David DeJulius explained

David DeJulius
Position:Point guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:200
League:Greek Basket League
EuroCup
Team:Aris Thessaloniki
Birth Date:9 August 1999
Birth Place:Detroit, Michigan, US
High School:Edison Public School Academy
(Detroit, Michigan)
East English Village Preparatory Academy
(Detroit, Michigan)
College:
Draft Year:2023
Career Start:2023
Years1:2023–2024
Team1:Lavrio
Years2:2024
Team2:Göttingen
Years3:2024–present
Team3:Aris Thessaloniki
Highlights:
  • 2× Third-team All-AAC (2022, 2023)

David DeJulius (born August 9, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Aris of the Greek Basket League and the EuroCup. He previously played college basketball for the Cincinnati Bearcats, where he was a two-time Third-team All-AAC performer, as well as for the Michigan Wolverines. He attended Edison Public School Academy for two years before transferring to East English Village Preparatory Academy, where he finished 3rd in the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan and was 2018 Mr. PSL for his play in the Detroit Public School League.

Early life

DeJulius was born August 9, 1999, in Detroit, Michigan to Latrice Halthon and Ladell DeJulius. He has a brother, Terrell Thornton, and three sisters, Aaliyah DeJulius, Cerisse DeJulius and Latriece DeJulius.[1]

High school

DeJulius attended Edison Public School Academy for his freshman and sophomore seasons. As a freshman, he was selected to the 2015 Class C All-State team (2nd team, The Detroit News; 4th team Detroit Free Press).[2] [3] As a sophomore, he was again selected to the 2016 Class C All-State team (2nd team, The Detroit News; 3rd team Detroit Free Press; honorable mention Associated Press).[4] [5] [6]

DeJulius transferred to East English Village Preparatory Academy for his junior and senior seasons. As a junior, he visited the University of Michigan a few times (including September 17, 2016, and October 25, 2016).[7] He scored 46 points with 7 rebounds and 5 assists against Dakota High School and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball signee Thomas Kithier in front of head coach John Beilein and the entire coaching staff on December 17, 2016. DeJulius got an offer and gave a verbal commitment on December 22. At the time, he was the 172nd ranked player in the national class of 2018 and the 32nd ranked point guard.[8] [9] DeJulius was a 2017 Class A All-state honoree (1st team Associated Press).[10]

On November 10, 2017, DeJulius tendered his National Letter of Intent as part of a five-man recruiting class that included Ignas Brazdeikis, Colin Castleton, Brandon Johns, and Adrien Nunez.[11] DeJulius also had offers from Michigan State and DePaul. DeJulius earned 2018 Mr. PSL for his play in the Detroit Public School League.[12] In January 2018, DeJulius scored 49 points in a 92–82 victory against Chicago's Orr Academy High School with 13-of-19 shooting from the field, including 9-of-11 3-point shooting.[13] Orr was the defending 2017 Illinois High School Association Class 2A state champion and would repeat in 2018.[14]

With 2,542 points, DeJulius finished 3rd behind Michigan State signee Foster Loyer (3,691) and Michigan signee Brandon Johns (2,792) in the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting.[15] In his only head-to-head meeting with Loyer, DeJulius scored 42 points in an 80–71 comeback to give Clarkston High School its only regular season loss against 21 points, 12 assists, and eight rebounds from Loyer.[16] East English had trailed in the battle of the state's two best point guards 49–31 at halftime and 63–53 after three quarters. Then, DeJulius had 25 points in the second half, including 17 in the fourth quarter, against the defending 2017 Michigan High School Athletic Association Class A state champions,[17] who would repeat in 2018.[18] DeJulius was an 2018 All-class first team All-state selection by The Detroit News.[19]

College

Michigan

Freshman season

The 2017–18 Michigan team was the national runner-up in the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[20] [21] The 2018–19 team was expected to be ranked by ESPN (17)[22] and CBS Sports (21).[23] Of the incoming class, Brazdeikis had the highest expectations from Yahoo! Sports and ESPN.[24] [25] USA Today expected Johns to be the brightest newcomer.[26] DeJulius played 25 games as a freshman for the 2018–19 Wolverines.[27] By the end of the season, DeJulius was behind Zavier Simpson and his backup Eli Brooks on the depth chart for head coach John Beilein.[28] The team lost the last game of the regular season to Loyer's Michigan State Spartans, finishing one game behind the Spartans and Purdue for the Big Ten regular season championship.[29] [30] The team was unable to defend its Big Ten Tournament championship in the championship game of the 2019 Big Ten men's basketball tournament against Michigan State, who swept three rivalry games from Michigan that season.[31] The Wolverines finished the season with a 30–7 record, for its second consecutive 30-win season, losing in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2019 NCAA tournament to (#9/#10) Texas Tech.[32] [33]

