DePaul’s official unveiling and first open practice at Wintrust Arena on Saturday Oct. 14 gave fans and media their first taste of the most highly anticipated season in over a decade of Blue Demon basketball. But aside from the general allure of a swanky new arena in the South Loop, there isn’t a ton of on-court news to get excited about.
Billy Garrett Jr. is gone — the kid that could have been, but never was, out the door with nothing but four empty seasons and a free-throw record to his name. The team still only rosters one true center after Marin Maric transferred to Lincoln Park just a few months before Levi Cook, the up-and-coming sophomore big man, decided to pack his bags.