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57-681: A member of the Atlantic 10 Conference , Duquesne University sponsors teams in six men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The football and bowling teams compete as associate members of the Northeast Conference . The Dukes men's basketball team has had great success over the years, playing twice in national championship games in the 1950s and winning the National Invitation Tournament championship in 1955. The men's basketball Dukes semi-regularly play their cross-town rival,

114-517: A club team from 1891 to 1894, 1896 to 1903, 1913 to 1914, and 1920 to 1928, in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 1929 to 1942 and 1947 to 1950, again as a club team from 1969 to 1978, in NCAA Division III from 1979 to 1992, and in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) from 1993–present. The Dukes have won or shared 18 conference championships in

171-454: A five-year media deal with its current affiliates, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. The deal would expand basketball coverage and revenue for the schools. The first year of the new contract is the 2024-2025 season and runs through the 2028-29 season. In late February 2024, it was announced that the 2024-25 season for UMass sports will be the last season as members of the Atlantic 10. The Minutemen will rejoin

228-581: A member of the CAA from 1983 to 2001, to rejoin for football only, because of UR's long-standing in-state rivalries with William & Mary and James Madison. UR accepted the invitation, taking the A-10 football conference below the NCAA minimum of six. Shortly after this, the A-10 football conference opted to disband, with all of its members becoming charter members of the CAA football conference. This league continues to operate under

285-632: A member of the Iona women's rowing team who in the fall of 1998 was awarded one of the nation's 32 Rhodes Scholarships for academic achievement and civic leadership. The MAAC currently has thirteen full member institutions; all are private schools. Of these, all but Quinnipiac , Rider , and Marist College are Catholic, though Marist is formerly Catholic. Of the MAAC's ten current affiliate members, only two are Catholic. Drake , Jacksonville , LIU , Robert Morris , and Stetson are nonsectarian and Wagner College

342-700: A men's title in the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (the forerunner to the Eastern Athletic Association, now known as the Atlantic 10 Conference ). The Dukes also won the 2024 Atlantic 10 men's basketball championship and have won Atlantic 10 team championships in men's cross country (2005), women's cross country (2013, 2014 and 2020–21), women's volleyball (2013), women's soccer (2015) and women's swimming & diving (2018 and 2019). In addition, Duquesne has won numerous regular-season Atlantic 10 team championships. Men's basketball

399-721: A new football conference sponsored by the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA; now known as the Coastal Athletic Association ). In 2012, Butler joined the conference after leaving the Horizon League and VCU joined after leaving the CAA. Conference realignment in 2013 saw the departure of Temple to the American Athletic Conference , Butler and Xavier to the reconfigured Big East , and Charlotte to Conference USA . George Mason joined from

456-618: A new representation of the Duke on social media. The new logo, stylized similarly to the Duquesne “D” athletics logo is a geometric lion’s head wearing a top hat. The lion insignia is present in the seal of Duquesne University and is a new direction and interpretation of the Duke itself. Duquesne's school colors of red and blue, the colors of the Holy Ghost Fathers , have been in place since the school's inception. The Victory Song ( Red and Blue )

513-466: A number of intense rivalries within the Atlantic 10, with rivalries that carry over from the Big 5 which includes Saint Joseph's, La Salle, and Temple (now in the American Athletic Conference ). URI and UMass also have a long-standing rivalry. St. Bonaventure and Duquesne also maintain a rivalry that predates their affiliation with the conference. UMass and Temple also had a basketball rivalry while John Chaney

570-459: A transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A football (now Division I FBS) that was completed in 2002 . In 2004 , UConn, already a member of the Big East for other sports, became a football member of that conference. The other schools all remained in the A-10 football conference until the management change after the 2006 season. The 2005 move of Northeastern University , a football-only member of

627-681: Is Lutheran . There are also two public institutions, the University at Albany and the Virginia Military Institute . Departing members are in red. ( Lasallian ) ( Augustinian ) ( Lutheran ) ( Marianist ) (Jesuit) ( Lutheran ) Full members  Full members (non-football)  Assoc. members (football only)  Other conference  Other conference  The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, plus two sports not organized by

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684-521: Is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I . Its current 13 full members are located in five Northeastern states: Connecticut , Maryland , Massachusetts , New Jersey , and New York . Members are all relatively small private institutions, a majority Catholic or formerly Catholic, with the only exceptions being two secular institutions: Rider University and Quinnipiac University . The MAAC currently sponsors 25 sports and has 17 associate member institutions. The conference

