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Voice of the Dukes at the Civic Arena -- Bilgy, Friday, September 04, 12:46:59pm
I remember Art McKennon, voice of the Pirates at Forbes Field, was also the voice of the Dukes at the Civic Arena. Art was the public address announcer at all the Dukes games that I attended. Art spoke clearly and was not a screamer like many announcers of today (I think Ed McMahon started the screaming trend when he introduced Johnny Carson). The announcer at the Pitt Field House was the Pitt announcer who did their basketball and football games. I read that Art was hired by the Pirates in 1923. Not sure if he had another assignment with the Pirates when he was not announcing a game.

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- Art was a class act and a great Dukes fan. I remember well how after he became severely ill he would still attend Dukes games by being wheeled in on a gurney and being propped up in the end zone so he could see the action. Talk about dedicated to the Dukes!!!! (NT) -- VBC, Friday, September 04, 01:21:26pm
- Art was the greatest PA announcer Ive ever heard -- stew, Saturday, September 05, 04:59:26am
- Favorite memory of ART after a Norman Nixon break away, " Norman Nixon goes COAST TO COAST!" (NT) -- philldogg, Saturday, September 05, 01:25:21pm
Some Ramblings -- CLK, Tuesday, September 01, 06:56:52pm
1) Good to see some old friends posting here again. As Duq81 said this is going to be a fun place this year.

2) We need a face lift. If anyone has any links to DU pictures they would like to see for the top of the Borad let us know. Any other ideas welcome for consideration.

3) While I respect the opinions and passion of some of my old friends on moving the Pitt game to Mellon, put me in the camp of don't care let's just kick their butts. Actually it works well for us out of towners as the game will be on CBS Sports. I actually look at this as one of those pivitol points in history. I have long thought that when we lost in the first round of the Steel Bowl in 72 (or was it 71) and did not get to play UCLA that that was the beginning of Pitt's rise and our decline. Now that Jupiter aligns with Mars, and the moon and the stars line up it is time to beat Pitt in Mellow and reverse the curse. Ok I know...just a thought.

4) Anybody heard anything on recruiting? It looks like we are still recruiting another point guard and small forward from what I can see. Don't worry about the math.

5)What is up with the Rivals site? Their data base has gone dark as if DU is no longer in their system.

6) I am excited about this season. We have a strong group of core players. If we can get one or more of our big guys (Rodrigo, Williams,or Ollie) to step up and give us strong minutes this could be a very special year. I think Bill Clark will be THE Man this year.

Go Dukes

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- The UCLA game was actually in December of 1970, and it indeed signalled that Pitt would no longer be a doormat. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, September 01, 10:00:39pm
  - Thanks. That is what I meant by being a pivitol point. Now it is time for Duquesne to prove we will no longer be Pitt's doormat. (NT) -- CLK, Wednesday, September 02, 12:58:12pm
- The game will not be on CBS. It will be on CBS College Sports, that's the former College Sports TV channel now owned by CBS that is not on most cable systems. I have Comcast Digital and I get a zillion stations but not that one. If you get it as part of your cable package in Florida you are part of a distinct minority nationwide. (NT) -- Paddy, Wednesday, September 02, 09:01:08am
  - And the game was going to be on CBS Sports TV whether is would be played at Palumbo or Mellon so the move has no bearing on that. -- Paddy, Wednesday, September 02, 09:05:55am
    - You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but I think the jury is still out on if it was a good decision or bad decision. If we kick their butts, as I expect we will, this could be a big boost for our Program with the increased exposure. I listened to the press conference, and Ron said he and the players were excited about this opportunity. In any event it is a done deal, and time to move on and get behind this team and believe this is our year to shine. GO DUKES (NT) -- CLK, Wednesday, September 02, 12:23:40pm
      - My last post on the subject. I love how when people agree with a decision, they tell the people that don't agree with it "That it is time to move on and support the team." (NT) -- A83, Wednesday, September 02, 12:54:18pm
        
        Sorry, did not mean have my positive post upset you, or to suggest that others not express their opinions on this subject. I just have a different view of this opportunity. (NT) -- CLK, Wednesday, September 02, 01:22:34pm
        
        No, it came off sounding more negative than I meant it. That goes for decisions in all walks of life. (NT) -- A83, Wednesday, September 02, 03:00:57pm
  - Verizon Fios has it in their basic cable package. I never watch it though. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, September 02, 09:21:17am
  - I do get CBS College Sports. (NT) -- CLK, Wednesday, September 02, 12:10:03pm
- Howdy CLK. Re rivals - looks like a system upgrade, suggest contact Patrick Herward. Now that game is at the Arena (better for me than Mellon since I still think Civic) perhaps the successes of the 60s and 70s will smile on the Dukes. First year (61-62) Dukes were ranked as high as 3rd, ended up 17th after losing in semis and consolation at NIT. (NT) -- DUden, Wednesday, September 02, 12:21:28pm
  - Hey Den, I am thinking the same thing buddy. I remember when we were juniors and beat Austin Carr and Notre Dame in front of a packed Civic A. I believe we will see those days again soon. (NT) -- CLK, Wednesday, September 02, 12:29:35pm
    - My memory is us getting to OT because Carr double dribled when caught in trap around half court, which fulfilled my hope and mental wish for him to do just that. (NT) -- D, Wednesday, September 02, 02:40:53pm
    - I have considered the Dukes' January 18, 1971 overtime win (81-78) over Notre Dame at the Civic Arena to be the the most exciting Duquesne game I witnessed. The Dukes held Carr to a mere 32 pts. that game - nearly 6 below his 37.9 pt. average for the '70-'71 season. On Jan. 23, 1971, Carr scored 46 pts. & Notre Dame defeated #1-ranked UCLA 89-82. On Duquesne's campus could be heard the chant, "We beat the team that beat #1." The Dukes' played Notre Dame 7 times from 1970 -1995, winning 5 and losing 2. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Wednesday, September 02, 08:31:18pm
- The real decline came when Ed Searcy and Kinsey(sp?) left and Mickey Davis quit school and left the Dukes with 7 players but still Dukes managed 20-5 thanks to a soft home schedule, Nit snubbed due to Dave Roddy eligibility issue. Despite Slick's talent and a NBA first rounder choice, Red mostly recruited local kids, and we became mediocre. I was they to watch it,sadly. One Red missed was Mooney Knight, Braddock Coach Zezza once told me he advised Manning to take Carl Morris and Billy would follow the next year, he didn't and PITT did. (NT) -- philldogg, Thursday, September 03, 11:23:05am
  - Can you imagine Knight and Billingy together? (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, September 03, 06:42:30pm
    - It could have been, I think by then Mossie lost his recruiting clout and Dukes were looking at NYC players, Zezza just shook his head as he told me the story one evening at the Mt Royal Village Dairy next to the old Shaler High where he was coaching BB at time. (NT) -- philldogg, Friday, September 04, 11:04:15am
Red and Blue Crew Update -- Reg's Boi, Wednesday, September 02, 05:56:31pm
I thought we could all use a little positive message on here. Today, the Red and Blue Crew had a table at the annual Duquesne Expo. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Expo, I'll explain. Every University organization on campus gets a table set up on A-walk (frats, marching band, Crew, etc). All students (especially freshmen) can get information about joining an organization. Well, I am glad to report that we had at least 100 students (most likely more) stop by the table willing to sign up in just a 3 hour span. Even more encouraging was the number of students I heard say "Great! I was LOOKING for the Crew table." Some students came back with a friend and got their friend to sign up. Now I know 100 may not seem like a lot, but for the first day it sure is awesome! More importantly, word about us is getting out.

To put this in perspective: last year we had maybe 20 students sign up at the Expo.

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- hopefully we'll get a nice turnout for the opener before thanksgiving break. but we can't really get a vibe on student interest until the A10 starts up (NT) -- goduquesne12, Wednesday, September 02, 09:00:38pm
- Reg's Boi, that is GREAT news! All of the hard work and efforts put into the Red and Blue Crew by yourself, the current (and especially the past) R & BC officers is really paying off. A couple of back to back winning seasons and an NIT appearance sure helps too. Keep up the great work and hope to see the results in the bleachers on November 13th and throughout the season! (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Wednesday, September 02, 09:55:57pm
- My little brother found someone to get him signed up during one of the first two days of orientation... so looks good! Part of me would rather start with 100 rabid students and build than have 200 who sit on their hands. (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, September 03, 11:43:52am
- excellent work--dukes should be 6-0 coming into this game(with one of those wins on the road at iowa)--the excitement will build -- c, Thursday, September 03, 06:56:14pm
- Good job Boi. You must come from a dedicated family!! (NT) -- kenOTR73, Thursday, September 03, 07:46:07pm
Dukes vs Pitt Tickets! -- Phoenix Rising, Wednesday, September 02, 03:28:03pm
Tickets Go on Sale September 8th.

Game Ticket Prices are as follows:
Level A, B or C - $26.25 each (Game ticket only)
Level C or D - $15.75 each (Game ticket only)
NOTE: You will not be able to select specific seats, only sections. Tickets will be mailed as orders are received.

Join us on campus for a Pre-Game Party featuring a "Pittsburgh Buffet" before
heading over to Mellon Arena for the game.
Pre-Game Buffet Only - $20.00 each
(Does not include game ticket)

Click HERE to view additional details on the MyDuquesne website.

