I do not know what to expect as far as wins and losses and to predict that now isnt worth talking.What I want
to see is good  defense, being able to change from man to man and going to a zone without any excuses that the players just dont seem to grasp,taking charges  and defensive rebounding,boxing out,limiting a team to one and done. Creating hesitation from the opposition as  to what Duquesne is doing defensively.
 Ferry was clueless on the defensive side and this is where Duquesne might surprise if the defensive fundamentals
improve . Dambrot said that was his main focus with coaching a team.
 Getting into the offense early in shot clock and valuing that a layup has more of a chance of going in the basket
as opposed to chucking up the threes with 2 seconds on the clock because the weave wasted so much time .
Pat Chambers is in trouble if hes counting on anything from Ferrys basketball insight.Ferry was a poor teacher.
 

stew wrote:

I do not know what to expect as far as wins and losses and to predict that now isnt worth talking.What I want
to see is good  defense, being able to change from man to man and going to a zone without any excuses that the players just dont seem to grasp,taking charges  and defensive rebounding,boxing out,limiting a team to one and done. Creating hesitation from the opposition as  to what Duquesne is doing defensively.
 Ferry was clueless on the defensive side and this is where Duquesne might surprise if the defensive fundamentals
improve . Dambrot said that was his main focus with coaching a team.
 Getting into the offense early in shot clock and valuing that a layup has more of a chance of going in the basket
as opposed to chucking up the threes with 2 seconds on the clock because the weave wasted so much time .
Pat Chambers is in trouble if hes counting on anything from Ferrys basketball insight.Ferry was a poor teacher.
 

KD almost never plays zone....man to man almost exclusively.  Kids will earn their minutes by the amount of effort on the defensive end.

Simple.  Improved attendance and pride in the program.  Moving forward without excuses.  Record doesn't matter to me next year.

duqkurt wrote:

Simple. Improved attendance and pride in the program. Moving forward without excuses. Record doesn't matter to me next year.

I think we'll see more alums at the games, but non alums won't come until the team starts to win at a high level.
 

33 wins, A10 Championship and NCAA Final 4.  

Great point.   The staff and faculty of DU do NOTHING to support athletics beyond their paychecks.   That has to change.   

It is up to Gourmley to change that.

I expect we will see: fundamental, disciplined basketball on both ends. A well coached team.

on offense-fluid ball movement, moving without the ball, big men using their bodies to create space. screens. the old "be hard to guard" mantra, triple threat positions
no standing around while one guy dribbles for 30sec and then launches a 3

on d- ball you man, in your face defense with a lot of talking and communicating. smooth switching. making the other team; uncomfortable starting their offense from half court

on both sides--boxing out and crashing to boards.

no idea how many wins that will translate into this year, but the future is very bright on the bluff.

*instead of a brick by brick approach, i think this season will be about laying a solid foundation
 

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ghost wrote:

all valid hopes.  I do think however that play will be a bit ragged thru the first 1/3 or so of the season due to the incredible influx of new players. 

count me as cautiously optimistic.

This is where the soft schedule will help. We have to keep in mind that most people are not paying close attention, the way we are. A tough schedule, that leads to a 9-23 record only feeds the "same old Duquesne" line of thinking among the non hardcore. No coach who lost 20 games in a season at Duquesne ever became successful.