luckymcd wrote:

I haven't seen anything about this, so I'm guessing it's for season ticket holders.

Yes, and for Duquesne Society members
 

Didn't get to watch the (magnificent) game. I don't suppose there's a link where one could watch a full replay (?) 

Incredible character on this Dukes team to get through some awful minutes of terrible shooting and turnovers and still pull this out. After 47 years, this finally happened. 51 years since I graduated. Never knew if the Dukes would make it. Tears would have come out, but I was at a neighbor's house felt compelled to tune it down. Great day!

luckymcd wrote:

luckymcd wrote:

Noting that this is my prediction on what I think will happen not what I want to happen (because of course that would be 40-0 national champs), I'll say:
10-3 non-conference (including Chicago St. in January)
10-8 A-10
1-1 A-10 tournament
21-12 overall and sadly blackjack probably isn't good enough for even the NIT

I've been a Duquesne fan too long (though still not as long as most here) to allow myself any kind of high expectations. I'll be the happiest person here to lose this contest since I'm pretty sure my guess is the lowest yet.

Well I called the non-conference exactly. I called the A-10 regular season exactly. And like I said I'm thrilled to have been wrong about the tourney. I did get one thing right about the postseason though. We won't be going to the NIT.

I don't remember if there was some kind of pool, but you prognostication was quite good, although things turned out even better. I hope you won at least a visit to Mckeesport or something.
Edit: Oops, forgot to read the above comments

luckymcd wrote:

Great team effort! Obviously Dae Dae went off, but everybody chipped in. Drame didn't have it offensively, but did a great job helping out to shut down Venning. Kareem only made one shot, but it was a big one to end the Bonnies run. It was great to see Necas get the opportunity to put the exclamation point on the win because he's been doing the dirty work all season.

We need to bring it again tomorrow. VCU is a good team, and they'll be at full strength unlike in the regular season. Normally I'd say Jimmy needs to avoid the temptation to try to do too much going against his old team. He had the pedal to the metal today though and it was great.

Speaking of Necas, the know-it-all on the broadcast said early on, something like 'They have to get him off the floor, because he's a defensive liability. The Bonnies will attack him every time.'
Not sure where that came from. Personal observation is that Necas has very good mobility and quickness to go with his size.

2009 felt like a bit of a fluke. AJax strapped the team on his back and almost carried the Dukes to the dance. This one feels legit. I feel like we've actually been the better team on the floor each night. Back in 09 I was happy just reaching the final. I've certainly enjoyed the ride this time too, but I want more. I'll actually be disappointed if we can't finish it off tomorrow.

Speaking of Necas, the know-it-all on the broadcast said early on, something like 'They have to get him off the floor, because he's a defensive liability. The Bonnies will attack him every time.'
Not sure where that came from. Personal observation is that Necas has very good mobility and quickness to go with his size.
 

townsonkid wrote:

All of the remaining games are on USA and CBS(final game), correct?   I can cancel my espn+

Thanks for the cancellation reminder.
It's probably too much to expect that next season ESPN+ will reach at least a bit of reliability.

stew wrote:

George Washington is way better than their record, they played very well,Dukes showed guts and hustle and our 2 special seniors and Dixon led us to a great win.10-8 record is a tribute to the team and coaches for
never giving up.GW is going to pull a huge surprise upset in the tournament.

 GW is way better than their record, and they have already shown they can beat upper echelon A-10 teams. 

I remember predicting (last season) that Dixon could be all-conference by his junior year. Standing by that.

phil95 wrote:

An emphatic, no thank you, to a lesser level of or no basketball.

I second that motion.

When your best offensive weapons are firing blanks, it's not going to go well. Taking and making good shots can cover for some defensive lapses. Turnovers and forced shots on offense proved deadly yesterday.

Might be a good chance to clear the bench, but not necessarily the best way to prepare for the A-10 schedule.

Ironduke81 wrote:

Albaby wrote:

NapaDuke wrote:

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

Switched to Bradley's network, so much better.  
 

I actually thought Ray & sidekick did a solid job👍It’s Christmas week no room for haters. Go Dukes

It wasn't their fault the station cut away and ran commercials while the game was ongoing. I missed part of the game approaching the 8-minute mark, then almost 4 minutes of the later action. Then they cut away again during the crucial last half minute (the turnover, then the steal and Clark's alert pass to Dixon. I was reading the real time script of the game by then while the audio was playing a string of commercials.

NapaDuke wrote:

Ironduke81 wrote:

How Ironic….we can all agree that Duquesne did not get screwed by the Referees. Marshall PF 26 Duquesne 18.  I further looked at the box score 3 Referees. Irony of all ironies. Wil Howard.The same referee who worked the Nebraska game. Either Howard took the Dukes & gave the points or this was a payback game for Coach Dambrot. Probably both. 

Marshall did intentionally foul a lot in the late minutes of the game to get the Dukes to the line hoping to close the score so it's hard to say how much the refs would have interfered if the game was close, but the Dukes on the other hand look like they are making an effort to not foul early. Great win on the road.

True, the foul stats got skewed very late in the game. In fact Marshall was still fouling with 15 seconds left  with a double-digit deficit.