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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...
Duquesne-George Mason men’s basketball game postponed

For the second time in as many days, the Duquesne men’s basketball team had a game postponed. The Atlantic 10 announced the Dukes game against George Mason, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed because of covid-19 protocols within the Duquesne program. The game will be rescheduled. George Mason will instead...
Duquesne-Davidson men’s basketball game postponed

The Duquesne men’s basketball team’s game against Davidson, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed due to covid-19 issues, the Atlantic 10 Conference announced Tuesday. The Dukes’ final nonconference game against Wofford was canceled last week, also for covid issues within the Duquesne program. Duquesne (5-7) has won two straight games...
Duquesne’s Tess Myers displaying similar skills to a former Dukes basketball player, her father

Another Myers is at it again at Duquesne. Did someone say “Sonar?” Reminiscent of another era when Burrell’s own Joey “Sonar” Myers would heat up from long range for the Dukes men’s basketball team, daughter Tess flashed a little “Sonar” of her own some 40 years later in a recent...
Duquesne cancels final nonconference game amid covid complications

Duquesne revisited the misery of the 2020-21 season Wednesday when its game against Wofford, set to tip off at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, was canceled because of covid complications on its team. It was the first cancellation of 2021-2022 for the Dukes (5-7), who played only 18 games last season...
Duquesne rolls past UC Irvine in LeBron James’ high school gym

AKRON, Ohio — Somewhere, “King James” probably was smiling. Some 6 hours to the west, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were preparing to play an NBA game Sunday night in Chicago against the Bulls, while at his old high school stomping grounds, James’ former coach at St. Vincent-St....
Strength of bond between Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot, LeBron James on display from Ohio to Oregon

Whenever Keith Dambrot is on the subject of basketball, he’s bound to throw out an occasional LeBron James reference. In the days leading up to this weekend, Dambrot was uttering the NBA superstar’s name a bit more often as he prepared his Duquesne Dukes to face UC Irvine on Sunday...
Freshman guides Duquesne to victory in final seconds

Upon entering UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, an air of anticipation was everywhere Saturday. Duquesne fans — a sparse crowd, no less — were wondering how their beloved and longsuffering Dukes would respond against New Hampshire following a third consecutive loss, a 20-point beatdown at DePaul four days earlier. “We were OK...
Javon Freeman-Liberty leads DePaul over Duquesne

CHICAGO — Javon Freeman-Liberty had 26 points as DePaul cruised past Duquesne, 87-67, on Tuesday night. Brandon Johnson and Nick Ongenda both had 13 points for the Blue Demons (7-1). Philmon Gebrewhit added 11 points. Tre Williams had 17 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks and three assists for the Dukes...
Marshall gets past Duquesne on late shotVideo

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Andrew Taylor made a 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to lift Marshall to a 72-71 win over Duquesne on Saturday night. On the next possession for the Dukes, Amir Spears missed a layup, allowing the Thundering Herd to hang on for the victory. Taevion Kinsey had 21...
Duquesne stumbles late, loses to Bowling Green

For 13 seasons, Keith Dambrot’s basketball teams at Akron were fed a steady diet of Mid-American Conference opponents, among them Bowling Green — indeed, no stranger to Duquesne’s fifth-year coach. On Wednesday night, Bowling Green was Duquesne’s opposition at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, where Dambrot was facing his first MAC opponent...

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