College Basketball - Atlantic 10 Conference

Duquesne Dukes

Location: Pittsburgh, PA University Founded: 1878 Enrollment: 9,617 Nickname: Dukes Mascot: The Duke School Colors: Blue and Red Joined the A10: 1976 Varsity Teams: 19 U. President: Charles J. Dougherty Director of Athletics: Greg Amodio Basketball Head Coach: Ron Everhart Conference Titles: Reg. Sea: 1980, '81 Tournament: 1977 Basketball Arena: A. J. Palumbo Center Current Capacity: 5,358 First Year of Basketball: 1914

The Dukes have won two regular season conference titles during the early 1980’s. They have had 6 appearances in the NCAA tournament, but have not been invited since 1977, same year they won the Conference Tournament Championship.

The team has had some success in the NIT (the National Invitational Tournament) in previous years. The Dukes became the NIT champions back in 1955.

In recent years the Athletic Department has made some changes in an effort to get back some of the prominence the team once had.

After almost 12 years without making it into the postseason tournaments, the Dukes finally made it to the first round of the NIT in 2009. They lost to Virginia Tech 116-108 in overtime.

The Dukes finished the 2008-2009 with an overall record of 21-12 and a 9-7 conference mark to tie for 5th place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Duquesne 2009/2010 Schedule

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