch rhythm. Now, I hope we can nip those problems away and create good habits off those. Going into the " serious " part of our schedule we can't afford that.

We're playing a Duquesne team that went to the tournament last year. Yes, they're having a slow start to the season, but still a tough battle we have up next.

Let's surpass our win total from last year.

4-0 babyyy !!

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A better performance from our Blue Demons yesterday. Like I said before, there's good, bad, and ugly. Yes, we blew out Prairie View, but we made a lot of mistakes.

turnovers were our biggest problem yesterday. We had 18 turnovers and they turn 11 points off those turnovers. We couldn't shoot the three ball as effective. It was a drop off from lighting up the basket. We have to clean up on our turnovers. As stated on this podcast, if we clean these issues up, we will win games this year. Also, we couldn't inbound the ball at all. It was a lot of clutter from trying to get the ball in. I didn't like it because those small sloppy plays turn into runs from the other team. Confidence was another issue I saw. Multiple shooters passed up open looks because of previous misses. We have to overlook the misses. We're able to shoot the ball. Keep shooting the ball because they're going to eventually drop.

Enough of the bad news let's talk about the good news. Four plus people were in double digits this game. Made me happy because unexpected people stepped up in big ways. JJ Traynor and Nj Benson both had stellar games. Layden Blocker showed his dominance presence all over the court. He was able to rebound, block, and steal the ball. N.J Benson was another guy who grabbed a lot of boards yesterday. Free throws came easy yesterday. We shot 86% from the charity strike. We let this sit down, so we can think about it. Then, get ready for Mercer on Monday. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple and Spotify!

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Let's go 3-0

There was good, bad, and ugly for our first game of the season. Things like this happen all the time to teams. South Carolina lost their first game, Arizona State struggled against Idaho State, new teams struggle in their with each other.

Isaiah Rivera was the bright spot in the scoring department in our first game. He finished with 25 points, 10/17 from the field, and 5/9 from three. He started off hot from the field. Which gave DePaul momentum to start off.

Jacob Meyer stepped up in a big way by giving us 23 points, shooting 8/14 from the field, 4/9 from three.

As a team we have to work on interior offense, interior defense, perimeter defense, and free throw shooting. We're going up a very good offensive team. So, it will be interesting to see how we can slow them down.

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Welcome to the Blue Demon Banter podcast. 
Where two people bicker about the slow rise of DePaul basketball. This season feels weird about DePaul basketball. Dare i say, we could be a decent team this year. I think we can finish seventh. Joey thinks we can finish 8th in the Big East. Which isn't hard at all. Chris Holtmann has a true effect on teams he come to right away. I touched on that a lot this episode. Joey touched on how Jacob Meyer can be an insane edition towards our lineup. We're both excited to see the home opener. A lot of bright spots in the exhibition game. There was some bad spots but we move forward from those. Every episode will drop after the game. We will be back next week with another episode! Subscribe to the podcast on all podcasting platforms! See you next week