Would be shocked to see Bryce enrolling at Duquesne. Suggest that little time be eaten up on this. There are many excellent recruits available, and we should be focusing on them and not lose time chasing after pipe dreams. Would be great to get him though!! LOL. BTW I am now using my original handle of "president" having been locked out in some way. Glad to be myself again!

Doe anyone know if James Ellis has 4 full years of NCAA eligibility since he was academically ineligible last year? Is this the same as a developmental redshirt or are their different criteria covering this situation? Seems that I read that the possibility exists that James would have only 3 years. Hope that is not the case!

Excellent point duq81 but I still do believe that there are other things that factor into the home court advantage, i.e.. more familiarity with the court, shooting background, hoop tension, just a general feel for the arena. We don't play at PPG enough to have developed that kind of symbiotic relationship with that venue IMO. Just my 2 cents.

I do not believe in cutting off my nose to spite my face!
Ditto for me on this. Don't care about what Nike did or didn't do.
I care only about the success of our BB program.
GO DUKES!!

ElDuque wrote:

Sincere Carry will be motivated by the D1 offer snub. Between him and Brandon Wade, I think we're looking at four years of the best PG play at Duquesne in years.

Agree with this. As I stated in an earlier post, given our big man issues this past season, I truly believe that the most important ingredient on a BB team is a point guard. Without a true PG, the ship has no rudder! So looking forward to having great improvement in both areas.
 

I believe both TV and TS saw some handwriting on the wall here. Unfortunate when players leave the program but the kids want to play and very often will go where they think they will get the best opportunity to do so. I really don't blame either of them for their decision. Seriously doubt that either player would have played as much next year as this year..   Part of the game. We have plenty of ammo in the gun here. Should be our best season in a very long time coming up! Really looking forward to it!

That's ,KD!!! To old to see the keyboard!

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Phildog wrote:

VBC wrote:

A friend of mine played at Xavier and was a member of Pete Gillan's first recruiting class.  He told me that the following year the first time he played with an incoming recruit named Tyrone Hill he realized that he would be riding the bench for the rest of his career.  I wonder if Tydus had the same experience in a pick up game with Gavin?  My friend Bob stayed at X and went to multiple NCAA tournaments as Ty Hill helped establish Xavier as a strong program and make his way to the NBA.

 
I recall walk on Kellon Taylor filling in the min. that Verhoven rode the pine in foul trouble , he would put up decent scoring and rebounding numbers with good defensive play also, and a block or two in more than a few games.

That may have become TV 's role as a back up.

Phildog, your eyes were not deceiving you. In every statistical category except for blocks, Kellon outperformed TV. In tight games, Dambrot would have Kellon out there on defense instead of TV. At this point of their careers, Kellon had the higher basketball IQ and emotional compete level.

In many ways, KT was the MVP of quite a few games this past season. Sometimes a guy that plays his role can be overlooked but without him we would most likely have really struggled to finish at .500. I believe that he will be key moving forward as well. Players with his combination of mental toughness and court awareness are few and far between!!
 

Duques102 wrote:

Not really going out on a limb there. I don't take major stock in most of the recruiting services "rankings" and "star" system but of all of them, ESPN is the most reliable in my opinion. They have the biggest actual scouting network and resources to see most or all of these kids play, they review tape, etc.

They have him as the #18 center in the US for his high school class and a 4* (first I can remember us getting besides maybe Isiaha Watkins?). Tons of kids ranked behind him going to power 5 schools, and big time programs not the bottom feeders in the big conference.

I expect him to be a stud in years to come.

Great to hear this! Hopefully the coaching staff has uncovered some diamonds in the rough as far as the other big men that are coming here. The likelihood of all these players remaining here for 4 years might be slim but there is strength in numbers.
 

Wondering if only players who have requested and been granted transfers are the only ones able to be legally contacted by other schools. That would seem reasonable to me.

A little late with this but wishing TV all the best! Think he could have developed into a solid all around player here but hoping his future is bright. Didn't quite get his reference as to how he was used here. Had some work to do before he could be utilized in any other way that this past season.

Looks very much as though we are locked into a 4400 seat arena costing in excess of 50 million. I'm a fan and booster no matter what, but it is just a bit disappointing. Hoping potential recruits will be impressed when the new Palumbo is unveiled. It will make the difference as to whether or not some of them choose Duquesne or go elsewhere. GO DUKES!!