Time to squash the Spiders and break this curse.  I wanted Richmond!

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Last edited by coffee (3/04/2018 10:22 am)

Going off our results in the last 22 games with Richmond I'm guessing we have about a 4 and half % chance of coming out on top in this one. 

IronDukes12 wrote:

CLK wrote:

Time to go on a 4 game conference win streak 

Anything's possible.  Keep in mind that the '77 Dukes, coming off a loss to a lowly Pitt team to end the regular season, hobbled into the Philadelphia Spectrum at 12-14 and captured the Eastern Eight title.

Despite a late-season collapse, something tells me Keith Dambrot's squad is capable of doing the same thing.

Hope springs eternal.

Rip Richmond!

LET'S GO DUQUESNE!!!
 

I think we can beat Richmond, but winning the league will be much harder than in 77. First, we don't have Norm Nixon, or anything close. Second, URI, and Bona are better than Villanova was in 77. Third, we only won in 77 because Keith Herron, Villanova's best player, and the second best player in the league, injured his ankle in the semis, and couldn't go against the Dukes. When he was healthy, Nova blew the doors off the Dukes at the Arena.

I like our chances against Richmond.  The UR players are expecting to beat us and despite all of the efforts by the Richmond coaching staff they will be looking past us at the Bonnies.  They'll be expecting to beat us when they're trailing in the second half and won't be convinced that they won't stage a late comeback right up until the moment the final horn sounds.

Then the SBU players will be feeling the same way the next day.  Two wins in this year's A-10 tournament is my prediction.

Vcu74 wrote:

/lurk mode off
Tejas ( and all you other folks)
Best of luck n the upcoming- let’s make it to where we get to see each other again and put up matching toasts!

Cheers,
VCU74

​Hear Hear  Salut 

president wrote:

Regardless of the Richmond outcome, and really hoping for a win, the Dukes still have a shot at a CBI bid much like 2 years ago. Went one and done in the A-10 tourney and at 16-16 got the home game against Nebraska-Omaha, winning that one and then losing to Morehead State to finish at 17-17.I was one of a handful of fans present at the 1st round game. If we do play one here, let's get out and support this team. Not too optimistic about our chances of winning the A-10 but lets get every win that we can in this first year of our rebuild! GO DUKES!!

There is much more positivity around the program today than there was two years ago, so I'd expect a decent turnout for a CBI game this time. This is especially true considering that Pitt did little to attract those locals who are neither hardcore Pitt or Dukes fans, but who root for all local teams. Some of these folks may come out for some postseason action. Two years ago, when the team was 15-7, it looked like Ferry actually had a chance to take the big step that we were looking for, maybe equaling, or bettering Ron's best season. When the wheels fell off, we all pretty much knew he was never getting it done, thus the CBI bid didn't engender much excitement.
 

Biggest things I want to see is us try to get the freshman big in foul trouble and otherwise guard against the 3. Accomplish those two goals and I think we win tomorrow.