Men's Basketball Set To Host Toledo On Saturday

DePaul (5-2) hosts Toledo (5-1)

Saturday, December 20, 2003

Allstate Arena (17,500)

Rosemont, Ill. - 1:00 p.m. (CST)

Records

DePaul is 5-2 after falling to Notre Dame 82-69 on Sunday at the Allstate Arena. Toledo is 5-1 after losing at Detroit 72-68 on Saturday.

Polls

Neither team is mentioned in either the Associated Press or ESPN/USA Today Top 25 polls.

Series

The all-time series is tied 5-5. Today is the first meeting between the two since February 28, 1973 - the final game of the 1972-73 campaign and DePaul won that contest, 67-65 at Alumni Hall. The last Rocket win came on March 1, 1972 by a score of 70-67 in overtime at Toledo.

Coaches

DePaul’s Dave Leitao is in his second season with the Blue Demons and is 21-15. Leitao is 43-50 in four seasons as a head coach and has never faced the Rockets. Stan Joplin is in his eighth season as a head coach, all of them at Toledo. 121-90 and has never faced the Blue Demons.

Television

There is no live television of today's game in Chicago.

Radio

Today's game will be broadcast on WSCR (670 AM) in Chicago. Ron Gleason (play-by-play) and former DePaul star Dave Corzine (color commentary) will handle the announcing chores.

Men's Basketball Set To Host Toledo On Saturday

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