Haslametrics = has the Dukes as 96th in the country; and OUT in the NCAA Tournament.
St. Bonaventure is 130th in the country and OUT in the NCAA.
Automated Game Preview:  http://haslametrics.com/preview.php?yr=&tid1=381&tid2=4391&neut=0
Overall Ratings:  http://haslametrics.com/ratings.php

Last edited by PhoenixRising2 (2/08/2020 10:57 am)

I know they've had our number in the series for awhile, but I think this team is different; especially the way they are playing right now. We shut down Lofton last year and I think Sin can get it done again. Osunniyi killed us on the boards, but is not a big threat to score. I expect the defensive intensity to be high at home, so as long as we can rebound I think we'll be good. We cleaned up the glass against a similar team in St. Louis, and I think we can get it done again. Expect a close one, but I think we get off the schneid against them 66-63.

From the Olean Times Herald:

http://www.oleantimesherald.com/olean/bona-duquesne-set-for-pivotal-pittsburgh-matchup/article_975d27ae-3364-5302-a7b1-3add7d235379.html

FAM wrote:

Phoenix - Automated Game Preview not coming up  - please check - I NEED TO READ!

Phoenix put in one too many http’s and didn’t have a colon on the second. Try this:

http://haslametrics.com/preview.php?yr=&tid1=381&tid2=4391&neut=0

Just got home not liking the Bonnies getting 43 in a half.

Dukes letting them have everything in the paint

Coach Dambrot got Bilichicked by Coach Schmidt. Schmidt took our best player out of game Weathers. Very Bilicheck like. Coach Dambrot keep it up . Clearly apparent our guards have High School bodies. Hire a strengthening coach Dave. Bonnie’s guards pissed over our guards. All Sophomores. Bonnie’s don’t even have a footballl program. Weak physically = loser program.

Tough game to lose. We needed much more out of our forwards; especially on the boards (got out rebounded by 14 and gave up 15 offensive rebounds). Marcus looked like he was hurting (denied by KD when asked by Jarrett post game); no field goals and only 5 rebounds. We continue to get very little out of the 3 position, pretty much invisible. Steele had one rebound.

Yet in spite of all that, the Dukes were tied with 1:30 to play. A sloppy defensive mixup gave Lofton enough space to hit a huge 3 point shot. And the Dukes responded with a very poor offensive possession. Pretty much game over from that point forward.

They just need to get over the hump. Rhode island n dayton tuesday. St. B is tough but the fans are aholes. The dukes can beat them but weatherz has to be on his a game. I think he was worn out.

I would never have imagined that it was possible to lose under these circumstances:

-only 6 turnovers when the opponent had 11
-18-22 from the line
-41.2% on 34-3pt attempts
-Lead guards combine for 42 points, 10 assists, & 0 turnovers 
-8 blocked shots
-Down by 2 with the opponent's best 2 players on the bench with 4 fouls at the same time & 5+ minutes to go in the game while playing at "home" in front of a strong, vocal crowd

Frustration reigns!


 

In fact the only way to shut them up was when the cheerleaders came out n the band was cranking it out

-Solid from 2, excellent from 3, really good at the line** and minimal turnovers leading to a 125 efficiency rating and yet we still come up short is so disappointing.

-Last year's game at Palumbo was an abomination offensively and even a D- output could have won the game and this year the offense puts up an A output and the defense was unable to string together stops.

-Just could not stop them today as they got in the lane too easily and killed us from 3 and at the rim led by Lofton, of course.

-Marcus was outstanding vs SLU but he also appeared to take a beating in that game and I wonder if there was some carryover. KD really got after him after he had his shot blocked and he looked defeated lying in the floor and (I think) it carried over to the next defensive possession.

- Tavian kept us alive and was amazing from three and Sin really came alive in the second half. If only those late threes would have fell.

-Possibly the worst officiating crew we've had in league play thus far. You could convince me Fordham was worse, based on the end game debacle alone. How Scott Arbogast gets a game between two teams in the top half of the standings is hard to imagine, then you realize nearly all of D1 is playing today.

-(Hopefully) a silver lining is they have it better figured out on attacking Bona. I felt last year, Ossuniyi's ability to guard any big in single coverage allowed the rest to stay up on shooters and we had nothing for them, especially with Sin missing the game up in Olean. Today they showed different dimensions on offense, now if only they can stop Bona.

**Couldn't believe Dukes were 18-22 from the line as the misses really were standing out to me in my head. Of course, I'd take nearly 82% at that volume of shots every single night. but damn did two of those misses have to be front ends of a 1-in-1? 

--I know KD doesn't like the bye week but hopefully it enables some recovery and good practices. Fordham at Rose Hill won't be easy as they've been a tough out for Davidson, Bona and Richmond and we already gnashed our teeth playing them at home.