Sophomore season

On May 22, 2019, Juwan Howard signed a five-year contract as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team.[34] [35] Brazdeikis, Charles Matthews and Jordan Poole declared for the 2019 NBA draft.[36] During the Michigan Wolverines' 2019–20 season, DeJulius played as a sophomore alongside starting guards Simpson and Brooks as well as Franz Wagner. Serving in a sixth man role, he averaged 7.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 20.9 minutes per game coming off the bench.[37]

On November 15, Michigan defeated Elon 70–50 DeJulius added 10 points and eight assists, which were both career highs at the time.[38] [39] On November 27, Michigan defeated Iowa State 83–76 in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. DeJulius added a career-high 14 points.[40] [41] On January 28, with Simpson suspended and Isaiah Livers sidelined, DeJulius started against Nebraska and played 34 minutes.[42] [43] On March 8, Michigan lost to (#9/#9) Maryland 70–83 in their final game of the regular season. Michigan was led by DeJulius with a career-high 20 points.[44] [45] Michigan was scheduled to play Rutgers in the Big Ten tournament on March 12. However, the tournament and the remainder of the college basketball season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[46] [47] [48] [49]

DeJulius entered the NCAA transfer portal in April 2020 even though Simpson had completed his eligibility and Brooks would be a senior.[50] In the portal, he received interest from Maryland, Missouri, Marquette, Cincinnati, Iowa State, DePaul, Rhode Island, Creighton and Arizona State.[51] With over 20 schools expressing interest, DeJulius announced four finalists by April 10: Iowa State, Cincinnati, Marquette and Missouri.[52] During his sophomore year with the Wolverines, DeJulius scored 10 or more points in eleven games. There was speculation that he might secure the starting point guard position if he continued with the team. However, Michigan had been pursuing point guards Bryce Aiken and Mike Smith in the transfer portal and recruiting Josh Christopher prior to DeJulius's announcement that he would transfer.[53]

Cincinnati

Junior season

In August 2020, he was granted a waiver to play immediately as a transfer.[54] [55] On February 25, 2021, he became the fifth member of the 2020–21 Cincinnati Bearcats to opt out of the rest of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season due to the mental impact of COVID-19.[56] Within two days after the March 14, 2021 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament championship game loss to Houston, the Bearcats saw six players enter the transfer portal.[57] On March 26, the Athletic Director John Cunningham announced an investigation against the basketball program.[58] On April 3, Cincinnati head coach John Brannen was placed on indefinite leave.[59] On April 9, Cincinnati fired Brannen.[60] On April 14, 2021, Cincinnati hired Wes Miller to become their next head coach, replacing Brannen.[61]

Senior season

On January 30, 2022, he scored the go-ahead basket with 3.7 seconds left against East Carolina.[62] [63] DeJulius posted 3 consecutive 20-point games on February 6 (25, #6 Houston), February 9 (24, South Florida), and February 12 (23, Tulsa), marking the first such streak by a Bearcat since Jarron Cumberland did so for the 2018–19 Bearcats over 3 years before.[64] On February 24, 2022, he announced that he would not partake in Senior Night fanfare, in part because he was eligible to return with another year due to special COVID-19 waiver.[65] DeJulius earned third-team All-American Athletic Conference as a true senior for the 2021–22 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team.[66] He averaged a team-leading 14.5 points per game, was the team's only All-AAC performer and decided to exercise his option to return.[67]

COVID Redshirt 5th year season

DeJulius earned 2022–23 Preseason All-Conference Second Team recognition for his redshirt senior season.[68] Before the season, he announced that he would donate his student athlete compensation proceeds from his team-licensed jersey sales to provide books to inner city youth in Detroit and Cincinnati.[69] He began the season by leading the 2022–23 Cincinnati Bearcats to three victories, averaging 21.3 points and 3.7 assists while shooting 56.1% from the field, including 7-of-9 on three-point shots, and earning American Athletic Conference player of the week honors.[70] When DeJulius was honored on March 5, 2023 Senior Night, along with Kalu Ezikpe and Rob Phinisee prior to the game against SMU, he posted a career-high 30 points with 6 assists.[71] [72] [73] He repeated as an All-American Athletic Conference third-team honoree.[74] DeJulius entered the 2023 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament with the nation's longest streak of five or more assists (16 games).[75] In the 2023 National Invitation Tournament first round victory over Virginia Tech, DeJulius had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.[76] After three years at Cincinnati, DeJulius posted 1187 points and ended his final season with 192 assists, which is third in school history behind two Oscar Robertson totals on the school list for single-season assists.[77]

Professional career

On August 3, 2023, DeJulius signed his first professional contract overseas with Greek club Lavrio. He averaged 14.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the Greek Basket League.

