DePaul snaps unbelievable streak of ineptitude with road win vs. Georgetown

Per ESPN college basketball insider Jeff Borzello, the 39-game regular season conference losing streak was tied for the fourth-longest since 1948-49.

DePaul went 0-20 in Big East play last season and lost to Villanova, 58-57, in the first round of the conference tournament.

It beat Seton Hall by one point, 66-65, in the 2023 Big East Tournament but hadn't defeated a regular-season conference opponent since a 73-72 win over Xavier.

The Blue Demons' win against Georgetown was their first road Big East win since Feb. 24, 2022, also against Georgetown.

DePaul (10-9, 1-7 in Big East) had a couple of opportunities earlier this season to snap its streak of futility. On Dec. 12, it lost in overtime to Providence (9-10, 3-5 in Big East), 70-63. 

Nearly a month later, on Jan. 8, it fell again in overtime, this time at Seton Hall (6-11, 1-5 in Big East), 85-80. Two games later, it nearly pulled off what would have been arguably the season's biggest upset in an 85-83 overtime loss to Associated Press No. 7 Marquette (15-2, 6-0 in Big East).

The loss is a step back for Georgetown (12-6, 3-4 in Big East), which has only made one NCAA Tournament appearance in the past nine seasons. The Hoyas are familiar with DePaul's misery, going 0-19 in Big East play not long ago during the 2021-22 season.

In that way, Friday's result is only fair. In early 2023, Georgetown snapped its 29-game Big East losing streak with an 81-76 win against DePaul, the second loss in its 39-game streak.