I question Soko's commitment to defense. This match up should be interesting.

CLK, I'm pretty sure that UNH does not play uptempo, although they did against their D-2 opponent opener.  If I recall, Herrion likes to control the tempo - starting with his half court defense - concentrating on defending the guards and the 3 point line.  With the widebody, he probably has the tools to make this work pretty well.

In my opinion, it all starts on the defensive side tonight.  If we defend, get them to miss a few shots (Herrion teams tend not to be offensive powers) and then grab the rebound, our transition game should get us quite a few baskets before their defense can get set.

I'm looking for the Dukes to win this one by 12-14 points.  I hope I'm right (for a change).

CLK, I'm with you.  Everything is up tempo at my age.  I think that this is the battle of 2 opposite styles - one team trying to control tempo and the other trying to push as much as possible in transition.

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

CLK, I'm with you.  Everything is up tempo at my age...

LOL man is that ever the truth. 

El Duque, NH had a bunch of turnovers against a D3 team, hopefully JF will press them a little.  Sure hope the video is working. 
 

Same old, same old.  No reason to jump of a bridge.  It is a little silly at this point to be upset with anything.  It is was it is.

Did Everhart ever have a loss this bad?  I'm not trying to make comparisons, but I can't recall a loss this awful.  UNH was 9 and freaking 20 and finished 5-11 in the American East.  My God am I depressed.

I said a while back that it will take some time to figure out what we have with this team. I hope they can bounce back against WVU.

Would have liked to see Soko realize it wasn't his day and let someone else take some of those 17 shots.
 

CLK wrote:

Just read the A10 board and it cracks me up that some DU fans are blaming Everhart for last night's suck performance by the Dukes.  Ferry has all of his players except for one, and the lone remaining Everhart guy that could have made a big positive difference defensively did not even get to play.  This loss to an inferior team was about lack of defensive effort, selfish play, and poor coaching.  To blame this loss on Everhart is insane. Coach Ferry talks about how the Dukes sucked defensively and how it was unacceptable.



 

 
I also was waiting for Jerry Jones to come in, he could have helped on defense and his slashing accross the lane may have pulled the UNH center out to open up inside shots by our. Forwards.

CLK wrote:

Just read the A10 board and it cracks me up that some DU fans are blaming Everhart for last night's suck performance by the Dukes.  Ferry has all of his players except for one, and the lone remaining Everhart guy that could have made a big positive difference defensively did not even get to play.  This loss to an inferior team was about lack of defensive effort, selfish play, and poor coaching.  To blame this loss on Everhart is insane. Coach Ferry talks about how the Dukes sucked defensively and how it was unacceptable.



 

I didn't see a single post where a Duquesne fan blamed Ron for last night.

You have Derrick Colter putting up a bad shot at the end trying to tie the game. Last year he shot, what, 20% from there, and you have a guy who was a 50% 3-point shooter on the team. The defense was poor. I read somewhere after the exhibition game - which many of us cited as an example of poor defense - a number of reasons not to worry about the defense.

Guess what? We have a LOT to worry about there.

Jerry Jones, BTW, is a proven defender at this level.

Gotta hang this one on Ferry and the coaches.

Minimally, we're losing half a season for each one unless they redshirt. You might be right about their importance to the team. Watching the Dukes last night, it's hard not to envision another 1-15 (or worse) record in the A-10.