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1:00pm EST tip on Saturday 12/31/2022 at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, Pittsburgh, PA Thanks Phoenix for this and all your pre-game info work. Read the RI board. Some Rams faithful that watched the Dayton game had concluded that Duquesne has the worse defense in the A10. Hopefully, Coach & staff proves them wrong. Go Dukes. Awful officiating. Just saw the offensive called on Rozier - fake. Even if it was a foul, the ball was on its way to the hoop before ANY contact. Didn't count the 2 points. Not sure I'e seen a team that takes so many shots near the basket yet gets so few fouls called as Duquesne. Well a win is a win. Tuned into RI’s announcers to hear their recap and they were completely in agreement that the Dukes have all the pieces to compete in the A10. They cited good guard play and low post play. They loved Reese. Last edited by coffee (12/31/2022 3:47 pm) I think DU should offer $1 hot dogs every game. Sure brought out the crowd. Imagine if the offered $1 Keilbossie. Packed house. 🙂 Anyone else notice Kareem physically lift up Joe Reece’s head after he missed a layup and put his head down. On the very next play, Rozier drills a three. Can’t say enough about this kid’s leadership. He’s a winner, and I’m very glad he’s a Duke! Nice win - Nice Crowd - Fun Game Read the RI board. Some Rams faithful that watched the Dayton game had concluded that Duquesne has the worse defense in the A10. Hopefully, Coach & staff proves them wrong. Go Dukes. Last edited by coffee (12/31/2022 3:45 pm) Anyone else notice Kareem physically lift up Joe Reece’s head after he missed a layup and put his head down. On the very next play, Rozier drills a three. Can’t say enough about this kid’s leadership. He’s a winner, and I’m very glad he’s a Duke! Absolutely agree Rozier is a winner. You can see him getting better each game. Poor call by the referees on the charging. A lot of questionable calls today. Just got back from the game. Nice crowd. Good mix of players in and out. Great play by our guards. Reese was great. Dae Dae took over towards the end of the game. Williams had a very off game. Our 3 pts percentage was great. And the Hamburger place that was the Red Ring wasn't too bad either. I liked the tempo, these Dukes can definitely play A-10 ball. A needed and good win. Wish we didnt miss as many shots so close to the basket. VCU game will be a real test. Students back by Wednesday? Read the RI board. Some Rams faithful that watched the Dayton game had concluded that Duquesne has the worse defense in the A10. Hopefully, Coach & staff proves them wrong. Go Dukes. Let’s call a spade a spade. The Dukes against Dayton played horrible defense. Dambrot & staff has recruited a bunch of thoroughbreds which can clearly compete top 4 in A10. Coach Dambrot must be the trainer that gets the Dukes to a triple crown. Today he & staff ran sound offensive sets. Defensively the Dukes played hard. VCU is a huge game if indeed the Dukes want to compete to an A10 championship. Go Dukes The assist/turnover situation was very impressive. Last edited by phil95 (12/31/2022 6:49 pm) Post game comments from Archie Miller I really like how this team pulls for each other and has each others back. They want to be good and they want to win. Easy to root for this group. I really like how this team pulls for each other and has each others back. They want to be good and they want to win. Easy to root for this group. That seems very true. Have to like the way these players work hard and support each other. This is a big difference from the style of offense we saw last year. Also, a big step forward in talent. I really like how this team pulls for each other and has each others back. They want to be good and they want to win. Easy to root for this group. That seems very true. Have to like the way these players work hard and support each other. This is a big difference from the style of offense we saw last year. Also, a big step forward in talent. Couldn't agree more with this. Any reason why Barre got only 3 minutes of PT yesterday? Interesting that Barre had 6 rebounds and 6 points against Dayton but could barely set foot on the court yesterday. Here are the postgame interviews courtesy of Zac Weiss…. The assist/turnover situation was very impressive. Totally agree with your comment in regards to the substitutions preventing rhythm on offense. Seems like the Dukes go on a roll and KD makes subs that interrupts the continuity and rhythm of the offense. That all makes sense about Barre sitting out most of the game due to lack of experience and fouls.Of course the only way he will ever gain experience is by being on the court in game action. A fine line to walk at times. Hopefully Barre is the center next year and does need to continue to develop. Would hope to see more of him moving forward.
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Game Thread - University of Rhode Island Rams
Duquesne Virtual Game Program:
Per KenPom (363 D-1 Teams):
Dukes #119 (10-4; 0-1 A10) vs Rhode Island Rams #203 (4-8; 0-0 A-10)
Game prediction: Dukes win by 7, 72-65 - Dukes with 76% probability of a win.
