Welcome to The Sports Bank’s third annual college basketball season preview series. Two years we looked at 99 teams in 99 days. Last year, we were slightly more aggressive and expanded to 111 teams in 111 days and will do so again as we look ahead to the 2012-2013 season. We will rank the 75 power conference teams and top 36 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. … [Read more...] about #100 DePaul Blue Demons: College Basketball 111 in 111
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#101 DePaul Blue Demons: College Basketball 111 in 111
Welcome to The Sports Bank’s second annual college basketball season preview series. Last year we looked at 99 teams in 99 days. This year, we are being slightly more aggressive and expanding to 111 teams in 111 days. We will rank the 74 power conference teams and top 37 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order. We’ll break down rosters, non-conference schedules, and pick … [Read more...] about #101 DePaul Blue Demons: College Basketball 111 in 111
DePaul Tip-Off Luncheon Ushers in New Era
Make no mistake, these are not the DePaul Blue Demons of Rod Strickland, Mark Acquirre and Ray Meyer. However, they are also not the Demons you've gotten used to seeing lose by 30 night in and night out for the past few years. With the hire of Oliver Purnell away from Clemson, the Demons now have a reclamation project guru in Lincoln Park. And that's exactly what they need … [Read more...] about DePaul Tip-Off Luncheon Ushers in New Era
99 in 99: #96 DePaul Blue Demons
Our 99 teams in 99 days college basketball preview continues with perhaps the most depressing major conference program of the past couple years. For nearly all of the past decade, nobody has cared about DePaul basketball, especially in the city of Chicago. This off-season, the university hoped they took the first step towards restoring some tradition and most importantly, … [Read more...] about 99 in 99: #96 DePaul Blue Demons
BREAKING: Ben Howland Headlines List of DePaul Coaching Candidates
By Paul M. Banks ESPN.com Insider listed the current strongest candidates for the open DePaul job. But they dropped the ball on this one. Rumors are UCLA's Ben Howland is now the front-runner, and the large, Chicago Catholic school has thrown a very expensive multi-year offer at him. More from Bruins Nation. … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Ben Howland Headlines List of DePaul Coaching Candidates
DePaul Courting ESPN’s Lavin as new Head Coach?
By Paul M. Banks DePaul needs a splash hire to revive their dormant program; and ESPN’s Steve Lavin could be it. The Blue Demons need someone to come in and convince local talent to stay home and start something, and I’m not convinced SIU’s Chris Lowery or Jazz Assistant (and former Blue Demon) Tyrone Corbin is that someone. Then I saw this on the Twitter account of CBS’ … [Read more...] about DePaul Courting ESPN’s Lavin as new Head Coach?
2009-2010 Big East Basketball Preview: Part 1 of 5
by: David Kay Yes, it is still just the end of September, but the college basketball season is a little more than five weeks away from tipping off. Aka, I am beginning to shake like Amy Winehouse after going a day without a fix. EVERY WEEKDAY until the season starts, thesportsbank.net will provide in-depth pre-season conference previews and predictions to get you up to … [Read more...] about 2009-2010 Big East Basketball Preview: Part 1 of 5