The Oregon men's basketball team begins practice Thursday. The Oregon men's basketball team begins practice Thursday. He scored more than 30 points twice and was the Pac-12 player of the week twice, including during a home sweep of USC and UCLA when he had 54 points, 17 rebounds and 14 steals. With a 23–2 record, they were top seed for the NIT that year. "He's really fought some (knee) tendinitis and he's doing a good job with the trainers trying to stay healthy and that's going to be a big, big part of his success," Altman said of Dante. Division regular season champion In an overtime thriller against Arizona at home, Dante was 5-of-6 from the field with 10 points. Updated Through The End of The 2018–19 Season, National champion By the 1950s, Duquesne's Locust Street gym had become inadequate to seat the team's spectators, so games were usually played in a high school gym in McKeesport or the Duquesne Gardens in Oakland. Duquesne had seen only four different basketball coaches in fifty years, but this decade alone saw three coaches: Manning, John Cinicola, and Mike Rice. Notable in this decade was Willie Somerset, nicknamed by the press as "Wonderful Willie." "I think we've got a lot of good shooters, I think we've got a lot of guys that can do a lot of things.". Assuming the season happens and makes its way to the NCAA Tournament in March with minimal postponements and interruptions, here are five key storylines for the Ducks. The consensus all-American won't be easily replaced but Oregon also isn't hurting for talent. Top-seeded again in '54, Duquesne, following a 19–4 regular season, finally won the title of NIT Champions in 1955 (Rishel 137–138). The 1956 season almost came to an early end, as the Duquesne Gardens, then Duquesne's home court, was to be demolished. Coach "Chick" Davies initiated a new era in the basketball program, filling the 1,200-seat gymnasium and bringing the team into national prominence. The decade was relatively lackluster, although it saw the likes of "the greatest guard in Duquesne basketball history"--Norm Nixon (Rishel 216). In that same season, Duquesne received its third invitation to the NIT, losing by one point to the University of Utah, the eventual champion, which it had defeated during the regular season (Rishel 101). He was a four-year starter who played on the 2017 Final Four team and is among Oregon's career leaders in points, assists, steals, 3-pointers, starts, games played and wins while at times carrying the Ducks down the stretch in games. "I think Jalen gives us a very explosive, quick point guard," Altman said. Before the pandemic hit, Oregon had likely its most attractive nonconference schedule ever under Altman with home games scheduled against Michigan, BYU and Houston, a game in Las Vegas against Baylor and a tournament in Florida with the Gators, Iowa State and Illinois. Expect the Ducks, Bruins, Colorado, USC and the two Arizona schools to set the pace this season. The position was filled by Father Eugene McGuigan, who was called "Father Mac" on campus and "Coach Gene Martin" in newspaper reports in order to prevent the name of a Holy Ghost father from being associated with the rowdiness of "Basket-ball". The 1980s were marked by problems with many players' academic eligibility—calling into question the university's recruiting and support procedures—and are best described as "trying times" for the Dukes (Rishel 246). The first game, against Bethany College, was won in a gym under the college chapel on January 9, 1914 (Rishel 23). The official Men's Basketball news stories archives for the Duquesne University Dukes Even at this point, daily practice was held at North Catholic High School (Rishel 102). As Davies refused to remove Cooper from the squad, Tennessee canceled at the last minute. Davies, immensely popular, coached Duquesne basketball until 1948 (Rishel 40–41). Duquesne is the only school to have back-to-back first overall picks in the National Basketball Association Draft (Dick Ricketts by the Saint Louis Hawks in 1955 and Sihugo Green by the Rochester Royals in 1956). Teams had previously refused to play the "Bluffites" on their home court. However, in a gesture which athletic director Doc Skender called "one of the finest acts of sportsmanship I've ever known," long-standing rival the University of Pittsburgh allowed the Dukes use of the Fitzgerald Field House for home games (Rishel 138). Welcome to college basketball in the COVID-19 world. The season expanded from 20 to 28 games and became more competitive in 1930 when the team faced the University of Iowa, Loyola University Chicago, Adrian College, Elmhurst College, Alfred State College, John Carroll University, American University, Catholic University, Colgate University, St. Bonaventure University, Seton Hall University, Manhattan College, and the City College of New York. N'Faly Dante, a 6-11 sophomore, was limited to 12 games last season. Pritchard was the unquestioned leader last season. He averaged 8.3 points per game over the final six games and shot 56% from the field for the season. Father McGuigan coached football, baseball, and basketball until he was transferred from Duquesne University in 1923 (Rishel 38). Don't be surprised if it increases to 22 game for this season. Even so, the 1988 construction of the A. J. Palumbo Center—Duquesne Basketball's current home—is a notable event of this time period. Postseason invitational champion Conference tournament champion, National Campus Basketball Tournament results, 2019–20 