Very exciting game and another great memory. Rowdy crowd at The Shoe. A battle for first place in the newly formed Great Midwest Conference between the DePaul Blue Demons and the 16th ranked Cincinnati Bearcats. A late comeback by DePaul and Howard Nathan saves the day. Nathan strips Nick Van Exel of the ball on the last play of the game and the Demons run out the clock for the two-point win. Huggins goes ballistic on the officials at the end of regulation. Rumors around DePaul at that time was that Huggins had to be checked for heart palpitations after chasing the officials up the tunnel and to their locker room (no idea if that was true, but I believed it).
Coaches Joey Meyer and Bob Huggins.
DePaul Players: Stephen Howard, David Booth, Terry Davis, Howard Nathan, Joe Daughrity, Jeff Stern, Tom Kleinschmidt, Curtis Price, Brandon Cole, Michael Ravizee, John Newsome, Tom Madden.
Cincinnati Players: Herb Jones, Anthony Buford, Nick Van Exel, Corie Blount, Erik Martin, Allen Jackson, Tarrance Gibson, Jeff Scott, Terry Nelson, Mike Reicheneker, Curtis Bostic, B.J. Ward.