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BIG MOVES {BY MIKE WYSOCKI} THE COLLEGE-basketball world is saturated with sleazy recruiters and corrupt coaches. Not all of them, just many. An estimated .11 percent of college-hoops fans were surprised at the revelations that Louisville’s Rick Pitino and several other toplevel coaches were implicated in a scandal in which top recruits were persuaded to go to a certain school in exchange for some filthy lucre. The good news is, based on Pitt’s earlyseason performance, there is no reason to suspect that the Panthers are paying anyone to play there. If they are, the joke is on the recruiters. But men’s basketball isn’t the only NCAA sport to be tainted on a regular basis. College-football scandals are as prevalent as scandals involving congressmen.
But there is a college sport that manages to remain free of controversy: women’s basketball. And instead of being ignored, we need to start throwing our support behind these athletes. And at the top of that list locally are the Duquesne Dukes. Coach Dapper Dan Burt is rapidly advancing his program from the respectability initiated by Susie McConnell-Serio to prominence in the Atlantic 10 Conference. In a little more than four seasons, Burt has the Dukes on the precipice of the big time. A 7-2 start in the 2017-18 season brings Burt’s overall record to 96-48 atop the Bluff. Beaver Falls’ own Chassidy Omogrosso averaged 13.7 points per game, hit 66 threepointers, and started every game as a sophomore a year ago. She’s only getting better. A junior with the confidence of a pro, Omogrosso is a calming presence with a killer shot. Fellow junior starter Julijana Vojinovic CONTINUES ON PG. 40
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