Doubt that is accurate.  Overreaction this time of year is abundant.  Calm down.  There are top 20 recruits from Kentucky, olemiss, arizona and texas tech in the portal today, of soon, and more like it coming tonight.   Relax.

Would like a big body like Auburn has.  Big chested dudes who will run thru someone.   Chad Baker looked like a stringbean compared to his teammates.

townsonkid wrote:

SFU had a couple guards that could interest Joyce.   

 

Cranford and Parker are both quality players. Cranford is a stud.

FAM, I disagree.

We led by 13 early in 2nd half.  This was a huge opportunity lost and we should have won this game.  We didn't win because our offense stopped being aggressive, we made no adjustments and as we did all year, we passed the ball on the perimter.  

We had no idea of how to attack the zone, the player at the foul line was not ready to do anything with the ball.  Outside of the two cuts to the hoop, we just stood around and passed the ball on the perimter while the shot clock wound down.  

The game was won because CSU attacked the basket in the 4th quarter and drew fouls.  If you don't drive the paint, you can't draw a foul.  We were too passive in the 2nd half, CSU was not.

This comes down to coaching.  One coach figured out how to have his team beat the defense and the other coach made no adjustments despite having a lead most of the game.  

CSU up 52-50 with :52 left.

CSU has lived in the paint and our offense has been stagnant the entire 2nd half.  

The turnovers are ridiculous! Need more discipline.
We are shooting foul shots like the men’s team.

Cleveland’s defense is shutting us down. Not enough quick ball movement. They appear faster than us. It doesn’t look good…watch the turnovers.

Dukes up 42-37 end of 3rd.  Meg misses FT and CSU hits a 40-foot 3 at the buzzer to cut it to 5.

Dukes finally started to use the foul-line to their advantage and attacked with a back-cut that led to layups on consecutive posessions.  CSU shot much better in 3rd quarter, will likely try to get the ball inside more in 4th.  

Again we need to be more aggressive with the ball at the foul line, if we continue to stall, CSU will then wall up and defend the perimter, while we pass around and be forced to throw up a 3 

Dukes timeout, lead cut to 5, 31-26.

Kiandre Browne suffers an ankle injury, goes to the bench and hits 2 3's and a fastbreak layup.

Still very indecisive at the foul line and passing the ball around the perimter and now looking to knock down 3's instead of driving the paint, where the CSU post players has 3 fouls, but we are ignoring the dribble-drive.

Dukes a litle cold, at mid-quarter timeout, up 9.

Duquesne is playing OUTSTANDING defense and has Cleveland State flustered.  If we can knock down some shots we can blow this open.  Have missed a few wide open foul-line jumpers, but love the rotation to the foul line as that is the open area in this CSU zone defense.  

Would like to see us pump fake and drive for the layup from the foul line moving forward.

Dukes 18-9 end of first.

Great start for the Dukes.

Thanks, BluffHunter.  Cleveland St. is favored by 3½; O/U 140½

Tonight at 7:00 PM EST Duquesne visits Cleveland State to compete in the WNIT Super 16!!! 

Coverage on ESPN+.

NET Rankings:
#125 Duquesne
#113 Cleveland State
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-net-rankings

BartTorvik:
#117 Duquesne - 74
#131 Cleveland State - 76
https://barttorvik.com/ncaaw/trank.php?&year=2025&t1l=Duquesne&t2l=Cleveland+St.#

Duquesne Preview:
https://goduquesne.com/news/2025/3/27/womens-basketball-dukes-head-to-cleveland-state-for-super-16-matchup.aspx

Cleveland State Preview:
https://csuvikings.com/news/2025/3/27/cleveland-state-womens-basketball-set-to-host-duquesne-in-wnit-super-16.aspx

Go Dukes!!!

I checked most of the ticket outlets and Stubhub seems to offer the best tickets at the best prices.

I got 4 in Row B but now they are down to Row N.