Nice👍 last year the Dukes got skipped on the Saturday CBS or NBC sports A10 national games.Hopefully these expectations can get the Dukes more national exposure. Go Dukes

El Presidente wrote:

stew wrote:

The Bottomline-a NCAA tournament bid.I been waiting since 1977 and for alot of us is time is running out.

Don't I know it!!!!

Time is indeed running out my friend. Go Dukes👍

phil95 wrote:

It was ewsy enough to figure out that Dusan resumed light on-court activities in February. I haven't been able to find a mention of a rehab setback since then. That has to be a good sign.

Also, why didn't PSN simply ask the player for a detailed update on his rehab progress & likely availability when he came to visit?

We all know that DU will not give up the goods on any player's injury status & seemingly forbids the player's from doing so themselves.

H.I.P.P.A It’s obviously a medical condition & Dusan has no obligation to provide any medical or rehabilitation progress to reporters. Can he submit to a University Orthopedic Surgeon prior to both parties agreeing to a scholarship. Yes. But the University would never or should they provide Dusans medical history. Let’s hope he is fully recovered from this brutal injury. Final note , great pick to Dambrot & staff. Go Dukes.

As long as Dambrot or Joyce are coaching at Duquesne Bronny maybe a Duke down the road. Lebron is a helicopter dad. Good luck to the USC head coach.The circus begins in Trojan land.

stew wrote:

I live 200 miles away from campus and I know as much as anyone on this board which is nothing about the Dukes
recruiting efforts.You just shake your head and realize nothing ever changes at Duquesne.

Yes indeed STEW it’s called CLK😂

Just read on ESPN that WVU just landed Edwards of Syracuse ranked #3. Recently WVU also landed top point guard from Arizona. In article the NIL money came from the Country Road Trust funded by a millionaire. Mid Majors have a difficult time recruiting against Power 5 schools. Now add Trusts funded by rich alumni. The reality of the current portal recruiting game & NIL money is that the Dukes should be judged within the A10 & not nationally(power 5)based on their NIL budget. Hopefully Duquesne is ranked at least top 6 in the A10 NIL budget funds.

MikeR wrote:

Ironduke81 wrote:

In regard to the twins I initially was not impressed with the signing by Dambrot & staff. In fact I commented my opinion to Pistol in a previous post. Guess what I was wrong big time. Went to ESPN mens college basketball Lasalle games & box scores. The twins put up solid numbers of points & rebounds against a strong pre conference schedule. Look what they did against the Dukes. My conclusion was that Quesenberry like Spears of last season not exactly was assist first shoot later. Hopefully, my reassessment is correct of this recent portal pickup. Lesson to myself & this board, research before one fires from the hip. Mea culpa Coach Dambrot.

Thanks Ironduke, I for one appreciate this. Some of the original BS that was posted here was way out of line. And I don't mean you or anyone who had legitimate questions about whether this was a good basketball move by the Dukes. I mean those who impugned the twins' reasons, motivations and characters without knowing spit about them. I wonder if we'll ever see those apologies.

Mike R when you’re wrong you’re wrong. Go Dukes

I think Mcgriff got a raw deal. But in fairness to Coach Dambrot maybe he knew Mcgriff was entering the portal halfway during the season. Who knows. But I liked this kid over the other two SMALL sized point guards who were  a defensive liability over the pick & roll at the elbow. Please get a point guard over 5”8😤

levon1975 wrote:

Both posts above outline the problems that the future holds for all non P-5 Conferences in regard to postseason tournament births.  In reality the P-5 with the help of the pathetic parasitic NCAA has legislated against an abundance of non P-5 programs in the Tournament, to ensure even mediocre P-5 teams are included.  The "NET" rankings were very specifically devised to reward P-5 schools for playing a large number of Quad-1 and Quad-2 opponents each year, which they do automatically in their own conferences.  Non P-5 schools are seldom even granted the privilege  of playing one game against the higher ranked P-5 teams, and if they do, it will be with a weaker non-P-5 visiting a powerful p-5 team. It is like gerrymandering political districts.  They are designed so that only one side can win!  The NCAA cares not at all about non-football schools and would readily drop to its knees before any P-5 school, because if the NCAA becomes anything other than a pathetic tool of the P-5, they will simply be eliminated, and their lavish salaries will soon be reduced or eliminated.  Ironically, once the p-5 schools quit sharing the profits with the NCAA, and tell them to get lost, the NCAA will have only the non P-5 schools as a source of revenue!  

Great point Levon. I did hear from a very reliable source that many of the non power 5 commissioners are weak in the presence of power 5 commissioners at the annual meetings. Yes the power 5 has the majority of leverage.  The  non power 5 commissioners need a counter plan or threat to gain some leverage come March when the designated committee hands out bids to the big dance. Even if the NCAA expands March Madness the more power 5 teams will simply get their ticket punched. Maybe the non powers focus on an NIT tournament format. Better yet a Super Bowl game at the end. Power 5 vs NIT. Everybody loves the underdog. Again can’t have weak commissioners begging for crumbs.

Just watched Jay Wright on pardon the interruption. Wright a great coach without a doubt. Asked about playing in the big dance certain teams you face must require changing your strategy based upon matchups.Coach Dambrot pay attention. If the same old same continues during a crucial game next season based upon matchups time to retire.

Box & One wrote:

Ironic that VMI is on the list with the same time period … 1977 to today, considering that was the team that beat the Dukes in the 1977 tournament 66-73.
Saturday March 12, 1977.

They must be cursed with us.

Box & one that’s funny but sooo true. I thought Duquesne had the monopoly on the curse of Dudey Moore.

Win or lose 27,500.00 entry fee cheap & stupid. Can’t disagree for the Dukes signing up for peanuts. WARNING do not sign up for FLO App. 1 month turns into year subscription. Hopefully Dambrot gets the Dukes to ESPN. II semis & finals. Another stupid move by the President, AD & Dambrot. NOT. 🤣😂😅Go Duquesne 👍