Big East Tournament DePaul vs. Seton Hall prediction, pick for 3/8: Will Seton Hall handle slumping DePaul?

Yardbarker Quick Pick

DePaul hasn't won a game in nearly two months, and we don't see that changing on Wednesday in the first round of the Big East Tournament against Seton Hall. So, not only are we taking the Pirates on the moneyline (-210), but we're also taking them on the spread (-5, -110) too. This game could be close for a while, but we like Seton Hall to pull away late. — Jared Shlensky, Yardbarker

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Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. ET
DePaul Blue Demons: +5 (-110) spread, +185 moneyline, over 137.5 (-110)
@ Seton Hall Pirates: -5 (+110) spread, -210 moneyline, under 138.5  (-110)

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Richmond is a ball-dominant guard who does some of everything for the Pirates. He averaged 10.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.0 steals in 27 games.

The Pirates struggled to beat the conference's best teams all year long, but even without Richmond, something finally clicked on Saturday in the regular-season finale. In an 82-58 road romp over No. 20 Providence, Dre Davis shot 9-of-10 for 24 points off the bench and Femi Odukale, as the lead ball-handler, amassed 19 points, eight boards, five assists and four steals.

"It's tough asking (Odukale), Al (Dawes) and Jamir (Harris) to come and do what Kadary has done for us the whole year," coach Shaheen Holloway said after a close loss to Villanova Feb. 28. "He had the ball in his hands 90 percent of the time, he kind of led us in every category at one time -- scoring, rebounding, assists, steals -- and now you get a week to try to prepare without him and ask other guys to step up."

DePaul (9-22, 3-17) ended the regular season on a 12-game losing streak. The Blue Demons trailed visiting Creighton by as many as 18 in their season finale Saturday, but they pushed back in the second half and got within nine with 1:19 to play before losing 84-70.

Still, it was a lost season devastated by injuries early on to veteran players like Nick Ongenda, Caleb Murphy, Jalen Terry and Yor Anei. Ongenda has averaged 11.5 points and 7.3 rebounds in six games since missing the first 25 with a wrist injury.

DePaul lost 71-67 to Seton Hall at home Jan. 14 and 69-64 at the Pirates Feb. 5.

"We've got to play together for 40 minutes and score the basketball," coach Tony Stubblefield said, per the DePaulia. "Seton Hall is a very good team defensively. They have good athletes and guys that can guard multiple positions."