DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball

DePaul Blue Demons

2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

University

DePaul University

Conference

Big East

Location

Chicago, IL

Head coach

Doug Bruno (30th year)

Arena

Sullivan Athletic Center
(Capacity: 3,000)

Nickname

Blue Demons

Colors

Royal Blue and Scarlet^[1]

NCAA/AIAW Tournament Sweet Sixteen

2006, 2011, 2014, 2016

NCAA/AIAW Tournament second round

1990*, 1992*, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

NCAA/AIAW Tournament appearances

1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Conference tournament champions

Conference USA
2005

Big East Conference
2014, 2015

Conference regular season champions

North Star Conference
1987, 1988, 1989

Great Midwest Conference
1992

Conference USA
1996, 2005

Big East Conference
2014, 2015, 2016

The DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represents DePaul University in Chicago. The school 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.^[2] The 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.^[2]

NCAA tournament results

The Blue Demons made their 20th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2015. After the 2015 tournament, their combined record is 15–21.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
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 81–80
1992	#11	Round of 48 Round of 32	Arizona State Penn State	W 67–65 L 77–54
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 Texax A&M	W 104–100 W 74–65 L 84–65
2015	#9	Round of 64 Round of 32	Minnesota Notre Dame	W 79–72 L 79–67
2016	#6	Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet Sixteen	James Madison Louisville Oregon State	W 97–67 W 73–72 L 83–71

2015–16 Roster

2015–16 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	24	Allen, TanitaTanita Allen	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	1.0 !Fr	Whitney Young	Chicago, Ill.
3.5 !F	4	Bennett-Swanson, MeriMeri Bennett-Swanson	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	2.5 !RS So	Vernon Hills	Vernon Hills, Ill.
1.5 !G	10	Coleman, AmarahAmarah Coleman	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	2.0 !So	Homewood-Flossmoor	Bolingbrook, Ill.
3.5 !F	34	Grant, JacquiJacqui Grant	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	3.0 !Jr	Maine South	Park Ridge, Ill.
3.5 !F	35	Grays, Mart'eMart'e Grays	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	2.0 !So	Detroit Martin Luther King Jr.	Detroit, Mich.
3.5 !F	44	Harvey-Carr, BrandiBrandi Harvey-Carr	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	3.0 !Jr	Leap Academy	Camden, N.J.
1.5 !G	14	January, JessicaJessica January	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	3.0 !Jr	Richfield	Richfield, Minn.
1.5 !G	13	Jenkins, ChaniseChanise Jenkins	65 !5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	4.0 !Sr	Whitney Young	Chicago, Ill.
3.5 !F	15	Liebenberg, ElriElri Liebenberg	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Bergsig Academy	Rustenburg, South Africa
1.5 !G	23	McGee, CentreseCentrese McGee	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	4.0 !Sr	Thorton Fractional North	Calumet City, Ill.
1.5 !G	1	Millender, AshtonAshton Millender	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Marian Catholic	Glenwood, Ill.
2.5 !G/F	30	Podkowa, MeganMegan Podkowa	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Trinity	Glenview, Ill.
1.5 !G	10	Prochaska, LaurenLauren Prochaska	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	2.0 !So	Trinity	Chicago, Ill.
1.5 !G	22	Schulte, BrookeBrooke Schulte	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	3.0 !Jr	Mater Dei	Germantown, Ill.
1.5 !G	45	Waldron, MeghanMeghan Waldron	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Wheaton Warrenville South	Wheaton, Ill.

Head coach

Doug Bruno

Assistant coach(es)

Jill M. Pizzotti
Candis Blankson
Bart Brooks

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 31, 2015

Year by year results

Source^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

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 2nd round
2015-16	Doug Bruno	27–9	16–2	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	20	21
Doug Bruno:		614–318	266–132
Total:		807–439
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ DePaul University Graphic Identity Guidelines (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-10.
1 2 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

Official page

DePaul University

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Teams	Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays DePaul Blue Demons Georgetown Hoyas Marquette Golden Eagles Providence Friars St. John's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates Villanova Wildcats Xavier Musketeers

Championships & awards	Big East Women's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year

Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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