DEPAUL BASKETBALL 2020-21 GAME INFORMATION 1,487 ALL-TIME VICTORIES // 54 NBA DRAFT PICKS // 23 20-WIN SEASONS // 22 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES // 19 ALL-AMERICANS GAME 18 // NEUTRAL GAME ONE Date: Wednesday, March 10 // Time: 9 p.m. ET Arena: Madison Square Garden // Location: New York, N.Y. Television .......................................................................... FS1 Play-by-Play: Tim Brando // Analyst: Bill Raftery Radio ............................................................. WSCR (670 AM) DEPAUL BLUE DEMONS Play-by-Play: Zach Zaidman // Analyst: Dave Corzine PROVIDENCE FRIARS Overall: 4-13 // BIG EAST: 2-13 Online Video ...............................................foxports.com/live Overall: 13-12 // BIG EAST: 9-10 AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 164 // KenPom: 131 Online Audio ..DePaul All-Access (depaulbluedemons.com/live) AP Poll: -- // Coaches Poll: -- // NET: 77 // KenPom: 73 Last Game .........................L, 77-71 vs. Marquette (March 2) Live Stats .................................www.depaulbluedemons.com Last Game ............... W, 54-52 vs. #10/9 Villanova (March 6) Next Game w/Win ....March 11 vs. UConn (BIG EAST Quarters) Next Game w/Win ....March 11 vs. UConn (BIG EAST Quarters) LAST GAME STARTERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEED TO KNOW Romeo WEEMS u November 1 F // 6-7 // 215 // So. DePaul opens the BIG EAST Tournament 28 Chicago State (FS2) .............................. canceled 2020 BIG EAST All-Freshman presented by Jeep on Wednesday night at Team... 14 starts... 12p/10r/3a/2s vs. Madison Square Garden. The 11th-seeded Marquette... 20p/6r vs. Valparaiso. December Blue Demons take on sixth-seeded Providence 1 Alcorn State (FS2) ................................ canceled PPG RPG APG MPG FG% at 9 p.m. ET. 3 Northern lllinois (FS1) .......................postponed BIG EAST-Big 12 Battle (Chicago, Ill.) 7.6 5.0 0.9 29.0 .387 u 6 at Iowa State (ESPNU)..........................canceled Ray SALNAVE DePaul and Providence meet for the second 23 Western Illinois (ppd Nov. 25) (FS1) ..........W, 91-72 10 G // 6-3 // 205 // Sr. time in the BIG EAST Tournament. The Friars 27 at Providence* (ppd Dec. 17) (FS1) ...L, 95-90 (2OT) Started 10 games... 13p/7r vs. claimed the first meeting in the 2009 edition 30 at Connecticut* (CBSSN) ...................... L, 82-61 Marquette... 11p/3r at St. John’s... 7p/7r of the conference tournament. Providence at Seton Hall... 21p/5r/4s vs. Creighton. knocked off DePaul, 83-74, in the quarterfinals. January PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 5 #3/3 Villanova* (FS1) ........................postponed 6.4 3.2 1.4 23.5 .316 u Wednesday is the 47th all-time meeting 9 Seton Hall* (FS1) .................................. L, 76-68 11 #25/-- Connecticut* (ppd Dec. 23) (FS1) .... L, 60-53 Charlie MOORE between the two programs with the Friars 13 at Georgetown* (FS1) .......................postponed 11 G // 5-11 // 180 // Sr. holding a 34-12 advantage in the series. Prov- 16 Valparaiso (FS1) ................................... W, 77-58 26th all-time at DePaul in idence won both meetings during the regular 19 Butler* (CBSSN) .................................... L, 67-53 assists... 22p/4a vs. Georgetown... season. The Friars held off DePaul, 95-90, in 24p/8a/6r at St. John’s. 23 at Marquette* (FS1).............................W, 68-61 double overtime on Dec. 27 at Alumni Hall and 27 St. John’s* (FS1) .................................... L, 81-68 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 57-47 on Feb. 13 at Wintrust Arena. 30 #17/14 Creighton* (CBSSN) .................. L, 69-62 14.4 3.2 4.4 32.1 .396 u DePaul concluded its fourth season at February Darious HALL 3 Xavier* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 18, Feb. 3) ............postponed 13 F // 6-7 // 205 // Jr. Wintrust Arena in Chicago’s South Loop. The Started 13 times... 8p/7r/3s at 6 at Butler* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 21) .................... L, 68-58 award-winning facility features 10,387 seats in- Marquette... 7p/10r/4s vs. Valparaiso... 9 at Villanova* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 14, Feb. 9) ...postponed 10p/3r vs. Connecticut. cluding 22 suites and 479 premium club seats. 11 at Xavier* (FS1) (ppd Feb. 11) ................postponed The state-of-the-art facility hosted NBA All-Star 13 Providence* (FS1) ................................. L, 57-47 PPG RPG APG MPG FG% Weekend festivities in February 2020 and is 17 at Seton Hall* (FS1) (ppd Dec. 11) .............. L, 60-52 5.5 5.1 1.1 21.8 .376 the home of the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. 20 at St. John’s* (FS1) (ppd Jan. 2) ................W, 88-83 24 at #13/11 Creighton* (CBSSN) .............. L, 77-53 Pauly PAULICAP F // 6-8 // 225 // Sr. u Head coach Dave Leitao is in his sixth 27 Georgetown* (FS1) ............................... L, 68-60 33 Started 13 games... 