One of the worst, most disorganized Power 5 basketball teams I have ever seen.
DePaul
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I think Eddie's last team is the lowest rated power conference school ever on KenPom. Depaul might take that honor from us.
Edit: Utah in their first year in the Pac 12 was worse, as was last year's Louisville.
Edit: Utah in their first year in the Pac 12 was worse, as was last year's Louisville.
Worse. Littlepage was bad but in his worst season he won seven games, and his teams never looked as in disarray as this DePaul team. They won't win another game.
Last year's Louisville team would beat this DePaul team by 30.
De Paul should not be in Big East period
Drop to Atlantic 10. I think CUSA or AAC is not appropriate for them
Perhaps should drop as low as Mossouri Valley
Drop to Atlantic 10. I think CUSA or AAC is not appropriate for them
Perhaps should drop as low as Mossouri Valley
DePaul beat this year’s Louisville team.
A-10 is right / on par for Depaul.
BE can easily replace Depaul with VCU and/or Dayton.
Heard rumors about VCU possibly moving to AAC (BB only) from A-10.
Watching DePaul become irrelevant in college basketball is something I thought I'd never see. Growing up, Ray Meyer's club was on TV almost weekly, before cable when TV games were something every program longed for.
Meyer's final seven seasons before he retired. DePaul basketball was must-watch TV for college hoops junkies.
Meyer's final seven seasons before he retired. DePaul basketball was must-watch TV for college hoops junkies.
| 1977–78 | Ray Meyer | 27–3 | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||
| 1978–79 | Ray Meyer | 26–6 | NCAA Division I Final Four | ||
| 1979–80 | Ray Meyer | 26–2 | NCAA Division I second round | ||
| 1980–81 | Ray Meyer | 27–2 | NCAA Division I second round | ||
| 1981–82 | Ray Meyer | 26–2 | NCAA Division I second round | ||
| 1982–83 | Ray Meyer | 21–12 | NIT Runner-up | ||
| 1983–84 | Ray Meyer | 27–3 | NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen |
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Mark Aguirre...one of the greats.
Quite a few good players during that time but Aguirre was the best.
Terry Cummings, Dave Corzine, Tyron Corbin to name a few
I hesitate to say stuff like this. People said Rutgers didn't belong in the Big Ten. It just takes the University getting organized and making a good hire. They were top 75 all three years in the Leitao 1.0 era.
How puzzling is the Net? We jumped 10 spots because we routed a hapless team.
Hearing any rumors about any goalies or defenseman moving to the Metro conference?
That's how the NET operates. You get more credit for blowout road win vs hapless program than if you beat a very good Northwestern at home by 3.
not even a comparison given RU always had more resources to pull from but chose not to spend on hoops
De Paul has not been to a legit post season and no CBI in 2019 doesnt count since a NIT bid in 2007
They have not been to the NCAA tourney since 2004.
This will be the 7th year in the last 17 that they failed to reach double digit victories.
they were flat out horrific in Leitios 4 of 6 seasons winning 9 games 2x and 5 in the shortened 19 game season during covid
their last 3 hires before they hired an unqualified Stubblefied are just retread has beens...Wainwright, Purnell, Leitio
this is by far the LEAST attractive job of the Power 6
how many fans were in the stands last night in a cavernous arena.
Ru certainly struggled for 25 plus years but it was across the board awful and hopeless as it is at De Paul
De Paul made it from the Great Midwest when they were still relevant as the Big East needed teams to satisfy hoops. Their reputation from the early 80s is long gone. Schools dont have to still be relevant because they once were....look at Fordham, they dont belong in the A10 but still trying to somehow be relevant in a world that passed them by. Duquense and St Bonnies use to have strong programs in the 60s and 70s but especially the former have seen their place diminish.
So so so much of this was said about Rutgers. Hadn't been to the NIT since 2006, the tournament since 1992.
From 2006 through 2018, DePaul went 45-179 in Big East conference play. Rutgers went 50-180 in BE/AAC/B10 play.
I'm certain you can find articles within the past decade calling Rutgers the worst P6 job.
As a SHU fan, I actually fell asleep during the second half of the game because DePaul was so inept. Sad to see a program in such disarray.
What i remembered about the Littlepage tenure was that some fans wore paper bags over their heads.
We beat DePaul by about 30 in a secret scrimmage. To put things in perspective as to how bad they are
Seriously. This is probably our worst team since Year 1 of the Pike era and still obliterated DePaul in that scrimmage.
A couple of damn good NJ guards too. Clyde Bradshaw (East Orange) and Jerry McMillan (Barringer)
I remember no one on the team could dunk. No one!! And this was not the no dunks allowed era....