DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball - wikipedia DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball DePaul Blue Demons 2017 -- 18 DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball team University DePaul University Head coach Dave Leitao ( 3rd straight, 6th overall season ) Conference Big East Location Chicago, Illinois Arena Wintrust Arena ( Capacity : 10,387 ) Nickname Blue Demons Colors Royal Blue and Scarlet Uniforms Home Away Alternate NCAA Tournament Final Four 1943, 1979 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 1943, 1978, 1979 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen 1953, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1986 *, 1987 * NCAA Tournament appearances 1943, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 *, 1987 *, 1988 *, 1989 *, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2004 * vacated by NCAA Conference regular season champions 1992, 2004 The DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men 's basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The team has competed in the Big East Conference since the league 's relaunch in 2013, after having been a member of the original Big East since 2005. The Blue Demons play home games at the new Wintrust Arena at the McCormick Place convention center on Chicago 's Near South Side. Previously, their home court had been Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. Contents 1 History 2 Lack of Success since 1990 3 Seasons 4 Postseason 4.1 NCAA tournament results 4.2 NIT results 5 Honors 5.1 Retired jerseys 5.2 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 5.3 National Player of the Year 5.4 National Coach of the Year 6 Professional players 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 10 External links History DePaul was independent for much of its basketball history and has enjoyed success with such great players as George Mikan in the 1940s. Ray Meyer coached at DePaul for over 40 years, from 1942 to 1984. After going to the Final Four of the 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Meyer 's team was the No. 1 seed in its regional three years in a row in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Success continued with multiple NCAA appearances under his son, Joey Meyer, throughout the 1980s. DePaul joined the Great Midwest Conference in 1991 which later merged with the Metro Conference in 1995 to become Conference USA, in which DePaul was a member through 2005. The Blue Demons advanced to the second round of the 2004 NCAA tournament before being eliminated by eventual national champion Connecticut. DePaul left for the Big East Conference for the 2005 -- 06 season, and joined the reconfigured Big East in 2013. The most recent men 's basketball coach was Oliver Purnell, with Dave Leitao returning for the 2015 - 16 season in his second tenure as the Demons ' coach. The coach prior to Purnell was Jerry Wainwright, who joined DePaul in 2005. Wainwright 's first season with his young team was erratic, beating No. 16 Wake Forest 84 -- 81 before falling to Old Dominion by a score of 87 -- 43 ( the worst defeat in the team 's history ), and then beating future Big East champion Syracuse, 108 -- 69. In the 2006 -- 2007 season, the Blue Demons beat powerhouse # 5 Kansas 64 - 57, pulling off one of the greatest upsets in school history. They also beat 2007 NCAA tournament teams California, Northwestern State, Marquette, Connecticut, and Villanova. The team made it to the NIT and lost in the bracket final to Air Force 52 - 51. The Demons opened up the 2008 season with two of their star players gone to the NBA. Four games into the 2007 -- 2008 season, Wainwright logged his 200th career win as a head coach. The 2007 -- 