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And Williams had 33 minutes; Smith had 31 minutes I would take 9 or 10 wins going into the conference schedule most any year... even with the easy ones built in. Dambrot is the man. Last edited by coffee (12/23/2017 9:40 am) I used to get blasted by posters who thought I was too critical of the former coach and that it was because of my disappointment of RE getting fired. Well, I wasn't too critical, only honest and though I was disappointed RE was fired, the former coach earned his critics comments from me and others! It was obvious how he was "out of his league" (pun intended) and wouldn't ever own up to making a mistake. But enough of that. Credit goes to our AD and President to be able to bring in such a good coach! We have not just moved on but moved ahead!! Last edited by FAM (12/23/2017 10:02 am) FAM I don't think it was you duq81 to whom was referring ... Got an extra treat when I got home last night. My DISH doesn't have Fox Sports 2, so they put it on for us at BW3 last night, as I said. I checked Fox Sports 1 at home and found they were playing a replay of the game this morning, so I DVRd it. Got to enjoy the whole thing. FAM I don't think it was you duq81 to whom was referring ... I wonder what they are serving in the casual eatery owned by a German knight? I know that he wasn't referring to me...didn't take it that way...just took the opening to comment. FAM, besides your famous moniker "LHTM defense", I always liked the excuse that the guards were too short to effectively stop teams from shooting 3 pointers at a high percentage. Same guards this year... the Dukes are 22nd in the country holding teams to 29.6% (versus last year 35.9%). FAM I don't think it was you duq81 to whom was referring ... I wonder what they are serving in the casual eatery owned by a German knight? LMAO!!!!! Yeah, he's at the top of the list. I'll give him some credit though, at least he has come around at times this year. Some of the other negative types haven't been here since Ferry got fired. How can anyone who calls themselves a fan, not be enjoying this season so far? Even if the team runs out of gas, and stumbles down the stretch, I've seen enough to believe we have our best coach since Red Manning, maybe since Dudey. I'm thinking Keith is our best coach since Dudey Moore. I think if he stays as long as Red, which given his personality seems very possible to me, he will easily surpass Red's accomplishments. We're only in the very early stages of this, but It's sure looking good now. I'm thinking Keith is our best coach since Dudey Moore. I think if he stays as long as Red, which given his personality seems very possible to me, he will easily surpass Red's accomplishments. We're only in the very early stages of this, but It's sure looking good now. I feel the same way my friend. I love the grit, toughness, and determination he has developed in this team. There is no quit, and the way the Dukes play defense we are going to cause havoc in the A10 this year. There is so many positives I see that I absolutely agree that the near term and long future looks bright. Go Dukes. I had a strange feeling watching this game last night that I'm really not too familiar with in my 30 years of Duquesne basketball fanhood: that the Dukes were going to win, even when things got dicey down the stretch. They were clearly the better team all night. If it weren't for the foul trouble, I don't think this game really would have been that close. I'm not sure why this tournament had preset matchups from the start, but let's face it, we were supposed to be the patsy last night, then play Southern Illinois for consolation tonight before the two West Coast teams faced off in West Coast primetime for the de facto championship. It feels pretty good to have messed that up. If there had been an actual championship game, Nevada would have been a lot to handle. Southern Illinois on the other hand appears every bit as beatable as San Francisco was. Last edited by DennisC91 (12/23/2017 2:38 pm) I'm thinking Keith is our best coach since Dudey Moore. I think if he stays as long as Red, which given his personality seems very possible to me, he will easily surpass Red's accomplishments. We're only in the very early stages of this, but It's sure looking good now. Red had two good stretches so Keith has his work cut out. I had a strange feeling watching this game last night that I'm really not too familiar with in my 30 years of Duquesne basketball fanhood: that the Dukes were going to win, even when things got dicey down the stretch. They were clearly the better team all night. If it weren't for the foul trouble, I don't think this game really would have been that close. I'm not sure why this tournament had preset matchups from the start, but let's face it, we were supposed to be the patsy last night, then play Southern Illinois for consolation tonight before the two West Coast teams faced off in West Coast primetime for the de facto championship. It feels pretty good to have messed that up. If there had been an actual championship game, Nevada would have been a lot to handle. Southern Illinois on the other hand appears every bit as beatable as San Francisco was.
CONGRATULATIONS COACH DRU JOYCE III
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Everyone else less than 30 minutes Lewis had 28 minutes.
Nine played.
Finally, no more, at least for now, guards playing 37, 38 minutes.
Eventually the Dukes will lose but it looks good for conference play.
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I think they thought they had him hired when they let Ron go but couldn't complete the deal. Otherwise, that was a very, very sorry move.
If KD had a full stable, they would have won the RMU game and had a better chance to take down Pitt on a down year.
COFFEE
Attitude is everything
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BTW: On the Duquesne Athletics site is a nice video recap of the game last night. It is worth watching!!!!
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One thing I don't get is why Dambrot didn't put someone on the inbounder on the last play with only .02 left? As it was they almost got the volleyball shot, which is their only hope with that little amount of time.
Vicimus Atlanticum decem
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ElDuque wrote:
Vicimus Atlanticum decem
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Tejas_Duke wrote:ElDuque wrote:
As for the last coach, I didn't think it was fair for some posters to take it out on him because of their anger at what happened with Ron. He deserved a fair shot, and he got it. I thought when he was 15-7 during his fourth year, that he might actually end up being modestly successful, but of course, it didn't happen. I'm actually now kind of glad the team collapsed the way it did. If they had won 3 more games, they would have gone 20-14, and he probably would have deserved to be extended a couple of years. I like the way it worked out better! 
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The way the game was officiated, I'm kind of surprised there wasn't a foul called on the final inbounds play. There was way more contact on that than on the phantom foul call on Chas Brown on SF's last basket. Also not sure why that Renfro guy only played 14 minutes for SF, but I'm not complaining. He gave the Dukes fits at both ends of the court and really keyed that 12-0 run for them.
Anyway, great to pull out another close one. I suspect we're going to see a lot of games like this in conference play.
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DennisC91 wrote:
The way the game was officiated, I'm kind of surprised there wasn't a foul called on the final inbounds play. There was way more contact on that than on the phantom foul call on Chas Brown on SF's last basket. Also not sure why that Renfro guy only played 14 minutes for SF, but I'm not complaining. He gave the Dukes fits at both ends of the court and really keyed that 12-0 run for them.
Anyway, great to pull out another close one. I suspect we're going to see a lot of games like this in conference play.
Renfro was playing with a broken nose, he shed the face mask in 2nd half and was more effective.
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