“Had I not met Dru at the JCC and if they didn't let me use the gym, maybe none of it would ever happen,” Dambrot told the Beacon Journal after the “Fab Five” event. But it did happen. Dambrot, 65, ...

OMAHA, Neb. --In a moment that is inherently supposed to be filled with sadness, that emotion took a backseat. The post-game locker room down the hall from the CHI Health Center court on which ...

Dru Joyce III slept with a basketball as a kid growing up in Akron and began on-court workouts in seventh grade under the guidance of Keith Dambrot. Joyce's lifelong hoops journey is among the reasons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dru Joyce II poses at the premiere of the Peacock film "Shooting Stars," Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at the Regency Village Theatre ...

The Duquesne University men's basketball team has been the local sports story of the year, as the Dukes returned to the NCAA tournament after a 47-year absence and got their first win in the big dance ...

Keith Dambrot's wish about his successor has been granted. Akron native Dru Joyce III will replace Dambrot as the men's basketball coach at Duquesne University, a source familiar with the decision ...

OMAHA, Neb. --A players-only meeting held on the eve of Duquesne's return to the NCAA Tournament made one mission clear. The Dukes earned their first NCAA Tournament win since 1969 Thursday at the CHI ...

Duquesne coach Keith Dambrot put another notch on his lengthy résumé with Thursday’s win over BYU in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, guiding the Dukes to their first March Madness victory ...

Keith Dambrot recently joined the NBA’s LeBron James and JJ Redick on the pair’s “Mind the Game” podcast presented by Uninterrupted. The trio talked X’s and O’s, discussed coaching strategies used by ...

PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH — Duquesne didn’t look far to replace retired head coach Keith Dambrot. The Dukes promoted assistant Dru Joyce on Thursday to take over for Dambrot, who stepped down last week ...

“This has been his dream,” longtime St. Vincent-St. Mary High School boys basketball coach Dru Joyce II told the Beacon Journal by phone after Duquesne promoted his oldest son. “First, it was to play ...

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