TheActualDuke wrote:

Now that we've added 3 portal commitments, how many remaining scholarships do we still have to use?

I have this unconfirmed list of scholarship players for the upcoming season.

Dixon
Barre
Necas
Hronsky
Rozier
Dimichele (give him a schoalrship)
Crawford (committed yesterday)
Dinkins (committed yesterday)
Corbett (committed today)
Aekins (Incoming freshman who committed in July, have not heard otherwise)
Hall (Committed in December)

That’s 11, limit is 13

4:56 PM Thursday, ANOTHER CHALK TWEET!

https://x.com/druondemand/status/1783600976433152107?s=46

I’m starting to like these tweets, makes me excited news is on the way!

Like many of you, I have great memories from my time on the Bluff, on and off campus in Uptown in the "Fifth/Forbes corridor". Over the years the slum landlords that sat on dilapidated properties and held the neighborhood back in the name of personal profits has always extremely frustrated me. Over the past several months lots of great news has come out regarding new apartment developments in uptown, and I hope the neighborhood can grow back to the bustling community it was. The BRT is also being constructed right now. When all of this development is complete I believe Uptown will become a desirable place for young professionals to live. The location of the neighborhood and the proximity to the central business district is too good for some slumlords to hold it back. Especially with the addition of the medical school and the momentum Duquesne has, I think the Bluff is in a great position for growth.

Forbes and Van Braam: Pittsburgh approves new apartment building in Uptown - CBS Pittsburgh (cbsnews.com) 
Fifth near Dinwiddie: 254-unit development surrounding historic Tito House in Uptown Pittsburgh moves forward | TribLIVE.com
Fifth and Moultrie: New apartment building coming to Pittsburgh's Uptown | TribLIVE.com
BRT: Pittsburgh's Bus Rapid Transit project has more money and a new name | 90.5 WESA

 

CLK wrote:

El Presidente wrote:

I'm satisfied to this point with our signings but need to see a couple more good ones soon. Another guard to play the point and hopefully a big to help out inside. Let's see what happens and hopefully it happens soon!
That would, I suppose, give us 12 ships in use if my math is correct and the 2 early signings are still committed.

 
Scholarship math at Duquesne is fuzzy at best.  We have 6 returning players, 9 guys who we believe were on scholarship that graduated or left, and currently we have three signings.  Those who left are:
H Drame
 Savrasov
 F Drame
 Mahorcic
 Grant
 Clark
 Williams
 Nicholls
Barba 

I think at the moment there are currently 9 on scholarship.

Dixon
Barre
Necas
Hronsky
Rozier
Dimichele (give him a schoalrship)
Crawford (committed yesterday) 
Dinkins (committed yesterday)
Aekins (Incoming freshman who committed in July, have not heard otherwise)
Brandon Hall (Committed in December)

Not aware of any others, very possible I am missing another incoming freshman but haven't heard much about Dom Aekins or any other freshman.

 

MikeR wrote:

luckymcd wrote:

Most interesting name to me is Tyson Acuff after a season in which he finished 8th in the country in scoring? Any chance he’d want to come back?

Thought I saw Toby Okani in there too.

Okani just committed to West Virginia.
Tyson Acuff committed to Rutgers.

townsonkid wrote:

I believe he has 1 year left.   Read that in the PSN recruiting article about him.

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2024/04/20/duquesne-basketball-receiving-weekend-visit-from-canisius-star-point-guard-tre-dinkins/

He only has 1 year of eligibility left. Before his 2 years at Canisius he played 2 years at Harcum Junior College in Bryn Mawr, PA.

Article including highlight tape:
https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2024/04/24/duquesne-basketball-earns-commitment-from-canisius-transfer-tre-dinkins/

BluffHunter wrote:

Can't stop refreshing twitter... This transfer portal era is something different

Well I guess it was for good reason... Tre Dinkins announced les than 2 minutes after posting this lol

Can't stop refreshing twitter... This transfer portal era is something different

I was originally unhappy, and I still do not like the fact that the Duquesne Dukes play at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cooper Fieldhouse. As Dukes2012 said, it was probably a situation where the university couldn't turn down an offer of that value. Hopefully the naming rights are for an X amount of years and after the Dukes make the tournament a few more times we could get a big name sponsor to pay enough to not advertise the scared university up Forbes. When it comes to the medical school that is out of my expertise. Because of a family member I know nursing students have a full semester where they work as a nurse with no classes. Some work at mercy, some work at AGH, some work other places. 

To have them all in one place, I'll link the other games too.

A10 Championship Final vs. VCU VCU vs Duquesne | 2024.3.17 | NCAAB Game (youtube.com)
A10 Quarter Final vs. Dayton Dayton vs Duquesne | 2024.3.14 | NCAAB Game (youtube.com)
I was not able to find a full reply of the Semifinal vs. SBU.


 

Great article. It was nice to get some insight about our newer coach. Throughout the season I saw his involvement and comradery with the team, but aleays wanted to learn more! Interesting tidbit that Mcfadden ran the offense and Joyce ran the defense.