Spocky Ramone, (just because I've got a buddy with deep ties to PC), the Order that runs them (I think) are Dominicans not Franciscans, but I could be wrong. They're both Friars, whatever that actually means I do not know.
The two largest Roman Catholic schools in the nation are, at least at one time, DePaul and SJU, flip-flopping spots. It still may be the case. Big urban commuter schools with many first generation college students and lower than average tuition for a private University. Those are probably the reasons.
DEP and St. John's both Vincentian and have many of the same attributes.
We owe DeP for putting a beating on us at CA earlier in the year and I think the way this team is playing now, payback is going to come.