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- Do you need have established your alumni account prior to this? I keep getting errors using their number. We need to buy as many as possible. And no Pitt fans!!!! (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, September 02, 03:39:26pm
  - nevermind, I got it. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, September 02, 04:30:14pm
- amen. no excuses on why we can't get fans in the building. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Wednesday, September 02, 05:45:55pm
  - Do I have a guaranteed seat with my season ticket package? (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Wednesday, September 02, 07:04:52pm
    - Your season ticket includes 1 exhibition game, 6 OOC games, and 8 A-10 Conference games at the Palumbo and the Pitt game at the Arena. Note that season ticket purchasers will soon be receiving a letter about purchasing extra tickets for the Dukes's game against Pitt. This info comes from the Duquesne Ticket Office. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Wednesday, September 02, 09:22:47pm
      - Thanks "Always a Duke." (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Thursday, September 03, 04:22:52pm
- Not sure if this is the proper thread to put this. PLEASE DON"T make the assumption that future Pitt - DU games in which Pitt is the home teram will be played at the new arena. Pitt will be monitoring the revenue side of the equation and if it doesn't work for them they will "Persuade" DU to play at the "Pete". (NT) -- Abdul Rahman, Wednesday, September 02, 07:20:29pm
  - if that happens then that must leave the door open for us to get out of the deal also. If DU fixes up the AJP, there is no reason not to play the games there. (NT) -- thomas, Thursday, September 03, 10:17:02am
- Today, as a season ticket holder, I received an application for EXTRA TICKETS to THE DUKES' GAME with PITT. I called the Dukes' Ticket Office and was told that the extra tickets requested by season ticket holders would be for better seats than those sold to the general public. The Dukes' season tickets holders will be seated in the East Igloo Section of the Arena; the Pitt season ticket holders will be seated in the West Igloo Section. These sections are between the free throw lines. The Dukes keep all the revenue from ticket sales minus expenses, such as Arena rental. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Thursday, September 03, 04:38:51pm
  - I got my application too and already mailed it back in...anyone know what games are included in the six pack this year...got some friends that are interested...also, i just got my swag from the refer a person for season tix and its awesome..a golf shirt and windbreaker!! (NT) -- c, Thursday, September 03, 06:53:46pm
Venue for the City Game -- Bilgy, Thursday, September 03, 11:07:41am
I believe that the City Game will be played at the new Consol Arena on a permanent basis. Teams no longer host BCS schools in small facilities. Last year, Valpo hosted UNC at Chicago's United Center. A few years ago, Portland hosted Duke at the arena where the Trailblazers play. Our Philly cousins play BCS schools at the Comcast Center. Also, as Duquesne improves, and becomes a consistent tournament team, I think they will host WVU at Consol also. AJP will be used for conference foes, and non-BCS teams. Follow the money that is to be made!

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- Exactly. I am in the minority but I love this move. Yes we are giving a home game in our cozy confines but if we ever want to take the next step and significantly improve our OOC schedule then it needs to be done. (Inside) -- TMH, Thursday, September 03, 03:27:14pm
ESPN (NOT ESPN-2!) to televise final Arena Game -- DuqSoph2012, Wednesday, September 02, 08:22:38am
According to a friend of mine with contacts at ESPN, they're planning on televising the Duq-Pitt game and will include a piece on all the former great games there including the Steel Bowl, etc. etc. This should give Duquesne invaluable publicity for their program and completely negate any downside in giving up "home court advantage".
The only downside will come if the usual 500 students and the 1000 grey-beard alumni and that rag-tag band are the only ones in attendance and are shown on national TV. Now is the time for Greg Amodio and Coach E to step up and start promoting the game on campus to make sure we don't embarass ourselves on national TV.

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- I religiously use Just for Men to keep my beard from becoming grey for just this reason. (NT) -- Mulder, Wednesday, September 02, 08:35:53am
  - lol. im in my mid thirties and it takes me two weeks just to grow stubble. hopefully puberty will hit before age forty (NT) -- c, Wednesday, September 02, 09:02:08am
  - Just For Men baby! I'm single handedly keeping them in business. Age gracefully? Not a chance! (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, September 02, 12:14:55pm
- Just ar umor, no way it is true. The ACC/Big Ten Challenge is on this night and has 5 games scheduled on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU. The game will be on CBS College Sports (NT) -- Hambone, Wednesday, September 02, 02:01:28pm
  - Perhaps DuqSoph2012 was confusing Duquesne with Duke when ESPN was mentioned. (NT) -- Bill, Wednesday, September 02, 02:42:25pm
It's official. Here is the link to the Arena Game Release on Duquesne's official athletic site. http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/090109aab.html -- go dukes!, Tuesday, September 01, 04:33:46pm
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- i know i'm in the majority, but i'm excited. I'm excited not only for this game, but for what has the potential to be an awesome year for our dukes...its hard to believe the season is getting closer and closer (NT) -- c, Tuesday, September 01, 05:40:50pm
  - whoops, i meant minority about the game at the arena, but i bet i am in the majority of those who are really amped up about this upcoming season (NT) -- c, Tuesday, September 01, 05:41:53pm
- that tells when the tickets for the game goes on sale, but we should keep our lips sealed. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Tuesday, September 01, 06:03:18pm
  - ticket office should ask a trivia question about DU, correct answer you get tickets, wrong = no soup for you! (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, September 02, 12:03:07pm
- Video of the joint news conference with Everhart and Dixon here - http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/20675284 -- from wtae, Wednesday, September 02, 09:34:22am
- I am excited about the game -- stew, Wednesday, September 02, 10:40:35am
Basketball Budget -- ZeeDawg, Sunday, August 30, 09:59:09pm
The Dukes Athletic Department's total revenues for 2008 were $11,224,355 while their total expenses were $10,931,240 so they made $293,115 which is not a lot of money. This is probably why the Pitt game has been moved to the Arena. We are probably getting some kind of kick back for this. I can tell you right now I don't like it one bit. I can't see how you can justify the move even with the above numbers. What is sad is that only $1,922,946 was the Men's Basketball total expenses. That is only 18% of the total athletic expenses. Only 18% for your most high profile athletic team! The team that brings in the most revenue. The team that is the face of the university. No disrepect to all the other varsity sports both men and women but come on. I believe RE is the man to get us to be a top 25 program year after year but if you want to stay there and not be a one year flash in the pan then more money and more emphasis must be placed on the Men's Basketball team. Getting a kick back to move the game will not do the job. Long term revenue streams are what is needed. How do you do that? By hiring a good head coach. By changing the culture of the program and by winning games. This is the foundation to creating a loyal fan base. All of this is being done. A loyal fan base will buy tickets to the games. They will donate to the athletic fund and they will buy merchandize. Then we go ahead and shoot ourselves in the foot by moving the Pitt game. I believe we will beat Pitt this year no matter the venue but when the AJP is packed the atmosphere is great. You want your students, season ticket holders and the casual fan who buys a ticket to that game to come to the AJP. You want them to feel the college atmosphere and excitment. Feel the electricity and have an enjoyable time. You want a Dukes game at the AJP to be the "it" thing to do. Pitt was to be the marquee game of the home OOC schedule and it was just taken from us. That home game could have been a springboard to better/higher attendance for the remaining OOC games, Savannah State, Bobby Mo, Canisius and St. Francis. My frustrations have me rambling so I will stop.

