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Senior guard Tavian Dunn-Martin will return to Duquesne for 6th season as collegian
Tavian Dunn-Martin, who followed coach Keith Dambrot from Akron to Duquesne, will return to the Dukes in 2021-22 for his sixth season as a collegian. Let's finish this script together.#GoDukes • @nolimitTDM_11 pic.twitter.com/tsfP5JpMtX— Duquesne Basketball (@DuqMBB) March 16, 2021 “It’s good news,” Dambrot said. “Anytime you have a sixth-year guy,...
Jerry Schmitt gets 100th win with Duquesne in shutout of Wagner 
NEW YORK — Jerry Schmitt collected his 100th win as Duquesne coach as the Dukes blanked Wagner, 17-0, on Sunday. Garrett Owens ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns for Duquesne (2-0, 2-0 Northeast Conference). Schmitt joins eight active coaches in the FCS with at least 100 wins at their...
First Call: Twists as JuJu Smith-Schuster approaches free agency; Islanders stay hot atop East
Monday’s “First Call” features a few interesting twists along the way toward JuJu Smith-Schuster’s free agency. The New York Islanders stay red-hot atop the Eastern Division. Robert Morris’ women’s hockey team takes a unique route to the NCAA tournament. And Duquesne’s spring football season opener turns back the clock when...
Duquesne beats Sacred Heart in spring football season debut for both 
Ohio transfer Joe Mischler threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score as Duquesne began its spring season with a 30-27 victory over Sacred Heart on Sunday. Duquesne went ahead 27-12 with 1 minute, 3 seconds left in the third on Mischler’s 12-yard pass to Garrett Owens. SHU’s Marquez...
Duquesne bows out of Atlantic 10 Tournament in loss to St. Bonaventure
Unafraid to speak his mind and frustrated enough — at himself and his players — to not care what it sounds like, Keith Dambrot bared his soul Friday afternoon. Duquesne’s coach had just stood through — he never sits — his team’s final game of the season, a 75-59 loss...
Football ‘March Madness’: Duquesne starts 4-game ‘spring season’ Sunday
It’s March Madness on the campus of Duquesne University. And I’m not just talking about the school’s upset win over Richmond in the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Thursday. Onto the next one ?#GoDukes pic.twitter.com/L0mDb1l6JU— Duquesne Basketball (@DuqMBB) March 4, 2021 I’m talking about the football team, too. Since the Northeast...
Duquesne rallies in 2nd half, beats Richmond to advance in Atlantic 10 Tournament
In a few words, senior Michael Hughes told the story of Duquesne’s season and the 67-62 victory against Richmond in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. First, consider the Dukes trailed by seven at halftime, missed their first eight shots of the second half and were down eight...
Atlantic 10 Tournament sends Duquesne onto Richmond turf — to play Richmond
In an effort to minimize the effects of the coronavirus, the Atlantic 10 moved its tournament from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Richmond, Va., where two league schools — VCU and Richmond — this week will be the hosts for 12 of the 13 games. No. 9-seeded Duquesne...
Duquesne’s success in Atlantic 10 Tournament likely tied to defense
After coaches review video with players until their eyes hurt, there are no secrets at the end of a basketball season. Even this year, with covid-19 protocols limiting Duquesne to 16 games (approximately half a season), coach Keith Dambrot expects no surprises when his No. 9-seeded team meets No. 8...
Duquesne will play Richmond in 1st A-10 Tournament game Thursday
After a wait of two years, Duquesne (8-8, 7-7) will play its first game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament at 11 a.m. Thursday as the No. 9 seed against No. 8 Richmond. The game will be played at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., home venue of No. 2 seed...
Duquesne beats Rhode Island to stop 2-game losing streak
With one hour of practice, a bit of film study and more time on a bus than on a basketball court, Duquesne went from a 20-point loser Wednesday to a decisive winner Saturday. The impressive reversal didn’t surprise coach Keith Dambrot at all. After defeating Rhode Island, 86-75, in only...
Despite troubles, Keith Dambrot says Dukes aren’t ready to ‘cash it in’
Keith Dambrot’s immediate concern is recovering from what he called an embarrassing performance in Duquesne’s 20-point loss to La Salle on Wednesday night. A loss in the next game — Saturday night against Rhode Island at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — might shove the Dukes (7-8, 6-7) among the Atlantic 10’s...
