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Keith Dambrot said he didn’t want to scream at his players. “At 62, that’s dangerous,” Duquesne’s coach said. “It’s not good for my health.” But he walked into the locker room at halftime Wednesday night with a message for his team when the Dukes looked to be on their way...

With Duquesne looking at a week break between games and two contests with conference opponents already postponed, the Atlantic 10 has moved the Dukes’ St. Bonaventure game to Saturday. The game, originally scheduled for March 3, will begin at 7 p.m. at La Roche’s Kerr Fitness Center and will be...

When Keith Dambrot played infield for the Akron Zips, he set a school record for getting hit by pitches. Which, to his way of thinking, toughened him for any hits he’s taken as Duquesne’s basketball coach. “I got hit with 18 pitches in one year, and I just got hit...

Moon point guard Reilly Sunday, who’s sidelined this basketball season with a knee injury, committed Tuesday to Duquesne. She announced her decision on Twitter. The 5-foot-10 guard would’ve been one of the WPIAL’s top juniors this season. Sunday was a 21-point scorer last season as a sophomore when Moon reached...

Duquesne sophomore guard Maceo Austin rejoined his teammates at practice Sunday after missing the past three games while taking a leave of absence for personal reasons, coach Keith Dambrot said. “We are glad to have him back,” Dambrot said. “It means a lot.” Austin probably won’t play Wednesday against Rhode...

Perhaps to maintain his sanity and to ensure his players understand that the season is far from finished, Keith Dambrot found some little victories Friday night inside the big picture. Duquesne’s 62-48 road loss to St. Bonaventure is what matters most, however. The Dukes have lost two in a row...

The 2020-21 season was supposed to be a step forward for the Duquesne men’s basketball program (3-4). That hope was largely based on the premise that they had a great deal of upperclass returning talent and experience. Well, it started that way. But so much for that idea, just seven...

Let’s examine the state of the Duquesne basketball team through seven games after a 72-63 loss at Dayton on Wednesday night. • The Dukes (3-4, 2-3 Atlantic 10) can’t shoot well enough or find others enough open shots. The result is an unacceptable 34.8 shooting percentage over the past three...

Duquesne will have a new Duquesne Duke mascot to greet athletes and fans when it moves the athletic department into UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse this year. The university’s athletic department introduced the mascot on its Twitter account. Behind the design. @changeupinc • #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/NQ95L0KN8N— Duquesne Athletics (@GoDuquesne) January 13, 2021 The...

Duquesne has reached a point in this covid-ravaged season of upheaval where coach Keith Dambrot hopes to set aside what has gone before it and focus on the future. Most of the team tested positive for covid-19 at one point or another, but Dambrot said Tuesday all results have been...

Several Duquesne players knelt, others stood while the national anthem was played before the game against Fordham at La Roche University on Saturday. Coach Keith Dambrot said he respects both points of view. “I believe in the First Amendment. I believe in people’s right for choice,” he said. “I understand...

After missing what would have been his 64th start in less than three seasons Saturday, Duquesne junior point guard Sincere Carry is planning to transfer, a source told the Tribune-Review. Carry has been one of the team’s most important players for the past two seasons, plus the first five games...

Keith Dambrot has experienced a variety of emotions in what might be the strangest week of his 23-year coaching career. His Duquesne team lost two of its past three games, barely salvaging a 48-45 victory against Fordham on Saturday at La Roche University. Yet, the dominant issue six games into...

Duquesne is playing short-handed Saturday afternoon against Fordham after starting guards Sincere Carry and Maceo Austin left the team. It is not clear if the players’ absences are permanent. A Duquesne spokesman said Carry “has decided to take time away from the program.” Austin has “stepped away for personal reasons,”...

Duquesne’s men’s basketball team will appear on an ESPN network for the first time in more than four years Jan. 15 when the Dukes travel to St. Bonaventure. The game, originally scheduled for Jan. 16, will be televised on ESPN2 and will be part of the A-10 Friday Night Showcase....

If he was prone to making excuses and covering up for his team’s problems, Keith Dambrot could have blamed fatigue and a crowded schedule for Duquesne’s 61-48 loss to Davidson on Tuesday night. After shedding the cloak of covid-19 that canceled or postponed multiple practices and games last month, the...

After starting the first four games and averaging the fourth-most minutes on the team, Duquesne junior guard Lamar Norman Jr. has decided to transfer. He announced his decision on Twitter about two hours before the Dukes were scheduled to play Davidson on Tuesday at La Roche. i would like to...

For an instant, Duquesne appeared to have a difficult victory nailed down Sunday against George Washington. But that instant lasted no more than a second or two, and the Dukes were forced to shoulder a 75-73 defeat in the second of two games in two days at the Charles E....

Even after a month of covid-related inactivity, no one should be surprised Duquesne defeated George Washington, 75-63, on Saturday in its first game since Dec. 2. There is experience in the starting lineup and depth on the bench, a fact proven by 43 points from four players who didn’t start....

In a normal season, Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot would welcome the presence of four players who already have earned their college degrees. Marcus Weathers, Michael Hughes, Tavian Dunn-Martin and Pitt transfer Ryan Murphy can be mentors for young players and important liaisons between the locker room and the coach’s office....

For the first time in the 105-year history of the Duquesne men’s basketball program, the Dukes will face the same opponent on consecutive days this weekend. After a regularly scheduled game at George Washington at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Duquesne will stay in Washington to pick up another game against the...

Duquesne’s misfortune with the coronavirus continued Wednesday morning when Saint Louis postponed its game with the Dukes after a covid-19 outbreak within the Billikens team. The Atlantic 10 opener for both teams, scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Wednesday, is the Dukes’ fifth that has been canceled or postponed...

Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot doesn’t need to guess how his players touched by the coronavirus are coping and recovering. “You look in their eyes, and you can see they’ve been sick,” he said. “It’s not like anything I’ve seen before. It takes them two, three days to even resemble themselves...

The basketball coach who has lived inside Keith Dambrot for the better part of four decades says his team needs to practice. But the human side of Duquesne’s coach seized control during what has been a turbulent, covid-ravaged month of December. With all but three of 18 players testing positive...