Jerry Wainwright

The Big East needs to learn from its mistake and not allow every team the opportunity to go to the Big East Tournament. Yes, I am assuming it is going to be a mistake to allow Rutgers and Depaul into the Madison Square Garden.

Think about it, is Jerry Wainwright going to be happy to have his team play another Big East game? I mean they are already about to go 0-18, haven’t they been embarrassed enough?

There season was already looking bleak, then as a one-point favorite in their last home game of the year last Saturday, they lost to St. Johns by 21.

It is pathetic for me to say this, but I could not name one current Depaul player without googling ‘Depaul Basketball.’ Googling ‘Depaul Basketball’ does yield at least one interesting result. The No.5 hit is a story about Depaul Women’s coach Doug Bruno taking a polar-plunge into Lake Michigan.

The irony of this is that I am sure, there are thousands of donors and alumni who wish Jerry Wainwright would take that plunge. I mean, what is worse taking a dip in frigid Lake Michigan or going 0-19 in the Big East.

I mean earlier this year versus instate rival Northwestern, Depaul managed to score just 36 points. Yes, Northwestern the same team that lost an exhibition game versus NAIA school Robert Morris to start the year.

If Depaul can not win at Georgetown on Saturday, they will then face Cincinnati in the opening round of the Big East Tournament. Depaul lost to Cincinnati at home 59-55 on Jan. 17th.

Alas, my google search yields a hit on Depaul's leading scorer, Dar Tucker. Tucker averages 18.5 points per game, but shoots just 29 percent from three point range. Amazingly at 29 percent, he is second on his team in three-point shooting.

Jerry Wainwright has not posted a blog entry since Nov. 3rd, I wonder how many times he has used the excuse that he has a young team.

Here is the text of what he said, or you can click here to read it on his website.

“I am looking forward to the start of the season. Practice has been exciting especially with all the new faces, and I couldn’t be happier with the effort of all of our players. Also, our returning kids have done a great job leading and mentoring our new players and our chemistry has never been better. We obviously are a very young team, but we will never use our age as an excuse for not competing to win every game in the toughest conference in the country.”

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