VCU is the real deal.  They are big, balanced, can shoot lights out, and are very quick.  I think this is the style Ferry would like to have down the road.  They were effortless in eveything they did.  On a given night, this VCU team could easily handle Pitt, but maybe not every night.  They will be seeded high come March.  The Dukes played hard, but they were just beaten by a much better team.  The Atlantic 10 has a big time program in VCU.  Their small group of fans were even better than the Red & Blue crew.  They were loud, organized, and efficent.  They were what we want to be as a program.  I thought Bobby Mo shot unbelieveable threes, but these guys made everything look so easy.  It was like watching a pro team going about it's business.  I think the best way to sum them up was methodical, man they were good!

"Look at the bright side: If you went to the game, you might've seen an Elite 8 or Final 4 team."

Yeah, that's the reason to attend games. Hey, I just saw a Final 4 team make our program look like it belongs in the women's league.

PG Article

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/duquesne/dukes-fall-prey-to-havoc-at-consol-671140/

Ferry interview

http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/011913aaa.html
 

Phildog wrote:

duq81 wrote:

VBC wrote:

 
That 50 point beating Camby & freinds gave us at Palumbo still stings.

I don't hold out much hope for tonight's game but I'll be there rooting for an upset.

I remember them putting a whipping on Pitt during that same time.

i was at the Umass 50 point blow out, only 50 because Cal had third stringers in before halftime, this was the only game of many hundreds I went to over the years that I ever left at halftime.
 

 

What I remember most about that game was U Mass's twelfth man  (literally the last guy to get in the game) was a 7 foot center that Carroll would have given his eye teeth to have on his team.  Depth!

ElDuque wrote:

rittersdiner wrote:

"Look at the bright side: If you went to the game, you might've seen an Elite 8 or Final 4 team."

Yeah, that's the reason to attend games. Hey, I just saw a Final 4 team make our program look like it belongs in the women's league.

 
For last night, yes. For the future, we all hope that's not the case.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!  What's this talk of the future?!  Everyone knows you are supposed to be negative 98% of the time!

Speeding up is what happens as players move to higher levels of competition. So too with teams. This young squad just tasted that and got pasted by an excellent and very high tempo team. Young teams can learn pretty fast and take steps forward when encountering the need to do so, and so there is a good chance that this blowout will be helpful. I don't think we will have to endure any more games as bad as this.

Tejas_Duke wrote:

Bright side?  Had we been able to get a win or two against the Fordhams and the St. Joes  (the level we hope to attain this year) then this wouldn't hurt as much.   But no!
 

Anyone thinking we'd be at St. Joe's level this year was close to delusional.  They were the preseason favorite to win the A10.  We played about as best we could against them, on our court, and still lost...