Duquesne category, Page 16
Duquesne joins 16-team CBI field, will play Rice in 1st round
The basketball season will continue for Duquesne after the Dukes received an invitation Sunday night to the 16-team College Basketball Invitational. The Dukes (20-12) are seeded No. 5 and will play No. 12 Rice (18-15) at 1 p.m. next Sunday. All games in the single-elimination tournament will be played at...
Cold-shooting Duquesne upset by La Salle in Atlantic 10 Tournament
One look at the anguished expressions was all it took to feel the despair. A season full of surprise and its share of highlights ended in disappointment Wednesday night for the Duquesne men’s basketball team in its first game of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament as No. 11 La Salle...
Tim Benz: For Duquesne, finding defensive consistency is key to a deep Atlantic 10 run
When a college basketball team goes from 6-24 to 20-11 in one year, there shouldn’t be too many complaints from the head coach. Given those enjoyable circumstances for Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot, that has generally been the case this season. But one thing Dambrot has pointed out is that he’d like...
Duquesne set to put loss in regular-season finale in past, focus on Atlantic 10 Tournament
One-by-one, they stepped to the free-throw line. Clang! … Swish! … Swish! … Clang! … For every miss by a Duquesne basketball player, there was a chance for everyone to run the floor. A make, of course, bought some extra time. Two days removed from their worst loss of the...
Despite strong turnaround seasons, Pitt and Duquesne given little chance to win conference tournaments
Even though Pitt (21-10, 14-6) and Duquesne (20-11, 10-8) have had strong bounce-back seasons, they are both relatively long shots to win their conference tournaments. Kenpom.com, a widely used college basketball analytics website, has published its projections for the upcoming conference tournament week. As the No. 5 seed, Pitt has...
Duquesne finishes 6th in the Atlantic 10, readies for upcoming conference tournament
Saturday afternoon’s showdown between Duquesne and Fordham in the Bronx, N.Y., represented one of the more high-stakes games for the Dukes in recent memory. On the line for both teams in the regular-season finale was a double-bye at the upcoming Atlantic 10 Tournament, awarded to the top four regular-season finishers...
Duquesne hangs on against UMass for win No. 20 on the year
Duquesne’s victory over Massachusetts on Wednesday evening at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse was significant in two ways. In dispatching the Minutemen, 88-79, the Dukes notched win No. 20 on the year, something only two previous Duquesne teams (2008-09, 2019-20) had accomplished dating to 1983 upon joining the Atlantic 10. Presently, the...
Tim Benz: For local college basketball teams, it’s a good year to be goodVideo
As Pitt was hanging 99 points on the scoreboard en route to a 17-point win over Syracuse, the Oakland Zoo rooting section was going crazy as former walk-on and one-time team manager Aidan Fisch scored the last basket of the game. The Panthers bench stormed the floor as the final...
Duquesne comes up short vs. Davidson, takes hit to double-bye hopes
As is often the case this college basketball season, it came down to the final seconds for a result Sunday at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, where Duquesne has been dominant, winning 15 of its first 18 games. This time, the Dukes weren’t so fortunate but still left the window open a...
Duquesne succeeds by buying into team mentality
With his coach crouching against a wall, Joe Reece stood in front of him on the block several feet from the rim at Duquesne’s practice facility at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse and watched an entry pass with a spin of English from freshman point guard Kareem Rozier bounce off his hands...
Joe Reece’s career night leads Duquesne past La SalleVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Reece had a career-high 26 points, and Duquesne beat La Salle, 91-74, on Wednesday night. Reece also contributed seven rebounds for the Dukes (19-9, 9-6 Atlantic 10). Tre Williams added 14 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and Dae Dae Grant contributed 10 points. Duquesne shot 56%...
After quirky box score against St. Louis, Duquesne looks for basic improvements against La Salle
Saturday’s 90-85 Atlantic 10 conference loss at St. Louis (18-9, 10-4 conf.) featured some numbers in the box score that are hard to ignore for the Duquesne Dukes. As much as they’d probably like to do so. • At one point, Duquesne (18-9, 8-6) led by 15 in the first...
Saint Louis snaps Duquesne’s 4-game winning streak
Gibson Jimerson scored 28 points to lead Saint Louis to a 90-85 victory over Duquesne on Saturday night, ending the Dukes’ winning streak at four games. Dae Dae Grant led Duquesne (18-9, 8-6) with 22 points. Joe Reese added 15 and Tevin Brewer and Jimmy Clark III each added 12....
