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Big East Basketball: Projecting each team’s key player production for 2021-22

By Trevor Sinodhinos

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 09: Julian Champagnie #2 of the St. John's Red Storm looks on during a college basketball game against the Butler Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse on February 9, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 09: Julian Champagnie #2 of the St. John's Red Storm looks on during a college basketball game against the Butler Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse on February 9, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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DePaul: Brandon Johnson and Jalen Terry

Decrease in production: Brandon Johnson

From the moment Brandon Johnson announced his commitment to DePaul via his personal Twitter account, he became the Blue Demons’ starting power forward. Not only does Johnson bring his averages of nine points and six rebounds per game from Minnesota, but he is an upgrade from last season’s starter 6’7 Romeo Weems (7.3 ppg, 5 rpg).

The 6’8 Johnson should absorb the majority of the over 28 minutes Weems averaged last season, as David Jones gets more this season backing up Jones than the fourteen minutes he averaged backing up Darious Hall last season. Johnson’s decrease in production will mostly be a by-product of DePaul’s offense not being as good. With five new starters – three of which are transfers – chemistry will be a concern for a player who does not have the ball in his hands.

Increase in production: Jalen Terry

Jalen Terry is similar to Brandon Johnson in more than one way. Terry will be coming in as a transfer and right into the starting line-up for a team that will no longer be rostering six of their top seven scorers from the previous years. The ways in which they differ will be the reason for Terry’s increased production as opposed to Johnson’s. Last season in Oregon, Terry averaged fewer than three points and barely an assist per game in just over eleven minutes. The bar for “increased production” is much lower regardless of how much time Terry gets on the floor.

Playing time, however, will not be an issue as Charlie Moore averaged over 32 minutes with Kobe Elvis logging twenty per game. This season Terry will have the ball in his hands a lot and his feet on the court as there is no real alternative at point-guard. Javon Liberty-Freeman may spend some time at the point when the No.86 freshman Ahmad Bynum plays off-guard, but the Blue Demons will feature a lot of Jalen Terry running the half-court offense.

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