9 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁after ▁an ▁out p our ing ▁of ▁requests ▁by ▁students , ▁fac ulty , ▁al umn i , ▁and ▁fans ▁that ▁musical ▁support ▁to ▁athlet es ▁compet ing ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁University . ▁No ▁band ▁performed ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁T iger ▁P ep ▁Band ▁was ▁founded ▁on ▁September ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁and ▁first ▁appeared ▁at ▁a ▁De P au w ▁University ▁football ▁match ▁against ▁Alb ion ▁College . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁student ▁direct ors ▁were ▁Jason ▁D ib ler ▁and ▁Christ ine ▁Russell , ▁and ▁were ▁selected ▁by ▁Director ▁of ▁B ands ▁Dr . ▁Craig ▁T . ▁Par é . ▁ ▁The ▁T P B ▁continued ▁the ▁tradition , ▁established ▁by ▁Prof . ▁H anna , ▁by ▁travel ing ▁to ▁C raw ford sv ille , ▁Indiana ▁when ▁it ▁appeared ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁Battle ▁for ▁the ▁Mon on ▁Bell ▁at ▁W ab ash ▁College ▁. ▁ ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁made ▁its ▁triumph ant ▁return ▁to ▁post - season ▁performance , ▁supporting ▁the ▁De P au w ▁Basketball ▁men ' s ▁and ▁women ' s ▁teams ▁in ▁their ▁NCAA ▁championship ▁runs ▁in ▁Ohio ▁and ▁Indiana . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁the ▁De P au w ▁Men ' s ▁Basketball ▁Team ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁NCAA ▁Division ▁III ▁Championship ▁at