2018 – 19 DePaul Blue Demons men 's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2018 – 19 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . They were led by fourth-year ( seventh overall with DePaul ) head coach Dave Leitao and played their home games at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago as members of the Big East Conference . They finished the season 19 – 17 , 7 – 11 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for last place . As the No. 10 seed in the Big East Tournament , they lost in the first round to St. John 's . They received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Central Michigan , Longwood , and Coastal Carolina to advance to the championship series against South Florida . There , in a best-of-three series , they lost to South Florida two games to one
Big East Tournament
2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team