What do you expect from a coach with no head coaching experience what so ever?  Just James' money,

townsonkid wrote:

i paid for espn+, so I will watch, just wondering what way the Dukes will invent to lose.   Seems we are in every game as of late, but fumble away the chance for the W.   
Part of me wants Grant's 15 ppg back, part of me wants to see more Hronsky, Necas, Nichols and DiMichele.

Necas?????

NapaDuke wrote:

WashPaRick wrote:

NapaDuke wrote:

Crazy game and fantastic finish. I wish we all could have seen it.
 

We were lucky to hear it instead of a commercial,

That's the truth, those commercials just ran anytime they wanted, regardless of the game.

Switched to Bradley's network, so much better.  
 

WashPaRick wrote:

I thought we decided after an earlier game not to inbound it to Dixon with the game on the line.

You ae so right, and UCI seen it right away.  

DuqBlue wrote:

It’s funny to me that people are upset about this result or act like it’s unexpected. Literally, how could you not know we would be one and out?

So I guess Dambrot retires and the brilliant AD just hands the keys over to Dru Joyce.

This school is an absolute joke. From the President to atheism AD to the coaches. A pathetic joke.

What the hell has Joyce done?  Nothing.

Rayrich wrote:

CityDuke wrote:

Ray, after checking the stats like you asked, this is what I have found. According to the +/-, Brewer had a -13 and Rozier had a +7.

More interesting numbers for the rest of us. While it felt like they killed us in transition, they had 17 fast break points to our 16. It wasn’t even the second chance points that really killed us. They had 20 to our 11.

Hard not to love the fight from our Dukes. We dared Jimerson to beat us on the dribble and he was up for the challenge. Also, some of their other guys (Hughes and Pickett) made some big time shots that normally don’t. SLU have to feel like they got away with one tonight.

Jimerson should never beat you on the dribble, unless you are flat footed. Give me a source for those stats please as the eye test showed different. St. Louis had 30 layups tonight. No team wins with that defenseless effort. The only reason the Dukes stuck around was because of their 3 point shooting which won't get any better than that, but they still lost. 90 points allowed against USL? Really? When was the last time USL scored that many in an A-10 game? I don't fault the players and effort I fault the system and substitution patterns. Should have pressed early and often when up by double figures. Played right into their hands. Like I told my wife Diane, Dambrot is keeping USL around by not pressing. She agreed. Not rocket science. When it was a fifteen point game and they went into their halfcourt offense I said to Diane it will be a one point game by half. Was a point off. Hope i'm wrong, but this guy will ever take this program to an NIT bid let alone an NCAA bid. I do believe Joyce would be a great replacement though. 
 

And Joyce did what?????

CLK wrote:

Random thought on last night's game:

1. Grant didn't take Richmond, Richmond took Grant out of the game.  We cannot win if Grant is going to play 34 minutes and only score 3 points.  Grant is a very different player on the road.    

2. Was it the officiating or did Richmond just out tough us in the second half? The A10 officiating in general ruin the game by calling so many fouls on minimal or incidental contact.  So different from watching other league officiating.  It favors the team that drives the ball, that is not a secret.  So the coaches need to factor that into their game plan.

3. There are certain combinations of freshman that never should be on the court together.  Dambrot needs to figure that out.  Bad chemistry.

4.  Dixon should be our backup center, and never be a DNP again as long as he is healthy.

5.  If Rozier is ever going to be an effective A10 PG he has to have the confidence to take and make wide open three-point shots.   

6. That last shot by Richmond never should have happened.  It sure looked like Burton traveled to me, even after watching it 10 times. 

Great comments, but the chemistry is not only with the freshmen as other combinations are not in sync.  Dixon does need to be the backup center.

grammudder wrote:

Your joking right? Hima is averaging approx. 10 minutes a game at Syracuse as a Soph.? He is in every game?  Want to pick on a dud that left DU. Then find one. Hima is in every game for a Power 5 team? Look it up. I just did. Austin doesn't get as much time for DU as Hima for Syracuse?  So what was your point? KD couldn't or wouldn't play him? As for KD's freshman, they are nearly not off the bench at this point in conf. play?  So again, tell me how our freshmen did in the last game or how well KD coached them up? Dixon, zero, Barre 7 junk minutes? Hima? Really? Between Hima's time in games for Syracuse, and our freshman, I'd rather be Hima?

If you really believe this, then ditch Comcast's ESPN Plus for the 
ACC channel and their conference games.  With all his minutes more than 
Austin, Hima is still averaging a whopping 1.7 pts per game. WOW!  Look it up. I did.  My point is simple.  Duquesne lost nothing when Hima left. What did a power 5 school get.  1.7 pts per game. Again, I say WOW!

Agreed.

townsonkid wrote:

Need to get this W tonight, and then get healthy and prepare for better opponents ahead.   UCSB, Marshall, DePaul are just a few of what should be solid tests.   They are all at home, so thats nice.   

Has anyone tried watching the game on espn+ and listen to our radio team over the internet?    I cant stand Cannon and Benz.   

ESPN+ has been excellent to date.
 

Seems as though they withstood the pressure when Colgate tied the game at 55, they didn't fold, a sign of a team effort.