Good chance to test ourselves against good players.

Kudos to WVU for providing their State of the Art practice facility to the Dukes involving the Kent State scrimmage. Obviously Coach Dambrot has a good relationship with Coach Huggins & Ron. Later that week the Dukes get an exhibition game against a power 5 team. Not a bad gig without a loss due to the special status of this game against a Huggins coached team filled with 3-5 star players. Unfortunately Duquesne basketball this year is a team without a home court advantage due to the current construction of the UPMC arena. Now my point. WVU is my second favorite team next to the Dukes. My third team game day is Pitts opponent. Although this thread involves basketball why does Pitt football refuse to schedule Duquesne football. Over the last 3 years Pitt has scheduled many of the same opponents who played Duquesne. Would not a Pitt Duquesne game at Heinz field get some media & fan interest? After all did not WVU football schedule Duquesne for a game down at Morgantown. My conclusion go Mountaineers & Eat Sh## Pitt.

levon1975 wrote:

Although I agree with your sentiment regarding WVU on the positive side and the “Armpitts” on the negative side; I am not in favor of playing that far up, and out of our league in football.  Until the Dukes can compete somewhat evenly with a team like Youngstown St.; I don’t want to see our guys get mutilated by a team that is clearly several levels higher than Duquesne.  The gap is just too great from the standpoint of size, speed, skill and coaching to send our team into a situation where serious injuries,  and many of them m, would be likely.  Not to mention the embarrassment of giving up maybe 70 or more points to the clowns down the street!  You don’t want to be a laughingstock in a Pro-Armpitt City.  Just hope we can survive the WVU game in 2023 or whatever; but please DO NOT Schedule any more of these mismatches!  This Program is not ready to take that step!

 
Totally disagree my friend. Football is a business with budgets. Duquesne is a private institution. Catholic schools have No tax base. Unfortunately our hard earned dollars  are wasted on public institutions. Does Duquesne football run in the red or black? Any opportunity to collect a big paycheck helps Duquesne budget. Moreover since the inception of this program thanks to Dan Mccan  the quality of this program has continued to improve. Last years win at Towson was huge. Instant credibility on a regional basis. How about recruits when you mention the likes of WVU or BC. Yes the final score can be lopsided. Can injuries occur yes but injuries arise in practice as well as against other NEC schools. W&M as well as Richmond play UVA & Va Tech. A successful 1AA program cost dollars. In return paycheck games should better prepare the players for conference games. Paycheck games ease the financial burden on the overall budget of the University. Sorry Rooney field does not cut it against the likes of LIU.

To get back to basketball, some of us are thinking about meeting at the Green Turtle in Morgantown before the exhibition game.
https://thegreeneturtle.com/location/morgantown-wv/

For us "out of towners, " Ironduke81  found this video link for the WVU game on Friday and asked me to post it.  Click on the "Watch" tab on this site.

Can't wait to get started!

https://wvusports.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Last edited by CLK (10/27/2019 5:08 pm)

Official pregame release from the Dukes:
https://goduquesne.com/news/2019/10/30/mens-basketball-preview-duqmbb-at-west-virginia-for-charity-exhibition.aspx

From WVU perspective, six questions on what to look for in exhibition:

https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/basketball/six-questions-ahead-of-west-virginias-exhibition-against-duquesne/

CLK wrote:

For us "out of towners, " Ironduke81  found this video link for the WVU game on Friday and asked me to post it.  Click on the "Watch" tab on this site.

Can't wait to get started!

https://wvusports.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

Anyone know if that broadcast will be just live or if it will be available for replay? Our town foolishly moved trick or treating to tonight because of the threat of storms, which of course never ended up coming. So as much as I'd love to watch the game, I won't be able to live.

Would anyone like 1 or 2 seats to tonight's game? Tickets can be delivered electronically. Message me for details if interested

duquesnegraddad wrote:

uh oh, not starting off well it sounds like, down 10 early.

I presume others can only get audio on the link to the WVU main website linked above?

The game is on AT&T

Disappointing from many perspectives. Foul shooting ouch! Turnovers. Who is going to do the scoring this year? Man the other dude from kennnedy catholic killed the Dukes. Sincere with 5 turnovers? Dunn Martin missing 3 or 4 foul shots, rough rough rough