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DePaul Should Be Ranked: 11 Things That Have Happened Since DePaul Was Last Ranked In The Top 25

A quick read if you’re on the go or you just love listicles.

By Alex Sindelar@__sindelar Dec 6, 2019, 1:00pm EST

#RANKDEPAUL

DePaul hasn’t been ranked since early on in the 2000-01 season. A lot of things have transpired - tragedies, successes, technological shifts, Ted Cruz liking a porn video on twitter - and we here at Big East Coast Bias are going to count down 11 things that have happened since 2000.

11. Dave Leitao Leaves For Virginia (2005)

Dave Leitao bailed from DePaul and went to Virginia. He eventually got 2.1 million dollars to leave Virginia.

10. Dave Leitao Hired At DePaul (2002)

Dave Leitao got hired as head coach at DePaul in 2002! Look how young he is. Actually, that picture might have been taken a couple nights ago? God damn he looks good.

9. Dave Leitao Hired At DePaul (2015)

His suits fit him way better now. He looks sharp.

8. George W. Bush Becomes President (2000)

US President George W. Bush throws the ceremonial

That’s right, ol’ dubbya was inaugurated on January 20th, 2001, a little while after DePaul became unranked.

7. Barack Obama Becomes President (2009)

Barack Obama took office on January 20th, 2009! Remember when he was president?

6. I Went To The Grocery Store And Somehow Spent Over $200 (2017)

James Sloan an employee at Hy-Vee bagged grocery for a customer Scott Ware Thursday Feb 22 2018 in New Hope, MN.] Sloan is blind and has been an employee at the store since 2015 JERRY HOLT ‚Ä¢ jerry.holt@startribune.com

No fucking clue how I did that. I lived in a 600 square foot apartment by myself. What the fuck happened? What did I even buy? I wasn't making enough money to do this. Hopefully I consumed everything I bought. It was probably all hot sauce.

5. Chicago White Sox Win World Series (2005)

World Series Game 4: Chicago White Sox v Houston Astros

Jermaine Dye won a World Series MVP. Do you remember how Jermaine Dye made you feel when he was playing on a baseball field? I do.

4. Chicago Cubs Win World Series (2016)

“Some people forget that.”

- Robert O’Neill

3. DePaul Upsets #5 Kansas In Chicago (2006)

DePaul’s Sammy Mejia (11) reacts after tying the game in the

64-57. At the AllState Arena in front of 16,000+. Down 14, the Blue Demons rallied back with Sammy Meija scoring 8 points in the final 3 minutes of game action to spur on a phenomenal 14-0 run. This DePaul team ended up making a nice little run in the NIT.

2. Chicago Blackhawks Win 3 Stanley Cups

What an unbelievable run.

1. Constant Existential Crisis

President Trump Participates In Luncheon With Representatives Of The United Nations Security Council At The White House

what the fuck have we done