DePaul esports adapts to COVID-19
Xavier Ortega, Photo Chief
April 15, 2020
With many physical spaces in universities across the U.S. shut-down due to various shelter-in-place policies, student extracurricular and athletic organizations are unable to have in-person meetings and some are trying to convert their operations 100 percent online. The esports program at DePaul is eq...
DePaul alum Quigley defeats Chris Paul, advances in NBA Horse tournament
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
April 12, 2020
Former DePaul women's star Allie Quigley has made her name as one of the best shooters in the WNBA as a member of the Chicago Sky. And her shooting prowess was on full display Sunday night when she beat 10 time NBA all-star Chris Paul in the first round of the NBA Horse Tournament on ESPN. Quigley...
Blue Demons fans react to Dave Leitao contract extension
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 10, 2020
When DePaul's season ended prematurely on March 12 with the Big East canceling the rest of its tournament due to the coronavirus outbreak, the immediate attention turned to the fate of head coach Dave Leitao. Leitao — who was hired back in 2015 by athletic director Jean Lenti Ponsetto — was in...
DePaul guard Jalen Coleman-Lands granted sixth year of eligibility by NCAA
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 8, 2020
DePaul senior guard Jalen Coleman-Lands has been granted a sixth year of eligibility after receiving a waiver from the NCAA, the athletic department announced Wednesday. Coleman-Lands transferred from Illinois to DePaul in 2017 and had to sit out the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules. But ...
NCAA decision gives spring sports athletes extra opportunity
Nate Burleyson, Assistant Sports Editor
April 6, 2020
DePaul spring sports athletes had to cope with the quick news that they would not be playing another second of their still-young seasons in mid-March, when the Big East shut down all spring sports competition due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s golf, and men’s and women’s tra...
Former DePaul women’s basketball players carving out their own path in the WNBA
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 5, 2020
When James Wade was an assistant coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars, a team in the WNBA, he spotted a special player during a watch game — Allie Quigley. But the timing just wasn’t right. “She was playing on my watch team in San Antonio and my wife [was] telling me how good she was,” ...
DePaul extends Dave Leitao’s contract through 2023-24 season
Lawrence Kreymer and Shane René
April 2, 2020
DePaul University and men’s basketball head coach Dave Leitao have mutually agreed to a contract extension on Thursday, per release. The contract extension will keep Leitao at the program’s helm through the end of the 2023-24 season. A source told The DePaulia that Leitao’s new contract features...
Division 1 Council grants extra year of eligibility for spring sport athletes
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
March 30, 2020
The NCAA Division I Council voted to allow schools to grant spring sport athletes an extra year of eligibility on Monday, in light of the cancellation of all division one sports for the rest of the academic year due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Scholarship rules were adjusted to allow schools to retain more ...
Paul Reed declares for NBA draft
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
March 28, 2020
DePaul junior Paul Reed declared for the 2020 NBA Draft Saturday evening per Stadium. Reed is projected to be a first-round pick and the first DePaul player since Wilson Chandler to be drafted in the first round to the NBA. Reed averaged 15.1 points and 10.7 rebounds in the 2019-2020 season and not...
Even with no NCAA tournament, DePaul women’s basketball’s season had plenty of accomplishments
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 27, 2020
After DePaul won the Big East regular season and tournament title this past season, the Blue Demons have now won six conference regular-season and tournament titles since 2013 — when the conference went to 10 teams. But the Blue Demons’ success in women’s basketball dates back to the early 2000s, ...
COLUMN: Coronavirus robs sports fans of their most cherished outlet
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 14, 2020
I’ve always tried to imagine a world with no sports. What would we do? Would we like it? What would be our new escape from the real-world problems we face on a daily basis? The answers to those questions led me back to one realization — don’t let this become a reality. The world that I imagined in my head was sca...
Big East to cancel all spring sports competition
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
March 12, 2020
The Big East athletic conference is canceling all spring sports for the remainder of the season, they announced in a press release on Thursday afternoon. This decision to cancel comes after the NCAA made the decision earlier to cancel its spring and winter championships. Earlier today, the Big East men’s basketba...