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- Thanks for the stats and for being a fresh voice. The only way this program is going to be successful is making AJP a difficult place to play. $11 million in revenues though? We must get alot of donations. No way football and mens bb brought in $11M. (NT) -- A83, Sunday, August 30, 10:06:18pm
  - A10 Basketball Expenses -- ZeeDawg, Sunday, August 30, 10:40:35pm
anyo ne have an answer on where the pitt game is at? -- duq, Saturday, August 29, 01:15:19am
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- This morning's P-G reports the game will be played at the Mellon Arena. Both schools will have a news conference on Tuesday to make the announcement. No link to article can be provided since I could not find the article on-line. So much for home court advantage of the Palumbo! (NT) -- Always a Duke, Saturday, August 29, 09:32:08am
- Pitt's Gilbert Brown is academically ineligible for the Fall Semester; the Dukes will be going up against an inexperienced, but talented, Pitt team. Wouldn't it be sweet to beat Pitt in front of 10,000+ basketball fans, garnering strong local media (and some national) attention? A win here would help the Dukes take another step up. I think it's worth the trade off giving up the home court advantage for a good chance at a true impact win. (The Dukes need to bribe the student body in some way to get 1,000+ students to Mellon sitting in a prime courtside position). (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 10:23:31am
- Phoenix, it would be sweet. Problem is, at Palumbo, we outnumbered the Pitt fans I'd say 3 to 1 (VBC, is that about right?). At the Arena, we're outnumbered 4 to1 maybe 5 to 1. It becomes Pitt's home court every year. Plus, at the Arena, Karl Krauser wouldn't have heard me yell, "You're too old, man!" (NT) -- kenOTR73, Saturday, August 29, 11:29:21am
  - All the better, kenOTR73. It would be great to see the 12,000 Pitt fans leave early and quietly from Arena while the 4,000 Dukes' fans go crazy. If our program is going to rise to another level, the Dukes need to face and overcome these types of challenges. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 12:31:30pm
    - I second that thought. I am storming the court when the Dukes Win. (NT) -- DUDude, Saturday, August 29, 01:15:02pm
    - Face the challenge of giving away home games and giving the crosstown rival the advantage? There is plenty of opportunity to prove themselves on the road. This should not be one of them. But as usual their is no use in complaining. Alumni opinion matters none. (NT) -- A83, Saturday, August 29, 01:41:13pm
    - 4,000 Dukes fans could have rushed the court if we beat them this year at AJP. I cant believe we let them get away with this. They will bus in 5K of students, we wont have 50 walk to Consol arena. (NT) -- its a damn shame, Saturday, August 29, 02:57:56pm
- Brown wins Pitts Academic Excellence Award and gets suspended for poor grades? What's up with that? (NT) -- Washpa Rick, Saturday, August 29, 11:45:44am
  - I understand that is not true; it was an error in a Trib report a while back. P-G reported that Gil won the Coaches Award for outstanding attitude. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 12:34:38pm
    - Washpa Rick, you were right. Sorry. The Pitt spinmeisters are trying to downplay this, but here's the link on the Pitt site: ** Link Here ** (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 07:44:49pm
- I will be interested to see how this plays out -- stew, Saturday, August 29, 12:15:47pm
  - Stew, I think RE has some significant input into this decision; it wouldn't happen unless RE was on board. Interesting take on the TV coverage too; the last college basketball game at historic (OK, semi-historic) Mellon Arena. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 12:24:21pm
  - The game is on CBS College Sports. That was already announced. They better have used this to allow to get a better radio contract. Pitt has been blocking them on Clear Channel. (NT) -- A83, Saturday, August 29, 01:42:55pm
- Pitt board saying that all games will be at Consol when it opens. (NT) -- Washpa Rick, Saturday, August 29, 12:29:03pm
  - So Pitt wins. We lose home court advantage every year. Nice. (NT) -- A83, Saturday, August 29, 01:44:03pm
    - DU should have required cash in order to play there from Pitt. This is awful IMO. (NT) -- thomas, Saturday, August 29, 02:55:47pm
- Here is why I am pissed about this. This is our best chance to make NCAA in over 20 wins. And we give our advantage away to have a quality win. If they want to move it when Consol opens fine. This is a year too early. And they will bus in more students that we have fans. (NT) -- A83, Saturday, August 29, 03:01:33pm
  - Although many of us are greatly disappointed that the game with Pitt won't be played at the Palumbo, it's a done deal. (By the way, many of the Pitt bloggers are delighted, expressing confidence of another win over the Dukes.) We frankly don't know the details of the arrangement so we are left with speculating about the financial considerations, if any, that Duq. will get for moving its HOME game to the Mellon Arena. Maybe this information will be addressed in the news conference on Tuesday. More inside... -- Always a Duke, Saturday, August 29, 05:16:43pm
    - Nobody (at least I hope) is counting the game as a loss. It will be tougher now. Xavier will surely remember how hard of a place a packed AJP was to play in vs. a neutral-road game. Other questions now: will less people show up for other games as Pitt is not a part of the 6-pack? What IF we lose to Pitt...how will that affect attendance, our fan base, donations, and possible TV revenue money for a better postseason berth? Even if we win, will people come to Palumbo after not seeing the W in Palumbo? That being said, the game is certainly there to be won. Let's get 'em. (NT) -- Rogabee, Saturday, August 29, 06:11:51pm
- I can empathize with those of you who are angered by losing the home court advantage in the City Game. But sometimes in sports you need to take a chance and roll the dice. I firmly believe that wherever the game was going to be played this year was going to result in a Dukes win. It is our time. It will be a higher profile win in the Pittsburgh area when played at the Arena (and perhaps we can pick up a few thousand new Dukes' fans in the process). The Dukes will be fearless this year; NO FEAR!!! (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 05:55:48pm
- There is one thing that will bother me - if Mr. Amodio does not have control of the seating arrangement at Mellon Arena for this game, shame on him. The Dukes students, season ticket holders, faculty / staff and fans should have the PRIME seats for this event. It's the very least we should have received for moving this game away from our home court. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, August 29, 06:02:41pm
  - I just don't like this at all. What kind of leverage would Pitt have in any discussion about moving the game? It was our home game, Consol Center or not. I can't imagine the financial considerations being that heavily tilted our way in this to make it worthwhile. We need marquis OOC wins and I feel we just gave away a great chance to knock them off. We had them right where we wanted...they lost most of their starters and we have ours returning. Gilbert Brown (Pitt's Rhodes Scholar) being out helps our cause even more. Just don't see how we are going to benefit in this deal. (NT) -- 80 zebe, Saturday, August 29, 07:50:27pm
    - The only leverage they have is our radio channel station as far as I'm aware. Right now, Pitt can and is blocking us from any Clear Channel station. Note the monopoly with Clear Channel and you'll see why we're on KQV. (NT) -- Rogabee, Saturday, August 29, 09:11:27pm
    - if the only way people think we can beat pitt is to play the game at the palumbo , it doesnt say alot much about our program--im not trying to be disrespectful to anyones opinion and i dont like the idea of moving the game , but the the court is the same length and the rims are the same height. pitt will still have a good team, that we are capable of beating on any court. it is what it is, we cant change it so instead of spending the next year complaining about it, we need to try and get as many dukes fans as we know to the game. -- c, Sunday, August 30, 07:35:00am
      - The one good thing here is this; despite our hopes for this year, we all know that next year is the year when we should have our best team since Red Manning was our coach. With what should be at the very least, a top 40 team, we will at least have a decent chance against Pitt playing at the new joint, instead of having to face them at the Pete, where even high level BE teams have largely been road kill. (NT) -- duq81, Sunday, August 30, 11:39:33am
- I for one am confident that the Dukes are going to win this year against pitt no matter where the game is played. I am excited to storm the court at the arena where I played as a Duke and it's going to be awesome doing it in front of the additional pitt fans! So get all of the Dukes fans you can gather because this is the event that will change how Duquesne's Basketball Program will be perceived in Pittsburgh for the years that follow. (NT) -- A Dukes Believer, Sunday, August 30, 09:11:14pm
Season tix question -- A83, Friday, August 28, 12:49:42pm
If you have sent in your season ticket money, have they cashed your check? I sent my in two weeks ago and they still haven't cashed my check.

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- I sent my applications for men's & women's season tix on August 10th. My credit card posts the charge for the men's tix on August 20th. I called the ticket office to check on this as well. When I asked about the site (Palumbo or Mellon Arena) of the home game with Pitt, I was told that Duquesne will be making an announcement on Tuesday, Sept. 1, about the finalization of the basketball schedule (dates and times for the A-10 opponents) and the site of the Pitt game. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 28, 01:48:41pm
  - Thanks! (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 02:07:00pm
  - Announcement!!!! -- Paddy, Friday, August 28, 02:29:18pm
    - Let's wait until the announcement is made, but I share a similar conclusion. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 28, 03:06:34pm
      - I also came to the same conclusion. Lets hope we are wrong. (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 03:17:47pm
    - Post-Gazette reports in Saturday, August 29th edition, under its Morning Briefing column that the DUKES & PITT WILL PLAY AT THE MELLON ARENA ON DEC. 2. (Sorry, but I couldn't find the article on-line.) It also says both schools will have a joint news conference on Tuesday to make it official. Plans are for future games between the teams to be played at the new Consol Energy Center. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Saturday, August 29, 09:25:46am
- if i remember correctly, it took a while for them to cash my check last year, and it took about a month before they cashed it this season too (NT) -- c, Friday, August 28, 03:21:20pm
  - Ok, I will continue onto the 2nd part of my rant then. It once took them 5 weeks to process a donation I sent in. Do these people know anything about the time value of money? To let money sitting around, uncashed or credit payments unprocessed is just ridiculous. Make a copy of the check, put it with the invoice and send the check to the treasury department to be cashed. I complained about this to the then Dukes Court administrator then and he told me I needed patience. Three years later, nothing has changed. Sorry to be complaining about things today, but crap like this bugs me. (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 03:34:51pm
    - im with you on that one....it makes you nervous. you start to wonder if they got your $$ or if it got lost in the mail and you are gonna miss out on your season tix or dukes court stuff (NT) -- c, Friday, August 28, 05:24:28pm
      - It is beyond ridiculous. This program needs every dollar it can get. And to leave money lying around on desks and in drawers instead of earning interest really makes you question the ability of the Athletic Department. To not process checks and make donors and ticket buyers have to call to see if everything is okay is just unacceptable. (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 07:54:32pm
        
        If you find a good place to earn interest these days, let us in on the secret. (NT) -- Bilgy, Saturday, August 29, 10:25:57pm
- The game will be played at the Mellon arena according to someone who I consider a fairly "Reliable source " (NT) -- Abdul Rahman, Friday, August 28, 06:52:05pm
  - I kind of figured that all along. in a way it sort of sucks, but you know what, it is what it is, and I dont care where they play the game, I just want to see the dukes win, and think it will be that much sweeter seeing them win at the arena (NT) -- c, Saturday, August 29, 05:13:31am
- On Moving Under-The-Arm PITT to Civic Arena -- Apluski, Saturday, August 29, 04:11:09pm
  - If the Pitt game is not included in the price of the season ticket package (and I think it is) I will not be buying tix for the road game. And if Mellon Arena controls the tickets we will be sitting behind Pitt people. Students will be in endzone. We have all done this before. Nothing will change. (NT) -- A83, Saturday, August 29, 10:10:10pm
  - i am gonna guess that the pitt tix are included...on the website it says season ticket packages include 15 home games plus one exhibition. counting the 8 a10 games, that leaves 7 non-conf. homes. Pitt would be included in that. As for where, they put us, I have not the slightest idea (NT) -- c, Saturday, August 29, 10:48:15pm
Coach McConnell-Serio gets contract extension. -- A83, Wednesday, August 26, 12:28:29pm
Congrats. Please make the NCAA tournament this year.

