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Duquesne men’s basketball team loses 7th in row

Duquesne’s basketball woes just keep continuing. Even without its leading scorer and rebounder, VCU survived the reeling Dukes’ challenge Saturday and handed them their seventh consecutive loss, a 71-62 decision at Siegel Center in Richmond, Va., behind Hason Ward’s 13 points and 10 rebounds. “They tried hard,” Duquesne coach Keith...
Duquesne’s losing streak reaches 6 in loss to Richmond

The losses hurt so bad that Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot made a confession Tuesday night during his 20-minute postgame chat with reporters. “There are a lot of days I feel like eating this microphone,” he said. That was after the Dukes were swallowed up by Richmond in the second half...
Duquesne men suffer 5th straight loss, falling at home to Saint Louis

Hushed, composed and humble, Keith Dambrot met his detractors head-on. It was as good a time as any for Duquesne’s fifth-year men’s basketball coach to reflect on the past and wonder what might be down the road. Dambrot, in the aftermath of a blowout loss at home, was searching for...
Keith Dambrot stands by rebuild of Duquesne roster while noting it was ‘risky business’

The clock read 3:30 Thursday morning when Keith Dambrot finally dragged himself and Duquesne’s four-game losing streak into bed. This, after a 72-61 loss at St. Joseph’s and a six-hour bus ride home (routine for most Atlantic 10 teams traveling from Philadelphia). Dambrot’s fifth season as the steward of Duquesne’s...
Duquesne displays effort, but fades late in loss at St. Joseph’s

Duquesne’s 72-61 loss to St. Joseph’s on Wednesday night offered evidence of the players’ effort, but it also showed the Dukes’ rebuilt lineup has a long way to go before it can contend in the Atlantic 10. “We’re just not cohesive enough as a group, physically, mentally and relationship-wise,” coach...
Duquesne rallies in 2nd half but falls to St. Bonaventure

When a coach becomes accustomed to winning, accepting defeat is like swallowing bitter medicine. But Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot said after the Dukes’ 64-56 loss to St. Bonaventure on Friday night at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse that his team made important strides toward becoming a better team. Maybe not a good...
Keith Dambrot embraces challenge of rebuilding Duquesne

Keith Dambrot understands the gravity of the situation at Duquesne, but he vows to keep fighting. “This dog ain’t going to quit,” he said. The Dukes are 6-9 (1-2 in the Atlantic 10) and losers of two in a row. Most recently, they lost to Fordham by one point in...
Duquesne basketball looking to seize a 2nd chance on a big stage at home

Not much had gone according to plan for the Duquesne men’s basketball team (6-9) as the Atlantic 10 conference schedule approached. Coronavirus ran through the team right before the holidays. The whole conference endured a wave of postponements and rescheduled games. And a big chunk of the frontcourt — Tre...
Schedule changes give Duquesne 4 games in 8 days next month

Atlantic 10 schedule changes will create a busy week for the Duquesne men’s basketball team next month. Two of the three games postponed by covid complications earlier this season will be played over three days, giving the Dukes four games in eight days. After a regularly scheduled matchup against Fordham...
Plum grad Shannon Small fine-tuning her game for Duquesne women’s bowling team

At this stage in her life as a bowler, Shannon Small isn’t likely to make a quantum leap in her game. For someone who averaged 223 during her senior year at Plum, the ceiling isn’t far away. Now, it’s more about fine-tuning and adapting to the rigors of competing at...
Dayton uses size advantage to top Duquesne in Atlantic 10 matchup

The mystifying transfer portal’s impact on college sports was on full display at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Saturday as Duquesne and Dayton brought their overhauled basketball lineups to the court for a renewal of a long and storied series. Dayton is ranked dead-last among 358 Division I teams in KenPom.com’s...
Keith Dambrot navigates new Dukes through rough start to season

Consider the misfortune that has struck Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot in the past three months: • The day Dambrot turned 63 — two weeks before the Dukes’ first game — his father, Sidney, died at the age of 90. Sidney Dambrot played on Duquesne’s great teams of the 1950s, and...
Fordham sinks Duquesne on last-second layup

In one moment, Duquesne was hoping for another tight victory — its fourth win in a row — but in the next, the Dukes were walking away with another tight loss. Fordham ended a six-game losing streak to Duquesne in men’s basketball Wednesday night, rallying from a 13-point, first-half deficit...
After 19-day layoff, Duquesne rallies past UMass in Atlantic 10 opener

It didn’t start the way they’d have liked, but the Duquesne Dukes loved the way their Atlantic 10 men’s basketball opener finished at Massachusetts. The Dukes shook off the rust from a 19-day layoff and overcame a 12-point, first-half deficit Saturday to beat the Minutemen, 78-74, behind a combined 48...
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot, staff, players recovering from covid

When he pushes his team through practice, Keith Dambrot likes to get close to the players while they run up and down the court. He wants them to know when he is irritated and when he is pleased, and that can’t happen from a chair on the sideline. It’s the...
Duquesne’s 4th consecutive game called off over covid concerns

Covid interruptions continue to plague Duquesne’s men’s basketball program after its fourth consecutive game — Wednesday against George Washington at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse — was called off Monday by Atlantic 10 officials. The game was postponed due to covid protocols within the George Washington program. Duquesne’s nonconference game against...

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