Nice get with some pretty big upside. A bit of a project by the sounds of it, but the Dukes should have the depth inside to able to bring him along slowly. 

It's interesting the roster composition Dambrot seems to be going for. Not a lot of schools in the A-10 run two bigger bigs lately. La Salle a few years ago being the exception.

Last edited by steve19981 (8/05/2017 5:37 pm)

Interesting story on Gavin.  According to the Indy Star, in addition to DU he had offers from Old Dominion, Akron, Boston U, Ball State, and Indiana State.  

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/04/27/4000-calories-day-aau-circuit-help-prepare-plainfield-big-man-next-level/100973222/

https://verbalcommits.com/players/gavin-bizeau

Not sure why but ESPN  has him as a 4 star prospect. Other rating groups have him a 2 star prospect.  He is on a 4,000 calorie diet (I envy him).

http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/224491/gavin-bizeau

https://www.hudl.com/profile/6794599/gavin-bizeau







 

Last edited by CLK (8/05/2017 5:55 pm)

Took him from Pitt and Dayton.

The roster for 2018 is the the most solid, robust, and player for player highest talent level I have ever seen since following the Dukes.

If one of the euros and verhoeven pan out, we will have 5 solid to good interior guys between 6'9" and 6"11" (Hughes 6'9", verhoeven 6'9", I'll just say kratholm 6'9", Bizeau 6'11" and Swingle 6'11")

The wing position has two options for guys that are out and out wing players. We will see what we have in Williams this year and then we bring in Weathers who was one of the best players on his team at Miami of Ohio as a freshman, I expect him to be the starter at the 3 position. We will probably also see some of the taller guards get time at the 3 because there will be times we will want to have three guards on the floor because of the talent at that position. Look for Hughes and Randall to get some time at the 3.

The guard position is absolutely stacked with the transfers and Lewis, who most around the league would agree was the best freshman in the conference last year. Add a senior Tarin Smith, very highly touted Frankie Hughes, and former number one player in the state of Arizona in Randall, and this back court should be electric, and likely one of the most talented groups in the league.

I just don't see a single hole for 2018, I think we could see a big time winner in terms of record and postseason!

Last edited by Duques102 (8/07/2017 10:19 am)

Duques102 wrote:

The roster for 2018 is the the most solid, robust, and player for player highest talent level I have ever seen since following the Dukes.

If one of the euros and verhoeven pan out, we will have 5 solid to good interior guys between 6'9" and 6"11" (Hughes 6'9", verhoeven 6'9", I'll just say kratholm 6'9", Bizeau 6'11" and Swingle 6'11")

The wing position has two options for guys that are out and out wing players. We will see what we have in Williams this year and then we bring in Weathers who was one of the best players on his team at Miami of Ohio as a freshman, I expect him to be the starter at the 3 position. We will probably also see some of the taller guards get time at the 3 because there will be times we will want to have three guards on the floor because of the talent at that position. Look for Hughes and Randall to get some time at the 3.

The guard position is absolutely stacked with the transfers and Lewis, who most around the league would agree was the best freshman in the conference last year. Add a senior Tarin Smith, very highly touted Frankie Hughes, and former number one player in the state of Arizona in Randall, and this back court should be electric, and likely one of the most talented groups in the league.

I just don't see a single hole for 2018, I think we could see a big time winner in terms of record and postseason!

I don't know, we were pretty loaded Ron's second year, at least on paper.

My point was that even back then there was not universal support at Duquesne of the program. This is factual as I understand it. We got those great players because of a pipeline to NY and being  way ahead of that curve in those days. It was not due to great administrative support of the program. Look at what the coaches were paid in those days compared to some other schools. Not at all saying that we are going to get NBA talent here like then. Not my point at all.

president wrote:

My point was that even back then there was not universal support at Duquesne of the program. This is factual as I understand it. We got those great players because of a pipeline to NY and being  way ahead of that curve in those days. It was not due to great administrative support of the program. Look at what the coaches were paid in those days compared to some other schools. Not at all saying that we are going to get NBA talent here like then. Not my point at all.

Just for the record, there was really no major pipeline to NYC. Sihugo Green was the only NYC star from that era, although Fletcher Johnson was a New Jersey kid. The Ricketts were from Pottstown, and Jim Tucker was from Kentucky.