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The Blues In DePaul Blue Demon Basketball

With the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament coming up, college basketball will be at the sports forefront for the next month. Except here in Illinois, specifically Chicago. Sure Northwestern has a remote chance of making their first ever NCAA postseason appearance and that would be special but there is no clear cut, legit college basketball team... Read more »

By Charles W. Johnson,
March 8, 2012 at 5:24 am • 

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