[NU Sports] Recruits

[Mike Nolan]

> Re DePaul: I think it's a fair statement to say Aguire put DePaul on the modern-day basketball map. Basketball was pretty much an all-white sport in George Mikan's day in 1945. That 1945 DePaul team played NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M right after each of the two schools had won the two titles. A&M won that Red Cross Benefit game at Madison Square Garden. When DePaul made the NCAA Final Four in 1979, it was DePaul's first such appearance. The final four teams in 1960 were Ohio State, California, Cincinnati and NYU - Jim B.

I mis-read another site, but according to this site, DePaul made the Final Four 
in 1943, along with Wyoming, Georgetown and Texas.

http://www.college-basketball-rankings.com/ncaa-final-four-history.html
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Mike Nolan