What did that man do to you Phil?

Thanks for posting Bluffhunter. So cool to see Dambrot up there with those two talking hoops! He fit in like a glove. Maybe he moves that direction in retirement? Or some sort of commentary? I always appreciated his candor and commentary after games. It would be awesome to see him as some sort of college basketball pundit or something. I could see it.

Not even Phil95 can spoil my party. Dambrot brought the program to heights unachieved in over 50 years. 3 20 win seasons (and one 19) in 7 years. He made us a consistent winner. Not only did he end our tournament drought, he won a game. Dambrot did the seemingly impossible here. He ended the “coaching graveyard” perspective. The curse stories are over.

If you are comparing Dambrot to John Wooden then yes, you might have a point. But if you are comparing him to any DU coach in recent history, you have no footing.

Lastly, he brought us Dru. I am over the moon over this hire. We are so back!

They are absolutely electric. The game has been officiated very differently on both sides of the floor. That is driving me nuts, but this team might win it. Shannon is ridiculous athletically.

The drought is over! So proud of this team. I think we all felt how special this group could be, and they lived up to it. Thank you to these players, these coaches, the administration, and all of you guys. I know we have all had some differences on this board, but we finally got the one thing we were all chasing. Absolutely incredible. Omaha here I come!

Jimmy Clark. All time favorite Duke. And that is saying a lot. Wow. Congrats Dukes. What a big win. We can do this thing.

We have held Holmes to 3 field goals…he has 17 points.

Two garbage calls on Dixon.

Man, I am going to miss Clark when he is gone. He is absolutely electric! The Pittsburgh Stealer can strike at any moment!

Well Phil, I think you may have jinxed it. This is whistle city! Calling a much tighter game than any tournament game I’ve watched to this point. Fairly consistent for the most part.

"I submit that the previous 2 seasons tell us all we need to know about the chances that KD is capable of leading the program to a higher level of success."

Based on the tone of the post, I am going to assume that you aren't referring to one of the biggest turnarounds in the country from 6 wins to 20 and back to back 20 win seasons for the first time in 50 years?  These two years tell me exactly why Dambrot is capable of getting us there. 
 

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NapaDuke wrote:

The A-10 has carried the very low Dukes too long. Ferry and KD didn't make us an asset to the A-10,, but just the opposite. Ferry and KD in 12 years have beat no one.When we won the first "A-10" (the eastern-8) we really beat nation wide teams. Even now, if we win the A-10? they are not as respected as that first year? And sadly, KD's team isn't coming close?  KD was a bust from the start. Actually Dru is a hidden gem and should get a chance this next year. If DU lets KD in one more year, we are destine to never win. I mean KD??? one more year here is a gigantic failure.

Man, you’re like a constant downer, huh?

Four game win streak at crunch time has him in the dumps.
 

LOL!

We sure got some favorable calls in the second half aside from the offensive foul on Dimichele and the block on Drame. It evened out in the end for sure. My point was that it was not affecting our play. Another positive sign of growth for this team.

Not a bad half of basketball from our Dukes. A little careless with the ball at times, but responding well to a less than favorable whistle at home so far. Very good sign after our previous meltdowns caused by poor officiating. A couple harsh ones on Clark forcing him to the bench. Credit to GW, they are making their free throws. You have to think we’ll get a couple of those in the second. As hard as we took it to the rim in that first half, very surprised we head to the locker room with no free throw attempts.