I wouldn't overlook Austin Peay.  Terry Taylor has had a couple of breakout games, including a 39-point performance last night.  He's dangerous — remember how Pistol Pete went off on us in '68-69, ending our nine-game winning streak to start the season.  The Dukes have to keep him in check on Saturday.

https://thefanatic.com/college/basketball/2019/12/a-10-teams-struggle-but-prevail-on-tuesday-austin-peays-terry-taylor-scores-39/

 

Anyone on this message board planning to attend the St. Pete Shootout this weekend in St. Petersburg, Florida?  Phil95, perhaps?  I'm planning to drive down from Jacksonville in northeast Florida and would like to meet up with any Duquesne fans while I'm there.

This is the year we've all been waiting for.

Beat Austin Peay! 

The fun continues...

Beat Radford!

Let's Go Duquesne!

https://thefanatic.com/college/basketball/2019/12/top-ranked-louisville-two-others-put-perfect-records-on-the-line-tonight/

https://thefanatic.com/college/basketball/2019/12/duquesne-overwhelms-columbia-90-54-to-remain-unbeaten/

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Great post, luckymcd.  Let's keep it going.  Beat Columbia!

https://thefanatic.com/college/basketball/2019/12/purdue-upsets-virginia-okla-state-falls-and-duquesne-off-to-best-start-in-forty-years/

 

Let's keep it going.  Beat VMI!

https://thefanatic.com/college/basketball/2019/12/eastern-michigan-sacramento-state-suffer-setbacks-as-unbeaten-teams-dwindle-to-twenty/





 

Wow.  Talk about a game of streaks.

As far as overall wins, I'll say 27, one in the Atlantic 10 tourney and one in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament, though it probably won't include anything comparable to Bill Zopf's 78-foot heave against St. Joe's to end the first half in the first round of the '69 tournament.

All in all, a good year for this once-proud program.

I think FAM, CLK and VBC may prove prophetic.

I'm writing this partly on behalf of Duquesne's long-suffering fans, but in larger part because I think it may actually happen.

While we won't enjoy a true home court advantage this year — an unfortunate factor that could play to our advantage in making this team tougher —  I think the 2019-20 Blue Ribbon College Basketball preview issue had it right in saying:

Despite the Dukes status as nomads, they've got a chance to make history.  They've got a chance to put an end to the program's NCAA tournament drought.

The pieces are in place — Coach Dambrot has assembled a team with one of the longest wingspans in college basketball and enough talent to do something miraculous — and if this team can gel quickly we could be off to our best start since 1968-69 when the Dukes went 9-0 before losing to hot-handed Pete Maravich and LSU 94-91 in the All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City.  Pistol Pete scored a blistering 53 points in that upset victory.

While I would be thrilled if we go 11-1 against OOC competition, there's a chance — a real chance — that we could jump out to a perfect 12-0 start.  It could happen.  I hope to attend a couple of those games.  As a Floridian, I plan to make the four-hour trip to St. Petersburg to watch the Dukes in the St. Pete Shootout shortly before Christmas.

Moreover, I think the Dukes will be surprisingly competitive in the A-10 and could still be in the hunt for the regular season title when we travel to VCU on March 3.  I predict a 13-5 finish in the conference.

The future is now.

This is our moment to return from exile and reestablish our program in the upper echelon of college basketball — the place we've all longed for these past forty or so years — and a place Duquesne's long-suffering fans so richly deserve.

C'mon guys, this could be our year!

Another agonizingly disappointing tournament performance by this snake-bitten program.  Not even a mini run in the tourney.  Terribly, terribly disappointing. 

"Led by freshman point guard Sincere Carry, the young Dukes can’t be counted out, especially if 6-6 sophomore Eric Williams, Jr., who has struggled at times this season, gets hot."

https://thefanatic.com/college/basketball/2019/03/previewing-this-weeks-atlantic-10-tournament/

WashPaRick wrote:

IronDukes12 wrote:

Rayrich wrote:

Getting worse. Williams man good god.

Have any of his shots actually hit the rim tonight?  This is getting worse...
 

Williams having trouble with his eyes? Wearing one black and one white shoe.

LOL
 

The Dukes look dreadful so far.  Their shot selection has been absolutely terrible.  Hopefully, they'll settle down before they dig themselves too deep a hole.  Oh, wait.  That's when they play their best.

Great win.  The comeback kids did it again.

Let's keep the momentum going and make some noise in Brooklyn, a la 1977.

Let's Go Duquesne!