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- Corrected Link (NT) -- A83, Wednesday, August 26, 12:29:47pm
- The future of the women's basketball program is in excellent hands. Congrats to Coach McConnell-Serio on the new contract. While this was the first 20-wins season in the history of the women's basketball program, I am confident that this team will be able to go well beyond that level of success in the future with Suzie at the helm. Finishing among the top 4 teams in the A-10 and making it to the A-10 tournie championship game are not unreasonable goals for the 2009-2010 season. Hopefully that would be rewarded with an NCAA bid. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Wednesday, August 26, 01:50:10pm
- Please, Just finish above .500 -- LadyD, Wednesday, August 26, 03:31:19pm
  - They finished above .500 last year. Suzie is a beast. I can't see her not being successful long term here. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, August 26, 06:06:54pm
- It appears as if StuDuke2011, DuDude13 and LadyD are all the same boring person with nothing go on in his life. Except a little cross dressing. (NT) -- A83, Wednesday, August 26, 08:03:01pm
  - Actually, DuDude was a semi regular poster last season. He was warned about posting garbage by using different "handles", and he has been banned. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, August 26, 09:23:33pm
    - To make it clear, he posted under 2 other names prior to this, and is not a new student at Duquesne. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, August 26, 09:24:51pm
- Another strange decision by the Atlantic 10, first moving to Newport News and now this. Click here /A> They are moving the A-10 womens championship off campus to someplace called the Showplace Arena operated by the Maryland Capital Park and Planning Commission. Sound like a campground pavillion. Good way to ensure no one attends the event. (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 12:41:05pm
  - I looked at the The Showplace Arena online. They forgot to add the rest of the title, Showplace Arena and Prince George's Equestrian Center. If you go, be careful where you step. Honestly, except for family members of the visiting teams no one attends the A-10 women's championship except for home team fans. What a moronic decision, IMO. And before anyone posts otherwise, I know that only me and Always A Duke would even find this interesting. (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 12:46:40pm
    - The Show Place Arena (click here) looks like a nice place to hold a small convention, out of the way of the hustle and bustle of the city. However, it clearly will be a neutral court for every team. Located SE of Washington, D.C., GW and Richmond would be the 2 closest A-10 schools to this building. Perhaps the marketing plan for the A-10 tournament is to capture that untapped suburban fan base for women's college basketball. Maybe they are on to something? (NT) -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 28, 02:19:27pm
      - The A-10 moved the men away from AC in the first round of the tournament because there was no one attending. Even the best A-10 women's team average only about 2k. The only thing it will be a neutral court with a small gathering of family and friends attending. The NCAA first round games not held at neutral courts because the women have not proven to be able to draw any casual fans. It is not until the Elite 8 rounds do you see any casual fans attending. The Big East doesnt leave Hartford because no one else will attend besides Ct. fans. This is a silly decision, Always. Silly I say. :) (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 03:28:30pm
      - I attended a Patriot League women's tournament at a horse show arena near Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Could this arena be the same on used many years ago by the Patriot League? (NT) -- Bilgy, Friday, August 28, 06:31:59pm
        
        Well it is in Upper Marlboro. How many horse show arenas can there be in Upper Marlboro? The A-10 press release convienently left off "Equestrian Center" in the arena name. You can go see the women play and the Mr. Ed exhibit all in one day. (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 07:59:42pm
        
        It's a great place to see a basketball game. I was there for the Patriot League's tournament. We went to Baltimore's Little Italy and toured Washington. We also dropped down to Virginia on US 301 and bought a load of fireworks. Hope the Bonnies play there. I hear they do fumigate the arena after the horses go back to the barns. (NT) -- Bilgy, Saturday, August 29, 04:26:11pm
        
        Are your last two sentences implying that the Bonnies' players have characteristics of horses? If so, that's a very intersting observation. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Saturday, August 29, 06:07:13pm
        
        No. I want the Bonnies to play there because it may turn out to be another venue where Duquesne and St. Bonaventure have hooked up. The fumigation comment implied that it's a very clean arena. (NT) -- Bilgy, Saturday, August 29, 09:18:08pm
    - Some of the rest of us find it interesting A83. Keep 'em coming. (NT) -- Rogabee, Friday, August 28, 04:54:47pm
      - Thanks Rogabee! (NT) -- A83, Friday, August 28, 08:00:29pm
Why does everyone think Everhart is such a great coach? -- DuDude-13, Wednesday, August 26, 05:03:37pm
Seriously.

HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. WHY IS EVERYONE ACTING LIKE HE IS SOME SORT OF GOD AROUND HERE?

ALL YOU PEOPLE ARE WORRIED HE IS GOING TO BOLT FOR ANOTHER JOB. I GOT NEWS FOR YOU; BIG TIME PROGRAMS DON'T WANT A COACH WHO CAN'T GET INTO THE NCAA'S.

AND WHERE IS THIS RED AND BLUE CREW EVERYONE SPEAKS OF ON THIS BOARD. I'VE BEEN ON CAMPUS FOR MORE THAN A WEEK NOW AS A NEW STUDENT AND NOT ONE SIGN, TABLE OR PERSON HAS JUMPED OUT AT ME.

I'LL SUPPORT THE TEAM AND ROOT FOR US TO WIN EVERY GAME, BUT DON'T ACT LIKE WE HAVE COACH K ON THE SIDELINES, PLEASE.

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- You must be kidding. While I'll admit that some on this board go overboard with the praise, this is a program that was beyond horrid when RE got here. A coach's graveyard. We had two winning seasons in 26 years, 15-14 in 86, and 17-14 in 94. RE has produced 2 winning seasons in three years. (more inside) -- duq81, Wednesday, August 26, 06:02:27pm
- Everhart is not a great coach. Someday he may be considered great. Right now the coaches considered to be great are Rick Pitino and John Calipari. Everhart is just very good! (NT) -- Bilgy, Wednesday, August 26, 06:52:51pm
- so in one week, in august, you have the entire status of coaches and fans down? Get a life, meet some other students, go to a party, lose your virginity. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, August 26, 10:12:24pm
- I think RE is a good coach who has done a GREAT job of turning this thing around. We are very lucky to have him and he is the perfect coach for our program. (i am guessing maybe some of the younger guys didnt really get to experience the john carroll/scott edgar/darelle porter/danny nee years)...Had you lived thru that, it would make you appreciate RE a little bit more. He got this thing back on track and he is doing it with really good kids. (NT) -- c, Thursday, August 27, 06:37:50am
- You should've been on campus for the 3-24 season. Otherwise, get out, troll. You're useless and it seems that its a shame that Duquesne accepted you. (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, August 27, 08:32:21am
  - ugh. that was my freshmen year. that was miserable to sit through. But what a huge turn around from that point to last year. It was a great year to be a senior in 2009!! Witnessing the rebirth of Dukes basketball first-hand! (NT) -- Reg's Boi, Thursday, August 27, 03:09:25pm
  - Give this kid a break. while his comments might be a little strong, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. at least this student shows interest and is planning on going to games and supporting the program, which cant be said for thousands of other students (a major reason why the crew gets a lot more attention on here than on campus). we should be welcoming this student, the more that there are at the games, the better (and try to convince as many friends as possible to come too). (NT) -- duqfan14, Thursday, August 27, 09:34:45pm
- The word around coaches was that Duquesne was a career killer for a coach, RE must have had confidence in his ability to suceed in order to take this challenge. As for the poster, RE background had been taking programs and making them winners. This lad seems like a hopeless blooter. (NT) -- philldogg, Thursday, August 27, 09:54:52am
- Are only positive opinions welcome here? Just because you are older, your thoughts are more correct? I went to the information desk with 6 friends on the 3rd floor of the union when I first got here, and not one of the 4 people working knew about the Red and Blue Crew. I was trying to be proactive. I actually took the initiative. (NT) -- Du-Dude13, Thursday, August 27, 01:30:55pm
  - No, but we have a basis for comparison, which is far more than you seem to have. Talk to my brother, who is also a freshman, and yet has been going to games for years with the family. Yet another person who doesn't respect the process of turning things around - and it is a process. By the way, see the "08" after my name? Yeah, I'm not that much older than you. (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, August 27, 02:02:57pm
  - Why would you go to the information desk in the Union? That's like going to a grocery store to buy a car. Try the Athletics Department, buddy. (NT) -- duh!, Thursday, August 27, 02:29:02pm
    - Actually, the Red and Blue Crew's office in the Union right down the hall from the Info Desk so he actually wasn't that far off. lol (NT) -- Reg's Boi, Thursday, August 27, 03:06:04pm
- LOL, everyone needs to relax. Trust me mate, you will find plenty of negative comments on this board. When I was in college I sat through a 3 win season with Danny Nee as our coach. Everhart has been something that has cheered up the board and made us happy. This board use to be a place of complete and utter disgust. Only recently have people on the board cheered up and become more optimistic. Read inside for more insight. -- Simms, Thursday, August 27, 02:53:42pm
  - Excellent post, Simms. Good advice for us ol' timers as well as for young Du-Dude 13. In the late 60s & early 70s, there was no need for any orgaization to stir interest among the students to attend the Dukes' games at the (then-called) Civic Arena. A winning team was enough motivation for most of us - going to the games was the thing to do. In the '69-'70 season the Dukes were ranked #5 by Sports Illustrated in its pre-season college basketball issue. Such a pre-09-10 season ranking for the Dukes is not likely in spite of the Dukes' recent success. -- Always a Duke, Thursday, August 27, 04:42:26pm
- We were going to have a sign up table during Orientation but didn't have time to put it together. As an exec. board member of the crew, I offer you a simple solution: Join the Red and Blue Crew group on Facebook. That way you will get all the message we send out. We will also have a sign up table at Duquesne Fest (or w/e its called) that should be coming up in a couple weeks. We thank you in advance for the interest you and your friends have shown in joining the Crew. Tell all your friends to join! This is going to be an incredible year!! (NT) -- Reg's Boi (Marketing), Thursday, August 27, 03:03:10pm
  - thanks for the info...see how easy it is...instead of coming on here spouting off in all caps, a simple post along the lines of "Hey Guys, I'm a new student and I'm interested in joining the R&B crew...how do I get some info?" and then reg's boi would have sent you the nice response that he did and all would be well in dukes court blog land...another way to start a topic would be "hey guys, what do you think makes RE a good or great coach?" and then intelligently discuss your opinion as to why you think he is good/great/grand/wonderful (NT) -- c, Thursday, August 27, 04:18:31pm
- From where RE started with this program, to get to the A-10 championship game last year has been nothing short of amazing. Rebuilding the Dukes after 20 years of losing might not seem great to some, but I think we have the beginning of something great here. Come on out and watch them play, I think you'll see. -- mjames77, Thursday, August 27, 05:40:18pm
- My Freshman year, RE arrived. He took a bad situation and made it positive. The shooting set everyone back but we all tryed to move forward. We had some very good players in 06-07 though we were short handed. With the team we have now will be somewhat of a challenge. Aaron will be missed for sure. Only time will tell on how RE will be remembered. This season will show what he is really made of. (NT) -- FrankP, Friday, August 28, 08:57:01am
- True, Ron is not Coach K... Not many are... I don't think Coach K would have come to Duquesne... Ron did and has done a far better job than any of the past dozen coaches. BY THE WAY DO YOU HAVE TO WRITE IN ALL CAPS?? You don't have to shout... sometimes it causes you to be taken even less seriously. (NT) -- Coffee, Friday, August 28, 03:42:51pm
Dukes Scrimmage on October 31st -- Grands, Friday, August 28, 09:29:30am
The Dukes will host Penn State to a scrimmage on October 31st according to Penn State's released schedule. Thus the Dukes will play only one exhibition game this year. I think this will be a good test for the young Dukes, especially Evans going against Battle. Two blow out exhibition games really didn't test the Dukes, it got a chance for eberybody to play and fans to see everybody and coaches to see how players reacted in game situations.