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team, "Duquesne Athletics Visual Identity Guidelines", "Duquesne (PA) 1954 AP Men's Basketball Rankings - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings", "Keith Dambrot Named Head Men's Basketball Coach", "Ron Everhart fired as coach at Duquesne", McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, School of Leadership and Professional Advancement, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duquesne_Dukes_men%27s_basketball&oldid=960894926, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 June 2020, at 13:51. Duquesne also won the 1976–77 Eastern Collegiate Basketball League championship (the forerunner to the Eastern Athletic Association, now known as the Atlantic 10 Conference) and 1979–80 and 1980–81 Eastern Athletic Association regular season co-championships. However, the sport was reinstated in the spring of 1946. The Ducks could have their deepest and most versatile team in Altman's tenure. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion They were NIT champions in 1955. Duarte, a junior-college transfer last year, started all 28 games he played before a broken finger forced him to have surgery and miss the final three games of the season. Their combined record is 17–19. His inside presence, size and athleticism give the Ducks a huge advantage when he's on the court. The Duquesne Dukes represent Duquesne University in college basketball. Pitt, Duquesne won't resume 'City Game' in 2020. Altman has known to go with three-guard lineups in the past so Hardy, given his experience, is a likely starter, but don't be surprised if Terry cracks the starting five. Who knows in the coronavirus world but don't be surprised to see even more games against Pac-12 teams as colleges try and piece together schedules and reduce travel because of the pandemic. The 1970s saw the end of Manning's tenure. Oregon's season came to an abrupt end when the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments were canceled on the day the Ducks were to begin quarterfinal play in the conference tourney in Las Vegas. Sophomore Aaron Estrada, the MAAC Rookie of the Year last year for Saint Peters, and LJ Figueroa, the leading scorer at St. John's last year, will both need to get waivers from the NCAA if they're to play this season. Sophomore wing Addison Patterson, 6-6, came on strong at the end of last season. The Dukes have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) three times. Duarte, Richardson and Dante figure to start. While Wednesday was the first day teams could begin practice, no one has anything resembling a complete schedule yet. Sophomore Chandler Lawson, 6-8, started 12 Pac-12 games last season, shot 52% from the floor and averaged 4.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. LJ can play a lot of spots, very versatile and I think Aaron's going to be a good guard.". The team was first coached by Alexander Hogarty, whose tenure lasted only one season. The team, which started in 1914, has only ever played in NCAA Division I and has had five appearances in the NCAA Tournament. The 1939–40 Dukes basketball team finished with a 20–3 record and appeared in the Final Four of both the NIT and NCAA Tournaments. "Amari, I think, can play the point, play the off(-guard). The Dukes men's basketball team has had great success over the years, playing twice in national championship games in the 1950s and winning the National Invitation Tournament championship in 1955. Despite coming off a second straight winning season, coach Ron Everhart was fired after the 2011-2012 season; the university cited a lack of postseason success as the main reason for the firing.[5]. Williams averaged 14.1 points and 8.2 rebounds in his two seasons at Duquesne and had a 40-point game against St. Louis. Richardson is the longest-tenured Duck and moved into the starting lineup for good early in conference play last year. He averaged 12.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. The December 23, 1946, game had been highly anticipated since Tennessee had two All-Americans and four other returning lettermen. The official 2019-20 Men's Basketball cumulative statistics for the Duquesne University Dukes The official Men's Basketball page for the Duquesne University Dukes The first date teams can play games, as mandated by the NCAA, is Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving. The university tried to hold on to basketball during World War II, having reworked the gymnasium in 1942 to seat an extra 800 spectators, but was forced to drop the sport at the end of the 1943 season (Rishel 81–82). When a proper gymnasium was constructed in 1923, Duquesne Basketball was finally allowed to come into its own, as the previous court was in reality a stage below the chapel and was not only slanted but demarcated by a steel cage on its perimeter. Altman is also eager to see what Eric Williams Jr., a 6-6 junior transfer from Duquesne, and Eugene Omoruyi, a 6-6 senior transfer from Rutgers, can provide after both players sat out last year per NCAA transfer rules. Conference regular season champion Altman is no stranger to changing rosters and getting the most out of his new players. In his first game against Montana, he had 14 points in 11 minutes. The annual "City Game" between the Pitt and Duquesne basketball teams will remain on hiatus for a second straight year. Dukes Basketball continued to impress with a new coach in the 1949 season--Donald "Dudey" Moore.
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