tig3rs - good to hear from you. Haven't seen you in awhile. I now see you posted in my thread a couple weeks back but I didn't see it at the time. Sorry about that.
I see you are up here now, what part of town you living in?
As for DePaul, I'm severely disappointed in them. I didn't expect them to do too much this year, but after their early performances I have very minimal expectations of them. They are going to get killed by UCLA this Saturday and by most Big East teams as well. Koshwal, their talented big man, is hurt and has a foot injury that is likely going to nag him for awhile if he simply doesn't stay off of it.
Northwestern is actually not the doormat they typically are. I thought at first they were playing above themselves, but Carmody has those kids playing systematically and functionally well together. They aren't going to be world beaters, but they are going to get some wins this season and may finally get into the NCAA's (only team to never have gone I believe).
GL to you and I'll talk to you soon. If I have some DePaul tix I'm not going to use I'll keep you in mind.