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- I just checked Penn State's men's basketball schedule on-line, and it shows no exhibition game with the Dukes. It lists only 1 exhibition game against Slippery Rock on 11/06/09. Click here. An August 19th article on Penn State's entire schedule also fails to mention a game with the Dukes. Click for link. I'm curious as to the source of your information. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 28, 12:53:27pm
- Scrimmage -- Grands, Friday, August 28, 02:21:30pm
  - Thanks for clarifying. Having just spoken with the Dukes' Ticket Office, I was told that the season ticket package includes only one exhibition game. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 28, 03:00:24pm
Alumni Pride -- Mulder, Thursday, August 20, 01:04:04pm
We are part of a great university, one that is recognized as such and aspires to be even better.

When we attended Duquesne, the university was better than it had been for the previous generation. After we left, the university continued to grow for the next generation. And now a new generation of students begins their freshman year on the bluff and it is even better still.

We have many things to be proud of:

� A campus that is growing physically with buildings like the terrific Power Center, academically with a number of outstanding teachers and researchers and environmentally with a commitment to sustainability
� A campus that has grown to more than 10,000 students many of whom are engaged in service to the community and our world
� The second highest freshman class in school history in numbers and among the top in grades and SAT scores
� Stronger extra curricular activities and athletics
� A fiscally sound university that is able to survive the current economic downturn
� And once again ranked in the top tier of national universities by US News and as one of the top 10 Catholic universities in the nation.

What a great time to be a student there. What a great university to claim as our own. All hail to thee, Duquesne!

(Inspired by yesterday�s matriculation ceremony for incoming freshman, including my youngest son).

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- Well said Mulder; but it was disturbing to see Duquesne mentioned by name in a recent Rolling Stone article about the Student Loan mess; as an institution that was taking kickbacks from the crooked loan industry. WHY? (NT) -- Jules, Thursday, August 20, 01:53:10pm
  - Don't rain on my parade. (NT) -- F.B. Mulder, Friday, August 21, 07:20:40am
  - Jules, although I believe it may be out of place in this sports forum, you raise an interesting question. Did you write to Duquesne President Dougherty for the answer? If not, maybe you should. I don't believe this Duquesne sports forum is the vehicle to address every possible ill that may confront the university. However, I do admit that the topics discussed here have drifted from basketball and sports from time to time. Good luck in getting the university's reply. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 21, 11:55:07am
- Duquesne is much nicer than in the 1960's. The campus has modern buildings. Nothing was worse than the old row houses on the south side of campus. I know many students lived in those houses, including Bob Slobodnick, but the houses reminded me of slums. (NT) -- Bilgy, Thursday, August 20, 08:32:52pm
  - I lived in one of those houses down there and it didn't remind me of a slum... It was a slum! (NT) -- Mike Ignelsi, Friday, August 21, 12:17:45pm
  - I should have said the row houses on the north side of Locust Street. The south side of campus consisted of the Blvd of the Allies and then a big cliff. (NT) -- Bilgy, Sunday, August 23, 07:22:19pm
    - Wasn't it Vickroy St.? That's where I remember the houses. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Wednesday, August 26, 01:01:38pm
      - I went to the Duquesne website and looked at the campus map. I think you are right, the houses were on Vickroy St. You could put me on the Duquesne campus today and I'd be lost. And I worked there! (NT) -- Bilgy, Wednesday, August 26, 02:08:54pm
- Now if only............... -- TheDuq1968, Friday, August 21, 09:42:17am
  - Don't you think it was a bit easier to get students to go see a ranked Dukes team going up against the likes of Nova, PC, ND, and powerhouse LaSalle and Bona teams as opposed to what we've been offering lately? Just asking! (NT) -- duq81, Friday, August 21, 10:37:30am
- I should know better than to post something non basketball on a basketball message board (or for that matter to post just about anything here anymore) but what the hell I thought it might make someone feel just a little prouder about DU during a down time in roundball. Uh, not here. Wow! (NT) -- Mulder, Friday, August 21, 04:59:47pm
  - Mulder, those who are old enough can remember the late 60's and the financial woes on the Bluff, then the remarkable recovery. Thanks for the post. (NT) -- philldogg, Friday, August 21, 05:15:03pm
    - As well as those newer graduates too that know the history. Well stated phill, and good post Mulder. (NT) -- Rogabee, Friday, August 21, 05:38:13pm
  - Mulder, I meant no offense to you for your initial posting where you identified many of Duquesne's accomplishments. I enjoyed reading them and am proud of what the university has done since I graduated in 1970. My comment was a suggestion to Jules to direct his non-sports related question directly to President Dougherty rather than introducing this issue of student loans here. Frankly, anyone can discuss whatever they want here subject to the overview of the administrators. More inside... -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 21, 07:20:56pm
    - Thanks. I wasn't really upset about that as much as what I perceived as other negative responses to what I thought was a positive post (NT) -- Mulder (paranoid as ever), Monday, August 24, 10:30:22am
- i was just gonna chime in with congrats on your son going to duquesne, hope he shares the same passion for the dukes as you do(and hopefully he can convince some of his new college friends to do the same!!!) (NT) -- c, Saturday, August 22, 09:54:05am
  - He's already joined the crew. In fact, he snuck over last year a few times to join in with his brother. (NT) -- Mulder, Monday, August 24, 10:28:55am
    - Well done bringing up your kids the right way Mulder :) (NT) -- Rogabee, Monday, August 24, 12:01:44pm
      - He really didn't have a choice in the matter. (NT) -- Mulder's other son who already graduated, Thursday, August 27, 08:33:46am
        
        My brother, that is. (NT) -- Mulder's other son who already graduated, Thursday, August 27, 08:34:58am
        
        No one forced him or you to go to DU. But you both did make a good choice. (NT) -- Mulder's other son's and Mulder's youngest son's father, Friday, August 28, 09:52:24am
    - good stuff!!! congrats again (NT) -- c, Thursday, August 27, 01:41:05pm
- FrankP: You wrote "...we all tryed to move forward." Tryed? I hope you're not a typical Duquesne graduate. (NT) -- Dukes Fan, Friday, August 28, 12:18:38pm
Does anybody know about a new Tv show this fall -- stew, Thursday, August 20, 01:53:36pm
The show is called Three Rivers and it is premiering on
CBS this fall.Its a medical show with the story taking
place in Pittsburgh at a hospital there.
I am at the gym and I am on the Nordic Track machine
and I have the ipod playing and I am glancing up at the
TV in front of me. I see this basketball player going
up for a dunk and it looks like the player has a white
Duquesne practice jersey on and then you see a gun being
fired and then ambulance and police cars flashing lights
and then it shows a doctor and then they show the Pittsburgh
skyline and its a advertisement for this new show called
Three Rivers. I imagine they are going to retell the story
of the campus shootings that happened 3 years ago.
I was sort of surprised seeing it on Tv and thought
Id pass this story on.

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- Three Rivers -- stew, Thursday, August 20, 02:15:53pm
  - It is the pilot for a series set in Pittsburgh. Portions of the pilot were shot on Duquesn'es campus with students playing the part of many of the basketball players. (NT) -- TMH, Thursday, August 20, 02:40:39pm
    - Apparently the originally filmed pilot of "Three Rivers" will not air as scripted. See Rob Owens's August 5th article in the P-G. Maybe the scenes filmed on DU's campus maybe deleted or saved for later episodes. Click here (NT) -- Always a Duke, Thursday, August 20, 03:28:13pm
- Three Rivers last week -- Apluski, Sunday, August 23, 11:13:42am
- Click to view Promo Quick shot of Palumbo and Dukes Logo in first 30 seconds. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Monday, August 24, 09:59:29am
- I had a kidney transplant at UPMC 2/2002; there is so much drama and ups and downs to get this gift of life, a TV series is good for awareness but the pilot I saw is different from real life. (NT) -- philldogg, Monday, August 24, 06:26:30pm
  - god bless you. sometimes UPMC gets a bad rep, but they gave you life. thats awesome. glad you are still here with us to cheer on the dukes (NT) -- c, Thursday, August 27, 01:42:25pm
    - The only problem I have with UPMC is that sign on the USX Tower... now Pittsburgh looks like a giant UPMC commercial. Its the worst thing ever. (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, August 27, 06:24:16pm
Dukes release Non-Conference Schedule -- Phoenix Rising, Friday, July 31, 05:45:39pm
Date Day Opponent
Nov. 13 Fri. NICHOLLS STATE
O�Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
Nov. TBA at Iowa
Nov. 23-25 Regional participants at Cullowhee, N.C.:
Binghamton, Illinois-Chicago & Western Carolina
Nov. 29 Sun. RADFORD
Dec. 2 Wed. PITTSBURGH
Dec. 5 Sat. SAVANNAH STATE (Chuck Cooper Classic)
Dec. 9 Wed. at West Virginia
Dec. 12 Sat. ROBERT MORRIS
Dec. 16 Wed. CANISIUS (DH)
Dec. 19 Sat. at IUPUI
Dec. 22 Tues. SAINT FRANCIS, PA.
Dec. 30 Wed. at Old Dominion

