Yeah they decided to drop Colonials a couple years ago, but waited to do it until they settled on a new name.

Not a bad half of basketball from our Dukes. A little careless with the ball at times, but responding well to a less than favorable whistle at home so far. Very good sign after our previous meltdowns caused by poor officiating. A couple harsh ones on Clark forcing him to the bench. Credit to GW, they are making their free throws. You have to think we’ll get a couple of those in the second. As hard as we took it to the rim in that first half, very surprised we head to the locker room with no free throw attempts.

Well, not how I envisioned it. But maybe it’s not such a bad thing to win a close game heading into Brooklyn. We have won 11 out of 14. Keep it going Dukes!

Kudos to Savrasov for staying ready & answering the call effectively.

George Washington is way better than their record, they played very well,Dukes showed guts and hustle and our 2 special seniors and Dixon led us to a great win.10-8 record is a tribute to the team and coaches for
never giving up.GW is going to pull a huge surprise upset in the tournament.

stew wrote:

George Washington is way better than their record, they played very well,Dukes showed guts and hustle and our 2 special seniors and Dixon led us to a great win.10-8 record is a tribute to the team and coaches for
never giving up.GW is going to pull a huge surprise upset in the tournament.

 GW is way better than their record, and they have already shown they can beat upper echelon A-10 teams. 

I remember predicting (last season) that Dixon could be all-conference by his junior year. Standing by that.

Just got back from the game. From the start, it had the makings of an upset. The last few possessions could have gone either way. Too close for comfort, but I'm glad for the win and Clark's 1000 points. We really needed that win. I think  GW will face Fordham first and just may beat them, so we may see them instead.  I watched Dayton last night almost lay an egg, but came through at the end.

phil95 wrote:

Kudos to Savrasov for staying ready & answering the call effectively.

Funny about him. He is bigger in size and was not pushed around in the paint as much as Drame and Dixon, so I hope to see more of him if we face GW again. GW was physical in the paint and they drove to the basket more then a last place team should. I don't know how they lost so many games the way they played today?

The Dukes will play the winner of the #11 Rhode Island / #14 Saint Louis matchup, as I understand it. Then they would face Dayton with a win.

We sure got some favorable calls in the second half aside from the offensive foul on Dimichele and the block on Drame. It evened out in the end for sure. My point was that it was not affecting our play. Another positive sign of growth for this team.

Napa… I totally agree. But neither side was favored.

CityDuke wrote:

We sure got some favorable calls in the second half aside from the offensive foul on Dimichele and the block on Drame. It evened out in the end for sure. My point was that it was not affecting our play. Another positive sign of growth for this team.

I totally agree CityDuke this team has grown and mature during the season. This was a solid team win.  The Dukes played 11 guys and all but one scored, and all but one had at least one rebound.  I am very happy for all our seniors.  

Men's Basketball vs George Washington on 3/9/2024 - Box Score - Duquesne University Athletics (goduquesne.com)