Scouting: DePaul @ Vanderbilt

Posted December 04, 2009 10:00 pm

By Lindsey Willhite

DePaul (5-1) at Vanderbilt (5-1)

When: 3 p.m. at Memorial Gym

Radio: WSCR 670-AM

The skinny: The Blue Demons are off to their best start in six seasons, but they haven't faced a team as big and as skilled as Vandy. Six-foot-11 junior A.J. Ogilvy (13.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg) will be an NBA draft pick while 6-7 sophomore Jeffrey Taylor (15.0 ppg) owns back-to-back double-doubles and senior guard Jermaine Beal (15.3 ppg) hits double figures every night. DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright suggests his guys will be five Davids teaming up to take down Goliath. At the least, the Demons will defend hard enough to pull this upset. But other than senior Will Walker (17.3 ppg), who'll shoot the rock well enough to win? Take out Walker and the injured Mac Koshwal and DePaul shoots 38 percent from the field.

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