Women's Basketball

De Paul University

2323 N. Sheffield Ave - Chicago, IL - 60614
Team Office: Tel: (773) 325-7507 Fax: (773) 325-4023
Team website: www.depaulbluedemons.com/

Founded in 1898, De Paul University is the nation's largest university. Approximately 60% of those enrolled are women. Its Computer and Information Services degree is highly regarded. Among the 200 undergraduate and graduate programs offered: Real Estate, Islamic World Studies, Women's Studies, E-Commerce, Teaching and Theatre Arts. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked De Paul in the third tier among national universities.

The school has six satellite campuses with the largest being 36 acres located in Chicago's historic Lincoln Park neighborhood.

School website
www.depaul.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Catholic

Enrollment:

23,000

Getting In:

Difficult: ACT: 25/75: 21-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$33,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business -Liberal Arts- Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Doug Bruno enters his 22nd season at De Paul in 2007-08. Bruno, who was also the Blue Demons head coach for two years in the 70s, returned to his alma mater in 1987-88. Since that time Bruno has amassed a 394-230 record, been to the NCAA tourney 12 times, won four conference championships, and produced eleven 20+ winning seasons. Prior to De Paul, Bruno was the associate head coach for the men's team at Loyola. He also spent two seasons as the head coach of the Chicago Hustle of the WBL. A former player for De Paul in the early 70s, Bruno began his coaching career at Vincent de Paul HS. In 2006-07, Bruno produced a 19-13 mark but lost in the first round of the NCAA tourney to Georgia Tech.

Team Name	Blue Demons
Colors	Red, Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-13	27-7	26-5	96-57 (.627)
Conference	8-8	11-5	13-1	46-28 (.621)
Conf. Finish	6	3	1	4, 3, 6, 3, 2
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#13	#20	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Doug Bruno
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at De Paul	1987-88
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	394-230 (.631)
Record at De Paul	394-230 (.631)
Coaching Awards	C-USA COTY 5x, Illinois BCA COTY 7x, WBCA Region COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Candis Blankson, Nicci-Hays Fort, Bart Brooks, Tracy Buckholtz

Recruiting Coordinator

Sue Dillon, (773) 325-7507, sdillon@depaul.edu

Conference and Schedule

De Paul plays in the tough Big East (www.bigeast.org) which increased its membership in 2005-06 to 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. De Paul will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This will change in 2007-08; Big East teams will play everyone once and three teams twice.) The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. League play commences in January with games usually played on Tuesday or Wednesday evening and Saturday or Sunday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big East Tourney with the eventual winner being an automatic qualifier.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, South Florida, Marquette, Notre Dame, Cincinnati, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Louisville

Facilities

Allstate Arena
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Style/Stats

In 2005-06, DePaul was ranked #12 in offense, averaging 75.2 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #18 at 73.3.