Here's a clip from when the Dukes were on top of the basketball world. This is a clip from the 1953 Holiday Tournament at Madison Square Garden. The Dukes beat BYU in this game 69-47, and moved to #2 in the UPI Poll (behind Kentucky). Later that year, they were ranked #1 in both the AP/UPI polls. The Dukes lost to #9 Holy Cross (led by Tom Heinsohn) in the NIT Finals to finish #3 in the country at 26-3. <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUMhSApIvak">Link to YouTube Video</A> -- Duquesne Dukes Basketball Forum

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

a, April 26 2024 [ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [6], 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: Monday, October 04, 09:57:51am
Author: Phoenix Rising
Subject: Here's a clip from when the Dukes were on top of the basketball world. This is a clip from the 1953 Holiday Tournament at Madison Square Garden. The Dukes beat BYU in this game 69-47, and moved to #2 in the UPI Poll (behind Kentucky). Later that year, they were ranked #1 in both the AP/UPI polls. The Dukes lost to #9 Holy Cross (led by Tom Heinsohn) in the NIT Finals to finish #3 in the country at 26-3. Link to YouTube Video
In reply to: Alan 's message, "Glory days" on Sunday, October 03, 08:19:39pm

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Thanks Phoenix. Was that El Duque smoking a cigar in the crowd? :-) (NT) -- CLK, Monday, October 04, 12:27:31pm
- That was Bilgy with the cigar. The old guy next to Bilgy, that's me. -- El Duque, Monday, October 04, 01:11:27pm
BTW, the Dukes are in white in this vidoe clip; #11 is Sihugo Green; #12 is Dick Ricketts. Both of these players had their numbers retired. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Monday, October 04, 03:16:19pm
- Mickey Winograd and Pavlick also spotted - who was the fifth? (NT) -- Houston, Tuesday, October 05, 09:49:35pm

Forum timezone: GMT-5
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums^(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.