Loyola would be middle-of-the-pack in the Big East...

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Like Chicago State, NIU has a relatively new arena of their own in DeKalb.

A lot of these colleges across America went for the almighty dollar. You need a scorecard to figure out which conferences are where now...

I'm with you.

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I don't think Derrick Rose and Jonathan Toews live together. Also, it would probably be pretty hard to play a full basketball game on a driveway hoop.

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I would watch that reality show. Especially the episodes when KAAAAAAAAAAAAANER came to visit

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That's not what I meant, SJ. Derrick Rose & Jonathan Toews play their home games at the U.C., and there's talk in the Sun-Times today that DePaul might soon join the Bulls & Blackhawks calling United Center home.

me and you, the plight of the mid-majors...

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Perillo Insurance guy built a 37,000 SF house in Lincoln Park...and the developers had 10 lots left over from this project.

If one guy can build a house of 37,000 SF, I think DePaul could have built something in the last 5 years.

Go down Armitage, east of Halsted take a right on Burling, about 6 houses in, you cant miss it! The garage/coach house is bigger than most peoples houses.

Point being, DePaul owned more land in that area than anyone and just chose to ignore the program and they still do.

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That might be the double lot my grandmother owned at 1849 N.Burling. My uncle sold it in the early 80s for about $325,000 and we thought that was giant money.i

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Wouldn't trying to build a large, busy sports venue run into the same sort of neighborhood busybodies as the ones up in Lake View?

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As long as they're in the Big East I don't think it works. I believe they demand a minimum amount of seating for the member schools. Although I don't see what difference it makes as long as the Horizon is empty.

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They should hire Gary Barnett as coach.

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There were something like 1500 people at the one and only basketball game I've ever attended - Loyola v UIC back in 2000 or 2001.

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Guys, DePaul should be in a much smaller conference with schools in the same boat as they are. They have no business in the Big East and the folks in charge on Belden Ave. should realize that.[/quote

I'm sure it's all about money with DePaul and the Big East but it sure would be nice if this team was relevant again and I agree with using the UC for big games and a small on campus arena for the rest of the schedule.

Depaul basketball used to be great back in the Mark Acquire, Terry Cummings days and it sure would be great to see the program become prominent again.

They don't want it to be. They want the prestige of being a Big East school without getting into the muck of big-time basketball. They're just along for the ride. Maybe the conference will catch on and expel them like they did to Temple, but then again the Big East isn't really in a position to turn schools away these days.

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There really isn't a reason why they can't compete the way Marquette does other than the fact that they don't want to spend the money. I get the impression that Jeannie Ponsetto thinks women's sports are the equal of men's hoops. Which is crazy.

So much has changed with the conferences, but at one time a conference made up of Midwestern Catholic schools that focused on basketball (or didn't have football teams at all) would have made a lot of sense. You'd have DePaul, Marquette, Loyola, Dayton, Xavier, Creighton, Detroit. And Notre Dame would have fit well since they wanted to remain independent in football. That would have been a powerhouse basketball conference at one time.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Kash, and Don