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BY SHANE DAVIES NEW YORK — The Big East Tournament tipped off on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden with two first-round games that offered varying levels of intensity. Since rebranding to a 10-team conference back in 2013, the conference has struggled to maintain the traditional…
It looks like Tre’Darius McCallum is amped to play in basketball’s Mecca. In the first half of DePaul’s Big East Tournament first round game Wednesday, the junior forward took flight off a fast break feed from R.J. Curington, dunking it home past two Xavier defenders.…
BY SHANE DAVIES The 35th annual Big East Tournament tips off Thursday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City and will continue through Saturday’s championship game. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and the…
The son of DePaul coach Dave Leitao was arrested Tuesday in Oklahoma for allegedly selling Xanax, according to a Tulsa World report. Reese Leitao, a senior and three-star football recruit at Jenks High School, is being accused of possession and delivery of a controlled dangerous substance…
DePaul got its first road win of the season Wednesday as Billy Garrett Jr. made two free throws with 0.2 seconds left to beat Georgetown 67-65. They were Garrett’s only points of the second half, but the senior came up clutch once again hitting a…
Creighton shot the lights out Saturday to defeat DePaul 93-58. The Bluejays shot an impressive 60% from the field in the first half and carried their hot hand over into the second half shooting 61% from the field for the game. “We executed our game plan…
DePaul has not defeated Georgetown in a regular season matchup since 1994. On Tuesday, the streak nearly ended, but a Tre’Darius McCallum 3-pointer to send the game to overtime was off the mark as the Hoyas prevailed with a 76-73 victory. The Hoyas (13-10, 4-6 Big…
DePaul had lost seven of eight coming into Saturday’s tilt with No. 13 Butler, putting forth a series of efforts as weak as the January sun. But for almost 40 minutes against the Bulldogs, the Blue Demons seemed to have found a bright spot in…
While DePaul coach Dave Leitao wants to see what coaches usually hope for from Devin Gage from now until the end of the season — better shooting, aggressive play — he’s also expecting even more of the freshman point guard. Leitao wants him to play like…
Allowing 12 first-half 3-pointers was only the start of the problem. DePaul really fell apart in Saturday’s 83-58 loss at Marquette when the Blue Demons allowed their defensive struggles to dictate how they ran offense. “Obviously we didn’t do a really good job of closing…
