Henry selected to try out for Team USA World Cup qualifying team
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
June 11, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
Myke Henry has come a long way since he donned the DePaul blue and red from 2014 until 2016. After graduating from DePaul, he didn't hear his name called in the 2016 NBA draft. But, he latched onto the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA D League. Then, he went south to play professionally in Mexico. Las...
Scouting Strus: He declared for the draft without an agent, so what are his odds of going pro?
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
May 14, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
I am not that smart. But by being friendly to people and awkwardly initiating conversations at credentialed events, I've formed relationships with enough legitimate experts to write informed stories with semblances of intelligence. When DePaul Blue Demon basketball star Max Strus announced at the end of March that he would declare for the 2018 ...
DePaul honors five seniors in final home game
Paul Steeno, Staff Writer
March 5, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
All good things must come to an end. On Saturday at Wintrust Arena, the DePaul athletic department bid farewell to five seniors on the men's basketball team in a short ceremony that followed a 65-62 loss to the No. 3/4 Xavier Musketeers. With their families and friends in tow, DePaul recognized each ...
Millender earns spot on Big East Weekly Honor Roll
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
February 26, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Sports, Women's Sports
DePaul Blue Demon women's basketball junior guard Ashton Millender is on quite a roll. For the second week in a row, her stellar play has earned her a spot on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Millender was instrumental in helping the Blue Demons clinch their fifth consecutive Big East Conference...
Blue Demons beat Villanova on senior day
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
February 18, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Women's Sports
The DePaul Blue Demons (21-7, 13-3 Big East) capped off senior day and their final home game of the regular season on Sunday afternoon with a 71-66 victory over the the Villanova Wildcats (20-7, 10-6 Big East) to keep them tied for the No. 1 ranking in the Big East standings. Initially, the path to this win was fairly b...
Pirates best Blue Demons behind 33 from Rodriguez
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
February 18, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
Anything you can do, I can do better. That's what Seton Hall Pirates (18-9; 7-7 Big East) senior forward Desi Rodriguez was probably thinking as he dropped a career-high 33 points on 12-for-21 from the field in the Pirate's 82-77 win against the DePaul Blue Demons (10-16; 3-11 Big East) on Saturday afte...
Blue Demons look for redemption against Pirates
Paul Steeno, Sports Reporter
February 16, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
It's probably a good thing that DePaul's next game is away from Wintrust Arena. The DePaul Blue Demons (10-15; 3-10 Big East) are 5-9 at home this season, but haven't won at Wintrust Arena since Dec. 21 against Miami (Ohio) and are still searching for their first conference win in their home building....
Tyger watch ends, questions remain
Shane Rene, Sports Editor
February 12, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
When Tyger Campbell left DePaul basketball fans hanging on the edge of their seats by going silent on Feb. 1, the day he was supposed to announce his final college choice, everyone seemed to be thinking the same thing: cold feet — and the UCLA campus would be a very practical place to warm them up....
Tyger watch
Paul Steeno, Staff Writer
February 5, 2018
Filed under Men's Sports, Sports
There was supposed to be a resolution on Thursday to the mystery of where four-star point guard Tyger Campbell would attend college. But Thursday came and went and UCLA, Purdue, Maryland and DePaul, the four schools deemed finalists to land Campbell's services, must anxiously wait a while longer for the 18-...
Grays’ big night lifts DePaul to win
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
February 5, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Basketball, Sports, Women's Sports
Coming off an important win against Marquette, DePaul (17-6, 9-2 Big East) continued their hot streak Friday night in a decisive 77-67 home victory over Creighton (13-9, 7-5 Big East) to keep them on top in conference play. Despite only making 25 percent of their 3-point attempts, the Blue Demons shot ...
Butler bashes DePaul 80-57
Paul Steeno, Staff Writer
February 5, 2018
Filed under Basketball, Men's Sports, Sports
Basketball is often a game of runs, and when a game concludes it’s usually easy to point to one particular run that allowed one team to prevail over the other. In an 80-57 victory by the Butler Bulldogs (17-7; 7-4 Big East) over the DePaul Blue Demons (9-13; 2-8 Big East) at Hinkle Fieldhouse Satu...
Commentary: What comes first: energetic students or good basketball?
Shane Rene, Sports Editor
January 29, 2018
Filed under Sports
There’s good news for DePaul’s men’s basketball program: student attendance is up 165 percent on average at Wintrust Arena compared to last season at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, according to DePaul’s athletic department. But according to the laws of mathematics — and the state of Blue Demon...