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- Link to Non-Confernce Schedule (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Friday, July 31, 05:49:37pm
- Link to Schedule Analysis (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Friday, July 31, 05:50:37pm
- Link to Official Schedule Release (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Friday, July 31, 05:51:46pm
- This schedule is crap (NT) -- Duq88, Friday, July 31, 07:49:29pm
- There is no mention of the Mellon Arena. (NT) -- DS, Friday, July 31, 07:56:35pm
  - choice of language in the official press release is curious... it only says that the pitt game will be played in "pittsburgh" ... which leaves open the possibility that it won't be at palumbo... read closely and you will see the other home games are specifically described as being played "at home" or "hosted" by dukes. (NT) -- plaxico is innocent, Saturday, August 01, 02:05:35am
- Average ranking of non-conference teams = approx 312 (sarcasm). It might be advantageous to have 20 point wins--but who the heck wants to watch Nicholls St. (NT) -- Me, Friday, July 31, 08:17:49pm
- OOC Preview - IUPUI - Ranked #127 by Collegehoops.net Click for Preview (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Monday, August 03, 09:34:08pm
- OOC Preview - Radford - Ranked #124 by Collegehoops.net Click for Preview (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Monday, August 03, 09:35:51pm
- OOC Preview - Iowa - Ranked #123 by Collegehoops.net Click for Preview (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Tuesday, August 18, 08:30:44am
- OOC Preview - Binghamton - Ranked #110 by Collegehoops.net Click for Preview (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Monday, August 24, 04:39:04pm
ESPN's predictions for A-10's 2009-10 season: 1. Dayton, 2. Xavier, 3. Richmond, 4. La Salle. Dukes picked to finish 5th & are considered a dark horse to win it all. Link Bolding is identified as one of 10 key A-10 Conf. players. The Dukes' game against Pitt is listed as one of the significant OOC games in A-10. Interesting reading. Lots of info about the A-10. As with any pre-, pre-season predictions, they are fun to discuss; but the standings at the end of the season are the ones that really count. -- Always a Duke, Thursday, August 20, 03:25:18am
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- Its all fun n games this time of year as the whimsied article cannot be taken seriously, so lets get down our 2 cents too. There are 3 teams slighted in the account, Rhode Island, Temple and our Bluffites, of course. It will be Dayton and these 3 among whom will contend with X out of the money this time. Expect the Dukes to be better than 5th. (NT) -- d, Thursday, August 20, 04:13:48am
  - Rhode Island and Temple lost way too much to contend for the top during the regular season. ESPN got the top 5 right. It's just a question of what order they'll finish in. Richmond and LaSalle have been building up right along with us, and their fans are just as optimistic as we are. Some of you don't pay enough attention to the rest of the league. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, August 20, 06:35:27am
    - Afraid you and ESPN are both wrong headed on this one - an ACL takes 2 yrs and Geriot like Rodrigo will be part time role players in 09. Spiders are a year away. Fran has reloaded at Temple and will be in the top 3. La Salle had a nice year last but Murray is far from saviour. Like both RI and Bonnies better than La Salle. (NT) -- d, Thursday, August 20, 01:32:18pm
      - I agree with you duq81. Richmond has everyone returning and is a top 4 team even without Geriot at 100%. The only reason why I would pick Temple that high is because of their schedule...the Owls double St. Joe's (on a terrible down year), La Salle, and Rhody. Also they get both Dayton (a terrible road team) and Xavier at home. Still I'm putting them 6th. URI lost a lot in Baron and Seawright (perhaps the A10's most underrated player...he lead the Rams in boards and blocks, was second in points and assists). I don't see enough talent to reload to help. (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, August 20, 02:57:59pm
      - not necessarily true about an acl taking two years....rod woodson made it back in approx 9 months to play in the super bowl and Sean Lee at PSU is only missed one football season(though he was out last april), bobby fraser at UNC tore an acl in dec. of 2007 and was back in time for the beginning of the 2008 season...i could go on an on. bottom line, geriot will be ready and(although I hate to say b/c I hate richmond and their fans) but they are gonna be damn good (NT) -- c, Thursday, August 20, 05:13:11pm
        
        s--rodrigo tore his meniscus which is a totally diff.animal than an acl tear and also underwent(at the time where thought to be successful surgeries) but required a third surgery performed by our own Dr. Harner...Oh, and tom brady took less than a year to heal from his acl, and he looked pretty darn good the other night (NT) -- c, Thursday, August 20, 05:17:30pm
- I noticed that the number one point in the A-10 article was about the A-10's very curious decision to move the hq from Philly to Newport News. I have been following the some on the talk on this on the A10 board. I must admit this is at best a curious decision and at worst a moronic decision. Why are you moving the HQ to town that is 80 miles from the closest member school? I just don't buy their answer for the move, the Newport News is a dynamic location. There will be another shoe dropping with this move. (NT) -- A83, Thursday, August 20, 01:03:29pm
  - A-83, I can't figure it out either. The A-10 message board had generated many comments on this move. Some speculated that it would geograhically postion the A-10 headquarters to possibly attract new members to the A-10; namely, ODU and Delaware. I think that's very unlikely. Operating & staff costs in Newport News may be significantly cheaper than in Philly. If that's so, let the A-10 apply the savings for improving the staff's negoitiation of better TV coverage for the conference. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Thursday, August 20, 02:54:35pm
    - Both Del & ODU are fine schools, but why would we want them in the A-10? A sixteen team A-10? The only theory that makes sense to me is that with Charlotte bringing on football, they want to give football conference a try again. But what incentive would Del. an established power in CAA football have to want to move to an upstart A-10? Just for basketball? The CAA is a good bb conference, not much of a trade-up there. And the cost angle is even more curious. Surely, there was some place in Philly suburbs or Jersey that could match the cost of Newport News. It is just another odd A-10 move. (NT) -- A83, Thursday, August 20, 03:20:11pm
Note to El Duque and any Lehigh Valley residents. The Lady Dukes will be visiting Lehigh on December 7. -- TMH, Thursday, August 20, 05:12:16pm
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According to Sunday's Tribune Review, Scott Edgar, former Duquesne head coach, was fired from the same position at SW Missouri State for NCAA violations, including providing improper benefits to 2 players. The team was ordered to vacate victories from 2006-2008. He claims that he was not responsible for the violations. Edgar was on admin leave this past season when SE Missouri State established its 19-game losing streak, currently is the longest in NCAA Division I. -- Always a Duke, Monday, August 17, 07:26:40pm
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- Mid-level coaches can't hide their infractions as well as big timers. (NT) -- Me, Monday, August 17, 09:12:39pm
- What a disaster his run here was. Despite inheriting a sold core of talent, he did absolutely nothing while here. RE is left AJax and Kieron, and he works hard to add to that, and we're above .500 in the second year. SE gets Mike James, Price, and Bosnic for 3 years, plus Pipkins for 2, and nada. Awful hire. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, August 18, 02:12:15pm
- How did he ever win at Murrray State? -- stew, Wednesday, August 19, 12:28:47am
  - IMHO. Scott coached under Nolan Richardson and the style of play was pressing on D and scoring after turn overs. Murray has a solid mid level program for years and Scott had the talent that was suited for that style of play. Dukes had played under a different style and other than freshman bench warmer James, did nt do well. Recruiting was poor since talent to operate the Richardson def/off was beyond the abilities. Wish he would have done better,has prospered as Asst. Coach. (NT) -- philldogg, Wednesday, August 19, 09:07:26am
- I thought this story about violations came out months ago (NT) -- The Duke from Dukes Court, Wednesday, August 19, 03:22:04pm
  - I believe that you are correct about the announcement of the violations; however, the main story of the Trib's article is that Scott Edgar was fired after being on admin. leave for nearly a year. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Wednesday, August 19, 04:51:18pm
    - I took from it that Southeast Mo. officially received sanctions, leading to Edgar's official firing. (NT) -- Bob, Thursday, August 20, 12:18:12am
season ticket prices announced -- goduquesne12, Friday, August 14, 07:58:20pm
start at just $75 for mens and $50 for womens. check the site for details

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- Does the 6 game plan usually include the Pitt game? I cant make it to some games(work), but want to get down there more this year. (NT) -- thomas, Monday, August 17, 12:21:39pm
  - doesn't say anything. your best bet is to call (NT) -- goduquesne12, Monday, August 17, 04:34:51pm
  - Pitt is NOT included this year due to high demand. (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Wednesday, August 19, 10:48:30am
    - so how does one get Pitt tickets without buying seasons? if there is no way, then expect about 1500 for that game (NT) -- web, Wednesday, August 19, 12:48:39pm
      - I assume be first in line(on phone) when they do go on sale. No way AJP will be sold out due to season and 6 game plan tickets. I dont know when single games go on sale. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, August 19, 01:40:41pm
        
        Wouldnt this then give Pitt and Duquese fans equal opportunity for tickets for a game being playing at Duquesne? (NT) -- WEB, Wednesday, August 19, 04:11:41pm
        
        if you are friends with anyone who has season tickets, they usually ask season ticket holders if they'd like to buy extra tix to the pitt game...maybe that person could get you a pair!!! (NT) -- c, Wednesday, August 19, 05:05:20pm
        Yup, thats why we need to keep each other posted on the exact day and time they go onsale, and tell Pitt people its 4 days later (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, August 19, 08:20:12pm
NIT vs. Virginia Tech -- Phoenix Rising, Tuesday, August 18, 09:28:34pm
For those of you in need of a summer Dukes basketball fix, here's some video of the Dukes vs. Virginia Tech NIT Game. what a performance by AJAX. Enjoy!