741-779: Is affiliated with the Division I level of the American Collegiate Hockey Association , competing in the College Hockey Mid-America conference. The team was CHMA champions during the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons. They participated in the national ACHA tournament in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2008–09, finishing eighth in the country in 2006. Duquesne will field a Division III team for the 2021-22 season, joining College Hockey East . The men's indoor track & field program practices and competes alongside Duquesne's varsity women's indoor track & field program during

798-416: Is made up of private, Catholic institutions. Despite the name, there are 15 full-time members in the conference; three affiliate members participate in women's field hockey and men's lacrosse . The conference's commissioner since 2008 is Bernadette McGlade. In fall, 2023, the A-10 moved its headquarters from Newport News, Virginia , to Washington, D.C. The Atlantic 10 Conference was founded in 1975 as

855-614: Is now Duquesne University changed its name to honor the Marquis Du Quesne , the French governor of Canada, who first brought Catholic observances to the Pittsburgh area. Since a Marquis and a Duke are not visually distinct (and the name "Duquesne" implies a "Duke"), the unofficial symbol of the school's athletic teams became a man dressed in a top hat, tails and a regal sash across his chest. "Dukes" being more readily recognized than "Marquis,"

912-684: The BYU Cougars , falling 78–72 in Dayton, Ohio . Further, Iona's offense, the highest-scoring (per game) in the nation, managed just 17 points in the second half of that upset. It was the largest comeback in NCAA tournament history, besting the 22-point hole the Duke Blue Devils rallied from to defeat the Maryland Terrapins in the Final Four of the 2001 NCAA tournament . From 1990 through 1993,

969-501: The Big East in 1980 with Pittsburgh following in 1982. Temple joined the A-10 that year. Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991 (effectively in 1993), and three A-10 members joined the Big East as football-only members: Rutgers, West Virginia, and Temple (only Rutgers and West Virginia would later join the Big East as full members in 1995). Virginia Tech joined the A-10 in 1995 as a result of

1026-921: The Eastern Collegiate Basketball League ( ECBL ) and began conference play in 1976. At that time, basketball was its only sport. After its first season, it added sports other than basketball and changed its name to the Eastern Athletic Association . However, despite its official names, it was popularly known as the Eastern 8 , as it then had eight members (Villanova, Duquesne, Penn State, West Virginia, George Washington, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers). After changes in membership that saw charter members Villanova and Pittsburgh leave (in 1980 and 1982, respectively) and new members St. Bonaventure (1979), Rhode Island (1980), Saint Joseph's (1982), and Temple (1982) enter, establishing

1083-529: The Loyola Ramblers - would leave the Missouri Valley Conference and join the A-10 effective July 1, 2022. On May 23, 2022, the addition of men's lacrosse was announced for the 2023 season. The four full members that sponsor the sport (Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's, UMass) were joined by new affiliate members High Point and Hobart . On December 14, 2023, the conference announced

1140-466: The Mid-American Conference (MAC) as a full member beginning in 2025. The following is a list of the full members of the conference and the year they joined: The "joined" column indicates the calendar year in which each school became an A-10 associate, which for spring sports such as lacrosse is the year before the first season of competition. None of these institutions played football in

1197-585: The Middle Atlantic Rifle Conference , claiming a share of the conference title in the 2001–02 season. The team officially disbanded after the 2003–04 season. In the fall 2012 semester, Duquesne's women's rowing team, for the first time, took first place in the varsity eight event at the Head of the Ohio , held in Pittsburgh. Duquesne's first postseason/"full" Atlantic 10 team championship came in 1977 with

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1254-553: The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , with Loyola earning the league's automatic bid and Iona garnering an at-large bid. In July 2013, Quinnipiac University and Monmouth University joined the MAAC to replace Loyola University Maryland , departing to the Patriot League . Also in 2013, the MAAC announced that it would add field hockey with league play set to begin in the 2013–14 academic year. However, field hockey

1311-534: The Yankee Conference , a Division I-AA (now known as Division I FCS) football-only conference. The move was triggered by a change in NCAA rules that reduced the influence of single-sport conferences over NCAA legislation. The following teams were in the Yankee Conference at the time of its demise: Boston University dropped football after the first season of A-10 football. After the 1999 season, UConn started

