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

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Duquesne reached those giddy heights while playing with a roster that symbolized the smallish Catholic university's approach to racial and religious diversity. The 1954 Dukes who walked onto the floor at a sold-out Madison Square Garden to face Holy Cross in the NIT finals featured an all-Black frontcourt.

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

Duquesne's return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 47 years is putting a spotlight on the team's storied past. The small Pittsburgh Catholic school was among the

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

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

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

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — 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 Tour…

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

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Duquesne’s return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 47 years is putting a spotlight on the team’s storied past. The small Pittsburgh Catholic school was among the first collgiate programs to heavily recruit Black players like Basketball Hall of Famer Chuck Cooper. The 1955 team that won the National Invitational Tournament had several Black players in the starting lineup. Current Duk…

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

Before Duquesne slid into basketball anonymity and nearly five decades of what coach Keith Dambrot only semi-jokingly describes as ''anguish,'' there was glory.

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

FILE - Duquesne center Jim Tucker (4) leaps for a rebound against Holy Cross players in the NIT finals at New Yorks Madison Square Garden, March 13, 1954. Holy Cross players, from left: Togo Palazzi (22); Joe Liebler (32); Tom Heinsohn (24) and Don Prohovich (35). Tucker was a part of a wave of Black players who helped the small Pittsburgh Catholic school become a national power in the 1940s and 1950s. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File) (Marty …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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