Pitt’s Jeff Capel, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot learn to ‘move on’ after confronting reality of transfers
Jeff Capel admits the past week has not been easy. He spent the better part of his first three years as Pitt’s coach recruiting, mentoring, counseling, prodding and developing Xavier Johnson and Au’Diese Toney, helping to turn them into good men and better players than they were the day he...
Robert Morris, Duquesne football teams ready to open spring season
As recently as 1978, Duquesne was playing college football as a club team, signing up students from every corner of the campus. Robert Morris didn’t even offer the sport until 1993, when Beaver Falls native Joe Walton, after whom the school’s football stadium is named, agreed to oversee the proposition...
Michael Hughes ejected in Duquesne’s loss to La Salle
When a coach who has led teams through 731 games in 23 seasons bares his soul after a loss, his words probably matter. Especially when he says, “It’s probably as poorly as I’ve had a team play.” Painful honesty from Duquesne’s coach after the Dukes’ 85-65 loss Wednesday night at...
Freshman Mike Bekelja gives Duquesne the defense it needs
When Keith Dambrot looked back at Duquesne’s loss to Richmond, he knew the truth. Richmond is the third-highest scoring team in the Atlantic 10 (76.1 points per game). So, it wasn’t outrageously out of line that the Spiders scored 79 in a seven-point home victory last Saturday. It was the...
Financial concerns drive A-10 tourney changes, but Dukes’ Keith Dambrot understands
Most Atlantic 10 teams will play far fewer conference games this season than the original schedule called for at the outset of the season. A-10 officials decided last week to start the conference tournament a week earlier (March 3) to provide some cushion before the NCAA Tournament if there are...
Winning record in sight for Duquesne, but Keith Dambrot wants more
Duquesne has been a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference for 44 years. So long ago that Keith Dambrot was barely out of high school, and he needed only 62 cents to put a gallon of gas in his car. Duquesne has had only seven winning conference seasons in all...
Duquesne fades late against Richmond in 1st game in 17 days
Like any coach, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot is never happy with a loss. In a college basketball season of uncertainty, though, perhaps there’s a spot for some wiggle room. Duquesne’s 79-72 road loss to Richmond on Saturday still falls under the wrong column in Dambrot’s book, but the fourth-year Dukes boss...
Dissatisfied with their choices, Western Pa. voters write in athletes, coaches for president
Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot isn’t sure why one person in Allegheny County — a voter from Baldwin — chose him as a write-in candidate for president in November’s election. He is sure, however, that he doesn’t want the job. “I have enough problems,” Dambrot said with a laugh....
Despite covid-related pause, Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot contends, ‘We don’t stink’
Anyone who knows Keith Dambrot might be surprised by how he is approaching the final days before the Atlantic 10 Tournament. Practices are shorter, about an hour this week as he prepared Duquesne for its first game in 18 days Saturday at Richmond. He might even overlook a misstep or...
Duquesne will open 2022 football season at Florida State
Duquesne football will venture into the ACC in 2022, but it must travel almost 900 miles to make it happen. Duquesne coach Jerry Schmitt announced Tuesday that the Dukes will play Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., on Aug. 27, 2022. It will be the first meeting...
Duquesne vs. George Mason postponed, but Dukes will travel to Richmond on Saturday
More proof of the disjointed college basketball season emerged Tuesday when the Atlantic 10 announced Duquesne’s game at George Mason, scheduled for Wednesday in Fairfax, Va., has been postponed. It is the fourth postponement of a Duquesne game this month, following VCU (Feb. 7), at Davidson (Thursday), and UMass (Saturday)....
Duquesne set to play George Mason on Wednesday in A-10 makeup game
Cleared of its covid-19 complications, Duquesne will travel to Fairfax, Va., on Wednesday to play George Mason. The game will begin at 7 p.m. at EagleBank Arena. It’s a makeup of a game that would have been played Saturday. The game Wednesday replaces the Dukes’ trip to Davidson. After a...
Atlantic 10 postpones 2nd Duquesne basketball game this week
Duquesne’s men’s basketball game at George Mason, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday in Fairfax, Va., was postponed by the Atlantic 10 because of continued covid-19 concerns within the Dukes’ program. It is the second Duquesne game postponed or canceled this week, and the fifth this season. The Dukes also were...


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