1368-568: The 13th sponsored women's sport in 2024–25. In addition to the 15 full members, two Pennsylvania schools, Lock Haven and Saint Francis , are affiliate members in field hockey. High Point and Hobart became men's lacrosse affiliates in July 2022. The Atlantic 10 Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 12 women's NCAA sanctioned sport. Regular-season champions are indicated with "(RS)" and tournament champions with "(T)". The A-10 began sponsoring football in 1997 when it absorbed

1425-504: The 1995 MAAC tournament, the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee awarded Manhattan University an at large bid. The Jaspers proved the committee correct by defeating Oklahoma in the first round. The same first-round success Manhattan enjoyed in the 1995 NCAA tournament could not be matched by Iona. In the 2012 NCAAs, the Gaels unexpectedly relinquished a 25-point, first-half lead to

1482-481: The A-10 during their tenure as full members. After expansion in the Colonial Athletic Association brought that conference to 6 football-playing schools, it was agreed that the CAA would take over management of the Atlantic 10's football conference starting in the 2007–08 school year as the legally separate entity of CAA Football . All the schools on this list (except Boston U. and Connecticut) were in

1539-573: The A-10 football conference when it became CAA Football, but Hofstra and Northeastern discontinued their football programs after the 2009–10 school year. Membership dates include time in the Yankee Conference (which was an all-sports conference from the 1947–48 to 1975–76 seasons, and a football-only conference after that) which merged into the A-10 in the 1997–98 school year. Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members (football only) Assoc. member (list sports) Notes - Virginia Tech did not participate in wrestling. There are

1596-440: The A-10, to the Colonial Athletic Association for basketball and Olympic sports began a chain of events that would lead to the demise of the A-10 football conference, at least under the A-10 banner. At that time, the CAA did not sponsor football, but five of its members in the 2004–05 academic year (Delaware, Hofstra, James Madison, Towson, and William & Mary) were football members of the A-10. The addition of Northeastern gave

1653-599: The A10. Rivals St. Louis and Dayton play each year in basketball for the Arch-Baron Cup. George Washington and George Mason compete annually in the Revolutionary Rivalry across all sports. In the 2021–22 academic year, the Atlantic 10 Conference sponsors championship competition in ten men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports, with lacrosse becoming the 10th sponsored men's sport in 2022–23 and women's golf becoming

1710-650: The Bear" who was a fixture at DU athletic events since 1996. At the December 13, 2008 game versus West Virginia, Duquesne introduced its new human-figure mascot to replace the 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) character mascot. The mascot traditionally sports its black jacket with coat-tails and overbearing top-hat. Before the 2010 City Game vs the Pittsburgh Panthers, Duquesne introduced the new character mascot at an annual alumni event. On January 13, 2021, Duquesne Athletics revealed

1767-648: The Big East in 2013, but the conference realigned into the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference and a new non-football Big East . Temple joined The American. Massachusetts joined them in FBS football with membership in the MAC beginning in the 2012 season and as an FBS independent beginning in 2016. Charlotte, which started a football program in 2013, left for Conference USA and eventually joined The American in 2023. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ( MAAC , / m æ k / )

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1824-406: The CAA six schools with football programs, which under NCAA rules allows a conference to sponsor football. Northeastern agreed to join any future CAA football conference, which meant that the A-10 football conference would drop to six members once CAA football began operation. With six football members in place, the CAA decided to start a football conference in 2007. The league then invited Richmond,

1881-857: The CAA, and Davidson from the Southern Conference announced it would join in 2014. The league headquarters is located in Washington, DC . In the Fall of 2023 they relocated the HQ from Newport News, Virginia where it had been located since fall 2009. Prior to that, the headquarters was in Philadelphia , within a few miles of member schools Saint Joseph's and La Salle. The conference currently has media deals with ESPN , CBS Sports Network , NBC Sports , and digital broadcasts with ESPN+. On November 16, 2021, Loyola University Chicago announced that its athletic program -

1938-429: The MAAC after the 2021–22 school year to join the Colonial Athletic Association, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association . The MAAC responded by entering into negotiations with Mount St. Mary's University , a full but non-football NEC member. ESPN reported on April 27, 2022 that the addition of Mount St. Mary's for 2022–23 and beyond would be finalized in early May. The last of these developments came shortly after

