My favorite big man was the "Big Train" in the early seventies. Great nickname bestowed upon him by Ray Goss. I go back to Willie Somerset's final year which was my freshman year. I remember Phil Washington at 6-8 who played well and averaged something like 12 or 13 points per game his final year I believe. Phil passed away not too long ago. Was a really good guy.

PistolPete wrote:

I was in grade school when Gary and Barry played with JD and Billy Zoft, remember listening on A.M. radio, but I have to say Lionel "The Big Train" Billingy was probaby my favorite Dukes big man.  I remember watching him at the CA, he was highly skilled.  Hell, my buddy LTrain is named after him - and I call his son "Little Train"...love it!!!

'70-'71 The greatest Dukes team in my humble opinion. I was a sophomore.
Record: 21-4 (Independent)
Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll
Coach: Red Manning
PS/G: 85.8 (28th of 206)
PA/G: 72.4 (53rd of 206)SRS: 11.36 (15th of 203)SOS: 1.31 (86th of 203)NCAA Tournament:
Lost East First Round (70-65) versus Pennsylvania

Last edited by KenOTR73 (3/21/2021 8:37 am)

This is all indicative of how bad its been. In the 70's they still had a taste of relevancy, even in the Cinicola years.

I'd take Mike Barr as a PG any day.

KenOTR73 wrote:

Pardon the formatting. I had to add spaces. As you can see, Mickey was gone to the Condors the next year. Just look at that depth!

Player                         Class        Pos       Height           Summary
Mickey Davis                               F             6-10         19.1 Pts, 9.5 Reb, 5.6 Ast
Jarrett Durham               SR        G             6-5           18.0 Pts, 6.0 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Garry Nelson                 SR        C              6-10           13.6 Pts, 8.9 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Barry Nelson                 SR        F               6-10            12.6 Pts, 8.3 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Mike Barr                      JR        G               6-3               7.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 2.6 Ast
Jack Wojdowski           SO         F               6-4               6.0 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Steve McHugh             SR        G               6-0                6.4 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Darnell Roebuck          JR         F               6-4                2.9 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Ruben Montanez         SO        G               6-2               2.3 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Dave Roddy                              G              5-11              2.3 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Tom Mueseler                           G              6-3                2.3 Pts, 1.4 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jack Baran                               G               6-3                 0.9 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.2 Ast
_ Carter                                                                         0.8 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.2 Ast
_ Scheeren                                                                   1.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast

And back then there was NO Freshman Eligibilty -- So the NEXT YEAR there were some REAL IRON DUKES - Billingy, Barr, Roebuck, Montanez, Wojdowski, Harrington was the COMPLETE ROSTER!!  They even signed a player in the middle of the season (Brian Devine from ACC) -  Don't know if he actually got into a game but at least he helped fill out "The Layup Line" Before the games!!!!~
 

Judge Jack McVay Jr wrote:

PS don't forget Murray Mikenhouse in talking Duquesne bigs who threw the Frisbee better than anyone on campus in front of Towers!!

And let's not forget Murray's talent for flatulence virtually on demand.