PITTSBURGH (AP) -A rivalry isn’t truly one unless both teams realistically have a chance to win when they meet. For years, that’s why the Pitt-Duquesne series was a rivalry in name only.
In what is called the City Game, Pitt has beaten Duquesne nine consecutive times while winning 28 of the last 31. Not much of a rivalry there. Still, the Dukes led by 16 points last year before losing 67-58 in double overtime in the final basketball game played at the Civic Arena. They also were on the verge of beating the Panthers in 2007.
While Duquesne hasn’t defeated Pitt since 2000, the Panthers no longer consider their once-a-year matchup against an opponent located only a few city blocks away as a name-the-score night. The teams no longer share a conference like they once did in the early 1980s, but their players face each other in the same summer league and regularly see each other in the offseason.
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