1995-434: The MAAC's greatest success in men's basketball, when Saint Peter's became the first 15-seed ever to reach an NCAA regional final, losing there to eventual national runner-up No. 8 North Carolina . Mount St. Mary's would be confirmed as Monmouth's replacement on May 2. Also in 2022, four schools that were already MAAC affiliates added men's lacrosse to their MAAC memberships. All were full members of conferences that dropped

2052-413: The MAAC, split into two divisions. ~North Division Champion ^South Division Champion '*' Extra Innings Craig Wicken (Rider) Fabian Lewis (Canisius) ^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid ^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid ^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid The MAAC Football League was formed before the 1993 season, but it was discontinued following

2109-461: The NCAA—esports, which are fully coeducational, and men's rowing. '*' Best-of-three Championship Series In 2012, Iona, who was inspired by one of their all around best players Sean Armand, which had lost in the semifinals of that year's MAAC tournament, received an NCAA at-large tournament bid. This was the second time the conference was awarded multiple men's NCAA bids. After St. Peter's won

2166-598: The University of Pittsburgh Panthers, in Pittsburgh 's much anticipated and highly attended City Game . The Dukes women's basketball team annually plays the University of Pittsburgh every year in the women's version of the City Game. A Duquesne Dukes men's basketball player's heart ailment serves as the major plot device for the pilot episode of Pittsburgh-based CBS medical drama Three Rivers . Duquesne has played football as

2223-489: The administration of the multi-sports CAA, now known as the Coastal Athletic Association , as the legally separate entity of CAA Football (in full, the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference ). A-10 charter members Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, West Virginia, and Villanova played I-A football as independents while members of the A-10 in other sports. Villanova became a member of

2280-696: The conference for the 2024-25 season. Over the conference's history, MAAC teams have achieved national acclaim in many sports. In the summer of 2002, the Marist men's varsity eight boat advanced to the semifinals of the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta . In 2007, the Marist women's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament . The Red Foxes have recorded five NCAA wins since their run in 2007. In

2337-579: The fall of 2011, the Iona men's cross country team finished tied for ninth place at the NCAA Championship race, extending the Gaels' streak to 10 straight Top 10 national finishes. During the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , the Saint Peter's Peacocks became the first 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight . With an overall record of 22–12, Saint Peter's had the best NCAA postseason run with

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2394-434: The first women's team to represent the MAAC in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side. The conference currently possesses 15 automatic bids to NCAA championships. In 2012–13, the MAAC became eligible for its 15th NCAA championship automatic bid when women's rowing fulfilled

2451-410: The league with 10 members, the conference adopted the current Atlantic 10 name in 1982. Further membership changes saw the league expand to its maximum of 16 members. From 1997 through 2006, the league also operated a football conference ; during that period, more than 20 schools were participating in A-10 competition in at least one sport. This ended when the A-10 football programs all departed to join

2508-401: The majority of their intercollegiate athletic programs to the MAAC in 1997 with the intent that the MAAC would enhance media exposure and competition for their men's and women's Division I basketball programs. In September 2011, the conference announced the launch of MAAC.TV, the league's first broadband network. In March 2012, for the first time in 16 years, the MAAC had two teams advance to

2565-455: The merger that created Conference USA . They would then join the Big East as full members in 2000, following the football program which was already a member of the league. Temple remained a football-only member of the Big East until 2004; they would join the MAC for football in 2007 until 2012, and re-joined the Big East in football for the 2012 season. Temple planned to move the rest of its sports into

2622-555: The most wins in a single NCAA Tournament by any MAAC program (men or women) in the conference's 41-year history. In basketball, MAAC teams have made a total of 80 NIT appearances and 50 NCAA basketball tournament appearances. Notable MAAC student athletes include Mary Beth Riley, a 1991 graduate of Canisius, who was the first recipient of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award and Erin Whalen,

2679-486: The name Duke was popularly assigned to the symbol and stuck ever since the fall of 1911. The Duquesne Department of Athletics unveiled its most notable "Duke" mascot prior to the January 18, 2003 game against the University of Richmond. The Duke is 7-feet tall with an oversized head and sports a dapper navy blue suit with red piping, a red shirt with a red bow tie, and red gloves, with a black top hat. The new Duke replaces "Duke

