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DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
The DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The team competes in the Big East Conference.
| DePaul Blue Demons | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| University | DePaul University | ||
| Head coach | Doug Bruno (36th season) | ||
| Conference | Big East | ||
| Location | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Arena | Wintrust Arena McGrath–Phillips Arena (Capacity: 10,387 3,000) | ||
| Nickname | Blue Demons | ||
| Colors | Royal blue and scarlet[1] | ||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 2006, 2011, 2014, 2016 | |||
| NCAA tournament second round | |||
| 1990, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | |||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| Big East Conference 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| North Star Conference 1987, 1988, 1989 Conference USA Big East Conference 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 | |||
The Blue Demons play home games at Wintrust Arena at the McCormick Place convention center on Chicago's Near South Side[2] and at McGrath–Phillips Arena on DePaul's Lincoln Park campus.
History edit
The DePaul women’s basketball team began competing in the IAIAW in 1974–1975 under coach Debbie Miller and had their first winning season two seasons later, obtaining an 11–10 record under current coach Doug Bruno.[3]
DePaul is one of the seven core schools that left the original Big East Conference in 2013 to form the current Big East Conference. Before joining the original Big East in 2005, the Blue Demons previously competed in Conference USA, the Great Midwest Conference, and the North Star Conference.[3]
Year by year results edit
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | Coaches' poll | AP poll | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Miller (Independent) (1974–1976) | |||||||||
| 1974–75 | Debbie Miller | 3–8 | – | IAIAW | |||||
| 1975–76 | Debbie Miller | 7–12 | – | IAIAW | |||||
| Debbie Miller: | 10–20 | – | |||||||
| Doug Bruno (Independent) (1977–1979) | |||||||||
| 1976–77 | Doug Bruno | 11–10 | – | ||||||
| 1977–78 | Doug Bruno | 16–6 | – | IAIAW | |||||
| Doug Bruno: | 27–16 | – | |||||||
| John Lawler (Independent) (1978–1980) | |||||||||
| 1978–79 | John Lawler | 23–4 | – | IAIAW | |||||
| 1979–80 | John Lawler | 11–13 | – | AIAW Midwest | |||||
| : | 34–17 | – | |||||||
| Ron Feiereisel (Independent, North Star) (1980–1984) | |||||||||
| 1980–81 | Ron Feiereisel | 18–14 | – | AIAW Midwest | |||||
| 1981–82 | Ron Feiereisel | 18–12 | – | NWIT Sixth Place | |||||
| 1982–83 | Ron Feiereisel | 13–15 | – | ||||||
| North Star Conference | |||||||||
| 1983–84 | Ron Feiereisel | 12–16 | 5–5 | 3rd | |||||
| Ron Feiereisel: | 61–57 | 5–5 | |||||||
| Jim Izard (North Star) (1984–1988) | |||||||||
| 1984–85 | Jim Izard | 19–9 | 7–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1985–86 | Jim Izard | 21–7 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1986–87 | Jim Izard | 23–8 | 5–1 | 1st | NWIT Seventh Place | ||||
| 1987–88 | Jim Izard | 27–4 | 9–1 | 1st | NWIT Champions | 22 | |||
| Jim Izard: | 90–28 | 29–15 | |||||||
| Doug Bruno (North Star, Great Midwest, Conference USA, Big East (original), Big East (current)) (1988–present) | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | Doug Bruno | 23–10 | 12–2 | T-1st | NWIT Sixth Place | ||||
| 1989–90 | Doug Bruno | 22–10 | 10–2 | 2nd | NCAA Second Round (Play-In) | ||||
| 1990–91 | Doug Bruno | 19–12 | 11–3 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Great Midwest Conference | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | Doug Bruno | 21–10 | 8–2 | 1st (GM) | NCAA Second Round (Bye) | ||||
| 1992–93 | Doug Bruno | 20–9 | 8–2 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1993–94 | Doug Bruno | 10–20 | 5–7 | 4th | |||||
| 1994–95 | Doug Bruno | 20–9 | 9–3 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Conference USA | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | Doug Bruno | 21–10 | 13–1 | 1st (CUSA Blue) | NCAA Second Round | 23 | |||
| 1996–97 | Doug Bruno | 20–9 | 10–4 | T-4th (American) | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 1997–98 | Doug Bruno | 11–18 | 5–11 | T-7th (CUSA) | |||||
| 1998–99 | Doug Bruno | 12–15 | 7–9 | 4th (American) | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Doug Bruno | 18–12 | 10–6 | 2nd (American) | WNIT Sixteen | ||||
| 2000–01 | Doug Bruno | 18–14 | 8–8 | T-3rd (American) | WNIT Sixteen | ||||
| 2001–02 | Doug Bruno | 15–14 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Doug Bruno | 22–10 | 10–4 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2003–04 | Doug Bruno | 13–7 | 10–4 | 4th | NCAA Second Round | 25 | |||
| 2004–05 | Doug Bruno | 26–5 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | 20 | 17 | ||
| Big East Conference (1979–2013) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Doug Bruno | 27–7 | 11–5 | T-3rd (Big East) | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 15 | 13 | ||
| 2006–07 | Doug Bruno | 19–13 | 8–8 | 10th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2007–08 | Doug Bruno | 20–12 | 8–8 | T-8th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2008–09 | Doug Bruno | 23–10 | 10–6 | T-4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Doug Bruno | 21–12 | 9–7 | T-6th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Doug Bruno | 29–7 | 13–3 | T-2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 10 | 9 | ||
