Following the conclusion of the common season, Duquesne has earned the sixth seed within the Atlantic 10 Males’s Basketball Match.

The Dukes entered Saturday with an opportunity on the No. 4 seed however following their loss to Fordham and George Mason’s 62-60 win over Richmond, they dropped to No. 6.

Duquesne (20-11) will play the winner of No. 11 LaSalle (13-18) vs. No. 14 Rhode Island (9-21) on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The LaSalle vs. Rhode Island recreation takes place on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Keith Dambrot’s squad has earned win over each LaSalle and Rhode Island this season. The Dukes beat LaSalle 91-74 on February 22 and Rhode Island, 81-72 on December 31.

The winner of the Duquesne vs. Rhode Island/LaSalle recreation would then tackle Fordham on Thursday at 7:30 PM.

Duquesne’s first Atlantic-10 event recreation will likely be televised on the USA Community.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Pitt’s run at an ACC common season championship got here to an finish on Saturday evening, as Blake Hinson’s deep three-point attempt within the remaining seconds missed and the Panthers fell to No. 16 Miami by a rating of 78-76 in a battle for the highest spot within the convention.

Trailing by as many as 9 factors within the second half, Pitt scrapped its manner again into the sport behind Hinson, Nike Sibande and firm. With 3:30 remaining, Hinson nailed a nook three pointer — his fifth of the sport — to chop Miami’s lead down to a few. Nevertheless, Miami sharpshooter Wooga Poplar answered together with his sixth three of the evening, sending the Miami crowd right into a frenzy and the Hurricanes one step nearer to a share of the common season ACC title.

With 25 seconds to go trailing by 5 factors, Pitt had climbed all the best way again into its battle in opposition to the Hurricanes however it felt as if Miami had the win of their arms. Nevertheless, Hinson, in his residence state of Florida, was not going to surrender simply but.

With 13 seconds left, Hinson drained a fadeaway three — his sixth of the evening — slicing Miami’s result in two. Pitt then fouled Miami’s Omier, he missed his first free throw, and the Panthers had an opportunity to tie — and even win — the sport. Hinson tried one other miracle three for the win within the remaining seconds, however it bounced off the rim and Pitt’s hopes at an ACC common season title have been all out.

Hinson led Pitt with 24 factors on the evening, adopted by Sibande’s 16 and Burton’s 13. Level guard Nelly Cummings dished out a team-high six assists, and contributed 10 factors of his personal.

For Miami, Poplar shot his option to a team-high 18 factors, adopted by Miller’s 17 and Norchad Omier’s 15. The Hurricanes severely out-rebounded Pitt all evening lengthy, grabbing 42 boards to Pitt’s 20. With the win, Miami claimed a share of its first ACC common season title since 2013.

The high-stakes matchup lived as much as the hype from the beginning, as each groups delivered with spotlight performs all through the primary half.

Pitt locked up Miami star Isaiah Wong early on, forcing him to overlook his first 4 field-goal makes an attempt, together with two airballs. The Panthers seemed to Burton and Hinson for scoring manufacturing, and likewise obtained a team-best 9 factors from Nike Sibande off the bench within the first half. When the Panthers want a spark, they seemed to Sibande and fellow reserve Jorge Diaz-Graham — who hit two threes within the half.

Within the tail finish of the primary half, Miami’s Poplar took over the sport with three three pointers in a five-minute span, constructing the Hurricanes lead as much as six.

The Hurricanes hit their first three three-point tries of the second body and stayed sizzling from past the arch all through the remainder of the sport.

With the loss, Pitt fell to 21-10 on the yr and 14-6 in ACC play. The Panthers dropped from the highest spot of the convention and are actually joined on the six-loss mark by Clemson and Duke, behind Virginia and Miami who completed wth 5 convention losses.

The ACC Match kicks off on Tuesday, March 7.