Duquesne category, Page 28
Tim Benz: Adopt the 2020 chaos! Include Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina in College Football Playoff.
The most overused phrase of 2020 is, “Hey, it’s 2020!” Well, allow me to employ it one more time while discussing college football. Hey, it’s 2020! So what better year to bust the College Football Playoff norms than this year? The selection committee should embrace the chaos and admit either...
Duquesne hopes to resume practice next Sunday
Forced to practice sporadically since a game with Winthrop was canceled Dec. 4, Duquesne men’s basketball coach Keith Dambrot said Sunday he hopes to resume workouts Dec. 20. The Dukes (1-1) haven’t played a game since defeating UNC-Greensboro on Dec. 2. Their trip to Indianapolis was canceled Saturday after a...
Duquesne basketball cancels trip to Indianapolis after player, assistant test positive for covid-19
Duquesne’s men’s basketball team received the bad news on the bus. Moments before departing Saturday for Indianapolis to play two games Monday and Wednesday, the trip was canceled when covid-19 test results came back positive for a player and coach. Games against Southern Illinois and Loyola-Chicago would have been the...
With only 2 games in the books, Keith Dambrot knows Duquesne must ‘battle and fight’ to get ready
A year ago, Duquesne was 8-0 and feeling good about its prospects for a winning season. This year, 62-year-old coach Keith Dambrot is running practice with the help of only one grad assistant while covid-19 protocols have forced some staff members into temporary quarantine. “I’m no spring chicken anymore,” Dambrot...
Duquesne plans return to action next week against 2 Missouri Valley opponents
Idle since Dec. 2, Duquesne plans to resume its nonconference schedule next week in Indianapolis with games against two Missouri Valley Conference opponents. The Dukes (1-1) will play Southern Illinois (2-0) at 4 p.m. Monday and Loyola-Chicago (2-0) at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Indiana Convention Center. Southern Illinois is...
Stoic WPIAL grad Amanda Kalin enjoys moment in the sun at Duquesne
By Amanda Kalin’s standards, it was an emotional outburst. I mean, the normally stoic Duquesne guard jumped up and down. Twice! On a buzzer-beating drive to the hoop against St. Francis on Wednesday, Kalin’s shot was batted right back into her hands. Undaunted, Kalin forced a second opportunity over 6-foot-4...
Former WPIAL hoop stars Kalin, Marisa come through in clutch for Duquesne, Penn State
Amanda Kalin and Makenna Marisa were exceptional talents when they played basketball in the WPIAL. They were all-around players who could shoot it, drive it and defend it — Kalin at Pine-Richland and Marisa at Peters Township. But they also had something else in common: They both were clutch. Their...
Duquesne cancels Friday’s game after 2 staff members test positive for covid-19
The Duquesne men’s basketball team will not play its game Friday against Winthrop at the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic in Louisville after two staff members tested positive for covid-19. The school will return to Pittsburgh on Friday and put its program on pause for an undetermined time period while players,...
Former Pitt guard Ryan Murphy transferring to Duquesne
Ryan Murphy, who spent last season leading Pitt in 3-point shooting before transferring, will enroll at Duquesne and join the basketball team as a graduate transfer, coach Keith Dambrot said Thursday night. Murphy will be eligible to join the team Dec. 11. After leaving Pitt, Murphy initially planned to go...
Duquesne men’s, women’s basketball moves 11 ‘home’ games off campus to La Roche
While waiting for renovation of the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse to be completed, Duquesne’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will move 11 Atlantic 10 games to La Roche University’s Kerr Fitness Center, 10 miles from campus. This will be the second consecutive season the Dukes will play most — it not...
Duquesne bounces back to defeat UNC Greensboro
Keith Dambrot had plenty of reasons to feel good about Duquesne’s 81-68 victory Wednesday night against UNC Greensboro in the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic in Louisville, Ky. Most important for the Dukes coach was how his players recovered from a lethargic, 10-point loss to Arkansas-Little Rock on Monday. After that...
Duquesne ‘running in mud’ while losing opener to Little Rock
Duquesne’s 76-66 loss to Arkansas-Little Rock in its season opener Monday was troubling, but coach Keith Dambrot saw it coming. “We just didn’t play very well,” he said on a conference call from Louisville, the site of the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic. “Doesn’t surprise me. We haven’t practiced particularly well....