| 2011–12 | Doug Bruno | 23–11 | 9–7 | 8th | NCAA Second Round | 24 | |||
| 2012–13 | Doug Bruno | 21–12 | 9–7 | T-6th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| Big East Conference | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Doug Bruno | 27–6 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 23 | 22 | ||
| 2014–15 | Doug Bruno | 27–8 | 15–3 | T-1st | NCAA Second round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Doug Bruno | 27–9 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 20 | 21 | ||
| 2016–17 | Doug Bruno | 27–8 | 16–2 | T-1st | NCAA Second round | 19 | 18 | ||
| 2017–18 | Doug Bruno | 27–8 | 15–3 | T-1st | NCAA Second round | 23 | |||
| 2018–19 | Doug Bruno | 26–8 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA First round | 24 | 25 | ||
| 2019–20 | Doug Bruno | 28–5 | 15–3 | 1st | 15 | 14 | |||
| 2020–21 | Doug Bruno | 14–10 | 11–5 | 4th | WNIT First round | ||||
| 2021–22 | Doug Bruno | 22–11 | 14–6 | 4th | NCAA First four | ||||
| 2022–23 | Doug Bruno | 16–17 | 8–12 | 8th | |||||
| Doug Bruno: | 774–382 | 375–169 | |||||||
| Total: | 880–440 | ||||||||
| National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
NCAA tournament results edit
The Blue Demons made their 20th appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2015. After the 2022 tournament, their combined record is 17–25.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | #8 | Round of 48 Round of 32 | Western Kentucky Washington | W 73–63 L 77–68 |
| 1991 | #12 | Round of 48 | Oklahoma State | L 80–81 |
| 1992 | #11 | Round of 48 Round of 32 | Arizona State Penn State | W 67–65 L 54–77 |
| 1993 | #11 | Round of 48 | Louisiana Tech | L 59–70 |
| 1995 | #13 | Round of 64 | George Washington | L 79–87 |
| 1996 | #7 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | Southern Methodist Iowa | W 96–82 L 71–72 |
| 1997 | #12 | Round of 64 | Duke | L 56–70 |
| 2003 | #9 | Round of 64 | Utah | L 64–73 |
| 2004 | #9 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | George Washington Tennessee | W 83–46 L 59–79 |
| 2005 | #5 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | Virginia Tech Liberty | W 79–78 L 79–88 |
| 2006 | #4 | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen | Liberty Tulsa LSU | W 68–43 W 71–67 L 56–66 |
| 2007 | #10 | Round of 64 | Georgia Tech | L 54–55 |
| 2008 | #10 | Round of 64 | Marist | L 57–76 |
| 2009 | #7 | Round of 64 | San Diego State | L 43–68 |
| 2010 | #11 | Round of 64 | Vanderbilt | L 76–83 (OT) |
| 2011 | #3 | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen | Navy Penn State Duke | W 56–43 W 75–53 L 63–70 |
| 2012 | #7 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | Brigham Young Tennessee | W 59–55 L 48–63 |
| 2013 | #10 | Round of 64 | Oklahoma State | L 56–73 |
| 2014 | #7 | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen | Oklahoma Duke Texas A&M | W 104–100 W 74–65 L 65–84 |
| 2015 | #9 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | Minnesota Notre Dame | W 79–72 L 67–79 |
| 2016 | #6 | Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen | James Madison Louisville Oregon State | W 97–67 W 73–72 L 71–83 |
| 2017 | #7 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | Northern Iowa Mississippi State | W 88–67 L 71–92 |
| 2018 | #5 | Round of 64 Round of 32 | Oklahoma Texas A&M | W 90–79 L 80–81 |
| 2019 | #6 | Round of 64 | Missouri State | L 78–89 |
| 2022 | #11 | First Four | Dayton | L 57–88 |
Notable players and coaches edit
National awards edit
- Tamika Catchings Award (USBWA Freshman of the Year)
- Aneesah Morrow – 2022
- Aneesah Morrow – 2022
- Doug Bruno – 2008
Conference awards edit
- Brittany Hrynko – 2015
- Chanise Jenkins – 2016
- Brooke Schulte – 2017
- Aneesah Morrow – 2022
- Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Jacqui Grant – 2017
- Chante Stonewall – 2020
- Big East Conference Sixth Player of the Year
- China Threatt – 2009
- Taylor Pikes – 2011
- Tanita Allen – 2017
- Big East Conference Coach of the Year
- Doug Bruno – 2014, 2016, 2017
- Conference USA Player of the Year
- Kim Williams – 1996
- Conference USA Freshman of the Year
- Khara Smith – 2003
- Allie Quigley – 2005
- Conference USA Sixth Player of the Year
- Kris Booker – 1996
- Conference USA Coach of the Year
- Doug Bruno – 2005
- Conference USA All-Decade Team[a]
- Khara Smith
- Conference USA Coach of the Decade
- Doug Bruno
- Great Midwest Conference Player of the Year
- Tammy Williams – 1993
- Latasha Byears – 1995
- Great Midwest Conference Coach of the Year
- Doug Bruno – 1995
- North Star Conference Player of the Year
- Sally Anderson – 1987
- Diana Vines – 1988, 1989
- North Star Conference Coach of the Year
- Jim Izard – 1987
- ^ "Decade" is defined as the first decade of Conference USA's existence, starting with the 1995–96 season and ending with the 2004–05 season.
References edit
- ^ DePaul University Graphic Identity Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ "Event Center at McCormick Square to be named Wintrust Arena" (Press release). DePaul Blue Demons. November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ a b DePaul Women's Basketball All-Time Results, retrieved 2013-Aug-11.
- ^ "Media Guide" (PDF). Conference USA. Retrieved 11 Aug 2013.
- ^ "Media Guide". DePaul University. Retrieved 11 Aug 2013.
- ^ "2013–14 Big East Women's Basketball Standings". Big East Conference. Retrieved March 14, 2014.
External links edit
- Official website