This is incredible. Those refs are gonna need a police escort out of the building. Look poised so far holding the lead and slowing it down on offense, making plays

Colter and Mason leading this team like seniors

SLOW IT DOWN!!!!

This is an incredible game. Hold on, Dukes!

Christ.  We choked.

What a shame

They made sure Mason wouldn't get a shot off. Double teamed him, and stole the ball twice. Stole one from Jackson as well, and let some rebounds get away that let Dayton start rolling.

Despite the loss, I think it's safe to say the boys can use this one as a confidence booster for the rest of the schedule

CLK wrote:

Sorry, no moral victory.  Color me disappointed.  Ferry and the Dukes choked.  I have seen this same horror movie before against Dayton.  

 
Play of the game, with a double digit lead, Powell misses the free throw and then they turn it over under the hoop. Game over!

This team still doesn't know how to "win."

FAM wrote:

CLK, we will probably be labeled as negative, non-Ferry supporters, and anything else a few of the folks on this board like to call us, but I totally agree that this was no moral victory.  I don't know if the word is choked, and that's how you are free to label it, but either way, I agree that ALMOST is over with...has been for 5 years.  Again, I can NOT imagine next year without our two guards.  I must say that they played hard and gave it their all!  It will be interesting to see first, how they will respond on Sunday and second, if anyone besides a few of us will even come out to watch any more...maybe they have to pay the students.  If Duquesne can only figure out that if their basketball team flourishes, more money will come into the University!!  Another loss...hmmm, and I'll tell you what, this is the second game in a row where Ferry got called for a technical.  Yes, I was at the game Saturday with the bad calls and of course watched it today.  This guy needs to get himself under control.  If I am the AD, I need to talk to him now!!  Two technicals in a row...

It's funny, on some boards, I see fans complaining when a coach never gets t-ed up when his team is getting bad calls. They say the coach is passive, and has no fire, and that the refs won't respect you if you don't stand up to them. I know you can't wait for Ferry to be fired, so we can start from zero again.
 

The play of Coulter and Mason has been key, but sometimes the high scoring and failure to distribute the ball and getting caught up in double teams with turn overs hurts. Dayton didn't bother to foul DC when his wild penetration shots kept missing, his far out three's when he was not set were also given up. Two games now James has been a non scoring factor, after being an offensive threat with power drives, hard to do when you don't get the ball.

Dayton is a hard place to play, but not impossible to win at, just not with the Dukes game plan the last 5 min.

And finally, why did no one come out to Mason when they doubled him 35 ft from the basket ?

FAM wrote:

CLK, we will probably be labeled as negative, non-Ferry supporters, and anything else a few of the folks on this board like to call us, but I totally agree that this was no moral victory.  I don't know if the word is choked, and that's how you are free to label it, but either way, I agree that ALMOST is over with...has been for 5 years.  Again, I can NOT imagine next year without our two guards.  I must say that they played hard and gave it their all!  It will be interesting to see first, how they will respond on Sunday and second, if anyone besides a few of us will even come out to watch any more...maybe they have to pay the students.  If Duquesne can only figure out that if their basketball team flourishes, more money will come into the University!!  Another loss...hmmm, and I'll tell you what, this is the second game in a row where Ferry got called for a technical.  Yes, I was at the game Saturday with the bad calls and of course watched it today.  This guy needs to get himself under control.  If I am the AD, I need to talk to him now!!  Two technicals in a row...

I have a real problem with what went on the last 5 minutes of the game. A missed layup, ill advised shots, turnovers, and a lack of offensive sets that resulted in throwing up deep off balanced threes. However, I can't really blame ferry for the technicals. The officiating the past few games has been incredibly frustrating at times. The anger has been building up for some time. We don't want to give up free points, but I certainly don't mind the coach sticking up for his guys

this is what happens when:
1. you play your 2 best players 38-40 every game. they lose their legs down the stretch, make bad decisions and run out of gas
2. you don't have any answer for the defensive coaching move made by the opposing coach.
3. you allow your offense to be 1 pass(and in some cases 0 passes) and launch a 3 by anyone not named micah mason, when your bigs are clearly not in position for a rebound

i feel like the dome has been saying this stuff all year, but its been masked when playing poor teams and sticks out like a sore thumb against upper tier teams

i predicted 16 wins at beg of season, and i am def happy to be wrong as i think they can get to 18 or 19. talent wise, i think this team could make a nice run in a10 tourney, however, with no bench, they will most likely run out of gas
next year, without mason and colter, will be scary. i hope ferry can land a grad transfer true PG to step in and start from day 1. I'm assuming transfers are going to happen. they happen every year, to every team.