Blue Demons-Fighting Irish Hook Up On Sunday

DePaul (5-1) hosts Notre Dame (2-3)

Sunday, December 14, 2003

Allstate Arena (17,500)

Rosemont, Ill. - 2:00 p.m. (CST)

Records

DePaul is 5-1 after beating Ohio 63-60 on Tuesday in Athens, Ohio. Notre Dame is 2-3 after falling to Indiana 66-63 on Wednesday in South Bend, Ind.

Polls

Notre Dame is receiving votes in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls. DePaul is not mentioned in either poll.

Series

Notre Dame leads the series 49-41. The Fighting Irish won last season (102-71) in South Bend. The last DePaul win in the series came during the 1994-95 season at the United Center. Notre Dame’s last win in Rosemont came during the 1985-86 season.

Coaches

DePaul’s Dave Leitao is in his second season with the Blue Demons and is 21-14. Leitao is 43-49 in four seasons as a head coach and is 0-1 against the Fighting Irish. Mike Brey is in his ninth season as a head coach and his fourth at Notre Dame. He is 167-86 overall and 68-34 with the Irish. Brey is 1-0 against DePaul.

Television

Today's game will be televised by WGN with Dan Roan (play-by-play) and David Kaplan (color commentary) handling the announcing chores.

Radio

There is no live DePaul radio of tonight's game in the Chicago area.

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