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Is DePaul stops sucking. Not necessarily get outright good, just stop being a mess.Can anyone make the case that Dave Leito, the new stadium, the administration commitment to basketball or anything else makes you think we might see DePaul with a little number next to their name, or in the tourney ever again? (My definition of stop sucking)At this point I think Northwestern is the better program in the Chicago area.
Any Big East team winning a National Championship is the best thing that could happen to the Big East.
When DePaul, specifically, Jean Lenti-Ponsetto, introduced Dave Leitao in April, three things caught my eye. 1.) She emphatically stated that their new coach "knew" the Big East and came from a Big East background (Leitao never coached in the Big East). 2.) DePaul paid money to a search firm to search for and rehire its former head coach 3.) She listed the three primary purposes of DePaul Athletics - and winning (or any reference to being competitive) was not one of them. The consistent showing of ineptitude and mismanagement of the DePaul athletics program is staggering. The have not had any fans at mens games in nearly a decade. Students have no interest in basketball, mostly because all the games are nearly an hour away from campus. Their new stadium, which is also nowhere near campus, is not centrally located near public transportation - so students will continue not going to games. Forget the fact that they have not come close to reaching an NCAA tournament during their tenure in the Big East, they haven't even had a .500 record while in the Big East.Bottom line, in the 10 years since their invitation into the Big East, DePaul's mens basketball program has contributed absolutely nothing to the betterment of the conference. That is a serious problem that should demand the intervention of the Big East Presidents and Commissioner Val Ackermann. Non-competitiveness is unacceptable in a conference designed to strive for elite college basketball. If DePaul doesn't want to be a part of that, they can be a part of the A-10. End of rant.
That is a serious problem that should demand the intervention of Commissioner Val Ackermann.
Isn't the new arena going to be like two blocks from a Green Line L stop? They can take the train from Fullerton, switch downtown, and get to the arena in like 20 minutes.
don't like Depaul but in all fairness in 2007 they were close to an NCAA tournament birth.
Maybe so but Georgetown is three subway stops from the Verizon center and even when they are ranked in the top 10 they cannot get kids to go to the game (unless it's Saturday afternoon against Syracuse or another huge marquee matching against top teams). That why they play some on campus. Point is students will see the new stadium as just as difficult as Rosemont.
Maybe so but Georgetown is three subway stops from the Verizon center and even when they are ranked in the top 10 they cannot get kids to go to the game (unless it's Saturday afternoon against Syracuse or another huge marquee matching against top teams). That why they play some on campus.
That is a serious problem that should demand the intervention of the Big East Presidents and Commissioner Val Ackermann.
Does DePaul need new office furniture?
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
I'm a grad school alum of DePaul. I have little hope the new coach will get DePaul to even "ok" status. JLP is both the problem and the solution (by removing her as AD) to getting DePaul back on track. I actually started a new thing after the new coach was announced. Every time DePaul calls for donations (which is like once a month) I mention that I won't donate until JLP is gone. Hopefully someone gets the message.
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
About this. Georgetown doesn't even have a metro stop. Even if they did, three stops is NOTHING. They also never play games on campus. That is only Villanova and St. John's.
Which means they have never finished above .500 or had a tourney invite since joining the big East.
Yes they finished 9-7 that year 20-14 overall which is above .500 by my count. I know they haven't had a tourney invite but the rant said that they hadn't come close to a tourney invite... they were close probably one game away close. Between this and your GTown post you aren't looking great on this thread.