BIG TROUBLE?

DePaul was thought to be an up-and-comer this season in the Big East. Picked eighth in the league's preseason coaches' poll, the Blue Demons return four players coming off seasons with double-digit scoring averages and are a team expected to make some noise.
Perhaps that explains the thud — it's not the sound of good noise — after DePaul dropped to 0-2 Tuesday with a loss at Northwestern. That's the same Northwestern team that lost at home to Cornell, never a program known as an Ivy League power, or any power for that matter.
The Blue Demons opened with a 20-point loss to Bradley and return to action Friday at home against Eastern Illinois. How big is that next game: DePaul follows it with dates against Kentucky and fashionable Final Four pick Kansas.
Could it be an 0-5 start for the boys of Chicago? That's a question no one in the Big East thought would come up.