On January 13, 2024, his contract was bought out by German club BG Göttingen, where he averaged 13.6 points and 5.1 assists per game.

On June 22, 2024, DeJulius returned to Greece, signing with Aris.

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan| 25 || 0 || 3.8|| .200 || .067 || .167 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Michigan| 31 || 1 || 20.9 || .417 || .361 || .725 || 2.4 || 1.5 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 7.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Cincinnati| 19 || 16 || 29.5 || .360 || .203 || .775 || 4.5 || 4.2 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 9.1|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22| style="text-align:left;"| Cincinnati| 33 || 33 || 28.6 || .409 || .297 || .824 || 2.8 || 2.6 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 14.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| Cincinnati| 36 || 36 || 32.5 || .419 || .335 || .856 || 2.3 || 5.3 || 1.1 || 0.0 || 14.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 144 || 86 || 23.8 || .402 || .299 || .801 || 2.4 || 2.8 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 9.8

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Roster: 5 David DeJulius. March 14, 2023. University of Cincinnati.
  2. Web site: The Free Press' Class C all-state boys basketball teams. March 14, 2023. April 11, 2015. McCabe, Mick. Detroit Free Press.
  3. Web site: Detroit News Dream Team, all-state boys basketball teams. March 14, 2023. April 11, 2015. Goricki, David. The Detroit News.
  4. Web site: Class C all-state boys basketball teams. March 14, 2023. April 9, 2016. Lang, Tom . McCabe, Mick. Detroit Free Press.
  5. Web site: Detroit News boys basketball Dream Team, All-State teams. March 14, 2023. April 7, 2016. Goricki, David. The Detroit News.
  6. Web site: Miller named Class C First Team All-State. March 14, 2023. March 24, 2016. Watson, Brandon. Sturgis Journal.
  7. Web site: David DeJulius Timeline Events. March 14, 2023. 247Sports.com.
  8. Web site: Michigan scores first commitment in 2018 class from PG David DeJulius. March 13, 2023. December 22, 2016. Mlive.com. Quinn, Brendan.
  9. Web site: Michigan basketball coaches 'cheered and clapped' when 2018 guard David DeJulius committed. March 13, 2023. December 28, 2016. Mlive.com. Purcell, Jared.
  10. Web site: AP Class A boys basketball all-state team announced. March 14, 2023. March 25, 2017. Mlive.com. Sungrey.
  11. Web site: Two In-State Products Among Five Early Signees for Wolverines. March 13, 2023. November 10, 2017. Mgoblue.com. Wyrot, Tom.
  12. Web site: Detroit News All PSL/Metro Teams — 2010s. March 14, 2023. Detroit Public School League.
  13. Web site: Future Wolverine David DeJulius is well-rounded Mr. Basketball finalist. March 14, 2023. March 15, 2018. Mlive.com. Purcell, Jared.
  14. Web site: Orr beats Winnebago, repeats as Class 2A state champions. March 14, 2023. March 10, 2018. Chicago Sun-Times. O’Brien, Michael.
  15. Web site: Michigan Mr. Basketball: Clarkston's Foster Loyer wins in runaway vote. March 13, 2023. March 19, 2018. Detroit Free-Press. McCabe, Mick.
  16. Web site: Detroit EEV's David DeJulius has strong Mr. Basketball resume. March 13, 2023. March 15, 2018. Detroit Free-Press. Nelsen, Chris.
  17. Web site: Detroit East English's Dave DeJulius shoots into Mr. Basketball race. March 14, 2023. January 12, 2018. Detroit Free-Press. McCabe, Mick.
  18. Web site: Foster Loyer scores 40; Clarkston boys repeats as Class A state champs. March 14, 2023. March 24, 2018. Detroit Free-Press. McCabe, Mick.
  19. Web site: Detroit News Dream Team, All-State boys basketball teams. March 19, 2023. April 5, 2018. The Detroit News. Goricki, David.
  20. Web site: Villanova takes title, 79–62 over Michigan behind DiVincenzo. April 3, 2018. April 3, 2018. ESPN. Associated Press.
  21. Web site: Michigan Comes Up Short Against Villanova in National Championship Game. April 3, 2018. April 2, 2018. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com. Wyrot, Tom.
