March Madness: Long before Duquesne spent 47 years in anonymity, a progressive approach led to glory

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Duquesne's return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 47 years is putting a spotlight on the team's storied past

Before Duquesne slid into basketball anonymity and nearly five decades of what coach Keith Dambrot only semi-jokingly describes as “anguish,” there was glory. Lots of it. Dambrot heard the tales firsthand from his father Sid, a guard and set-shot wizard on the Dukes' teams of the early 1950s that were regulars in the AP's top 10 and made deep run after deep run in the National Invitational Tournament, which carried more weight nationally than NCAA tourney at the time.

Judge Sam Weiss, the chairman of the Duquesne University Athletic Council, stepped in. “The principle of the entire matter means more to us than a mere basketball game,” Weiss said. The Volunteers forfeited and headed back home to Knoxville. Weiss' decision to ally with Cooper sent a message to Black players across the country that the program was committed to something far greater than the outcome of a game.

 

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