DePaul loses 74-69 against Buffalo, dropping Blue Demons to 9-1 on season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
December 8, 2019
After defeating Texas Tech 65-60 in overtime on Wednesday, DePaul was the talk of college basketball. The dream of becoming ranked was finally becoming a reality in Lincoln Park. And then Buffalo waltzed into Wintrust Arena and crashed DePaul’s party. The Bulls handed the Blue Demons their first...
What DePaul fans should be thankful for
Nate Burleyson, Asst. Sports Editor
November 28, 2019
It’s Thanksgiving and before you devour a plate of carbs and fall asleep watching Mitch Trubisky throw for 150 yards on 40 attempts you should take the time to reflect on what you’re thankful for this holiday season. If you’re a Blue Demon fan, there is plenty of it, including, but not limited to...
Preview: DePaul travels to face Iowa in the Gavitt Tipoff Games
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
November 11, 2019
When DePaul’s 2019-2020 schedule was released in September, the first three games of the season didn’t seem much of a challenge for the Blue Demons. Now, with game four approaching fast, the Blue Demons are embarking on their first challenge of the season: at Iowa. The Blue Demons began the season with a rela...
Tim Anderson named DePaul’s head coach to start 2019-2020 season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
November 4, 2019
After months of speculation about who will lead the DePaul men’s basketball team while head coach Dave Leitao serves a three-game suspension to begin the 2019-2020 season, Blue Demon fans finally have an answer. The program announced Monday that assistant coach Tim Anderson will lead the Blue Demons for t...
Leitao to receive extension following NCAA sanctions
Shane René, Editor-in-Chief
September 16, 2019
For close to two decades, DePaul’s men’s basketball program has been searching for a head coach that can return the Blue Demons to their winning ways. This past Thursday the university doubled down on current head coach Dave Leitao, announcing his contract will be extended through the 2023-24 basketball...
DePaul, Leitao negotiate multi-year contract extension through 2023-24 season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
September 12, 2019
DePaul University and men’s basketball head coach Dave Leitao are in negotiations over a multi-year extension that would keep Leitao at the program until the end of the 2023-2024 season, per school release on Thursday. Leitao, who is suspended for the first three games of the 2019-2020 season due...
COMMENTARY: After four years, the time for DePaul to win is long overdue
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
May 13, 2019
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...
DePaul’s role players flourish in CBI championship series
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 8, 2019
The old adage “next man up” is a common and overused term in basketball; however, for DePaul that phrase applies perfectly in their recent slate of games in the Roman College Basketball Invitational. The Blue Demons came into the CBI with an already short rotation that only included eight players ...
Lone four-year senior shines in final home game
Andrew Hattersley, Sports Editor
March 11, 2019
Senior guard Eli Cain never had a true senior day when he was at St. Benedict's Preparatory School. That made what transpired in potentially his final two games at Wintrust Arena that much more memorable as DePaul rallied from a double digit first-half deficit to take down St. John’s on senior day...
DePaul squanders chance at bye, finishes last in Big East
Lawrence Kreymer, Asst. Sports Editor
March 11, 2019
DePaul went into its final regular season game against Creighton on Saturday playing their best basketball of the season, coming off two impressive wins against Georgetown and St. John’s. That two-game winning streak was quickly put to an end against the Bluejays (18-13; 9-9 Big East) in Omaha, Neb...
Hard work pays off in year two for Paul Reed
Evan Sully, Staff Writer
February 18, 2019
DePaul men’s basketball has taken a leap forward this season by winning 13 games, the most since the 2006-2007 season. One player whose overall game has trended in the same direction has been Paul Reed. The six-foot-nine-inch 210-pound sophomore forward from Orlando, Florida is averaging 11.6 poin...
Revenge-minded Blue Demons welcome Providence to Wintrust
Paul Steeno, Senior Basketball Writer
February 2, 2019
DePaul needs to stop the bleeding after dropping their third-straight contest on Wednesday. The DePaul Blue Demons (11-9; 3-6) next opportunity to do that is today at 1:30 when they welcome the Providence College Friars (13-8; 3-5) to town as the grind of the Big East Conference schedule continues....
Brita Hunegs, Staff Writer
January 20, 2020 • No Comments
Last Wednesday, the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released a new report, examining...
Illinois voter registration bill sparks controversy over implementation
January 20, 2020
Automatic voter registration seemed to be the only thing Illinois state Democrats...
Community theatre celebrates MLK Jr.’s legacy as civil servant and peace advocate
January 20, 2020
The Writers Theatre’s 14th tour of the MLK Project: Fight for Civil Rights...
Chicago reflects on King more than 50 years after Marquette Park violence
January 20, 2020
In an all-white Marquette Park on Aug. 5, 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. was...