No matter which team comes away with bragging rights today when DePaul (5-3) hosts city neighbor UIC (1-5), both teams already have a victory.
The ''win'' is for the future of college basketball in Chicago.
''The bottom line is we have to be our brothers' keepers,'' UIC coach Jimmy Collins said. ''Basketball dies if we don't generate interest, and when we play each other, it doesn't matter what [the team] records are. Everyone is interested. You don't have to work to get the kids up for the game.''
DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright echoes that sentiment. In fact, it has become a point of consensus among all the area coaches, including Loyola's Jim Whitesell and …
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