08 season saw the Demons with a 10 -- 19 record, but there were high points in the year. DePaul had upsets over Villanova, then ranked # 15 nationally and ultimately a member of the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and Northwestern. However, things took a turn for the worse during the 2008 -- 2009 season. DePaul went 0 -- 18 in Big East play, setting a school - record for longest losing streak. The Demons were able to redeem themselves somewhat knocking off Big East 9th seeded team Cincinnati in the first round of the Big East tournament and putting up a fight in a close loss to 8 seed Providence. DePaul, however, has not had a winning record in any season since 2006 - 07. Lack of Success since 1990 Since the 1989 - 90 season, DePaul has won one NCAA tournament game in the 29 seasons that have transpired. DePaul has not qualified for the NCAA Tournament since the 2003 - 04 season. DePaul has finished last in the Big East eight of the past ten seasons concluding with the 2017 - 18 season. Following that season, a group of `` concerned students and alumni '' purchased a full page advertisement in the Chicago Sun - Times calling for change within the school 's Athletic Department. https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/depaul-students-alumni-buy-ad-calling-for-the-firing-of-athletic-director/ Seasons Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason Independent ( 1923 -- 1991 ) 1923 -- 24 Robert L. Stevenson 8 -- 6 1924 -- 25 Harry Adams 6 -- 13 1925 -- 26 Eddie Anderson 11 -- 5 1926 -- 27 Eddie Anderson 7 -- 7 1927 -- 28 Eddie Anderson 2 -- 7 1928 -- 29 Eddie Anderson 5 -- 4 1929 -- 30 Jim Kelly 15 -- 5 1930 -- 31 Jim Kelly 13 -- 3 1931 -- 32 Jim Kelly 9 -- 6 1932 -- 33 Jim Kelly 12 -- 3 1933 -- 34 Jim Kelly 17 -- 0 1934 -- 35 Jim Kelly 15 -- 1 1935 -- 36 Jim Kelly 18 -- 4 1936 -- 37 Tom Haggerty 15 -- 6 1937 -- 38 Tom Haggerty 12 -- 10 1938 -- 39 Tom Haggerty 15 -- 7 1939 -- 40 Tom Haggerty 22 -- 6 NIT Semifinals 1940 -- 41 Bill Wendt 13 -- 8 1941 -- 42 Bill Wendt 10 -- 12 1942 -- 43 Ray Meyer 19 -- 5 NCAA Final Four 1943 -- 44 Ray Meyer 22 -- 4 NIT Runner Up 1944 -- 45 Ray Meyer 21 -- 3 NIT Champions 1945 -- 46 Ray Meyer 19 -- 5 1946 -- 47 Ray Meyer 16 -- 9 1947 -- 48 Ray Meyer 22 -- 8 NIT Semifinals 1948 -- 49 Ray Meyer 16 -- 9 1949 -- 50 Ray Meyer 12 -- 13 1950 -- 51 Ray Meyer 13 -- 12 1951 -- 52 Ray Meyer 19 -- 8 1952 -- 53 Ray Meyer 19 -- 9 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1953 -- 54 Ray Meyer 11 -- 10 1954 -- 55 Ray Meyer 16 -- 6 1955 -- 56 Ray Meyer 16 -- 8 NCAA First Round 1956 -- 57 Ray Meyer 8 -- 14 1957 -- 58 Ray Meyer 8 -- 12 1958 -- 59 Ray Meyer 13 -- 11 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1959 -- 60 Ray Meyer 17 -- 7 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1960 -- 61 Ray Meyer 17 -- 8 NIT Quarterfinals 1961 -- 62 Ray Meyer 13 -- 10 1962 -- 63 Ray Meyer 15 -- 8 NIT Quarterfinals 1963 -- 64 Ray Meyer 21 -- 4 NIT Quarterfinals 1964 -- 65 Ray Meyer 17 -- 10 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1965 -- 66 Ray Meyer 18 -- 8 NIT First Round 1966 -- 67 Ray Meyer 17 -- 8 1967 -- 68 Ray Meyer 13 -- 12 1968 -- 69 Ray Meyer 14 -- 11 1969 -- 70 Ray Meyer 12 -- 13 1970 -- 71 Ray Meyer 8 -- 17 1971 -- 72 Ray Meyer 12 -- 11 1972 -- 73 Ray Meyer 14 -- 11 1973 -- 74 Ray Meyer 16 -- 9 1974 -- 75 Ray Meyer 15 -- 10 1975 -- 76 Ray Meyer 20 -- 9 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1976 -- 77 Ray Meyer 15 -- 12 1977 -- 78 Ray Meyer 27 -- 3 NCAA Elite Eight 1978 -- 79 Ray Meyer 26 -- 6 NCAA Final Four 1979 -- 80 Ray Meyer 26 -- 2 NCAA Second Round 1980 -- 81 Ray Meyer 27 -- 2 NCAA Second Round 1981 -- 82 Ray Meyer 26 -- 2 NCAA Second Round 1982 -- 83 Ray Meyer 21 -- 12 NIT Runner Up 1983 -- 84 Ray Meyer 27 -- 3 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1984 -- 85 Joey Meyer 19 -- 10 NCAA First Round 1985 -- 86 Joey Meyer 18 -- 13 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1986 -- 87 Joey Meyer 28 -- 3 NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1987 -- 88 Joey Meyer 22 -- 8 NCAA Second Round 1988 -- 89 Joey Meyer 21 -- 12 NCAA Second Round 1989 -- 90 Joey Meyer 20 -- 15 NIT Quarterfinals 1990 -- 91 Joey Meyer 20 -- 9 NCAA First Round Great Midwest Conference ( 1991 -- 1995 ) 1991 -- 92 Joey Meyer 20 -- 9 8 -- 2 1st NCAA First Round 1992 -- 93 Joey Meyer 16 -- 15 3 -- 7 5th 1993 -- 94 Joey Meyer 16 -- 12 4 -- 8 5th NIT First Round 1994 -- 95 Joey Meyer 17 -- 11 6 -- 6 5th NIT First Round Conference USA ( 1995 -- 2005 ) 1995 -- 96 Joey Meyer 11 -- 18 2 -- 12 4th ( Blue ) 1996 -- 97 Joey Meyer 3 -- 23 1 -- 13 4th ( Blue ) 1997 -- 98 Pat Kennedy 7 -- 23 3 -- 13 6th ( American ) 1998 -- 99 Pat Kennedy 18 -- 13 10 -- 6 4th ( American ) NIT Second Round 1999 -- 00 Pat Kennedy 21 -- 12 9 -- 7 3rd ( American ) NCAA First Round 2000 -- 01 Pat Kennedy 12 -- 18 4 -- 12 6th ( American ) 2001 -- 02 Pat Kennedy 9 -- 19 2 -- 14 7th ( American ) 2002 -- 03 Dave Leitao 16 -- 13 8 -- 8 T -- 6th NIT First Round 2003 -- 04 Dave Leitao 22 -- 10 12 -- 4 1st NCAA Second Round 2004 -- 05 Dave Leitao 20 -- 11 10 -- 6 T -- 4th NIT Second Round Big East Conference ( 2005 -- 2013 ) 2005 -- 06 Jerry Wainwright 12 -- 15 5 -- 11 T - 13th 2006 -- 07 Jerry Wainwright 20 -- 14 9 -- 7 8th NIT Quarterfinals 2007 -- 08 Jerry Wainwright 11 -- 19 6 -- 12 13th 2008 -- 09 Jerry Wainwright 9 -- 24 0 -- 18 16th / Last 2009 -- 10 Jerry Wainwright Tracy Webster 8 -- 23 1 -- 17 16th / Last 2010 -- 11 Oliver Purnell 7 -- 24 1 -- 17 16th / Last 2011 -- 12 Oliver Purnell 12 -- 19 3 -- 15 16th / Last 2012 -- 13 Oliver Purnell 11 -- 21 2 -- 16 15th / Last Big East Conference ( 2013 -- present ) 2013 -- 14 Oliver Purnell 12 -- 21 3 -- 15 10th / Last 2014 -- 15 Oliver Purnell 12 -- 20 6 -- 12 7th 2015 -- 16 Dave Leitao 9 -- 22 3 -- 15 9th 2016 - 17 Dave Leitao 9 -- 23 2 -- 16 10th / Last 2017 - 18 Dave Leitao 11 - 20 4 - 14 10th / Last Total : 1,448 -- 1,007 National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion Postseason NCAA tournament results The Blue Demons have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 22 times. Their combined record is 21 -- 25. Their appearances in the tournament from 1986 -- 1989 have been vacated by the NCAA thus their official record is 15 -- 21. Year Seed Round Opponent Result 1943 Elite Eight Final Four Dartmouth Georgetown W 46 -- 35 L 49 -- 53 1953 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Miami ( OH ) Indiana Pennsylvania W 74 -- 72 L 82 -- 80 L 90 - 70 1956 First Round Wayne State L 63 -- 72 1959 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Portland Kansas State TCU W 57 -- 56 L 70 -- 102 L 65 -- 71 1960 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Air Force Cincinnati Texas W 69 -- 63 L 59 -- 99 W 67 -- 61 1965 First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game Eastern Kentucky Vanderbilt Dayton W 99 -- 52 L 78 -- 83 L 69 -- 75 1976 First Round Sweet Sixteen Virginia VMI W 69 -- 60 L 66 -- 71 1978 First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Creighton Louisville Notre Dame W 80 -- 76 W 90 -- 89 L 64 -- 84 1979 # 2 Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game # 7 USC # 3 Marquette # 1 UCLA # 1 Indiana State # 9 Penn W 89 -- 78 W 62 -- 56 W 95 -- 91 L 74 -- 76 W 96 -- 93 1980 # 1 Second Round # 8 UCLA L 71 -- 77 1981 # 1 Second Round # 9 Saint Joseph 's L 48 -- 49 1982 # 1 Second Round # 8 Boston College L 75 -- 82 1984 # 1 Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 8 Illinois State # 