When Tony Stubblefield and his staff put together DePaul's nonconference schedule, the goal was to have eight games to prepare for the Blue Demons' Big East opener Dec. 7 at St. John's.

DePaul (3-3) has just two of those games remaining -- starting with Samford's visit to Chicago on Wednesday -- yet Stubblefield and his staff still don't have a good sense of what they have.

Starting point guard Caleb Murphy, a South Florida transfer, hasn't played due to a preseason wrist injury. Starting center Nick Ongenda hasn't played, either, due to a wrist injury suffered the day before DePaul's opener. Fifth-year center Yor Anei, who stepped in for Ongenda, has missed the last three games with a foot issue.