Atlantic 10 commissioner, many coaches embrace NCAA Tournament expansion
It’s almost time for March Madness. So get your field-of-96 bracket ready to go! OK. Maybe not this year. But start warming up to the idea of an expanded NCAA Tournament field for the men and the women. Because it certainly feels like momentum is building within NCAA basketball circles...
Duquesne rolls over Saint Joseph’s for 18th victory, tripling last season’s total
After the first few minutes of Duquesne’s 76-62 victory against Saint Joseph’s on Wednesday night, the outcome never was in question. Duquesne played smothering defense at least through the first half when the Dukes forced 11 Saint Joseph’s turnovers and held the Hawks to 24 points. They made 50% of...
Commitment, tactical changes driving Duquesne’s defensive improvement
Duquesne basketball coach Keith Dambrot grabbed his phone after Wednesday’s practice and opened up a spreadsheet that illustrated his team’s defensive improvement in recent weeks. Not to brag. Just to confirm the numbers. And maybe to convince himself a little bit that the jump in defensive performance is as legit...
Duquesne holds on in last-second thriller to defeat St. Bonaventure for 3rd straight win
There has been no shortage of thrilling finishes to games so far this year for Duquesne men’s basketball. Back on Nov. 21, the Dukes edged North Florida by a point. On Dec. 3, they rallied past Ball State thanks to two improbable buzzer-beating 3-pointers off the arm of Jimmy Clark...
Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot wins 500th game, walks into basketball history with LeBron JamesVideo
Two decades before Keith Dambrot won the 500th game of his 25-year coaching career, he walked into Shaka Smart’s office and said, “Come with me.” Off they went to a gym in Akron where Smart, not knowing what would happen next, watched a Hummer pull up to the curb. Out...
Duquesne rolls over George Mason for coach Keith Dambrot’s 500th career victory
Duquesne continued its slow climb through the Atlantic 10 standings Wednesday night with a 75-52 victory against George Mason at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. The victory was the 500th in coach Keith Dambrot’s 25-year career (the past six at Duquesne), but it also was important for the Dukes in their season...
Duquesne players look to serve coach Keith Dambrot some more ‘gravy’ with his 500th win
In a way, the ultimate compliment to Keith Dambrot as he approaches 500 college basketball coaching victories came from one of his peers in the Atlantic 10, LaSalle head coach Fran Dunphy. “To be perfectly honest, I’m surprised he doesn’t have it already because of all the great work that...
Dae Dae Grant leads Duquesne in Keith Dambrot’s 499th victory
Duquesne and coach Keith Dambrot reached four historic milestones Saturday in a 93-67 victory against George Washington at Charles E. Smith Center in Washington D.C. • The 26-point margin of victory was Duquesne’s largest in an Atlantic 10 road game, dropping George Washington to 11-12, 5-5. • The Dukes’ 28-0...
First Call: T.J. Watt sidesteps question on Taylor Lewan; defensive line free agent idea for Steelers; Joe Mixon news
It’s a football-heavy Friday “First Call,” as Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt gives his response to Taylor Lewan’s plea to patch over their past. An intriguing free agent name has been advanced for the Steelers to consider. We also are tracking Joe Mixon’s legal entanglement and the tracking future of...
Duquesne loses Atlantic 10 road game against UMassVideo
AMHERST, Mass. — RJ Luis’ 31 points led UMass over Duquesne, 87-79, on Saturday. Dae Dae Grant finished with 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Dukes (14-8, 4-5 Atlantic 10), which has lost three of its past four games. Jimmy Clark III added 21 points, six rebounds and six...
Duquesne calls a foul on DoorDash prankster who interrupted game
There were all the sounds one would expect during Wednesday night’s nationally televised basketball game at Duquesne University’s UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — sneakers squeaking on the hardwood floor, cheers from the crowd and referees’ whistles. There also was something not so ordinary. Early in the second half of the men’s...
Duquesne men’s hoops game interrupted by apparent food delivery attempt
Following Duquesne’s 72-58 comeback win over Loyola Chicago on Wednesday evening at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, coach Keith Dambrot and his players might have to give credit to an unlikely source for sparking their rally. With 16:10 to play during the second half between the Dukes and Ramblers, officials stopped play...
