Men's Basketball Heads East This Weekend

DePaul (10-7, 3-3) at East Carolina (8-8, 0-6)

Saturday, January 31, 2004

Williams Arena (8,000)

Greenville, N.C.  - 6:00 p.m. (CST)

Records

DePaul is 10-7 overall and 3-3 in Conference USA after losing to Marquette 70-62 on Saturday in Milwaukee. East Carolina is 8-8 and 0-6 after losing at Cincinnati 80-57 on Wednesday.

Polls

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

Series

DePaul has won all four meetings in the series. The Blue Demons swept last seasons meetings (55-42 on January 19 in Rosemont and 77-63 on February 18 in Greenville).

Coaches

DePaul’s Dave Leitao is in his second season with the Blue Demons and is 26-20. Leitao is 48-55 in four seasons as a head coach and is 2-0 against the Pirates. Bill Herrion is in his 13th season as a head coach, the last five at East Carolina. He is 223-144 overall and 56-73 with the Pirates. Herrion is 0-4 against the Blue Demons.

Television

There is no live television of tonight's game in Chicago. The contest will be televised by WITN-TV in Greenville.

Radio

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

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