DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball
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| University | DePaul University | |||
| Conference | Big East | |||
| Location | Rosemont, Illinois | |||
| Head coach | Dave Leitao (2nd straight, 5th overall year) | |||
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Allstate Arena (Capacity: 17,500) |
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| Nickname | Blue Demons | |||
| Colors | Royal Blue and Scarlet |
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| 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 |
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| 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 competes in the Big East Conference and plays their home games in the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The current 2016–17 season is expected to be the last for the Blue Demons at Allstate Arena; DePaul's men's and women's teams will move to Wintrust Arena, now under construction at the McCormick Place convention center on Chicago's Near South Side.
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 Men's 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 2005–2006 season, and joined the "new" Big East in 2013.
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