Per Haslametrics:
Dukes #102 vs Rhode Island #233
Game prediction: Dukes win by 12, 73.42-61.74
Betting line: Dukes are 9½ point favorites; Over/Under 135½
Duquesne 7-7 Against the Spread: Rhode Island 5-7 ATS
Duquesne Game Notes:
Rhode Island Game Notes:
Sports Reference College Basketball Team Pages:
Duquesne:
Rhode Island:
Dukes KenPom Best Wins: UCSB (107); Indiana St. (122); DePaul (125); Colgate (128); Ball State (163)
Dukes KenPom Worst Losses: New Mexico St (113); Marshall (73); Dayton (62); Kentucky (13)
Rhode Island KenPom Best Wins: UMass Lowell (116); Illinois St. (253); Amry (298)
Rhode Island KenPom Worst Losses: Georgia St (240); Texas St (227); Brown (208)
Shooting Percentage Offense/Defense (per KenPom)
Dukes 3 Point: Offense 36.1%, 75 in D-1; Defense 36.2%, 284 in D-1
Rhode Island 3 Point: Offense 29.6%, 325 in D-1; Defense 30.3%, 65 in D-1
Dukes 2 Point: Offense 49.7%, 187 in D-1; Defense 47.8%, 119 in D-1
Rhode Island 2 Point: Offense 44.7%, 318 in D-1; Defense 49.1%, 152 in D-1
Dukes FT: Offense 68.3%, 256 in D-1; Defense 71.7%, 220 in D-1
Rhode Island FT: Offense 73.9%, 82 in D-1; Defense 69.1%, 125 in D-1
Points per Possession and Number of Possessions (per KenPom)
Rhode Island Adj Offense Efficiency - 98.1; 261 in D-1 vs Dukes Adj Defense Efficiency - 102.9; 184 in D-1
Rhode Island Adj Defense Efficiency - 100.8; 138 in D-1 vs Dukes Adj Offense Efficiency - 106.9; 77 in D-1
Rhode Island Adj Tempo - 67.9; 213 in D-1 vs Dukes Adj Tempo - 67.2; 245 in D-1
Miscellaneous (per KenPom)
D-1 Experience - Rhode Island 1.72 yrs; 218 in D-1; Dukes 2.09 yrs; 138 in D-1
Average Height - Rhode Island 77.2"; 163 in D-1; Dukes 76.4"; 292 in D-1
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Come on Dukes come out strong and play hard good defense.
Lets make it a true Happy New Year.
If anyone has read the Rams board they are taking us very lightly saying we are a lousy team.
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Last line was that the Duke’s were going to surprise some people big time.
COFFEE
Attitude is everything
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Go Dukes. Happy New Year!
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congrats to team and coaches - Go Dukes!
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Ironduke81 wrote:
Well that “worst defense in the A10” just held their Rams to 61 points.
COFFEE
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Saw the big guy from Dayton had 32 and 10 today as they rolled Davidson at Dav.
They need to have a promo every game, kinda like the pirates, to get more fans.
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coffee wrote:Ironduke81 wrote:
Well that “worst defense in the A10” just held their Rams to 61 points.
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The perimeter defense was once again crap. The difference today was that a poor 3pt shooting team shot predictably poorly.
Having a solid win after losing to Dayton is a positive sign for the program & the unity of the team. Plenty of teams striving to avoid mediocrity would have dropped this one. Not this group.
Gunn & Rozier are clearly KD's favorites.
I feel like the substitutions for the first 30 minutes of game time were preventing rhythm on offense.
This team is much better when they aggressively pursue early offense. KD seems to want this but the guys appear to avois doing it for much of the games. That is an odd trait in basketball players.
I was very impressed with how the guys on the floor closed out the last 3 minutes. It has been ages since I could write that about a conference game.
Have to find a way to beat VCU on Wednesday!
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applecorps wrote:Rayrich wrote:
Need more offense from our bigs. Any reason why Barre got only 3 minutes of PT yesterday?
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Only freshman who got significant minutes was Rozier. KD seemed intent on using his veterans against the Rams. Hronsky got zero minutes. Dixon got 7 minutes. Barre got three minutes. But, the grad students and seniors all got major minutes.
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Joe Reece and Kareem Rozier
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Keith mentioned that he wanted to go with experienced guys in the 2nd half. Barre also picked up 2 fouls in his 3 minutes in the 1st half, so he was going to sit the remainder of the half.
Also, 26 points were scored by our centers (Reece, Rotroff and Barre); that’s good production out of the 5 spot. We got next to nothing yesterday from the 4 with Williams battling the heel injury and Dixon still finding his footing. The Dukes ended up playing Gunn at the 4 a lot in the 2nd half, and playing smaller with 3 guards (Brewer/Rozier, Grant and Clark) •
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phil95 wrote:
The perimeter defense was once again crap. The difference today was that a poor 3pt shooting team shot predictably poorly.
Having a solid win after losing to Dayton is a positive sign for the program & the unity of the team. Plenty of teams striving to avoid mediocrity would have dropped this one. Not this group.
Gunn & Rozier are clearly KD's favorites.
I feel like the substitutions for the first 30 minutes of game time were preventing rhythm on offense.
This team is much better when they aggressively pursue early offense. KD seems to want this but the guys appear to avois doing it for much of the games. That is an odd trait in basketball players.
I was very impressed with how the guys on the floor closed out the last 3 minutes. It has been ages since I could write that about a conference game.
Have to find a way to beat VCU on Wednesday!
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