Sport: No. I Dukes

Time was when Pittsburgh was a football and baseball city. The University of Pittsburgh Panthers under Coach Jock Sutherland were the terrors of the collegiate football world, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were perennial first-division players. Times have changed. Nowadays, with the Pirates in the depths* and the Panthers rebuilding, Pittsburgh is basketball-crazy over the Duquesne Dukes. Last week, after the Dukes had beaten the strong, star-studded Quantico Marines, who had won 28 of their last 30 games, basketball coaches and sportswriters voted undefeated Duquesne the No. 1 team in the U.S.

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