Dukes Off to Cullowhee, NC For Three

Duquesne, coming off a 52-50 win at Iowa on Nov. 17, heads to Cullowhee, N.C. to continue play in the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic. The Dukes will play three games in three days beginning with a Nov. 23 match-up against Binghamton ...   Full Story

The Duquesne women's basketball team hits the road for the third time this season when they visit Penn at the Palestra on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is at 3:30 p.m.   Full Story

Some quick notes on the 2-0 Duquesne men's basketball team...   Full Story

Student ticket distribution and Mellon Arena procedures have been announced for the Dec. 2 men's basketball game versus Pitt.   Full Story

Duquesne doesn't see Big Ten teams that often and has rarely been the favorite. But that was the situation Tuesday night when the Dukes took on the Hawkeyes in a preliminary game of the CBE Classic. According to Yahoo.com, the Dukes were favored by 1.5 points. More on the game .... with notes and quotes   Full Story

The Duquesne University Department of Athletics has launched a Twitter site at www.Twitter.com/GoDuquesne.   Full Story

Duquesne junior Bill Clark hit a rim-circling three-pointer with 12 seconds left that returned the 52-50 lead to Duquesne in Tuesday night's win over Iowa in the O'Reilly Auto Parts College Basketball Experience (CBE) Classic at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Sophomore B.J. Montiero blocked Eric May's* last second jumper to preserve the victory.   Full Story

This is the initial Atlantic 10 Conference's men's basketball notebook for the 2009-10 season. Awards this week go to Duquesne's Damian Saunders, Dayton's Chris Wright, Charlotte's Shamarr Bowden and La Salle's Aaric Murray.   Full Story

Tuesday's night's 2009 O'Reilly Auto Parts College Basketball Experience Classic matchup between Duquesne and Iowa will be televised (9 p.m ET) on ESPNU, is part of ESPN's second annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.   Full Story

Duquesne will travel to Iowa City to take on the Big Ten's Hawkeyes in the Dukes' first "O'Reilly Auto Parts College Basketball Experience Classic" game this Tuesday. Iowa's first CBE game was Sunday at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena against Texas-San Antonio. UTSA upset Iowa, 62-50. This story also includes a description of the CBE tournament brackets.   Full Story

Duquesne, coming off an 85-62 season-opening win over Nicholls State on Friday, hits the road for the first time this season to face Iowa (0-0) in the opening round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. ESPNU will carry the game.   Full Story

PITTSBURGH - Duquesne junior Damian Saunders (Waterbury, Conn./Notre Dame (Mass.) Prep) has been named Atlantic 10 co-Player of the Week for his performance in DU's season-opening 85-62 win over Nicholls State.   Full Story

Duquesne had 12 turnovers and were trailing 36-33 at the half. Just four more in the second period helped the Dukes outscore NSU, 52-26, for the 85-62 victory at Friday's season and home opener.   Full Story

Duquesne, which gave up a 16-point first half lead and trailed by three at the break, came back for an 85-62 win over Nicholls State Friday night at the Palumbo Center on the Bluff. Sophomore Melquan Bolding paced the Dukes with 25 points. Junior Damian Saunders set a new personal best with 19 rebounds.   Full Story

THIBODAUX -After one of the most successful seasons in school history behind them, the Nicholls State University men's basketball team will look to pick up where it left off when they open the 2009-10 season on the road at 2009 National Invitational Tournament Qualifier Duquesne on Friday night.    Full Story

Duquesne tips-off the 2009-10 men's basketball season on Friday, Nov. 13 at 8:00 p.m. vs. Nicholls State (0-0) at the Palumbo Center.   Full Story

Wednesday is the first day of the National Letter of Intent's early signing period, which T.J. McConnelll will be signing at a 2 pm news conference. Today's newstand includes Duquesne men's basketball recruiting information and lots more. And it concludes with a story on DU's military psychology clinic, which is free for military veterans and their families.   Full Story

Duquesne scheduled just one exhibition match before kicking off the 2009-10 regular season and home schedule next Friday, November 13, 2009, against the Southland Conference's Nicholls State.   Full Story

Duquesne's men's basketball team, behind four three-pointers by a quartet of DU veterans, rolled out to a 18-0 edge on the way to a 95-48 victory over Division III La Roche College before a crowd of 1,819 Saturday night at the Palumbo Center on the Bluff.    Full Story

Last season, Duquesne was the surprise of the Atlantic 10 Conference in advancing to within six points of the school's first NCAA Tournament bid since 1977.   Full Story

Men's basketball sophomore Eric Evans and lacrosse redshirt sophomore Katie Rekart will represent Duquesne at the 2009 Division I Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Ga. on October 23-25.   Full Story

Duquesne basketball fans will get a chance to preview the 2009-10 Dukes as the Department of Athletics will host Fan Fest on Saturday, October 24 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the A.J. Palumbo Center.   Full Story

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports this evening that sophomore swingman B.J. Monteiro has been reinstated to Duquesne's men's basketball team.   Full Story

PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne Athletic Fund will hold its annual Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon Wednesday, October 28 at 11:30 am at the Power Center Ballroom.    Full Story

PITTSBURGH - The 12-team field, schedule and television coverage for the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic men's college basketball tournament was announced by the Gazelle Group on Friday afternoon.   Full Story