Tale of The Tape, Predictions: Louisville vs. DePaul

The Cardinals stay on the road after some extra days off for a matchup with the Blue Demons.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville (4-4, 0-0 ACC) is set to face DePaul (1-7, 0-0 Big East) on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 2:00 p.m. EST from WinTrust Arena. Here's how the Cardinals stack up against the Blue Demons:

- Rankings:

	DePaul	Louisville
AP/USA TODAY	NR/NR	NR/NR
NET	272nd	276th
RPI	215th	276th
SOS	16th	274th
BPI	232nd	242nd
KenPom	214th	162nd
Torvik	213th	171st

- Team Leaders:

	DePaul	Louisville
Points	Chico Carter Jr. (14.4)	Skyy Clark (17.3)
Rebounds	Jeremiah Oden (4.0)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (9.0)
Assists	Chico Carter Jr. (4.4)	Ty-Laur Johnson (3.3)
Steals	Two Tied (0.9)	Tre White (1.3)
Blocks	Churchill Abass (1.3)	Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (0.9)

- Scoring:

	DePaul	Louisville
Points Per Game	70.5	75.4
Field Goal %	44.8%	41.9%
FGM/FGA Per Game	24.3/54.1	24.8/59.0
Three Point %	39.1%	28.5%
3PTM/3PTA Per Game	7.4/18.9	5.4/18.9
Free Throw %	72.7%	73.9%
FTM/FTA Per Game	14.6/20.1	20.5/27.8

- Rebounding:

	DePaul	Louisville
Rebounds Per Game	30.6	39.0
Off. Reb. Per Game	7.8	13.3
Def. Reb. Per Game	22.9	25.8
Rebound Margin	-5.9	3.7

- Defense:

	DePaul	Louisville
Opp. Points Per Game	79.9	74.6
Opp. FG%	47.5%	44.6%
Opp. 3P%	37.1%	29.7%
Steals Per Game	4.6	5.4
Blocks Per Games	4.0	3.0

- Ball Handling:

	DePaul	Louisville
Assists Per Game	14.6	10.5
Turnovers Per Game	14.8	13.4
Turnover Margin	-3.2	-1.4
Assist/Turnover Ratio	1.0	0.8

- ESPN Prediction: Per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, Louisville has a 34.4 percent chance to win against DePaul.

- KenPom Prediction: Per KenPom.com, the Cardinals have a 47 percent chance to take down the Blue Demons, with a projected final score of 75-74 in favor of DePaul.

- Torvik Prediction: Per BartTorvik.com, the Cardinals have a 43 percent chance to take down the Blue Demons, with a projected final score of 76-75 in favor of DePaul.

- Personal Prediction: DePaul 72, Louisville 70.

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