Cheerleader, so I watched the A10 tourney pretty closely this season. I thought Duquesne had the potential to make some noise in the NCAA tourney, and they did.

...I was five months from being born.

Good on them, win more.

after his transfer from ND in 1988. Averaged 27.2 ppg in his one year there and still holds the Duquesne single season scoring record.

My program memories date back to Carr, and the '81 S16 loss remains the all-time worst feeling I've ever had in following ND MBB. No other game comes close.

For 2d time in 5 years in S16, Digger tried to sit on a 14 pt 2d half lead too early, and, as in '77, it blew up in his face. In '77, there was the late drive by Phil Ford. In '81, there was...well, you know.

In '77, he had an epic recruiting class coming in that fall. In '81, that class was leaving w/o anything worthwhile to replace it.

It was a visible watershed moment from which Digger never really recovered in his remaining 10 seasons.

Danny Ainge should be itchy the rest of his life.

‘Reloading.’ Paxson, Sluby and Billy Varner (and I’m sure some others) returned. Like you said, ‘81 was a watershed year for Digger and ND hoops.