FINAL RECORD
11-9 overall, 6-12 in Big East, tied for 12th in conference.

WHAT WENT RIGHT
The play of freshmen F Dar Tucker and C Mac Koshwal, along with the emergence of sophomore G Will Walker give DePaul a solid nucleus for the future. Senior G Draelon Burns finished averaging more than 17 points a game and was in the top five scorers in the Big East. Senior PG Cliff Clinkscales developed into one of the most efficient ball-handlers in the nation, where he was ranked second in assist-to-turnover ratio.

WHAT WENT WRONG
DePaul had to play shorthanded for much of the season. G Michael Bizoukas went down on Dec. 8 and wound up redshirting. C Matija Poscic missed much of the year with a back problem. F Mario Stula was declared ineligible, a ruling the school is appealing. F Thijin Moses was also dismissed from the basketball team for violating school rules. All this left coach Jerry Wainwright with only eight scholarship players for much of the season.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"We have to get a lot better." -- Coach Jerry Wainwright, succinctly summarizing where his DePaul basketball team is at season's end.

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