DePaul Coaching Search

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Largest catholic school in the country, one of the winningest programs all time. Sure they're terrible but I'd rather have a program old people go "wow I remember them being incredible" than a team that has had 1 good year since Coach Ireland had them in the 60s.  Though if Loyola were to join we could boast 4 national championships instead of three.

Seriously though Loyola can't even say they've been screwed over by being mid major as they've only hit the nit 4 times and the CBI once.  Great in the 60s, one good year in 83 and nothing outside of that.

Their great year was 1985. They have a very nice gym, by the way.

[oldwarrior81]

The Alfredrick Hughes era in the early 80's.

Once missed 20 straight shot against Bradley.
As a junior averaged about 28 points per game on 655 shots and 17 assists.
I think he's still top ten all time in NCAA scoring with almost 3000 points.

[Dawson Rental]

The Alfredrick Hughes era in the early 80's.

Once missed 20 straight shot against Bradley.
As a junior averaged about 28 points per game on 655 shots and 17 assists.
I think he's still top ten all time in NCAA scoring with almost 3000 points.

The man with three first names!

My least favorite period of basketball because for a while Loyola was clearly out recruiting us head to head - Joe Daugherty, Keith Gales, Gerald Hayward...

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

The Alfredrick Hughes era in the early 80's.

Once missed 20 straight shot against Bradley.
As a junior averaged about 28 points per game on 655 shots and 17 assists.
I think he's still top ten all time in NCAA scoring with almost 3000 points.

He took ball hogging to an entirely different level. They had some solid guards in Andre Battle and Carl Golston, who I believe was a Badger transfer.

[Galway Eagle]

Where's all this early 80s love for Loyola coming from? They made the NIT in 80 and sweet 16 in 85. Maybe they out recruited us but they beat us once from 79 to 86 so they couldn't have been that good.

[Dawson Rental]

Where's all this early 80s love for Loyola coming from? They made the NIT in 80 and sweet 16 in 85. Maybe they out recruited us but they beat us once from 79 to 86 so they couldn't have been that good.

Loyola had a blip up at the same time as Marquette was trending down from the McGuire years.  Even when Loyola wasn't great, they were still better than MU.  After Majerus left, Loyola beat MU three years in a row 1987-89 largely led by guys that Loyola had won in head to head recruiting battles with MU.  It was teeth gnashing time for this dude.  When you're a fan of a program that was a blue blood while you were in school and then see it fall behind a school that your school use to beat as a matter of course it messes with your head, and you have to post about it decades later to try and exorcise the demons.

[chapman]

The last dozen posts just don't compute for me.