  22. Web site: KU holds at No. 1 while Nova tumbles in updated Way-Too-Early Top 25. June 1, 2018. May 31, 2018. ESPN. Medcalf, Myron.
  23. Web site: 2018–19 college basketball rankings: Changes in Top 25 (and 1) after NCAA draft withdrawal deadline. June 1, 2018. May 31, 2018. CBS Sports. Parrish, Gary.
  24. Web site: Way-too-early top 25 for the 2018–19 college basketball season. April 3, 2018. April 2, 2018. Yahoo! Sports. Eisenberg, Jeff.
  25. Web site: Fresh off Final Four, Kansas leads Way-Too-Early Top 25 for 2018–19. April 3, 2018. April 2, 2018. ESPN. Medcalf, Myron.
  26. Web site: College basketball's super early 2018–19 preseason top 25 teams. April 3, 2018. April 3, 2018. USA Today. Gleeson, Scott.
  27. Web site: Michigan's David DeJulius to enter transfer portal. Associated Press. ESPN. March 13, 2023. April 6, 2020.
  28. Web site: Michigan basketball's next great point guard? David DeJulius still learning. March 19, 2023. March 28, 2019. Detroit Free Press. Sang, Orion.
  29. Web site: No. 9 Michigan State 75, No. 7 Michigan 63. March 9, 2019. March 9, 2019. ESPN. Associated Press.
  30. Web site: Michigan Falls to Michigan State in Regular-Season Finale. March 9, 2019. March 9, 2019. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com. Wyrot, Tom.
  31. Web site: Michigan State Edges Michigan, 65–60 To Win Big Ten Tournament Title. https://web.archive.org/web/20200911152823/https://bigten.org/news/2019/3/17/mens-basketball-michigan-state-edges-michigan-65-60-to-win-big-ten-tournament-title.aspx. dead. September 11, 2020. March 15, 2023. March 17, 2019. Bigten.org.
  32. Web site: D up: Texas Tech clamps down in 63–44 win over Michigan. March 29, 2019. March 29, 2019. ESPN. Associated Press.
  33. Web site: Michigan's Season Comes to End in Sweet 16 Loss to Texas Tech. March 29, 2019. March 28, 2019. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com. Wywrot, Tom.
  34. Web site: Juwan Howard Named Michigan Head Coach. https://web.archive.org/web/20190606072526/https://bigten.org/news/2019/5/30/mens-basketball-juwan-howard-named-michigan-head-coach.aspx. dead. June 6, 2019. Big Ten Conference. en. 2019-06-06.
  35. Web site: Former Michigan Great Juwan Howard Returns as Men's Basketball Coach . May 22, 2019 . May 22, 2019 . Tom . Wywrot . MGoBlue.com . CBS Interactive.
  36. Web site: Matthews, Poole and Brazdeikis to Declare for Early Entry into NBA Draft. April 9, 2019. April 9, 2019. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com. Wywrot, Tom.
  37. Web site: DeJulius Transferring to Cincinnati. March 13, 2023. April 17, 2020. University of Cincinnati.
  38. Web site: Teske scores 16 points to lead Michigan past Elon, 70–50. November 15, 2019. November 15, 2019. ESPN. Associated Press.
  39. Web site: Teske, DeJulius Pace Michigan in Big Win Over Elon. Tom. Wywrot. November 15, 2019. November 15, 2019. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com.
  40. Web site: Michigan beats Iowa State 83–76 in Battle 4 Atlantis. November 27, 2019. November 27, 2019. ESPN. Associated Press.
  41. Web site: Michigan Earns Victory over Iowa State in Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinal. Tom. Wywrot. November 27, 2019. November 27, 2019. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com.
  42. Web site: Michigan ends losing streak with 79–68 win over Nebraska. March 13, 2023. January 28, 2020. Associated Press. ESPN.
  43. Web site: M 79 vs 68 N. March 13, 2023. January 28, 2020. Board of Regents of the University of Michigan. CBS Sports.
  44. Web site: No. 9 Maryland tops No. 25 Michigan 83–70. March 8, 2020. March 8, 2020. ESPN. Associated Press.
  45. Web site: Michigan Falls at Maryland in Regular-Season Finale. Tom. Wywrot. March 8, 2020. March 8, 2020. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com.
  46. Web site: Michigan faces Rutgers in Big Ten tourney . apnews.com . Associated Press . March 10, 2020. March 13, 2020.
