They were led by head coach Ray Meyer, in his 36th season, and played their home games at the Alumni Hall in Chicago.
After starting the season unranked, the Blue Demons won 25 of 27 games to earn a top five ranking and the top at-large seed in the Midwest region of the NCAA tournament.
DePaul began tournament play by defeating Creighton[1] and Louisville,[2] before losing to Notre Dame in the Midwest regional final.
Senior Dave Corzine established school records for single-season (630) and career (1,896) scoring, the latter surpassing the legendary George Mikan's total from 32 years prior.
Corzine also established the career rebounds total at DePaul (1,151) – a record that still persists to this day.