Division I college basketball in Illinois has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Bradley, Loyola, DePaul, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Chicago State and UIC went a combined 51-164 this season, with no winning records. No Illinois team... »
DePaul’s newest plan for develop- ment includes finding a city site for the men’s basketball team, a goal that potentially signals the end of the Blue Demons’ more than three decades at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. DePaul’s contract with the arena runs ... »
Losing Shaka Smart is a disappointment. Losing Shaka Smart because he’s worried about recruiting Chicago? Now that’s a problem. There are other Shaka Smarts out there, believe it or not. But that Smart’s apprehension about recruiting the Public League ... »
The man who gave Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart his start in college basketball knows Illinois would be hiring ‘‘one of the best young coaches in the country’’ if it can land him. And the irony of his protégé potentially entering the college s... »
The storybook ending DePaul women’s coach Doug Bruno envisioned in January evaporated with just more than two minutes left in the team’s second-round NCAA tournament game Monday against Tennessee. That was when Blue Demons guard Anna Martin collided ... »
Does it bother you when there’s a raucous party down the block and you weren’t invited? If you’re a basketball fan in Illinois, this NCAA tournament probably conjures that kind of feeling. This Sweet 16 is more of a Bittersweet 16 in the Land of Lincol... »
Does it bother you when there’s a raucous party down the block and you weren’t invited? If you’re a basketball fan in Illinois, this NCAA tournament probably conjures that kind of feeling. This Sweet 16 is more of a Bittersweet 16 in the Land of Lincol... »
Elated and emotionally spent after his team’s pulse-pounding 59-55 victory against BYU in the first round of the NCAA tournament Saturday night at Allstate Arena, DePaul coach Doug Bruno had little time to savor the moment. The victory for the No. 7 se... »
After an injury-plagued season, DePaul earned its 10th consecutive bid to the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. The Blue Demons (22-10) were awarded a No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 BYU at approximately 5:40 p.m. Saturday at Allstate Arena. “I am ... »
NEW YORK — Facing a power rebounding team such as Connecticut for a second straight year in the Big East tournament wasn’t what DePaul wanted, and an 81-67 loss Tuesday bore that out. The Blue Demons were out-muscled on the boards 42-39, out-shot in th... »
The matchup against a power rebounding team like Connecticut wasn’t what DePaul wanted a second straight year in the Big East tournament, and the 81-67 loss Tuesday bore that out. »
NEW YORK — It’s not impossible for a low-ranked team to surprise the field and win five consecutive games for the Big East tournament crown. Connecticut proved that last season, shelving a modest 9-9 conference record and charging to the tournament ti... »
On senior night, a freshman teamed with his upperclassman to make the difference for DePaul in a rousing 86-58 victory over Seton Hall to cap the regular season. Freshman Jamee Crockett and senior guard Jeremiah Kelly were the dominating pair in a stel... »
One more win won’t have a great impact on DePaul’s losing season. But it could impact the feeling of a team trying to gauge its future. If it comes for the Blue Demons (11-18, 2-15 Big East) today against Seton Hall, it also would be a triumph against ... »
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — On Senior Night, West Virginia could not have scripted it better. Seniors Darryl “Truck” Bryant and Kevin Jones closed out their home careers in grand style Tuesday night as the Mountaineers dunked DePaul 92-75 while hosting their f... »
