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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...
Source: Duquesne basketball player tests positive for covid-19
The Duquesne men’s basketball team has limited its preseason workouts to individual drills after one player tested positive early last week for covid-19, a source told the Tribune-Review. That unidentified player has been quarantined, but the remainder of the team and staff tested negative for the coronavirus. Duquesne also shut...
Pittsburgh has appeal to NCAA in hosting events
Why does the NCAA keep coming back to Pittsburgh host events? Simple. “Pittsburgh is a college town,” mayor Bill Peduto said during a video conference call Thursday. “The city itself is home to seven universities, and the greater region is home to dozens. Pittsburgh is a sports town. And the...
Duquesne, PPG Paints Arena chosen to serve as hosts of 2024 NCAA Tournament
Duquesne is getting accustomed to sitting in the NCAA Basketball Tournament spotlight. The NCAA chose Duquesne on Wednesday to host the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship first- and second-round games. The event will mark the seventh time since 1997 Duquesne has hosted tournament games, including the previously announced 2022 first...
Duquesne plans Thanksgiving trip to Louisville bubble for 5-game basketball event
Duquesne signed a commitment letter to travel Louisville over the Thanksgiving holiday, live in a bubble for about 10 days and play five nonconference basketball games. The multiteam event, known as an MTE, can begin Nov. 25, the first day the NCAA allows teams to start their seasons. “It’s probably...
First Call: Tight ends will be big in Steelers vs. Eagles. Cole vs. Glasnow in Game 5.
Friday’s “First Call” looks at a key matchup in Sunday’s Steelers-Eagles game. The Steelers defensive front gets some high first-quarter grades. Robert Morris hockey has found a special story and a special skater. And the Duquesne Dukes may be part of an Atlantic 10 renaissance. Tale of the tight ends...
First Call: JuJu’s ‘cringeworthy’ quote, some Steelers not happy about schedule shuffleVideo
Friday’s “First Call” gives us some sassy Pittsburgh Steelers who are speaking out about the NFL’s schedule change. An ex-Steeler is surprised about JuJu Smith-Schuster’s quarterback comments. Duquesne basketball is getting some love. And a stroll down Pirates memory lane. Bye-bye, bye Some of the Steelers are less than thrilled...
Duquesne continues to work on nonconference basketball schedule after Mountain West cancellation
After the postponement of The Atlantic 10/Mountain West Conference Challenge because of covid-19 concerns, Duquesne’s game in that series at Wyoming has been canceled. The series was scheduled to begin in December, but the games will be rescheduled for the 2021-22 season, according to the conferences’ mutual agreement. The parameters...
NCAA sets Nov. 25 start date for men’s, women’s basketballVideo
The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season will begin Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving. The Division I Council voted Wednesday to push the start date back from the originally scheduled Nov. 10 as one of several precautions against the spread of coronavirus. The later start date coincides with the...
Former Imani Christian receiver RJ Hart transfers from Ball State to Duquesne
After entering the transfer portal earlier this week, former Imani Christian wide receiver RJ Hart announced his transfer from Ball State to Duquesne on Thursday. New Beginnings ?? pic.twitter.com/eeH1vJN1p7— Rahmon Hart Jr. (@_rjhart) August 27, 2020 The talented 6-foot-1, 222-pound wide out received interest from a few different schools after...
‘Burgh’s Best to Wear It, No. 15: Chuck Cooper helped break NBA’s racial barrier
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 15: Chuck Cooper Eye-popping statistics weren’t the reason Chuck Cooper finally earned his place in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019....
‘Burgh’s best to wear it, No. 22: Andrew McCutchen taught Pirates how to win
The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number. No. 22: Andrew McCutchen Andrew McCutchen will be remembered for many achievements in his nine seasons in Pittsburgh: swinging a reliable bat, stealing bases, running...
Duquesne hopes to play football but remains cautious
In the wake of the Northeast Conference postponing the start of its fall sports seasons amidst the covid-19 pandemic, Duquesne is taking a patient and cautious approach in regards to its football and women’s bowling teams, associate members of the conference. “We are continuing to monitor all the health data...
Atlantic 10 makes slight alteration to Duquesne’s men’s basketball schedule
For the first time in five years, there will be a new school among the Duquesne men’s basketball team’s Atlantic 10 home-and-home opponents. The Atlantic 10, which will celebrate its 45th anniversary, released its 2020-21 schedule pairings Thursday, with Davidson replacing Saint Louis as one of the Dukes’ five two-time...
Northeast Conference postpones fall sports, including Duquesne, St. Francis football
The Northeast Conference, which counts Duquesne and St. Francis among its football members, has postponed fall sports. The league, which had previously announced a delay for fall sports until Sept. 10, made the announcement Wednesday evening. The NEC said it would meet by Oct. 1 to “evaluate the public health...
Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot ‘having a difficult time’ finishing schedule, swallowing loss of City Game
Pro sports and college football coaches are dealing with the pitfalls of trying to launch a season during the coronavirus outbreak. So are college basketball coaches. But they are also doing so while still coping with the premature ending to their previous seasons as a result of the same pandemic....
Atlantic 10 postponement of fall sports affects 9 Duquesne teams
When she was the 23-year-old women’s basketball coach at Georgia Tech, Bernie McGlade’s concerns were simple: • Zone over man-to-man defense? • Who will be the point guard? • What time does the bus leave? Today, in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, Bernadette V. McGlade is entering her 13th...
Center James Ellis leaves Duquesne for Tallahassee CC
James Ellis, who came to Duquesne from Westinghouse in 2018 as a promising 6-foot-11 prospect, transferred to Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College. Tallahassee coach Zach Settembre welcomed Ellis to his new school Friday on Twitter. Welcome to the @TCCEagles family, James Ellis! @JamesEllis_1 comes to @TCCeaglesMBB from @DuqMBB and Pittsburgh, PA....
Duquesne’s Baylee Steele signs pro contract with Polish team
Baylee Steele’s basketball career that has taken him to four states and four schools, including Duquesne, will journey overseas next season after signing a professional contract with PGE Spojnia Stargard of the Polish Basketball League. In his lone season at Duquesne in 2019-20, the 6-foot-11 Steele averaged 8.9 points, 4.7...
Trailblazing Duquesne star Jim Tucker dies at 87Video
If not for the Jim Crow laws in Kentucky in the 1950s, Jim Tucker might have been the first black basketball player at Kentucky. Instead, legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp recommended Tucker to his friend, Duquesne coach Chick Davies. And a year after Duquesne’s Chuck Cooper became the first African-American...
Pitt, Penn State, Duquesne athletes beat national averages in classroom progress
Student-athletes from Penn State, Pitt and Duquesne surpassed national averages in academic progress over the past four years, according to data released Tuesday by the NCAA. At Penn State, a school-record 20 teams earned perfect APR scores of 1,000 during the 2018-19 academic year, an increase of seven from the...
