

The team finished the 2006–07 season ranked sixth in the final USA Today/NFCA Poll.
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The DePaul women's softball team has participated in the Women's College World Series four times since 1999. The team currently plays their home games at Wintrust Arena adjacent to the McCormick Place convention center and select games at McGrath-Phillips Arena. Head Coach Doug Bruno has been the women's basketball coach since 1988. Main article: DePaul Blue Demons women's basketballĭePaul's NCAA women's basketball team has reached the Sweet 16 multiple times in the program's history. † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor. Sports sponsoredĪ member of the Big East Conference, DePaul University sponsors teams in six men's and seven women's NCAA sanctioned sports.

The official athletic colors are scarlet and royal blue. The former wore red with a blue "D," while the latter adopted the reverse. After an announcer referred to the players as the "D-men," the moniker stuck and eventually evolved into "Demons." The " blue" was part of an attempt to distinguish the university's players from those of its now-defunct high school, DePaul Academy. At the time, the athletic teams had red uniforms with a large "D" on the front. The origin of the Blue Demons nickname dates back to 1907 when the university changed its name from St.

DePaul and the other six Catholic, non-FBS schools announced on Decemtheir separation to eventually form a new conference that would carry the Big East name in 2013. It subsequently became a charter member of Conference USA from 1995 until its move to the original Big East in 2005 through 2012. ĭePaul was not affiliated with any conference until it helped establish the Great Midwest Conference in 1991. The Blue Demons participate in NCAA Division I and are a member of the Big East Conference. The DePaul Blue Demons are the athletic teams that represent DePaul University, located in Chicago, Illinois.