20p/6r vs. season of his second stint at DePaul. He led Marquette... 15p/10r at Seton Hall... March 16p/16r/2b vs. St. John’s. the program from 2002-05 before returning in 2 Marquette* (FS1) .................................. L, 77-71 March 2015. BIG EAST Tournament (New York, N.Y.) PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 10 First Round vs. (6) Providence (FS1) ........ 8 p.m. 7.7 6.1 0.1 22.2 .581 11 Quarterfinals (FS1)................................... 8 p.m. 12 Semifinals (FS1) ....................................... 8 p.m. OFF THE BENCH 13 Final (FOX) .......................................... 5:30 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG MPG 0 Markese Jacobs G 5-11 185 So. Chicago, Ill. -- -- -- *BIG EAST Conference game | all times are Central | rankings = AP/Coaches | Non-FS1/FS2/ESPN TV: CBSSN = 3 Kobe Elvis G 6-2 170 Fr. Brampton, Ontario 5.2 1.6 20.7 CBS Sports Network 4 Javon Freeman-Liberty G 6-4 180 Jr. Chicago, Ill. 13.4 5.3 32.1 5 Keon Edwards F 6-7 185 Fr. Pasadena, Texas 1.8 0.8 6.2 DePaul Athletics Communications Sullivan Athletics Center 12 Jason Malonga G 6-4 195 Sr. Bolingbrook, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.2 2323 N. Sheffield Ave. 14 Nick Ongenda C 6-11 210 So. Mississauga, Ontario 5.7 4.1 19.0 Chicago, IL 60614 15 Oscar Lopez Jr. G 6-4 200 So. Cypress, Calif. 8.8 3.8 18.9 20 Brendan Favre G 6-5 170 Jr. Vevey, Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.8 Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell 23 Courvoisier McCauley G 6-5 211 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 3.0 1.4 10.7 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (773) 325-7546 30 Max Williams G 6-2 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. 0.0 0.0 0.8 www.depaulbluedemons.com 32 David Jones F 6-6 195 Fr. Santo Domingo, D.R. 6.3 2.6 16.1 twitter: @Greg_Greenwell 35 Pantelis Xidias G 5-10 165 Jr. Michigan City, Ind. -- -- -- GAME EIGHTEEN VS. PROVIDENCE // BIG EAST TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND MEDIA INFORMATION Starters: DePaul opens its BIG EAST Tournament on Wednesday night with a first round game against the Providence Friars. The Blue Demons are the No. 11 seed while Providence enters Men’s Basketball Contact: Greg Greenwell Office: (773) 325-7546 the tournament as the No. 6 seed. Wednesday’s winner advances to the quarterfinals to face E-mail: [email protected] third-seeded Connecticut on Thursday night. Twitter: @Greg_Greenwell Wednesday’s game can be seen on FS1 starting at 9 p.m. ET with Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Bill Raftery (analyst) handling the broadcast duties. The game can also be seen online at fox- Interviews: All interviews with DePaul student-ath- sports.com/live. DePaul’s radio tandem of Zach Zaidman (play-by-play) and Dave Corzine (analyst) letes and coaches can be arranged through the can be heard on WSCR (670 AM) and online on DePaul All-Access at depaulbluedemons.com/ athletics communications office. Normally, DePaul live. In-game updates can be followed on Twitter at @DePaulHoops and live stats are available at players and coaches will be available before practice the day before a game. Contact Greg depaulbluedemons.com. Greenwell for the latest practice schedule and Providence enters the tournament after going at 13-12 overall and 9-10 in the BIG EAST during media availability. the regular season. The Friars knocked off No. 10/9 Villanova, 54-52, in their regular season finale on Saturday. The Blue Demons are 4-13 overall and finished 2-13 in the BIG EAST. DePaul is play- BIG EAST Teleconference: The BIG EAST will hold ing for the first time since a 77-71 loss against Marquette on March 2. teleconference with all 10 of the league’s coaches. Media representatives wishing to join the telecon- ference can contact the BIG EAST office for more Back Where it Started or Ended?: DePaul and the entire league returns to Madison Square Gar- information. den after last season’s conference tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Blue Demons posted the final win of the 2020 edition of the conference tournament on March 11 E-Mail Distribution: Basketball releases, game as they knocked off Xavier, 71-67, in the first round. notes and media advisories can be obtained via Midway through the game between the Musketeers and Blue Demons, the NBA announced e-mail by requesting to be added to the distribu- that it had indefinitely suspended the season after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive tion list. Include media outlet and phone number for COVID-19 ahead of the scheduled game at Oklahoma City. The suspension of the NBA season when requesting access to this media-only e-mail list. Contact Greg Greenwell with requests or set off a ripple effect that eventually led to the cancelation of the college basketball season. questions. DePaul was scheduled to face top-seeded Villanova in the quarterfinals on March 12, but the tournament was called off earlier in the day at halftime of the St.