PITTSBURGH — Duquesne is going to end Pittsburgh’s long run of dominance in the City Game. Jim Ferry is sure of it.

It’s the whole “when” part of the deal that’s the problem.

“Every year it’s time,” the third-year coach said. “Every time we play a game, I don’t care who we play, we expect to win the game. It’s going to happen. When is it going to happen? When we play better than them.”

That hasn’t happened for more than a decade. The players who take the floor at Consol Energy Center on Friday night for the 83rd meeting between the crosstown rivals were in elementary school the last time the Dukes managed to beat the Panthers.

Coaches change. Conferences change. Faces change. The outcome has not since Duquesne won 71-70 back in 2000. The Dukes (3-1) need a victory to restore some edge to the rivalry.