Two years away from the NCAA Tournament were almost enough to erase the memory of 17 consecutive trips for DePaul women’s basketball coach Doug Bruno.
The Hall of Fame coach always tried to instill in his players that despite the program’s consistency, nothing is guaranteed. After the tournament was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 and the Blue Demons failed to qualify in 2021, that lesson was reestablished for him as well.
