Tweet from Andy Katz about BE expansion

[bleedXblue]

Reading Harry's comments above re the Blue Demons and I laughed a bit. Then quickly soured. How in the hell does that entire athletic dept not get canned? I understand the plight of schools like Fordham or Duquesne. But DePaul...????????? They had prior glory, located in the 3rd largest city rich in b-ball talent. Little immediate competition since Illinois has struggled also at the bottom of the Big 10 for almost a decade. DePaul has been in a power b-ball conference to boast about also for well over a decade. Yet, yet - good Lord. Just relentless abject failure. You would like to think they could turn that elusive corner. You would like to think......

They're facilities suck. When they get their new arena, I would think they can start to compete again.

[DrewCarrey]

Reading Harry's comments above re the Blue Demons and I laughed a bit. Then quickly soured. How in the hell does that entire athletic dept not get canned? I understand the plight of schools like Fordham or Duquesne. But DePaul...????????? They had prior glory, located in the 3rd largest city rich in b-ball talent. Little immediate competition since Illinois has struggled also at the bottom of the Big 10 for almost a decade. DePaul has been in a power b-ball conference to boast about also for well over a decade. Yet, yet - good Lord. Just relentless abject failure. You would like to think they could turn that elusive corner. You would like to think......

They're facilities suck. When they get their new arena, I would think they can start to compete again.

I doubt it. They already announced the student section is going to be on the upper floor seats.

From what I understand, the university president simply doesn't care for big time athletics and sees it as a waste of money.

[Gorilla '69]

If the BE took UConn and the Big 12 rejects sUCks, think about how much worse the AAC basketball would be. Let's see the ugly, little redhead spin that one.

[Gorilla '69]

Reading Harry's comments above re the Blue Demons and I laughed a bit. Then quickly soured. How in the hell does that entire athletic dept not get canned? I understand the plight of schools like Fordham or Duquesne. But DePaul...????????? They had prior glory, located in the 3rd largest city rich in b-ball talent. Little immediate competition since Illinois has struggled also at the bottom of the Big 10 for almost a decade. DePaul has been in a power b-ball conference to boast about also for well over a decade. Yet, yet - good Lord. Just relentless abject failure. You would like to think they could turn that elusive corner. You would like to think......

They're facilities suck. When they get their new arena, I would think they can start to compete again.

I doubt it. They already announced the student section is going to be on the upper floor seats.

From what I understand, the university president simply doesn't care for big time athletics and sees it as a waste of money.

If he thinks athletics is a waste of money, he should check out X's enrollment since it became a national player. However, isn't DePaul more of a commuter school? If so, maybe it would not help.