Joe Starkey: 10 minutes with 2 WPIAL coaching legends — Danny Holzer and Tim McConnell
Tim McConnell couldn’t remember how many WPIAL titles he’d won on the grounds of Duquesne, back when they played the championship games at Palumbo Center. “I’m not sure, maybe four or five,” he said. That’s how much winning the man did. He couldn’t even peg the exact amount! And the...
Next generation of Flenory family, 14, opening eyes as college basketball prospectVideo
Another flashy Flenory is developing deep in the heart of Texas. And it’s reverberating all the way back to Pittsburgh. Grandpap is majorly excited about the future of his grandson, and if you’re familiar with Baron “B.B” Flenory’s enthusiasm for the sport of basketball, you get what it means. In...
Duquesne’s Tarence Guinyard named to all-region 2nd team
Fresh off a berth on the all-Atlantic 10 first team, Duquesne’s Tarence Guinyard has collected another postseason honor. The senior point guard transfer from UT Martin on Tuesday was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Mid Atlantic Region second team. West Virginia senior guard Honor Huff earned...
Duquesne football hires new defensive coordinator
Duquesne has named Bill Nesselt defensive coordinator, succeeding Mickey Jacobs, who resigned to take over as linebackers coach at Connecticut. Nesselt, a former Massachusetts defensive lineman, previously served as Albany’s associate head coach and defensive coordinator under former Albany coach Greg Gattuso, who returned to Duquesne as coach Jerry Schmitt’s...
Duquesne men not selected for NIT
Five Atlantic 10 teams — Dayton, Davidson, George Mason, George Washington and Saint Joseph’s — made the NIT cut Sunday night. Duquesne, another one, didn’t. Despite the A-10’s push for the Dukes’ inclusion in college basketball’s second-fiddle tournament, the National Invitation Tournament selection committee didn’t see it that way. With...
Tim Benz: VCU hoping to benefit from Pittsburgh pixie dust after A-10 Tournament winVideo
The coach from Philadelphia, whose team wears black and gold, beat the Flyers (with a guy named L’Etang) at PPG Paints Arena to win a basketball championship. A lot of that fails to compute, right? But there was no such confusion as to how coach Phil Martelli Jr. and his...
A-10 Tournament notebook: Duquesne’s Dru Joyce III hopes team gets NIT call
Duquesne is among a handful of teams the Atlantic 10 is pushing for inclusion into the National Invitation Tournament’s 32-team field, which will be revealed Sunday night. Coach Dru Joyce III welcomes the opportunity. “I haven’t talked to the players, but I spoke to each of our coaches, individually, and...
Tim Benz: Duquesne just missed the mesh point in Atlantic 10 tournament loss to VCU
Duquesne head coach Dru Joyce III talked about it after his team’s final road game of the year, a 64-52 loss at Rhode Island. The Dukes’ defense held URI to just 9 of 25 shooting from the floor (1 of 11 from the 3-point arc) and 19 points in the...
Duquesne’s run in Atlantic 10 Tournament ends with quarterfinal loss to VCU
There were more than a few Duquesne championship T-shirts rocking Friday’s crowd at PPG Paints Arena for the Dukes’ Atlantic 10 Tournament quarterfinal against VCU. The Uptown school’s basketball fans remember 2024 well, a year when their men’s team finally returned to the top of the Atlantic 10. Duquesne’s opponent...
A-10 commissioner happy to have tournament back in Pittsburgh where it started
Fifty years after launching the league’s first men’s basketball tournament in Pittsburgh, the ongoing Atlantic 10 championships again have been a success this week at PPG Paints Arena, according to conference commissioner Bernadette McGlade. All 14 A-10 teams were in town this week, with the championship game set for 1...
Tim Benz: Crucial 2nd-half decision, critical execution help Duquesne stay alive in A-10
It was clear that things were starting to wobble for the Duquesne Dukes in their second-round Atlantic 10 Tournament game Thursday at PPG Paints Arena. And it was clear why. A second-half lead over Rhode Island that was once 12 points had been cut in half with just over six...
Duquesne wins at PPG Paints Arena, moves on in Atlantic 10 tourney
Duquesne’s Dru Joyce III glanced at two of his players sitting side-by-side just a few feet away. His eyes opened wide as he raised his brow and offered up a half-smile. Had his message finally sunk in? “We’ve grown a ton. We’ve definitely picked it up on the defensive end,”...
Tim Benz: Coaching for an A-10 title in Pittsburgh will be special in many ways for Pitt alum Ricardo Greer
Shortly after Davidson’s R.J. Greer checked into a game at Dayton on Feb. 15, he rotated toward the opposing bench during an offensive sequence. One of the Dayton coaches was quick to yell out to his players on defense to track him into the corner. The Flyers’ coach didn’t need...
David Dixon nears end of momentous Duquesne career
He will take over as the school’s all-time men’s basketball leader in games played with 128 when No. 7 seed Duquesne opens play in the Atlantic 10 Tournament on Thursday against No. 10 Rhode Island at PPG Paints Arena. But there’s more. Much more. As in a lot. And some...
Fans storm into town as A-10 Tournament commences; Duquesne highlights Day 2 slate
Cellphones blared in unison Wednesday in a postgame interview session during the first day of the Atlantic 10 men’s basketball tournament at PPG Paints Arena. The disruption occurred in mid-sentence of St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt’s reference to former golfing great Jack Nicklaus while Schmidt was attempting to illustrate a...
Duquesne’s Tarence Guinyard earns first-team Atlantic 10 honors
Duquesne senior guard Tarence Guinyard has earned another first-team honor. Guinyard on Wednesday was named to the all-Atlantic 10 Conference first team, the first Dukes player to accomplish the feat since Damian Saunders in 2010, a span of 16 seasons. The award comes a year after Guinyard earned first-team honors...
