(03-22-2021 09:29 PM)esayem Wrote:  I don’t think DePaul was a blue blood but they were certainly a perennial top-25 program for 15 years or so. They were also a sought after commodity and along with Notre Dame, one of the last independent power programs.

Yes, if you grew up watching hoops in the mid- to late- 1970s, Ray Meyer and DePaul were frequently in the news. From that time to the mid-1980s they were a very prominent program, and for hoops fans of a certain age, like me, you always remember that prominence, it carries over to now even though they haven't been anything in decades.

But no, even then, they weren't "blue blood".

(03-19-2021 09:35 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says too bad UNC CHeat t shirt fans. And least you have “nice unis” and good ol roy. Hahahaha

Whatever happened to Charlotte 49ers basketball, anyway? When we moved away from Charlotte, Bobby Lutz was the coach and they were winning NCAA tournament games... now that we're back in the Queen City I don't even hear about them on local radio!

49er Hoops needs to mount a comeback!!!

(03-23-2021 10:39 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(03-19-2021 09:35 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  clt says too bad UNC CHeat t shirt fans. And least you have “nice unis” and good ol roy. Hahahaha

Whatever happened to Charlotte 49ers basketball, anyway? When we moved away from Charlotte, Bobby Lutz was the coach and they were winning NCAA tournament games... now that we're back in the Queen City I don't even hear about them on local radio!

49er Hoops needs to mount a comeback!!!

What UNC Charlotte, UAB and USF did in the 1970s-1980s was nothing short of impressive. Programs that evolved quickly from nothing to become competitive.