Ironduke81 wrote:

This was a mess 2nd half. Superior coaches makes adjustments at 1/2 time. Coach Joyce looks lost. How can the remaining 5 guys from last years team regress? Look at the box score. Plus minus, shots, assists & rebounds. Dinkins has to play point. Obviously, nobody sees everyday practice. But after 4 games a blind man including the announcers questioned Edwards shot selection. This is on Coach Dru & his staff. Chemistry is a non factor with the introduction of the new players. I know Dixon, Jake, Nacas, Chabi, Haronski have game. The good news is the majority of Duquesne fans did not see this game or the next 2 remaining AAU games. The Dukes look lost.

After the first 4 games, I decided to just listen today while doing other stuff. The audio alone was disheartening. I don't think anybody on this board could have imagined what a horrid start this team would make.
Just before the season I bought the "47 years" book, which quickly became hard to read. 

CityDuke wrote:

Dimichele is special. He should rarely come off the floor.

Sidenote, Ellis Cannon is complaining about a call FOR the Dukes. This guy never ceases to surprise me.

Anyone else on this board that thought we might be 0-4 at this point? 

BluffHunter wrote:

3 keys:
https://bustingbrackets.com/duquesne-basketball-3-keys-to-beating-milwaukee-panthers-for-1st-win-of-season-01jcy4vber3c

Duquesne has the THIRD WORST 3 point defense percentage in Division 1. 47%!!!!! 

Having watched those 3 games, I would have guessed the percentage was over 50. Lots of  the 3-pointers that didn't drop ended up as put-back deuces.
 

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

https://www.steelers.com/news/top-leaders-honored-at-art-rooney-award-dinner

Glad you posted that article. Really good read! Gormley has proven to be a visionary and fine leader.

Ironduke81 wrote:

Watching the entire national sports media every segment is dedicated to Bronny James & the NBA Summer league. I am not posting to give an opinion as to his talent. My point is if Duquesne was the landing point for Bronny based on his father’s relationship with Coach Dambrot & Coach Joyce the Dukes this season would have been the most talked about men’s program. Duquesne University would have received millions in FREE publicity. If Bryce James chooses to go the route of Duke U Cooper Flagg (1 & done) hopefully the landing point is The Bluff. Go Dukes.

Yes, there's a lot of publicity but it isn't all good. I hope Bronny does well and stays healthy. I think Duquesne will be better off with the returning and incoming talent this upcoming season. Maybe when Bryce J is ready, DU might be a consideration for him.

Duques102 wrote:

I would like to understand more about this graphic, not to pour cold water on this but I don’t take too much away from it.

For the “lost” column it is clearly only counting players going into the portal. We obviously lost a ton in the form of Grant, Clark, and the rest of the graduates, but for the sake of this graphic we are only credited as having lost Nicholls, who had few minutes and this inflates our overall rank as we essentially lost no one. We all know this is not the case.

Can’t say I grasp what “OVR” and “MIN%” mean. I was thinking the one was minutes percentage, but how can that be in the hundreds? And is OVR some type of rank of the “MIN%” values amongst others on the list?

I don’t really know or understand how much any of this means.

 I'm not sure what some of this stuff is either. But I would guess "OVR" has to do with average points scored per game in which the player(s) appeared. The "net OVR" is clearly the difference of portal gains minus losses. Hoping someone can interpret the "Mins" thing.

I do agree with Duques102 that the data is not very meaningful, for the reason he cited. I wouldn't guess the players transferring in would rank 6th in the Nation among incoming transfers, even though there is definitely talent in the incoming group.

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.