  47. Web site: Power 5 leagues cancel conference tournaments; ACC, Pac-12 halt all athletics . ESPN.com . ESPN. March 12, 2020. March 13, 2020.
  48. Web site: NCAA tournaments canceled over coronavirus . ESPN.com. March 12, 2020. ESPN . March 13, 2020.
  49. Web site: Big Ten Cancels Remainder of Conference men's basketball tournament. March 13, 2020. March 12, 2020. CBS Interactive. MGoBlue.com.
  50. Web site: David DeJulius transferred before he could blossom at Michigan; scholarship update. March 13, 2023. April 7, 2018. Mlive.com. Kahn, Andrew.
  51. Web site: Report: More top-tier programs pursuing David DeJulius. March 13, 2023. April 9, 2020. 247Sports. Shaw, Zach.
  52. Web site: David DeJulius names final four schools as potential transfer destinations. March 19, 2023. April 10, 2020. SB Nation. Broome, Anthony.
  53. Web site: Michigan basketball's David DeJulius is transferring: How that affects the Wolverines. March 13, 2023. April 7, 2020. Detroit Free Press. Sang, Orion.
  54. Web site: Michigan Basketball: David DeJulius granted immediate eligibility for Cincinnati. March 13, 2023. August 27, 2020. S., Max. FanSided.
  55. Web site: Michigan transfer David DeJulius granted waiver, eligible to play for UC Bearcats. March 13, 2023. August 27, 2020. Jenkins, Keith. The Enquirer.
  56. Web site: @Williams_Justin status update. Williams, Justin. Twitter. March 13, 2023. February 25, 2021.
  57. Web site: The rift with Cincinnati Bearcats coach John Brannen that led to a mass exodus of basketball players. Justin. Williams. The Athletic. subscription. 18 Mar 2021.
  58. Web site: UC reviewing allegations against men's basketball program after 6 players enter transfer portal. wlwt.com . WLWT. Mar 26, 2021.
  59. Web site: Cincinnati men's basketball coach John Brannen on leave amid investigation. ESPN. 3 Apr 2021.
  60. Web site: Men's Basketball Coaching Change Announced. GoBearcats.com. GoBearcats. 9 April 2021.
  61. Web site: Wes Miller Named Men's Basketball Head Coach . . 14 Apr 2021 . gobearcats.com . UC Athletics . 14 Apr 2021 .
  62. Web site: DeJulius leads Cincinnati over East Carolina on late shot. March 13, 2023. January 30, 2022. ESPN.
  63. Web site: @GoBearcatsMBB status update. March 13, 2023. January 30, 2022. Twitter.
  64. Web site: Bearcats Fall Short at Tulsa. March 14, 2023. February 12, 2022. University of Cincinnati.
  65. Web site: David Dejulius: 'I Won't Be Doing Senior Night'. March 13, 2023. February 24, 2022. Sports Illustrated. Heltman, Russ.
  66. Web site: American Athletic Conference Announces Men's Basketball Honors. March 13, 2023. March 9, 2022. American Athletic Conference.
  67. Web site: David Dejulius Announces Return to Cincinnati. March 19, 2023. March 26, 2022. Sports Illustrated. Heltman, Russ.
  68. Web site: Houston Picked as 2022–23 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Favorite. March 13, 2023. October 12, 2022. American Athletic Conference.
  69. Web site: David Dejulius Donating All Jersey Sale Funds to Charity. March 13, 2023. October 18, 2022. Sports Illustrated. Heltman, Russ.
  70. Web site: Cincinnati's DeJulius, Houston's Walker Earn Weekly Honors. March 13, 2023. November 14, 2022. American Athletic Conference.
  71. Web site: DeJulius' 30 lead Cincinnati past SMU 97–74. March 13, 2023. March 5, 2023. ESPN.
  72. Web site: @GoBearcatsMBB status update. March 13, 2023. March 5, 2023. Twitter. Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball.
  73. Web site: DeJulius Scores a Career-Best 30, Leads UC Past SMU. March 13, 2023. March 5, 2023. University of Cincinnati.
  74. Web site: The American Announces Men's Basketball Honors. March 13, 2023. March 8, 2023. American Athletic Conference.
  75. Web site: Nolley and DeJulius collect conference honors ahead of AAC tournament. March 14, 2023. March 9, 2023. The News Record. Bartlett, Landon.
  76. Web site: DeJulius has 21, Cincinnati downs Virginia Tech 81–72 in NIT. March 17, 2023. March 15, 2023. ESPN.
  77. Web site: Bearcats' Postseason Run Ends in Utah. April 13, 2023. March 23, 2023. University of Cincinnati.