Big East 2024 Offseason

[WhiteTrash]

Really nothing to do with this DPU loss; is there a point that DePaul leaves the BE? There has to be a certain breaking point, 20 or 30 more years at the current level of play?

[Silkk the Shaka]

Really nothing to do with this DPU loss; is there a point that DePaul leaves the BE? There has to be a certain breaking point, 20 or 30 more years at the current level of play?

Swap them out for Loyola

[Galway Eagle]

Swap them out for Loyola

100% even if Loyola was another doormat at least we took a chance as opposed to this crap

[MU82]

That's what happens when the coach calls out "Blue Blue Blue!" but the team only executes "Blue Blue."

[WhiteTrash]

Stubblefield blames this on DePaul players? "I'm not blaming nobody on this team."

[Eye]

Official attendance was 931. Obviously the on the floor results bad for league, but not even getting a thousand paid customers for your home opener is bad for the league, too.

[Mu8891]

931 ?? Seriously?

Do they not have ANY season ticket holders ?  They are beyond a farce.

At this point what is the argument for keeping them in the BE ?

[Herman Cain]

Leitao was doing a good job by DePaul standards, had a couple NBA players , had a 7 win conference year, got them to 12-1 non—con another year before they collapses etc

I think when they made the change they would have been better off going with a young up and comer

[wadesworld]

Swap them out for Loyola Gonzaga

FIFY

[Eye]

931 ?? Seriously?

Do they not have ANY season ticket holders ?  They are beyond a farce.

At this point what is the argument for keeping them in the BE ?

I double-checked and saw that # in two different places, the 2nd time on the official DePaul SID box score.

Buddy who's a UL fan, considering doing a UL - DU, MU - ND DH in December, guessing it would cheaper to sit in a suite or a dozen rows up at halfcourt for UL - DU than it will be to get in the building for MU - ND.

For reference, the NAIA volleyball match I did PA for last weekend drew 550.

[WhiteTrash]

Leitao was doing a good job by DePaul standards, had a couple NBA players , had a 7 win conference year, got them to 12-1 non—con another year before they collapses etc

I think when they made the change they would have been better off going with a young up and comer

Where does DePaul spend their money since it is clearly not invested into men's basketball?

[MU82]

At this point what is the argument for keeping them in the BE ?

Sleeping giant!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

931 ?? Seriously?

Do they not have ANY season ticket holders ?  They are beyond a farce.

At this point what is the argument for keeping them in the BE ?

Honestly,  the Chicago market and the fact that kicking out a member is a nuclear level move. The only time i can remember this happening in my lifetime is when the BEast kicked Temple out and they were a football only member. I vaguely recall a mid major school being kicked out of their conference for NCAA violations in like the 70s. I'm not sure if there are any other examples

[Galway Eagle]

Maybe the Big East kicking them out would be a precedent setting move? I mean the schools themselves kick students out for not performing to standards, jobs have PIP programs and will fire you for not performing to standards, why should this be any different?

[THRILLHO]

Maybe the Big East kicking them out would be a precedent setting move? I mean the schools themselves kick students out for not performing to standards, jobs have PIP programs and will fire you for not performing to standards, why should this be any different?

I love the idea of a conference putting a team on a PIP. Publicly, preferably.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

I've been saying college basketball needs a relegation system for a while.  DePaul needs to be relegated to the A-10.

[Scoop Snoop]

TAMU's mention of the Chicago market is, to me, front and center although I think of it more as the potential Chicago market for college bball. With less than 1,000 in attendance last night, how many people will watch the DP aired games this season?

If the reports of Coach Blue Blue's pay are accurate, DP was unwilling to pony up for a coach who could turn things around. Their lack of commitment to men's bball over quite a long period of time, their unwillingness to fire their former AD, etc. leaves little reason for hope.

I get that booting them out would be a huge deal, and also unlikely, but if we brought in Gonzaga and kicked out DP, we would still have the round robin format at least for a while. Not gonna happen, but I can dream about it, right?

[Silkk the Shaka]

Put them on a relegation program like international soccer

[jfp61]

I love this talk. Its dumb. Let Depaul burn money and loss to everyone. Who cares.

Unless you can 1 for 1 swap with Gonzaga it is better to just keep a school in chicago with a large alumni base than it is to do anything else.

All the A10 schools are terrible options that add nothing unless one of their public schools gets really good.

[MUbiz]

Where does DePaul spend their money since it is clearly not invested into men's basketball?

Women's sports- DePaul spends nearly an equal amount of money on men's and women's sports due to a equity initiative.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

931 ?? Seriously?

Do they not have ANY season ticket holders ?  They are beyond a farce.

At this point what is the argument for keeping them in the BE ?

Imagine what kind of masochist one would have to be to be a DePaul MBB season ticket holder.

[DFW HOYA]

931 is especially troubling because DePaul has been called out as having repeatedly inflated their attendance figures over the years. It may have been worse.

[1318WWells]

I love this talk. Its dumb. Let Depaul burn money and loss to everyone. Who cares.

Unless you can 1 for 1 swap with Gonzaga it is better to just keep a school in chicago with a large alumni base than it is to do anything else.

All the A10 schools are terrible options that add nothing unless one of their public schools gets really good.

Agreed.

And we get an extra “home” game every year for all Chicago alums.

[Dickthedribbler]

931 ?? Seriously?

Do they not have ANY season ticket holders ?  They are beyond a farce.

At this point what is the argument for keeping them in the BE ?

What is the argument for kicking them out of the BE??

[Scoop Snoop]

What is the argument for kicking them out of the BE??

Fair question. I am unaware of any requirements of the BE that they have violated. However, I would argue that they have failed to make a bona fide effort to develop their bball program for quite some time. But that's just my opinion.

It's just some of us scoopers venting our displeasure with a BE member that doesn't seem to give a rat's ass that they are perennial cellar dwellers. DP is here to stay.