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The 1990 season started a string of seven trips in eight seasons to the NCAA Tournament. Three of those appearances saw the Blue Demons reach the second round, including the 1995-96 campaign when DePaul earned a seven seed, then its highest ever. Over the last nine seasons, Bruno has led the Blue Demons to nine consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and the program’s first and second Sweet Sixteen showing in 2006 and again in 2011. DePaul put together one of the top turnarounds in the program’s 30-year history with a 22-10 record in 2002-03 after posting a 15-14 mark the season before. In 2003-04, the club put together a 23-7 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a win over George Washington in the first round. The 2004-05 campaign saw the Blue Demons reach the second round again with a 26-5 mark before the 27-7 record and Sweet Sixteen berth in the San Antonio Regional in 2006. DePaul again reached the Regional Semifinal in 2011 after topping Penn State on its home court in the Second Round. Overall, Bruno has led the women’s basketball program to 20 postseason appearances in the last 23 years.
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second team in 2005-06. The following season, Quigley earned second team honors while Caprice Smith was an honorable mention selection. Quigley earned first-team honors in 2007-08 while Deirdre Naughton was an honorable mention selection. The 2008-09 season saw three Blue Demons earn all-conference accolades as Natasha Williams and Naughton were second-team selections and Keisha Hampton became the first player in DePaul’s history to earn All-BIG EAST freshman honors, while China Threatt was named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year, another program first. DePaul again placed three players on a BIG EAST All-Conference team in 2009-10 when Sam Quigley and Hampton earned second-team honors and Katherine Harry become the first unanimous selection to the All-Freshman team. Four Blue Demons took home All-Conference honors in 2010-11 – Keisha Hampton was a unanamious first-team selection, Qugiley was secondteam honoree, Felicia Chester was an honorable mention selection and Taylor Pikes was named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year.
Players under the guidance of Bruno have claimed AllConference mention on 45 occasions while 13 players have been named an All-American by various organizations.
In 2003-04, Smith earned first team All-Conference USA honors, followed by Charlene Smith on the second team and Jenni Dant on the third team. The 2004-05 campaign finished with Khara Smith as a first-team repeat selection followed by Dant on the second team and Quigley on the third team. Quigley was also named the 2005 C-USA Freshman of the Year.
Since the Blue Demons joined the BIG EAST in 2005-06, 14 Blue Demons have been named to an All-Conference roster. Khara Smith picked up first team All-BIG EAST honors while Quigley and Rubino were named to the
Kim Williams was the 1995-96 C-USA Player of the Year while Tammy Williams (1992-93) and Latasha Byears (1994-95) picked up Great Midwest Conference Player of the Year honors. Following the 1988-89 regular season,
Bruno’s Year-by-Year at DePaul
Regular Conference Season Team Overall Percentage Conference Percentage Season Finish Tournament Record 1976-77 DePaul 11-10 .524 1977-78 DePaul 16-6 .727 1988-89 DePaul 23-10 .697 12-2 .857 t1st 1st - 3-0 1989-90 DePaul 22-10 .688 10-2 .833 2nd 2nd - 2-1 1990-91 DePaul 19-12 .613 11-3 .786 3rd 1st - 3-0 1991-92 DePaul 21-10 .677 10-2 .833 t1st 1st - 2-0 1992-93 DePaul 20-9 .690 8-2 .800 2nd 1st - 2-0 1993-94 DePaul 10-20 .345 5-7 .417 4th First round - 0-1 1994-95 DePaul 20-9 .690 9-3 .750 t2nd Semifinals - 1-1 1995-96 DePaul 21-10 .677 13-1 .929 1st 2nd - 2-1 1996-97 DePaul 20-9 .690 10-4 .714 t4th Quarterfinals - 1-1 1997-98 DePaul 11-18 .379 5-11 .313 t7th First Round - 0-1 1998-99 DePaul 12-15 .444 7-9 .438 8th First Round - 0-1 1999-00 DePaul 18-12 .600 10-6 .625 t4th First Round - 0-1 2000-01 DePaul 18-14 .563 8-8 .500 8th Semifinals - 2-1 2001-02 DePaul 15-14 .517 8-6 .571 4th Quarterfinals - 0-1 2002-03 DePaul 22-10 .688 10-4 .714 3rd Semifinals - 1-1 2003-04 DePaul 23-7 .767 10-4 .714 4th Quarterfinals - 0-1 2004-05 DePaul 26-5 .839 13-1 .929 1st Semifinals - 1-1 2005-06 DePaul 27-7 .794 11-5 .688 t3rd Semifinals - 1-1 2006-07 DePaul 19-13 .594 8-8 .500 10th Quarterfinals - 1-1 2007-08 DePaul 20-12 .625 8-8 .500 t8th Second Round - 1-1 2008-09 DePaul 23-10 .697 10-6 .625 t4th Quarterfinals - 1-1 2009-10 DePaul 21-12 .657 9-7 .562 t6th Quarterfinals - 1-1 2010-11 DePaul 29-7 .806 13-3 .813 t2nd Semifinals 1-1 DePaul Totals 487-271 .642 209-105 .666 Chicago Hustle (WBL) 40-30 .571 Career Totals 527-301 .636
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