Click to watch Video #1 - Last 4 minutes of Regulation

Click to watch Video #2 - First Overtime Period

Click to watch Video #3 - Second Overtime Period

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When is practice sceduled to start? -- Bummer3341, Monday, August 17, 03:03:26pm
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Power Center - not bb related -- A83, Sunday, August 16, 03:14:32pm
I attended a wedding in the ballroom of the Power Center last night. It was very nice. Great city view and view of new arena. A little disappointed that we had time to kill between wedding and reception and I directed a bunch of guests to the Red Ring and it was closed on a Saturday afternoon.

I also walked up to Rooney Field to get a breather. They have dressed the joint up a bit. On the bleacher side they have Duquesne University and Rooney Field in raised lettering on the wall.

Football team walked by....either after a team meeting or some gathering.

I am not sure but there appears be new lighting also. And lighting on the Academic Walk side. Maybe I am wrong, but I don't remember lighting on the Academic Walk side. I am sure must have been lighting on both sides. I should be able to tell with the first soccer game of the year. Rooney Field was not the best lit field in the world.

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Rivals.com has their bracket predictions up already for next year's March Madness -- TMH, Tuesday, August 11, 10:51:09pm
Dayton #5, Xavier #8 and LaSalle #12

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=An2sFCyQcdr5rKSvIqsTTrrevbYF?slug=ys-ncaabracket080709&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

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- I'm not sure I can get to excited about such pre-, pre-, pre-season predictions. Maybe I'm missing something, but I think there's a bit too much optimism for LaSalle's anticipated success to gain an NCAA bid next season. While it would be great for the A-10 to get 4 or 5 teams in the NCAA tournament, 3 entrants seems more likely. La Salle would be a big surprise if it were part of that trio. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Wednesday, August 12, 01:55:13pm
  - LaSalle has been steadily improving and with the addition of Aaric Murray at the 5 spot they have a good shot at an at large bid this year. To me it will be less of a surprise if the Explorers go to the NCAAs this year than it was for our Dukes to go to the NIT last year. (NT) -- VBC, Wednesday, August 12, 05:05:24pm
    - Wouldn't you love to see a Dukes-LaSalle A10 Final. Boy, would that really stick it to the "kick 'em out" crowd. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, August 13, 05:35:11pm
      - Not a bad thought! Even more interesting but more unlikely might be a Dukes-Bonnies final. Regardless of who the opponent will be, getting the Dukes to the A-10 final and winning the championship game is our goal. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Thursday, August 13, 06:26:59pm
        
        Indeed! -- VBC, Friday, August 14, 02:30:55pm
Anyone out there have an idea when Pitt plans on man-ing up with their schedule? -- WEB, Friday, August 07, 10:20:23am
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- I assume they believe they dont have to, they easily make the NCAAs based on the Big East schedule. However, one must think it would benefit them to play a UNC or Kentucky or Memphis in December. Regardless, screw'em. (NT) -- thomas, Friday, August 07, 10:37:35am
  - Well in recent years, they've done home and homes with Wisconsin and sort of Oklahoma State, even Florida State and Georgia. You watch, somehow they'll avoid Texas in KC. Indiana is a very young team. Go to Maui, go play in something meaningful. This is why I give them no respect. They roll up a bunch of wins verse crap. (NT) -- WEB, Friday, August 07, 11:32:25am
    - they have played top 100 teams to pad their resume in March. FSU, GA, Okie St and Consin, while decent, are not in Pitt's level. They played Duke a few years back, great game, won, and still go back to playing cupcake factories. Every team needs a few easy Ws, but they overdo it, and never leave PA. Local media will pump up that Indiana game like its the 1987 Hoosiers. (NT) -- thomas, Friday, August 07, 12:33:08pm
    - Simply not true. You obviously don't know Pitt...why was their SOS #8 in the country last year? They played Miami OH & Akron, Belmont & Siena at home all tournament teams. They played BCS squads Texas Tech and Wash St on neutral courts and FSU on the road. Pitt tried to find a marquee match-up in the Garden last year and NOBODY would play them. Throw in the Big East and you are WAY off base. I wish the Dukes would play a schedule like Pitt, although our Dukes are not quite ready for that yet. (NT) -- Greg, Friday, August 07, 01:16:18pm
      - Web I'm sure was referring to this year. Based off last year's final RPIs, Pitt's best out of conference opponent is (gasp) DUQUESNE. (NT) -- Rogabee, Friday, August 07, 05:37:56pm
        
        Dixon is a smart scheduler. He's got a young team this year and he put together a reasonable schedule for a young team. There still some MAC teams that will challenge a bit plus Indiana they unless Texas loses early they will play TEX.. Pitt has had some great games against OCC the past several years. You are out of your tree to rip them on this years schedule. People are afraid to play PITT it is certainly not PITT that is afraid to play. Last year on a neutral court in NYC they could not find an opponent to play. Explain that? (NT) -- Greg, Monday, August 10, 12:33:50pm
        
        The Madison Square Garbage game was planned late and no big name team had a game left or a date available that Pitt also had available. How do explain Pitt football turning down Michigan to play Utah? Its not just a basketball thing, its a athletic department thing. (NT) -- WEB, Monday, August 10, 01:25:18pm
        
        In the past 7 seasons, what is Pitt's biggest road OOC win? (NT) -- WEB, Monday, August 10, 01:27:25pm
        
        Florida St. last year. The better question...what is their second? I only seem to remember that one... (NT) -- Rogabee, Monday, August 10, 09:12:41pm
        
        Nice try BUT nobody would play PITT at MSG because they fear a loss. Pitt beat Wash on the road recently as well. Fact is BIG TIME schools don't schedule many road OCC road games. You are obviously unreasonable to pan Pitt for their scheduling when Pitt has put together very good schedules the last several years. Regarding Michigan, there was not return game the next year like there was with Utah. Further, in case you don't follow college football UTAH spanked Michigan last year and is regarded as the better team. Hope that helps (NT) -- Greg, Tuesday, August 11, 09:38:51pm
        
        Which D1 National Championship contender would play a game at Utah? (NT) -- Web, Tuesday, August 11, 09:59:59pm
        
        None because there is a great chance it would be a loss. This just in....Utah is better than Michigan. Any more questions (NT) -- Greg, Wednesday, August 12, 10:46:54pm
        
        Yea...how do you get shutout by a team who gave up 64 in their previous outing when you have 6 weeks to prepare? (NT) -- WEB, Wednesday, August 12, 11:27:31pm
        
        What does this question have to do with anything? I thought we were talking about the Pitt schedule and then you are like "well yeah what about coke zero versus coke? What are you talking about? The Pitt/Orgeon St game was a debacle for Pitt but what does that have to do with their schedule? (NT) -- Greg, Thursday, August 13, 07:13:29pm
        
        December 2, my man. December 2 , circle it on your blue & gold calendar. (NT) -- Somerset24, Thursday, August 13, 08:39:05pm
      - Duke, UNC etc. won't play Pitt home and home. Everyone wants to play those schools. They can literally pick their own schedule. They will play other blue bloods, or go to cities with tons of high school talent. Pitt has to play schools like Tennessee, Maryland, and Purdue (NT) -- duq81, Friday, August 07, 06:26:04pm
- Last year's edition of Sporting News Basketball Annual had an article about this subject. The article stated that those schools playing cupcakes at home in December will be the ones playing in March. The article went on to say that playing big time matchups out of the conference schedule, whether home or away, does nothing for their chances of making the NCAA's. The conference schedule is tough enough. So far, Sporting News has been correct. (NT) -- Bilgy, Friday, August 07, 12:10:35pm
  - John Cheney (before he tried to kill Calipari) took the opposite route. He played a very tough ooc schedule to make his teams ready for the A-10. It worked for years. The Owls would be 7-5 or 6-6 ooc and still end up with 22-23 wins which back in the 90's was able to get an A-10 team into the Dance. (NT) -- kenOTR73, Friday, August 07, 04:53:25pm
    - Chaney and Calipari did that, because the relative weakness of the A 10 doesn't allow a team to play a bunch of cupcakes, and still make the dance. It was the wins over big name programs that boosted the image of the league, and allowed us to get 4-5 bids in a good year. Our top teams don't do that now, thus we are a 2-3 bid league now. (NT) -- duq81, Friday, August 07, 07:15:38pm
- Indiana is pretty much a joke right now; only beginning to recover from the Kelvin's follies. (NT) -- Jules, Friday, August 07, 03:45:26pm
Does anyone know what the story is with the band and R/B Crew this year? They are going to be needed. -- Duq88, Monday, August 10, 01:28:29pm
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- the crew will consist the same president different vice president, there will be two of them, they both were on the board last year and same the webmaster is now markerting and a new secretary and treasurer. They should be good to go working with the duq athletic department etc already i heard from the vp. (NT) -- viking04, Monday, August 10, 07:31:12pm
  - Disband the Red & Blue Crew? -- DuqFan97, Tuesday, August 11, 08:22:34am
    - I believe that you are referring to the band not the Red and Blue Crew. The disbanding of the band occurred last year. The band you saw last year was the "new and improved" Pep Band. Not wanting to start a whole band thread, but I thought I would correct your post before people start screaming your error. The Crew is the student support organization. (NT) -- A83, Tuesday, August 11, 11:23:31am
    - Well, there was a time when we had a fully stocked band, complete with uniforms, full sets of matching instruments, a full percussion line..... but of course, that wasn't good enough. By the way, your assessment of pocket change on 5th avenue is accurate, as the majority of the members are PAID per game played. (NT) -- MFE08, Wednesday, August 12, 04:32:28pm
- All Inside -- WEB, Tuesday, August 11, 11:19:55am
  - If they could fill the first 5-10 rows all along the bleachers, that would be impressive, good looking and enable them to be heard by the visitors. Kind of like Duke does with their student section, thats impressive looking and causes opponents some problems. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, August 12, 11:43:02am
- i would love to see the bleachers for the students begin on level with the floor. can create a lot more hostile of an enviroment. (see inside for example) -- goduquesne12, Wednesday, August 12, 06:09:09pm
- i wisht the bleachers would be brought closer to the floor. (example inside) -- goduquesne12, Wednesday, August 12, 06:13:03pm
  - delete this one, my cpu goofed up (NT) -- goduquesne12, Wednesday, August 12, 06:18:31pm
    - thats hard to do at Palumbo...seats are on the court, but bleachers have the team benches and scoring table b/w them and the court. Cant put students in the red seats. But I agree, it would be nice. I'd settle for a few hundred screaming DU students sitting right behind the away teams bench. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, August 12, 07:53:30pm
  - Students Just Don't Care -- D-Alum-1988, Thursday, August 13, 07:45:44am
    - Keep winning, they will come. (NT) -- philldogg, Thursday, August 13, 09:10:13am
      - I hope you're right. -- D-Alum-1988, Thursday, August 13, 11:45:53am
        
