2010-11 DePaul Basketball
NCAA & NIT HISTORY DePaul has made 22 NCAA Championship appearances with a trip to the Final Four in 1979 and 1943. The Blue Demons also claimed the 1945 NIT title under a young coach named Ray Meyer and an emerging star in George Mikan. Mikan set a program record with 53 points against Rhode Island State in the 1945 NIT semifinals. Just over 30 years later, the “Iron Five” led by a freshman from Chicago named Mark Aguirre took the nation by storm with its run to Salt Lake City. The Blue Demons knocked off USC, Marquette and UCLA before falling to Larry Bird and Indiana State in the national semifinals. DePaul came back and knocked off Pennsylvania to claim the third-place trophy in the NCAA Championship behind 34 points from Aguirre. In between the first postseason trip in the 1940 NIT to the second-round appearance in the 2007 NIT Quarterfinals, the Blue Demons have made 38 postseason appearances between the NIT and NCAA Championship.
1976 East Regional (1-1) Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, N.C.) W Virginia...........................................................69-60 Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) L Virginia Military..................................... 71-66 (OT) 1978 Midwest Regional (2-1) Levitt Arena (Wichita, Kan.) W Creighton.......................................................80-78 Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence, Kan.) W Louisville................................................ 90-89 (OT) L Notre Dame...................................................84-64 1979 West Regional (4-1) Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, Calif.) W USC................................................................89-76 Marriott Center (Provo, Utah) W Marquette......................................................62-56 W UCLA..............................................................95-91 Huntsman Center (Salt Lake City, Utah) L Indiana State..................................................76-74 W Pennsylvania..................................................96-93
NCAA HISTORY
1980 West Regional (0-1) Activity Center (Tempe, Ariz.) L UCLA..............................................................77-71
1943 East Regional (1-1) Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) W Dartmouth.....................................................45-36 L Georgetown...................................................53-49
1981 Mideast Regional (0-1) Dayton Arena (Dayton, Ohio) L Saint Joseph’s.................................................49-48
1953 East Regional (1-2) Allen County Coliseum (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) W Miami (Ohio)..................................................74-72 Chicago Stadium (Chicago, Ill.) L Indiana...........................................................82-80 L Pennsylvania..................................................90-70 1956 Midwest Regional (0-1) Allen County Coliseum (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) L Wayne State...................................................72-63 1959 Midwest Regional (1-2) Pacific Intl. Livestock Pavilion (Portland, Ore.) W Portland State................................................57-56 Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence, Kan.) L Kansas State.................................................102-70 L TCU................................................................71-65 1960 Midwest Regional (2-1) Alumni Hall (Chicago, Ill.) W Air Force.........................................................99-69 Ahearn Fieldhouse (Manhattan, Kan.) L Cincinnati.......................................................99-59 W Texas..............................................................67-61 1965 Mideast Regional (1-2) E.A. Diddle Arena (Bowling Green, Ky.) W Eastern Kentucky...........................................99-52 Memorial Coliseum (Lexington, Ky.) L Vanderbilt.............................................. 83-79 (OT) L Dayton...........................................................75-69
1982 Midwest Regional (0-1) Reunion Arena (Dallas, Texas) L Boston College...............................................82-75 1984 Midwest Regional (1-1) Devaney Center (Lincoln, Neb.) W Illinois State...................................................75-61 The Arena (St. Louis, Mo.) L Wake Forest........................................... 73-71 (OT) 1985 East Regional (0-1) The Omni (Atlanta, Ga.) L Syracuse.........................................................70-65 1986 East Regional (2-1) Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) W Virginia...........................................................72-68 W Oklahoma......................................................74-69 Meadowlands (East Rutherford, N.J.) L Duke...............................................................74-67 1987 Midwest Regional (2-1) Rosemont Horizon (Rosemont, Ill.) W Louisiana Tech................................................76-62 W St. John’s................................................ 83-75 (OT) Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio) L Louisiana State...............................................63-58 1988 Midwest Regional (1-1) Joyce Center (Notre Dame, Ind.) W Wichita State..................................................83-62 L Kansas State...................................................66-58
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