Great win. The best game from start to end all season. Marcus was great but nice to see good games from everyone who played today.

I'm debating if this makes up for the UMass loss or if it makes me more upset because we could/should be in a better position to make the post season had we won that game.

I listened closely to Coach's comments after the La Salle game and without coming out and saying it directly, I had the impression that he thought we matched up well with St. Louis. In his interview tonight he said that if you out rebound them (I think we did by 10), most nights they are going to lose. He has confidence in his big men inside. Now we have to handle St. Bona, who is always well coached and who always gives us a good game. 

Now i remember why i rarely bet.   But its worth it!!   Great great GREAT WIN!!!!

Duques102 wrote:

Loved the use of the additional bench guys tonight, helped manage Hughes’ foul trouble effectively. Gibbs defended well, Rotroff is continuing to look like he’s building confidence, and same regarding Buckley. I would run a couple plays for him a game to get him a set shot, he will knock some down. He also defended well. I hope they continue to get more minutes, it helps the team in so many ways.

Dominant performance from Weathers offensively, he makes so many tough and contested shots. Hughes, Weathers, and Steele were all very strong on the block and on the boards tonight. While French is athletic and physical he is limited offensively and is most of their post presence. We bullied them at home and wasn’t surprised it went the same way tonight.

Carry played great and hit some huge threes in the first half. Play of the game for me was late in the second half when Hughes threw it up, Steele got the board, kicked it to Carry who pumped and got his man in the air. Hit Austin top of the key for a good look, who hit Norman on the wing for a great one, and he drained it. That was a thing of beauty.

I liked this matchup a lot for the Dukes this year, especially after the first game. They can’t shoot threes, they can’t shoot free throws, and their strength is the post game and defense. I think we are better and have more depth than them in both areas. On top of that we are really good at the FT line and I figured if we could knock down some threes that and free throws could be the advantage, just like last time.

Bet you negative Nancy’s wouldn’t believe I took Dukes on the money line. 81’ you still may be selling this squad short with the NIT talk. A different result against UMASS and I think the tone would be much more optimistic!

Great game, excited for Saturday.

Go Dukes!!!

They'll need to go no worse than 7-1 down the stretch to have a chance going into Brooklyn. With road games at Dayton, VCU, and Bona, that's a tough row to hoe. I'm worried about the home game with Bona. They've owned us lately. Who do they think they are, Bobby Mo? Got to put them in their place. If we win Saturday, I think we win up there too. If we lose, they'll smack us in Olean.
 

duq81 wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

Loved the use of the additional bench guys tonight, helped manage Hughes’ foul trouble effectively. Gibbs defended well, Rotroff is continuing to look like he’s building confidence, and same regarding Buckley. I would run a couple plays for him a game to get him a set shot, he will knock some down. He also defended well. I hope they continue to get more minutes, it helps the team in so many ways.

Dominant performance from Weathers offensively, he makes so many tough and contested shots. Hughes, Weathers, and Steele were all very strong on the block and on the boards tonight. While French is athletic and physical he is limited offensively and is most of their post presence. We bullied them at home and wasn’t surprised it went the same way tonight.

Carry played great and hit some huge threes in the first half. Play of the game for me was late in the second half when Hughes threw it up, Steele got the board, kicked it to Carry who pumped and got his man in the air. Hit Austin top of the key for a good look, who hit Norman on the wing for a great one, and he drained it. That was a thing of beauty.

I liked this matchup a lot for the Dukes this year, especially after the first game. They can’t shoot threes, they can’t shoot free throws, and their strength is the post game and defense. I think we are better and have more depth than them in both areas. On top of that we are really good at the FT line and I figured if we could knock down some threes that and free throws could be the advantage, just like last time.

Bet you negative Nancy’s wouldn’t believe I took Dukes on the money line. 81’ you still may be selling this squad short with the NIT talk. A different result against UMASS and I think the tone would be much more optimistic!

Great game, excited for Saturday.

Go Dukes!!!

They'll need to go no worse than 7-1 down the stretch to have a chance going into Brooklyn. With road games at Dayton, VCU, and Bona, that's a tough row to hoe. I'm worried about the home game with Bona. They've owned us lately. Who do they think they are, Bobby Mo? Got to put them in their place. If we win Saturday, I think we win up there too. If we lose, they'll smack us in Olean.
 

 
I have felt that when we play like we did tonight (basically our best), we can beat anyone in the league, home or in the road. The Dayton game did nothing but make me feel stronger about that. I don’t expect us to win at UD arena, but I think we have a legit shot in every other matchup. Not saying I think it will happen, but it’s not entirely crazy to say it could. Hopefully bringing some more guys into the game action helps spark a run down the stretch.

Outstanding effort!

Shot well  from 2/3/FT and whipped them on the boards.

Good to see the deeper bench steal some minutes and keep is afloat when regular rotation platers needed a seat. Thought Buckley was better than what one would see in his box score line. Steele did a nice job tonight as well.