2736-842: The only athletes in school history to have won a MAAC / NEC football title (team) and an Atlantic 10 title of any kind (team or individual). They are also believed to be the only athletes in school history to have won conference championships in multiple sports (excluding cross country and track & field combinations) or even to have been first-team all-conference in multiple sports (again, excluding XC-TF combos). Women's Outdoor Track & Field (29) Men's Basketball (2) Women's Basketball (1) Men's Soccer (3) Women's Lacrosse (2) Women's Volleyball (1) Duquesne fields many club, or non-varsity, teams that compete regularly against other schools. Club sports offered at Duquesne are men's ice hockey , indoor track & field, tennis , lacrosse and roller hockey . The men's ice hockey team

2793-569: The past 30 years. Duquesne's wrestling squad was a relatively successful NCAA Division I team that competed as an Independent. The Dukes wrestlers won two NCAA Division I East Regional Championships (2000 and 2005) and sent at least one wrestler to the NCAA Championships every year during John Hartupee 's 11 seasons as head coach. The wrestling program eventually disbanded for a variety of reasons. Duquesne fielded an NCAA varsity rifle team for many years (a coed sport). This team competed in

2850-485: The qualifying requirements. The league added football in 1993, but discontinued it following the 2007 season. From 1997 to 2003, the MAAC sponsored ice hockey . At that time, the hockey league split from the MAAC and changed its name to the Atlantic Hockey Association (now Atlantic Hockey America after its 2024 merger with College Hockey America ). Also, Marist College and Rider University moved

2907-413: The sport following the addition of men's lacrosse by the Atlantic 10 Conference . LIU , Sacred Heart , and Wagner are members of the Northeast Conference , and VMI is a member of the Southern Conference . LIU is the only one of the four that had not previously housed men's lacrosse in the MAAC. In October 2023, the MAAC announced that Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University would join

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2964-663: The winter months and is affiliated with the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America . The men's team is recognized as varsity during the spring months when it becomes an outdoor track & field program and competes in the Atlantic 10, though it maintains its affiliation with the IC4A. The Duquesne club tennis team is a part of the United States Tennis Association 's Tennis on Campus program. The "Dukes" nickname dates back to 1911, when what

3021-1145: Was co-champion of the league's regular seasons in 1980 and 1981 when it was known as the Eastern Athletic Association. Women's basketball was co-champion of the league's regular season in 2016. Men's soccer was co-champion of the league's regular season in 2003, sole champion in 2004 and again co-champion in 2005. Women's lacrosse was co-champion of the league's regular seasons in 2004 and 2005, and women's volleyball won an Atlantic 10 regular-season title in 2013. The Dukes have also crowned postseason/"full" Atlantic 10 individual champions in men's cross country (2), women's rowing (8), swimming & diving [23 (men), 41 (women)], women’s indoor track & field (30) and outdoor track & field [29 (men), 29 (women)]. Men's Basketball (2) Men's Cross Country (1) Women's Cross Country (3) Women's Volleyball (1) Women's Soccer (1) Women's Swimming & Diving (2) Men's Cross Country (2) Women's Rowing (8) Men's Swimming & Diving (23) Women's Swimming & Diving (41) Women's Indoor Track & Field (30) Men's Outdoor Track & Field (29) ^ Bodden and Healy are

3078-629: Was coaching Temple but it has died down a bit since, and even more so now that Temple has left the conference. Due to both teams sharing the Ram mascot, the Fordham - URI rivalry has increased in recent years as the competitions are heralded as "The Battle of the Rams." The long-standing crosstown rivalry between Richmond and VCU, now known as the Capital City Classic , became a conference rivalry with VCU's arrival in

3135-478: Was dropped after the 2018 season. The MAAC field hockey league was effectively taken over by the Northeast Conference (NEC), which reinstated the sport the following year. The conference decided to no longer host a conference championship for men's rowing after the 2016 season, which is governed by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association . On January 25, 2022, Monmouth announced it was leaving

3192-399: Was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy , Fairfield University , Fordham University , Iona College , Manhattan University , and Saint Peter's College . Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men's cross-country and men's soccer . Competition in men's and women's basketball began in the 1981–1982 season. In 1982, Saint Peter's was

3249-813: Was written in 1926. Words and music were composed by Father Thomas J. Quigley (class of 1927). Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's (NCAA) Division I . The A-10's member schools are located mostly on the East Coast and Midwest of the United States : Illinois , Massachusetts , Missouri , New York , North Carolina , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Virginia , and Washington, D.C. Although some of its members are state-funded, half of its membership

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