5 best moments for DePaul athletics from the 2018-2019 season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
June 3, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Basketball, Men's Sports, Showcase, Softball, Sports, Women's Sports
A year that has been filled with multiple Big East Tournament champions, massive comebacks in championship games, multiple teams making the NCAA Tournament, freshmen bursting out onto the scene and seniors making their final contributions at DePaul: The DePaulia revisit the five best moments from this...
Blue Demon Rundown
May 28, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports, Track & Field, Women's Sports
Track and Field Henry Larkin helped continued his impressive freshman season by advancing to the quaterfinals at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Sacramento, California. Larkin competed in the 400-meter dash on Wednesday and finished with a time of 46.76, coming close to his personal best and scho...
COMMENTARY: After four years, the time for DePaul to win is long overdue
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
May 13, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
DePaul men’s basketball has been irrelevant in Chicago, and certainly in the national landscape, for over a decade now. But after finishing with a winning record for the first time since the 2006-2007 season and making it to the CBI championship series, the Blue Demons believe they are ready to re-e...
Former Blue Demon star participates in G League Elite Camp
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
May 13, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
There are 80 players expected to attend the NBA G League Elite Camp May 12-14 at Quest Multisport in Chicago. Press him hard enough, and now former DePaul Blue Demon star Max Strus could probably figure out the other 39 draft-eligible prospects who will join him at the event — the other 40 particip...
Lenti Ponsetto: ‘We haven’t arrived yet’
Shane Rene & Lawrence Kreymer, Managing Editor & Sports Editor
May 6, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
DePaul’s men’s basketball program has seen brighter days. But now, for the first time in more than a decade, it can also look back on its darker ones. The Blue Demons’ 2018-19 campaign ended an 11-year postseason drought with the program’s first winning season since Jerry Wainwright marched ...
The next generation of DePaul men’s basketball
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
May 6, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
The group of young adults who turn around this DePaul Blue Demon men’s basketball program will instantly become Chicago legends. But just because Blue Demon head coach Dave Leitao has landed his best recruiting class since 2007, secured the services of three former four-star transfer players who are ...
Moore transferring to DePaul from Kansas
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
April 29, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
Things don’t always work out. After a successful freshman season at the University of California where he averaged 12.2 points per game and was among the very best freshmen in the Pac-12 Conference, a coaching change prompted 5-foot-11-inch guard Charlie Moore to seek opportunities elsewhere. He l...
Moore where that came from: DePaul lands another impact transfer
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
April 22, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
DePaul lands another one. Stadium basketball analyst Jeff Goodman reports former Chicago Public League standout Charlie Moore will transfer from Kansas to DePaul. Per a source, Moore will apply for a family hardship exception with the NCAA to become immediately eligible for next season. His father ...
New contract between DePaul, Northwestern aims to grow Chicago rivalry
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 22, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
College basketball has become known for its intense rivalries over the years, with most conferences having a marquee rivalries that is must-see tv. Not only do a lot of conferences around the country have big rivalries, but cities do as well. The biggest college basketball rivalry, for example, is b...
John Diener to leave DePaul
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
April 22, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
The transfer portal has claimed a victim from DePaul. Wisconsin Sports Network writer Mark Miller reports that DePaul Blue Demon guard John Diener has chosen to leave the program. Blue Demon head coach Dave Leitao redshirted the 6-foot-4-inch, Cedarburg, Wis. native last season. Diener was a standou...
Runners-ups meet in Big East-Big 12 challenge
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 15, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
sDePaul’s 2019 non-conference schedule already has its first test of the season, with the Blue Demons taking on Texas Tech at Wintrust Arena in the first ever Big East-Big 12 challenge. The plan to begin the Big East-Big 12 challenge was officially announced last October, but the matchups were finalized o...
Billy Garrett Jr. reaches NBA, reflects on DePaul
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 15, 2019
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
When the Westchester Knicks’ G-League season ended after a second round loss in the playoffs, Billy Garrett Jr. was all but ready to head back home to Chicago. He didn’t believe that he was going to get called up by an NBA team so late into the season, and that’s why he had a flight a ready back ...