        Winning is where the fun comes in. You notice that there was no "Oakland Zoo", until Pitt began to win. When you become a big winner, it becomes easier for the hard core fans to get the lukewarm to come. Before the Xavier game, we lost every big game at home. Make what happened vs X a common occurence, and folks will come back. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, August 13, 05:39:45pm
        I discussed this matter with my undergrad son. -- TMH, Thursday, August 13, 05:43:00pm
For those who attended the North Hils Bar-B-Q on Thursday evening can you share any new info on the Dukes that may have been presented by the AD, the men's & women's basketball coaches, and football coach? For example, the status of the players who are coming off of injuries, the definitive venue where the Dukes will play Pitt, planned improvements for the Palumbo Center & Rooney Field, TV coverage of games, recruiting efforts, new future opponents, etc. -- Always a Duke, Friday, August 07, 05:49:04pm
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- Well Rodrigo was cleared to practice in Sept., Coach likes Williams weight, and Olie's worked hard this summer. Dayton brings back nearly everyone. B.J. looks to be in good shape. There is discussions with the new arena to potentially have a Dukes Locker-room, and have big games there. -- mjames77, Sunday, August 09, 06:31:11pm
according to PG, pitt game is scheduled for dec 2 at the palumbo center -- c, Thursday, August 06, 02:58:00pm
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09218/989085-175.stm

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- Pitt Game on TV -- Grands, Thursday, August 06, 03:42:11pm
- No Mention of Pitt game at Palumbo on Pitt web-site -- Grands, Thursday, August 06, 04:10:55pm
- Hey Jamie G, shouldnt Pitt 'man' up? That schedule is pathetic. (NT) -- Web, Thursday, August 06, 04:12:52pm
- Its nice we get the location from the away team. Is our whole Ath Dept on vacation? (NT) -- thomas, Thursday, August 06, 08:20:16pm
- The Athletic Depart did put out a press release for the non-con schedule. PG only featured Pitt and RMC for some reason. It is still not on our website as at Palumbo. But it is a home game, so the assumption is Palumbo without a specific announcement. (NT) -- A83, Thursday, August 06, 09:40:54pm
Time for Duquesne to "man-up"? -- Jamie G., Wednesday, August 05, 08:55:07am
Now that Robert Morris has announced it will play Pitt AND Penn State (11/6/09), isn't it time the Dukes "man-up" and play all the local teams including the talented Nittany Lions? Surely, Coanch Ron and A.D. Amodio can find an opening on the schedule, or is there some other reason that Duquesne goes out of its way avoiding Penn State.

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- we play Pitt, WVU, in the CBE, ODU...we are fine (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, August 05, 09:45:55am
- I find it very hard to believe Duquesne is avoiding Penn State. From what I have been told, by very reputable sources I might add, Penn State is avoiding Duquesne. (NT) -- WEB, Wednesday, August 05, 09:47:04am
  - Robert Morris has not officially announced its schedule. (NT) -- Bill, Wednesday, August 05, 09:51:32am
  - I've been told the same Web. (NT) -- Rogabee, Wednesday, August 05, 11:17:27am
- I believe that your assertion is a bit presumptuous. What makes you believe that that it's the Dukes who are avoiding Penn State? Had Penn State not abandoned the A-10 in 1991, it could still have had the honor of regularly playing the Dukes. Assuming that negotiations for b-ball games between the 2 schools are underway, hopefully PS will not employ the JoePa tactic of insisting that PS needs 3 home games for every 1 game played at Duquesne. It is my understanding that PS has already approached Duquesne about games between the women's teams. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Wednesday, August 05, 10:55:09am
- PSU vs Duquesne at the new Consol Arena will probably be the scenario that you will see. (NT) -- Jules, Wednesday, August 05, 12:55:23pm
- Agreed...if anyone is avoiding anyone it is PSU. They scheduled Robert Morris because they think its an easy win. (NT) -- Greg, Wednesday, August 05, 04:57:14pm
- Robert Morris also schedules another tough team-- Duquesne. While Duquesne schedules cupcakes like Robert Morris. (NT) -- Jammie G., Wednesday, August 05, 08:45:12pm
  - Nice how the trolls can't even spell their names the same. (NT) -- Rogabee, Wednesday, August 05, 11:06:38pm
    - I am always happy to see PSU do well but remember that our past games in the 1970's and 1980's before PSU slipped a resignation under the door and quit the conference, were usually boring with sloppy and thugish play by the Nits. (NT) -- philldogg, Thursday, August 06, 09:50:43am
- time for duquesne to man up -- matt w, Thursday, August 06, 09:50:28am
  - Anyone think psu is a OOC opponent we cant beat? (NT) -- WEB, Thursday, August 06, 11:04:04am
    - Duke's cupcake OOC schedule -- RDWright, Thursday, August 06, 11:21:24am
      - We should play Stony Brook, they are better than PSU. Didnt the awesome lions lose to them a couple years ago? (NT) -- WEB, Thursday, August 06, 11:23:33am
        
        How about Rider? UCF? Southeastern Louisiana?!? All teams that are better than PSU...or at least have beaten PSU in the last 3 years... (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, August 06, 12:44:34pm
        
        didnt shippensburg beat them 2 years ago? (NT) -- web, Thursday, August 06, 01:13:07pm
    - I think we can beat 'em. I especially like the way we'd matchup. (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, August 06, 11:21:36am
  - Why not schedule like Pitt OOC? THEIR ONLY ROAD GAME IS DUQUESNE!!! More of an incentive to keep the game at AJP. They also play Wofford, Binghamton, E Ky, CBE Classic Finals, Youngstown St., Duq, UNH, Indiana, Kent St, Mt. St. Mary's, Ohio, RMU. We play a WAY tougher OOC. (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, August 06, 03:38:57pm
    - Yup. Maybe Pitt should "man-up" (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, August 06, 04:51:28pm
Duchesses get commitment from 6'3 junior .... -- Purduke, Monday, August 03, 04:22:49pm
Orsi Szecsi from Oak Hill Academy. This per http://www.allstargirlsreport.net/ Ranked #155 nationally by that publication.

There are a number of reports in the press that UConn was recruiting her earlier this spring. Can't find any stats for her for this year.

Following is brief assessment from Scout.com, from he participation in Nike Tournament of Champions last December.

Orsi Szecsi 6�3�� Guard/Forward � Oak Hill (VA)
Szesci is a move in from Hungary and is a Dirk Nowitzi type player for Oak Hill. Szesci can shoot the 3 and is good off the dribble. The only question about Szecsi is her foot speed.

Sounds promising. She is #10 in the attached.
http://www.nhsihoops.com/girls-team/3-oak-hill-academy-25-7/

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- ESPN has her rated #61 nationally, with the following writup (expect her to drop to > 100 now that she is a Dukess) -- Purduke, Monday, August 03, 04:41:34pm
- What is the source? Haven't found anything online to verify that she is a Duquesne commit. Did find a comment on her on a UConn page that stated back in January that she was brought to the U.S. by Duquesne. -- stat man, Monday, August 03, 05:37:56pm
  - I saw it on the UConn forum on Scout, but all they were doing was referencing the "AllStarGirlsReport.net" link in my e-mail. Look at the 2010 article about "leading classes" and scroll down to the 53rd best class - Us and Szesci. But I have not seen it elsewhere, except for the note you mention about a teammate saying she was told she was going to Duquesne since they brought her here. Maybe I should say "Rumors are...." absent a second source. I'll leave that to the real journo guys. ;) (NT) -- Purduke, Monday, August 03, 07:05:02pm
    - Frankly it was refreshing to read a post about the woman's team for a change. In the past A83 & I have been occasionally criticized by some for actually posting info about the Duchesses-the claim being that no one was really interested. I hope your research on Orsi Szecsi proves to be correct. Suzie will be recruiting 5 for 2010-2011. Szesci would be a great start, being the highest ranked player that she has ever signed. At the S. Hills Bar-B-Q she told me that she was recruitng only 1 local (unidentified) player. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Tuesday, August 04, 06:51:44pm
      - There's a highly sought after player from Butler high school, Olivia Bresnahan. According to previous articles in the P-G, she's being recruited by UConn, Maryland, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, in addition to Duquesne, Pitt and Xavier (NT) -- stat man, Thursday, August 06, 11:05:00am

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