DePaul lands 2021 four-star recruit David Jones
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
August 31, 2020
DePaul’s 2021 recruiting class got a boost on Monday when four-star recruit David Jones verbally committed to the Blue Demons. Jones, who announced his commitment on Instagram, is now the third four-star recruit in the class of 2021 to verbally commit to head coach Dave Leitao. Ahamad Bynum and...
DePaul senior Jalen Coleman-Lands enters transfer portal
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 20, 2020
The NCAA transfer portal has now claimed five DePaul players since the season ended March 12. DePaul senior guard Jalen Coleman-Lands is the latest player to leave the program, joining Devin Gage, Sullivan Menard, Mick Sullivan and Flynn Cameron to enter the portal. Gage recently announced he was ...
5 years after hiring Dave Leitao, DePaul still stuck in the bottom of the Big East
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
April 20, 2020
For the past 15 years, DePaul men’s basketball has been stuck in a state of perpetual losing, with no clear end in sight. But after the program achieved a 19-17 record — the Blue Demons’ first winning season since the 2006-07 season — in 2018-19, there was hope DePaul would build on that head...
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 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...
COMMENTARY: A miracle at the Garden won’t save the Dave Leitao regime
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 8, 2020
Everyone is allowed to believe in miracles; it’s what makes sports so magical. That’s why the month of March is so special in college basketball, because every team has a chance to go on a magical run to close their season – even the bottom feeders. Just a couple of weeks ago, America celebrate...
Devin Gage leaving DePaul at end of the season
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
March 4, 2020
Junior guard Devin Gage is transferring from DePaul after the end of the 2019-2020 season, Evan Daniels of 247Sports reported on Wednesday. Gage becomes the ninth transfer during head coach Dave Leitao’s tenure since the 2015-16 season. Gage is a grad transfer and will have one year left of eligibi...
DePaul wins first game in over a month, 74-68 over Georgetown
Shane René, Editor-in-Chief
February 23, 2020
In the early going of Saturday's contest with Georgetown, the Blue Demons (14-13, 2-12) looked to have found some of the energy that head coach Dave Leitao said the team has lost since they entered conference play. And this time, it lasted a full 40 minutes. DePaul was able to keep the wheels on...
COMMENTARY: From red hot to ice cold, DePaul men’s basketball season officially dead
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
February 16, 2020
DePaul’s season has officially hit rock bottom. The Blue Demons were on life support heading into Saturday’s game against Creighton at the Chi Health Center. After a 40-minute beatdown, the Bluejays pulled the plug on DePaul’s miserable conference season. It’s over. It’s done. The Blue Demo...
DePaulia editors discuss men’s basketball’s humiliating loss and Dave Leitao
Ryan Gilroy, Copy Editor & Staff Photographer
February 16, 2020
DePaul men's basketball just had one of its most humiliating losses. The DePaulia's sports desk discusses what went so wrong, head coach Dave Leitao's role in the mess and Sports Editor Lawrence Kreymer's controversial column from last week. https://soundcloud.com/page29/d-men-roundtable-episode-14
COMMENTARY: DePaul men’s basketball is a joke, Dave Leitao is the punchline
Lawrence Kreymer, Sports Editor
February 9, 2020
Albert Einstein is famously credited with coining the phrase, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Welcome to the world of DePaul men’s basketball, where the opponents change, the final scoreline is different, but each perform...
Page 29: Lower Metra fares for college students may be coming
Hannah Mitchell and Shane René
February 6, 2020
On this week's episode of Page 29, The DePaulia gives a rundown of new legislation that may lower the cost of Metra fares for commuter students. Then, we chat with our sports editor about the men's basketball team's start to conference play and what that means for head coach Dave Leitao. https://soundcloud.com/page29/page-29-lower-metra-fares-for-chicago-college-students-may-be-coming
