2016 – 17 DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . They played almost all of their home games at Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont , Illinois , though they scheduled two regular-season games at the considerably smaller McGrath – Phillips Arena , the regular home of the DePaul women 's team , on the school 's Chicago campus . The Blue Demons , members of the Big East Conference , were led by head coach Dave Leitao , in the second year of his current tenure and fifth overall at DePaul . They finished the season 9 – 23 , 2 – 16 in Big East play to finish in last place . They lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament to Xavier
Big East Tournament
2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team