DePaul Blue Demons Team Merchandise Page
DePaul competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big East Conference. The school mascot is the Blue Demon. The school is well known for its basketball program which gained prominence under Ray Meyer who led the team to the NCAA Division I basketball Final Four in the 1978–1979 season. The school's only national championship came in 1945 after winning the NIT tournament. The team has played at the Allstate Arena since 1980.
DePaul's perennial rivals include Marquette University, Northwestern University, Georgetown University, and the University of Notre Dame.
DePaul University also has a club hockey team in ACHA Division II called the DePaul Hockey Club that competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Hockey Association (GLIHA).
In 1900, when the first athletic team to represent DePaul University was organized, the monogram "D" was selected for the uniforms. From this originated the nickname "D-men" which evolved into "Demons." The blue, which combines with Demons, signifies loyalty and was chosen in 1901 by a vote of the student body.
DePaul's mascot is DIBS which stands for Demon In a Blue Suit. DIBS is present at every Blue Demon's basketball game and makes frequent appearances at DePaul's Lincoln Park campus and charity appearances around the Chicago metropolitan area. While the Blue Demon nickname has been around for many years, the Blue Demon mascot took the game floor for the first time in 1968 with a papier-mache head and old warm-up suit. Through the years, the Blue Demon has taken on many forms in its evolution and was dubbed DIBS during the 1990’s.
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