As always… thanks Phoenix.  Well, there shouldn’t be any complaints about us playing cupcakes OOC this year. Each team is progressively better.  It would be nice if we could start stronger and hopefully get a win.
Go Dukes.

FAM wrote:

As always… thanks Phoenix.  Well, there shouldn’t be any complaints about us playing cupcakes OOC this year. Each team is progressively better.  It would be nice if we could start stronger and hopefully get a win.
Go Dukes.

Fam, not a cupcake but not a top 100 team either, plus we have them on our home court. Weber State is 117 at the moment in Ken Prom and Hofstra is 148. I have not posted much this year because it will be difficult to judge what’s going on with this team because of the new players. I think this board gives excuses for losses and problems with the program. One excuse I have heard repeatedly in the past, is we have a short bench and players are playing too many minutes. In the first two games Riders top three players played Muarry 39, James 34, and Vaughn 32. Hofstra’s Cooks and Dunbar 40 each and Estrada 38. All six of these guys were their leading scorers. In Hofstra’s game before the Duquesne game they logged 45,44, and 37 minutes respectively. Apparently it did not affect them against us.

Wildwood13 wrote:

FAM wrote:

As always… thanks Phoenix. Well, there shouldn’t be any complaints about us playing cupcakes OOC this year. Each team is progressively better. It would be nice if we could start stronger and hopefully get a win.
Go Dukes.

Fam, not a cupcake but not a top 100 team either, plus we have them on our home court. Weber State is 117 at the moment in Ken Prom and Hofstra is 148. I have not posted much this year because it will be difficult to judge what’s going on with this team because of the new players. I think this board gives excuses for losses and problems with the program. One excuse I have heard repeatedly in the past, is we have a short bench and players are playing too many minutes. In the first two games Riders top three players played Muarry 39, James 34, and Vaughn 32. Hofstra’s Cooks and Dunbar 40 each and Estrada 38. All six of these guys were their leading scorers. In Hofstra’s game before the Duquesne game they logged 45,44, and 37 minutes respectively. Apparently it did not affect them against us.

I worry less about board members posting about the short bench, big minutes, fatigue, & conditioning than I do the coaching staff. Fans will have their opinions crazy or sane; God knows I do.

My other favorite is that the team's lack of size in the first 2 games has been a real problem. That's nonsense. Hofstra played 2 guys over 6'6" on Saturday; 6'10" Iyiola & 6'7" Dubar. One 5'11" player of theirs managed 40 minutes & dominated the game. Meanwhile, the Dukes played 5 guys at least 6'7' including 1-6"8', 1-6'10", & 1-6'11".

In the first game, Rider played 3-6'7" players & 1-6'8" player. DU played 2-6'7" players, 1-6'8", & 1-6'11"  (only 2 minutes)

Last edited by phil95 (11/15/2021 6:14 pm)

Really tough D so far.

Building sounds empty. This team is not well coached to say the least. Stupid fouls, shot selection, etc...Williams and Easley are big disappointments thus far. Heard Acuff was a leader, but not seeing in his play.

We are... Bad.  Also, we are horribly painful to watch, but the announce team makes watching at home almost unbearable.

Last edited by Simms (11/15/2021 9:02 pm)

I’m 3-0 on my path to 6 wins prediction.    McKeesport here I come.

I'm am embarrassed to say that I bought into the KD quote that "This is the most talented team i've had here". It may be, but I think it's past time to look for a young head coach who knows the modern game a bit more and who can actually work with talent. I mean c'mon. You throw guys like Larson in at crunch time time. For what reason? No offense to the guy, but seriously? They built a fieldhouse that was just waiting for a winner and you throw that mess of a coaching game out there. The place will be empty by January if not before. Just so disappointing. i'm out until stuff changes.

It was really bad basketball

Dukes played solid defense. Also did well on the boards. That's improvement. Unfortunately, they can't knock down open looks. Jackie J & P diddy Spears are a solid foundation for the future. The A10 is a guard oriented league. Problem is no Mike Hughes that can finish down low. Also love the potential for Okani which showed improvement. Acuff got to get more minutes then the grad. Did not get the last 3 minutes with the 3 timeouts to sub Bilicheck & Johnson. Can you not automatically sub after a made basket?Finally, Weber State picked 2nd in MW conference which last year ranked higher then the A10. The A10 stinks except for the Brown & SLU. yes I am frustrated but I loved the hard play on the part of this team. Go Dukes.

After game reflections...
-I am usually the glass is half empty due to mental torture over the years with Dukes basketball, but not tonight...
-When I went to the game I was actually surprised that Duquesne was in it all night.  Defense was played well tonight.
-Some of the mistakes were not due to the coaching - Easley - had his worst game out of 3.  
-Bek did an awesome job on defense the first half
-Don't know if you could tell if you watched it on TV, but those guys were huge.

We played a good team tough...am I happy we lost, of course not.  But I think there is still much hope!!

Ironduke81 wrote:

CLK wrote:

A83 wrote:

I’m 3-0 on my path to 6 wins prediction. McKeesport here I come.

Really A83, you are happy of about this loss and your gadfly prediction?  
 

 
Hey CLK I opened a betting account on Fan Duel I'm down 1win 2 loses. Why because every game you predict a 20 point win😂👍 I do agree with your A83 comment. Very disturbing if indeed you are a Duquesne fan.

Yep I’m the problem.   I do the coaching and recruiting.   I run the camera that people complain about.   I’m the color announcer that people don’t like.   I ordered the mini basketballs that didn’t show up for the season opener.   It’s me.

My sincere apologies again.

Last edited by A83 (11/15/2021 10:04 pm)