4 Wake Forest W 75 -- 61 L 71 -- 73 1985 # 10 First Round # 7 Syracuse L 65 -- 70 1986 * # 12 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 5 Virginia # 4 Oklahoma # 1 Duke W 72 -- 68 W 74 -- 69 L 67 -- 74 1987 * # 3 First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen # 14 Louisiana Tech # 6 St. John 's # 10 LSU W 76 -- 62 W 83 -- 75 L 58 -- 63 1988 * # 5 First Round Second Round # 12 Wichita State # 4 Kansas State W 83 -- 62 L 58 -- 66 1989 * # 12 First Round Second Round # 5 Memphis State # 4 UNLV W 66 -- 63 L 70 -- 85 1991 # 9 First Round # 8 Georgia Tech L 70 -- 87 # 5 First Round # 12 New Mexico State L 73 -- 81 2000 # 9 First Round # 8 Kansas L 77 -- 81 # 7 First Round Second Round # 10 Dayton # 2 Connecticut W 76 -- 69 L 55 -- 72 * Vacated by the NCAA NIT results The Blue Demons have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament ( NIT ) 16 times. Their combined record is 17 -- 17. They were NIT Champions in 1945. Year Round Opponent Result 1940 Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game Long Island Colorado Oklahoma A&M W 45 -- 38 L 37 -- 52 L 22 -- 23 1944 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Muhlenberg Oklahoma A&M St. John 's W 68 -- 45 W 41 -- 38 L 39 -- 47 1945 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals West Virginia Rhode Island Bowling Green W 76 -- 52 W 97 -- 53 W 71 -- 54 1948 Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game NC State NYU WKU W 75 -- 64 L 59 -- 72 L 59 -- 61 1961 Quarterfinals Providence L 67 -- 73 1963 Quarterfinals Villanova L 51 -- 63 1964 Quarterfinals NYU L 66 -- 79 1966 First Round NYU L 65 -- 68 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Minnesota Northwestern Ole Miss Nebraska Fresno State W 76 -- 73 W 65 -- 63 W 75 -- 67 W 68 -- 58 L 60 -- 69 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Creighton Cincinnati Saint Louis W 89 -- 72 W 61 -- 59 L 47 -- 54 First Round Northwestern L 68 -- 69 1995 First Round Iowa L 87 -- 96 1999 First Round Second Round Northwestern California W 69 -- 64 L 57 -- 58 2003 First Round North Carolina L 72 -- 83 2005 First Round Second Round Missouri Texas A&M W 75 -- 70 L 72 -- 75 2007 First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Hofstra Kansas State Air Force W 83 -- 71 W 70 -- 65 L 51 -- 52 Honors Retired jerseys No. Player Position Career 24 Mark Aguirre SF 1978 -- 81 99 George Mikan 1942 -- 46 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Person Position George Mikan Player Ray Meyer Coach National Player of the Year Person Year Awarded George Mikan 1944, 1945 Mark Aguirre 1980 National coach of the year DePaul has had two of their coaches awarded the National Coach of the Year, done on five occasions. Person Year Awarded Ray Meyer 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 Joey Meyer Professional players The following former DePaul Blue Demons have played in the NBA or original ABA : Mark Aguirre Andre Brown Stanley Brundy Em Bryant Howie Carl Wilson Chandler Dallas Comegys Tyrone Corbin Dave Corzine Terry Cummings Gene Dyker Kevin Edwards Ron Feiereisel Elmer Gainer Gary Garland Bato Govedarica Stephen Howard Steven Hunter Johnny Jorgensen Whitey Kachan Paul McPherson Ed Mikan George Mikan Errol Palmer Jack Phelan Quentin Richardson Bill Robinzine Bobby Simmons Ron Sobieszczyk Rod Strickland Gene Stump Dick Triptow The following former DePaul Blue Demons have played professionally in leagues outside of the United States : Draelon Burns Worrell Clahar Drake Diener Marty Embry Sammy Mejía Brandon Young See also NCAA Men 's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches NCAA Men 's Division I Final Four appearances by school Footnotes Jump up ^ At the time, the NCAA did not sponsor championships in women 's sports. References Jump up ^ DePaul University Graphic Identity Guidelines ( PDF ). Retrieved April 10, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Event Center at McCormick Square to be named Wintrust Arena '' ( Press release ). DePaul Blue Demons. