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head coach keith dambrot

DAMBROT’S

DUQUESNE HIGHLIGHTS

Keith Dambrot, the 17th men’s basketball coach in DU history, has
amassed 56 wins in his first three seasons. The win total tied all-time great
Dudey Moore - the man who coached Keith’s father, Syd - for the most
by a Duquesne coach in his first three seasons. Only Moore, who coached
six NIT and one NCAA Duquesne team from 1949-58 and Chick Davies,
who led the Dukes to three NIT and one NCAA appearance (1925-43;
‘47-48) reached the 50-win mark in fewer games.
Dambrot, who inherited a 10-22 team (3-15 in the A-10) in 2017-18,
has posted 16, 19 & 21 wins in his first three seasons. In the process, the
Dukes have exceeded their Atlantic 10 preseason pick every year: 2018
picked 14th, finished t10th (7-11); 2019 picked 11th finished t6th (10-8);
2020 picked 8th finished t5th (11-7).

In 2019-20
• Playing without a home court due to renovation work at UPMC Cooper
Fieldhouse, Dambrot guided the Dukes to 20 wins (21-9) for just the third
time in the past 48 seasons. It was the first time since 1971 (21-4) & 1972
(20-5) that DU had 19 or more wins in back-to-back seasons.
• Duquesne received votes in the AP Top 25 in four separate weeks in
2019-20. It was the first time since 2011 that a DU team received votes.
• Duquesne broke the school record - which was tied in 2018-19 - with 11
Atlantic 10 Conference wins (11-7). It marked the first time in school histo-
ry that Duquesne posted double-digit wins in back-to-back A-10 seasons.
• Duquesne’s fifth-place Atlantic 10 finish was the program’s best since
2011 and tied the school’s second-best finish in a 14-team A-10.
• The Dukes opened the season with 10 consecutive wins, marking the
school’s best start since 1953-54 (22-0). DU, which eventually moved to
15-2, was one of the last four teams in the nation without a loss in 2019-20.
• Posted the program’s first Atlantic 10 wins over both Davidson and VCU,
giving Dambrot wins over every A-10 opponent in his first three seasons.
• Put together Duquesne’s second five-game A-10 win streak in as many
years. In the process DU set a new school record with six conference
road wins.

In 2018-19
• Led a team with 11 newcomers to a tie for sixth in the Atlantic 10. Put
together DU’s best record (19-13, 10-8/t6th) and best conference finish
since 2011 (19-13, 10-6/t4th). Duquesne was picked to finish 11th in the
A-10 preseason poll.
• DU’s ten Atlantic 10 wins (10-8) and four A-10 road wins (4-5) tied the
most in school history. It was just the sixth time in 42 A-10 seasons that
Duquesne finished with a winning conference record.
• Duquesne’s five-game A-10 win streak in January tied the second-lon-
gest in school history.
• Duquesne’s 14 home wins (14-5) broke the Palumbo Center record set
in 2018, and were the most home victories since 1972 (16-1).
• Ninety-seven percent of DU’s scoring - including all but two points in
conference play - came from freshmen and sophomores. DU was ranked
346th of 353 teams on KenPom’s list of “most experienced” college
teams.

In 2017-18
• Guided a team picked to finish last in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll to 16
wins and a 10th place conference finish. The 16 wins were the most by a MOST WINS IN FIRST 3 SEASONS
DU first-year coach since Dudey Moore went 17-5 in 1948-49. Keith Dambrot entered the 2020-21 season with 56 wins. The total tied the
• Engineered the seventh-best single-season improvement in school mark for most by a Duquesne coach through his first three seasons:
history in taking the Dukes from a 10-22 record in 2016-17 to 16-16 in
2017-18. Ws COACH AT DU YRS RECORD
• Led the Dukes to a seven-game win streak from December 4 through 56 Keith Dambrot 2018-current 3 56-38 (.596)
December 22. It was the program’s longest win streak since 2010-11 (11 56 Dudey Moore 1949-58 10 191-70 (.732)
62-49 (.559)
in a row). DU’s eight December wins (8-2) were the most in the month 51 Mike Rice 1979-82 4 99-89 (.527)
Ron Everhart
2007-12
48
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since the 1971-72 team went 8-0. 43 Chick Davies 1925-43; ‘47-48 21 314-106 (.748)
• Duquesne’s 13 home wins (13-6) were the most in 30 seasons of play at
the Palumbo Center.

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