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DePaul’s Dave Leitao is adapting to the Big East

A lot had changed since Dave Leitao was last in Chicago, and the second-year head coach for the DePaul Blue Demons is adjusting to it.

The last time he was in the Windy City as DePaul's head coach, the program was a member of Conference USA. Now, it's in a conference with much stiffer competition.

"I've learned how difficult this league is," he said about the Big East. "It's different teams, different locations, but same intensity of the Big East that I have known all these years. For me, understanding the biggest learning curve is that you have to be good in the areas of recruiting--obviously--you have to coach them, and motivate them.