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016. Jump up ^ `` DePaul Men 's Basketball History ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 01 - 05. Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 03. Jump up ^ DePaul men 's basketball year - by - year results. Retrieved 2013 - Oct - 01. Jump up ^ DePaul Basketball Record Book : All - Time Honors accessdate = 2009 - 03 - 03 Jump up ^ NBA & ABA Players Who Attended DePaul University External links Official Site of DePaul Blue Demons Basketball DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball Venues Alumni Hall ( 1956 -- 1980 ) Allstate Arena ( 1980 -- 2017 ) Wintrust Arena ( 2017 -- present ) Culture & lore History People Head coaches Seasons 1923 -- 24 1924 -- 25 1925 -- 26 1926 -- 27 1927 -- 28 1928 -- 29 1929 -- 30 1930 -- 31 1931 -- 32 1932 -- 33 1933 -- 34 1934 -- 35 1935 -- 36 1936 -- 37 1937 -- 38 1938 -- 39 1939 -- 40 1940 -- 41 1941 -- 42 1942 -- 43 1943 -- 44 1944 -- 45 1945 -- 46 1946 -- 47 1947 -- 48 1948 -- 49 1949 -- 50 1950 -- 51 1951 -- 52 1952 -- 53 1953 -- 54 1954 -- 55 1955 -- 56 1956 -- 57 1957 -- 58 1958 -- 59 1959 -- 60 1960 -- 61 1961 -- 62 1962 -- 63 1963 -- 64 1964 -- 65 1965 -- 66 1966 -- 67 1967 -- 68 1968 -- 69 1969 -- 70 1970 -- 71 1971 -- 72 1972 -- 73 1973 -- 74 1974 -- 75 1975 -- 76 1976 -- 77 1977 -- 78 1978 -- 79 1979 -- 80 1980 -- 81 1981 -- 82 1982 -- 83 1983 -- 84 1984 -- 85 1985 -- 86 1986 -- 87 1987 -- 88 1988 -- 89 1989 -- 90 1990 -- 91 1991 -- 92 1992 -- 93 1993 -- 94 1994 -- 95 1995 -- 96 1996 -- 97 1997 -- 98 1998 -- 99 1999 -- 00 2000 -- 01 2001 -- 02 2002 -- 03 2003 -- 04 2004 -- 05 2005 -- 06 2006 -- 07 2007 -- 08 2008 -- 09 2009 -- 10 2010 -- 11 2011 -- 12 2012 -- 13 2013 -- 14 2014 -- 15 2015 -- 16 2016 -- 17 2017 -- 18 NCAA Final Four appearances in italics DePaul University Academics College of Computing and Digital Media College of Law Kellstadt Graduate School of Business The Theatre School Merle Reskin Theatre Athletics DePaul Blue Demons Men 's basketball Women 's basketball Big East Conference ( 1979 -- 2013 ) Big East Conference ( current ) Great Lakes Lacrosse League - Chicago Division Allstate Arena Wintrust Arena Sullivan Athletic Center History Alumni Vincent de Paul Congregation of the Mission Barat College McCormick Theological Seminary Alumni Hall Dennis H. Holtschneider Student life The DePaulia Big East Conference men 's basketball Teams Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays DePaul Blue Demons Georgetown Hoyas Marquette Golden Eagles Providence Friars St. John 's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates Villanova Wildcats Xavier Musketeers Championships & awards Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Seasons 1979 -- 80 1980 -- 81 1981 -- 82 1982 -- 83 1983 -- 84 1984 -- 85 1985 -- 86 1986 -- 87 1987 -- 88 1988 -- 89 1989 -- 90 1990 -- 91 1991 -- 92 1992 -- 93 1993 -- 94 1994 -- 95 1995 -- 96 1996 -- 97 1997 -- 98 1998 -- 99 1999 -- 00 2000 -- 01 2001 -- 02 2002 -- 03 2003 -- 04 2004 -- 05 2005 -- 06 2006 -- 07 2007 -- 08 2008 -- 09 2009 -- 10 2010 -- 11 2011 -- 12 2012 -- 13 2013 -- 14 2014 -- 15 2015 -- 16 2016 -- 17 2017 -- 18 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DePaul_Blue_Demons_men%27s_basketball&oldid=841193820 '' Categories : DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 May 2018, at 15 : 10. 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Question: when was the last time depaul made the ncaa tournament
Answer: 2004