Lost to #1 Jacksonville St. in what was an "elite 8" match. Congratulations on a great season. 



lost 

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

The last coach to retire was Red Manning in 1974.  His assistant, John Cinacola, took over the program.
The last assistant coach to be promoted to head coach was Mike Rice; this took place in 1978 after John Cinacola was fired.
 

I remember being happy to see Cinacola go, but those were some tough shoes for him to fill.

 

phil95 wrote:

There is no debating the success enjoyed by KD in the last 3 weeks of his time at DU. Further, he has left the program in infinitely better shape than he found it. I am happy for him, his staff, the players, Dave Harper, the university community at-large, and, most of all, we long suffering fans. However, he most certainly did not do what he said he would do.

Upon taking the job he spoke repeatedly of multiple championship banners being hung, winning big with or without a new arena,erasing all the built-in excuses for not winning, & said, specifically, that he would have failed if 5 years in Duquesne was a "middle-of-the-pack" A-10 program. There is also no debating that he habitually used construction delays effect on his team's success & exageratted player injuries as excuses for poor results, his average finish in the conference regular season was 8th (never better than 5th), & had the team dead last after 5 years.

I am posting this now because I know that for years to come I will have to read how awesome the entire Dambrot era was to be a Duquesne fan just as we do for the RE years. I am trying to get my frustration with such rubbish out my system early.

Phil, the story is still being written, it's too early to judge.
 

Face wrote:

The real question is, when will we get sick of Dru puns? I vote never.

Dru-Dru Rah-Rah!!!
 

If you want to watch the game, looks like you're going to have to declare yourself to be a Purdue fan and fork over $10+ to join Big10+ for a month. All part of the Power Conference Welfare and Entitlement Program. Time to open up your hearts and wallets for these poor neglected charity cases.

A Miller? A Miller? We need a Hurley!

factcheck wrote:

Cleary is not D1. They are NAIA.

Animus!
 

Also reminded me of the "Under the Arm, Pitt!" cheer and the "special" Duquesne response to the "Hail to Pitt" fight song. I hope to get to do it again before I die.

phil95 wrote:

The source of this info also had some details of the very sexy details of what the LeBron camp is supposedly offering to lock the job down for DJ. Because the details of those details would expose the source, I am going to leave them out. Suffice it to say, during DJ would most certainly come with unusual benefits to a program like ours.

On another note, I think that many posters are discounting the idea that an outside candidate is likely to bring players from his current job as well as high school commits & the portal personnel that candidate has already been working. That could be a goldmine.

If many of the possible returnees (players and coaches) bolt because of a wholesale coaching change, what you are describing in your other note is a full-scale rebuild. Why would we want to do that at this point? It's more of a mine field than a gold mine.
 

phil95 wrote:

https://247sports.com/longformarticle/college-basketball-transfer-portal-what-to-expect-from-the-2024-cycle-228461240/

Kind of sad it's come to all that. But, we have no choice but to play the game.
 

While cheering on Dan Burt's excellent women's team, I'm wondering if there are any plans to honor the men's team with a ceremony at the Coop?

This isn't the end, it's the beginning.
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