Duquesne opens season Monday, will play three games in five days
Keith Dambrot welcomes back six players who played at least 25 minutes last season for Duquesne. That’s a strong base of experience, but if you think that gives Dambrot a cozy feeling, you don’t know Duquesne’s coach and you haven’t been paying attention the past eight months. In the midst...
Pieces in place for Duquesne women’s basketball team to make run
The Duquesne women’s basketball team possesses numerous characteristics of a contender: talent, experience, depth. And the Dukes have something else that could help them during an unprecedented season that’s at the mercy of covid-19. “We have eight health/science majors,” coach Dan Burt said. “When you have that much veteran experience...
Duquesne will play 3 games in 5 days in Louisville event
Duquesne’s men’s basketball schedule hasn’t been finalized, but the Dukes will play three games in five days in the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic at the University of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center. The games will be at 4 p.m. Nov. 30 against Little Rock, 1 p.m. Dec. 2 against UNC Greensboro...
Duquesne players counting on experience to guide them through tricky season
There’s nothing easy about life for college sports in 2020. Just look at the Pitt and Penn State football teams. Now college basketball is trying to launch amid the coronavirus pandemic. In the case of Duquesne, the pre-conference schedule is still being worked out. The UPMC Chuck Cooper Fieldhouse isn’t...
Ohio forward signs letter of intent, joins Duquesne’s 2021-22 recruiting class
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot received the first official commitment to his 2021-22 recruiting class Monday when Andy Barba, a 6-foot-6 forward from the International Sports (Ohio) Academy, signed his national letter of intent. Barba verbally committed to the Dukes last month. He attended Cleveland Benedictine High School before enrolling at...
Duquesne thinking big on the cusp of Keith Dambrot’s 4th season
When Duquesne’s Keith Dambrot found out his team was picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic 10, he didn’t know if he should be proud or angry. But it did make him think of his dad. “I’m honored to be picked fifth. I’m also disappointed to be picked fifth,” said...
Atlantic 10 basketball schedule gives Duquesne national TV exposure
Duquesne’s national profile may receive a boost this season, with six scheduled appearances on national television as part of the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 schedule released Wednesday. Four of those games will be at home, starting Jan. 5 against Davidson (CBSSN), followed by Fordham on Jan. 9 (NBCSN), Dayton on Feb....
Duquesne picked to finish 5th in Atlantic 10 preseason poll
When the basketball season opens Nov. 25, Duquesne will begin a quest to prove that Atlantic 10 coaches and media members underestimated its basketball team for the fourth consecutive year. The Dukes were picked to finish fifth in a poll of men’s basketball coaches and media, but Duquesne has exceeded...
Duquesne women picked by Atlantic 10 coaches to finish 4th in 2020-21 season
The Duquesne women’s basketball team was picked to finish in a tie for fourth with Davidson and Fordham in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll released Monday. The league’s head coaches voted in the poll, and Duquesne received one first-place vote. Duquesne’s Libby Bazelak and Lala Sole were named to the...
Keith Dambrot discusses Duquesne’s trip into Louisville’s mini-bubble event, LeBron James’ fourth title
On Nov. 5, 2019, the Duquesne Dukes were opening their season with a 94-67 win over Princeton. This year, they are just beginning to figure out their schedule. Hey, at least there is a schedule and there are games to play. That’s a start. With the way things have been...
Duquesne to open season in Louisville’s bubble against trio of strong teams
Duquesne will open its season by playing three 20-game winners from a year ago at the nine-team Wade Houston Tipoff Classic at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center. The Dukes will play North Carolina Greensboro on Nov. 29, Winthrop on Dec. 1 and Little Rock on Dec. 3. Game times will be...
Former Duquesne player Baylee Steele signs with Polish team
Former Duquesne player Baylee Steele, who averaged 8.9 points and 4.7 rebounds last season, signed to play for PGE Spojnia Stargard of the Polish Basketball League. Steele, a 6-foot-11 graduate senior for the Dukes last season, scored in double digits 12 times and hit 33 3-pointers. Steele played at Des...
Duquesne gets verbal commitment from 2021 Ohio guard
Fabian Lara uses the word “goofy” when describing Andy Barba, a shooting guard who is Duquesne’s first verbal commitment in the class of 2021. COMMITTED! ?? @DuqMBB pic.twitter.com/O8V7h7ZnPR— Andy Barba (@andybarba5) October 28, 2020 Barba, who plays at the International Sports Academy in Willoughby, Ohio, announced on Twitter his intention...