Beyond the amazing game by Marcus, Sin was not only hot from three, but had 8 assists to zero turnovers. Winning basketball. Michael did a little bit of everything out there and was right there with Marcus and Sin for player of the game.

Travis Ford, Dan McLaughlin and SLU's arrogant fans can claim it was a ref loss all they want. They got whupped in their own house and lost both games by 14. Looking forward to their excuse this time around.

Looking forward to Saturday and hope we can fill UPMC Event Center. Certainly the Dayton game had a great atmosphere in PPG but a good crowd with the seats on top of the floor like UPMC can make it feel like the Bona game two years ago, just hope the result turns out the Dukes way this time. 

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Duques102 wrote:

duq81 wrote:

Duques102 wrote:

Loved the use of the additional bench guys tonight, helped manage Hughes’ foul trouble effectively. Gibbs defended well, Rotroff is continuing to look like he’s building confidence, and same regarding Buckley. I would run a couple plays for him a game to get him a set shot, he will knock some down. He also defended well. I hope they continue to get more minutes, it helps the team in so many ways.

Dominant performance from Weathers offensively, he makes so many tough and contested shots. Hughes, Weathers, and Steele were all very strong on the block and on the boards tonight. While French is athletic and physical he is limited offensively and is most of their post presence. We bullied them at home and wasn’t surprised it went the same way tonight.

Carry played great and hit some huge threes in the first half. Play of the game for me was late in the second half when Hughes threw it up, Steele got the board, kicked it to Carry who pumped and got his man in the air. Hit Austin top of the key for a good look, who hit Norman on the wing for a great one, and he drained it. That was a thing of beauty.

I liked this matchup a lot for the Dukes this year, especially after the first game. They can’t shoot threes, they can’t shoot free throws, and their strength is the post game and defense. I think we are better and have more depth than them in both areas. On top of that we are really good at the FT line and I figured if we could knock down some threes that and free throws could be the advantage, just like last time.

Bet you negative Nancy’s wouldn’t believe I took Dukes on the money line. 81’ you still may be selling this squad short with the NIT talk. A different result against UMASS and I think the tone would be much more optimistic!

Great game, excited for Saturday.

Go Dukes!!!

They'll need to go no worse than 7-1 down the stretch to have a chance going into Brooklyn. With road games at Dayton, VCU, and Bona, that's a tough row to hoe. I'm worried about the home game with Bona. They've owned us lately. Who do they think they are, Bobby Mo? Got to put them in their place. If we win Saturday, I think we win up there too. If we lose, they'll smack us in Olean.
 

 
I have felt that when we play like we did tonight (basically our best), we can beat anyone in the league, home or in the road. The Dayton game did nothing but make me feel stronger about that. I don’t expect us to win at UD arena, but I think we have a legit shot in every other matchup. Not saying I think it will happen, but it’s not entirely crazy to say it could. Hopefully bringing some more guys into the game action helps spark a run down the stretch.

Well, pretty much every team in the top 100 is capable of beating just about any team if they bring their A-game, and the other team doesn't, so you're pretty much on point there. It's just hard to be perfect every game, and there are going to be nights when a team like Bona, or VCU is going to be clicking, and just run you over, even if you're not playing poorly. This is especially true in the age of the 3 pointer. Sometimes a team can just get red hot from 3, even against solid defense, and it's just more than you can overcome. Let's hope we don't run into one of those teams. Kinda hope SLU doesn't fall apart. If they can finish in the top 75 of NET, this becomes a Q1 win.
 

Just tremendous win.Everybody was marching in step,and all the great performances.Just blown away.

Weathers must be closing in on 1,000 pts. I think he should be in the 950 range and should be hitting it in 3 or 4 games. If my math is up to snuff.

FAM wrote:

I”m sure one of you brilliant stats folks will answer this...

When was the last time we beat St. Bonaventure?
Go Dukes!

We haven't beaten them since 1/16/16 at home. What makes it especially frustrating is four of those seven were by four or less and only one was by more than seven. It would be different if they just blew us out; then you'd just say they have our number. Every game is competitive, they just find a way to pull it out in the end. Going back even further we're 2-13 against them in the last eight years. Six of those losses were by four or less and only three were by more than eight. We haven't beaten them at their place since 1/10/09.

WashPaRick wrote:

Weathers must be closing in on 1,000 pts. I think he should be in the 950 range and should be hitting it in 3 or 4 games. If my math is up to snuff.

I hadn't noticed that, but you're right. He's got 951 for his career. He's averaging 11 per game for his career, 15 a game this season, and 19 a game in the last five. If he keeps the hot streak going he could go over 1,000 at home against GW. Otherwise, he could do it in a big road win over Dayton or St. Bonaventure. What will be really big is when he goes over 1,000 for his Duquesne career sometime next season.

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch Sports pages

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/slu/slu-got-outplayed-beginning-to-end-in-home-loss-to/article_2a4a91cb-44e1-5f27-8a29-b4ba89c359cb.html

His tweet was posted at 11:11, just sayin'