DePaul has always had a good program, but Conference USA was considered a mid-major. They have a top-10 team, but for everyone in the country to recognize that, they need the exposure of what is now one of the top two conferences -- with the Atlantic Coast Conference -- in the nation.

Joe Smith

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We've been a very competitive mid-major program. We're starting to come together. It's a good group. It's just that it's a young group so there have been some ups and downs.

— Saul Phillips

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I can't consider them a mid-major team. I don't look at them that way. They're a really good team.

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The game would be in the footprint of Conference USA.

— Richard Giannini

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It was kind of a new thing to us, because in Conference USA we'd always been the underdogs. Then we were picked at the top of this conference. (The rough start) wasn't so much a letdown, but media-wise, we didn't meet expectations, or our team's.

— Curtis Withers

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That's great for the Colonial conference. It's also great for mid-majors. I'm really happy for Mason.

— Curtis Blair

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