A reason to fear DePaul next year? How about five? And a few leftover from last year, like this T-shirt slogan devised by the DePaul faithful.
Oliver Purnell heads into his fourth season as DePaul head coach with two reasons to be optimistic.
The first is a presumption that Purnell will find success in year four based on his previous two coaching stops. Purnell took over an abysmal Dayton squad in 1994 that went 7-20 in his first season. In his fourth season, he lead his team to twenty wins and an NCAA Tournament bid two years later.
When Purnell arrived at Clemson in 2003, he went 10-18 in his first year. After three years in the ACC cellar, his Tigers strung together four straight years of 20+ win seasons, including three NCAA tournament births. Continue reading
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