DePaul and head coach Doug Bruno are tourney tested heading into Friday's NCAA Tournament first-round game against Northern Iowa.
The No. 7 seed Blue Demons (26-7) will make the program's 15th straight appearance -- matching only five other programs in the nation -- when they meet the 10th seed Panthers (24-8) in a first-round Oklahoma State Regional game at noon at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.
"It's a really difficult achievement to make it 15 times in a row," Bruno told reporters this week. "I'm really proud of our players -- especially the seniors. Jessica January, Brooke Schulte, Jacqui Grant and Meri Bennett-Swanson had the ability to overcome the absence of three starters this season.