Congratulations to the players and coaches for a great season with more wins to come, and also to the  Duquesne administrators for providing the financial resources to make this possible. I guess I can be considered an "old-timer" since I first started following Duquesne basketball in the early 1950's during the       " glory years"  of Ricketts, Cooper, Johnson, Green, etc. I was a student at DU in the early 1960's and had the privledge of attending Duquesne's NIT appearance at Madison Square Garden. Unfortunately we lost to our old nemisis .....Dayton.  Like many of you, today's victory brought tears to my eyes after many years of false hopes. Go Dukes!!

If I remember correctly, College Hall, the Gumberg Library and the School of Music building were all converted parking garages or "industrial" type buildings. Although we didn't have great academic or dormitory facilities (a few of my friends lived in rat-infested University-owned row houses since there were no male dorms), there was much greater spirit then exists today among the student body concerning the basketball program. We played our home games at Pitt's fieldhouse and hundreds of students would make the trek up "cardiac hill". It was a great atmosphere, often very raucous, and the campus "social clubs", especially the Sheiks, were usually the loudest cheerleaders, among other things. :-) 

I took advantage of the "feedback" section listed on the Institutional Master Plan web page to inquire about seating plans for the Rooney Field renovation. I received the following in response:  "The project is in the conceptual design phase; however, the plan is to replace the north side concrete step seating with new bleachers. a new field border wall, new fences and entry gates to define the field perimeter. Seating capacity will be determined as we work through the design."

Rooney Field is apparently going to be upgraded within the next five years according to an article in the Duquesne University Times. The article invites staff, students, community leaders and others to a Monday meeting concerning the University's ten year master plan. There is a list of approximately 12 items on the agenda including one which mentions a new press box, visitor locker room, athletic offices and a wall and seating on the Academic Walk side of the field.