After that shooting performance against UMass, it’s hard to imagine it could get any worse.  If teams take away Dinkins and Crawford shooting 3s as UMass did, someone else needs to step-up and make shots whether they are layups, mid-range, or 3’s, someone needs to make shots.

We’re lucky to still be playing for the double bye as bad as we’ve been recently. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a league so balanced.

BluffHunter wrote:

Tristan Freeman’s keys to win:

https://bustingbrackets.com/duquesne-looks-to-bounce-back-from-4-game-losing-streak-at-richmond-spiders

We are better on the move and scoring on the fly. Over coaching offense just makes these kids hesitate to take the open shot. Our defense has been strong enough to win every game, but playing slow half court at the expense of quick score all season has not won a single game.  Coach Dru was a pro that they had a 20 second clock? Play that fast.

This team is so lost, How did that happen these last 5 games. My take is after Edwards lit up the scoreboard for two games when the Dukes went to 4-1 Joyce summoned him to the bench for throwing a ball away in the first half of the next game and has played him sparingly since while giving other undeserving guys more minutes. Necas looks totally lost and a shadow of himself. Hronsky off, Dixon digressing, Corbett meh. Rozier frustrated, and if I was Dinkins i'd shoot it 40 times a game at this point.

Don't know how many times i've had to watch Necas pass up an open look in the lane to throw it out top for a desperation 25 footer. Who's coaching this guy? C'mon this a joke.

NapaDuke wrote:

BluffHunter wrote:

Tristan Freeman’s keys to win:

https://bustingbrackets.com/duquesne-looks-to-bounce-back-from-4-game-losing-streak-at-richmond-spiders

We are better on the move and scoring on the fly. Over coaching offense just makes these kids hesitate to take the open shot. Our defense has been strong enough to win every game, but playing slow half court at the expense of quick score all season has not won a single game.  Coach Dru was a pro that they had a 20 second clock? Play that fast.

I stated this before the game started, and this is exactly what just happen by half time.

Dru needs to ask LeBron for some NIL $. Because our players are not good enough.

Necas has been schooled all night on the defensive end. 

I don't know how this team played so well in early January and is playing so bad now. They appeared to hit their stride but now they have quickly plummeted back to early season lack of form. We have zero ball movement and it is painful watching them on the offensive end.

Styles1229 wrote:

Rayrich wrote:

Necas has been schooled all night on the defensive end. 

He is broken. For whatever reason. He can’t shoot, rebound, score in the paint, or play defense right now. Not sure what happened.

Yeah it's weird. Not sure what's happened to him, but this coaching staff definitely doesn't have the answer. Think Necas will be entering the transfer portal, the talent is their, but no confidence here.

Rayrich wrote:

Can Corbett finish a layup or dunk? Can't make a foul shot, so what is his purpose exactly? Need to get transfers in the portal who come from winning programs

Matus has been shooting horribly but for some reason he’s not seeing the court. The other horrible shooters are out there.  Maybe Max keeps this going the rest of the season and we can scratch out another win or two.

I think a lot of what we said at the beginning of the season is true.  Dru is learning. Mooney is the best coach in the conference in my opinion and Dru is seeing him at home for the first time.  We aren’t a one win team in the A-10 but we’re not a 9 win team either.  Hopefully Dru learns this year. I expected growing pains and this is what growing pains looks like.

Styles1229 wrote:

Rayrich wrote:

Can Corbett finish a layup or dunk? Can't make a foul shot, so what is his purpose exactly? Need to get transfers in the portal who come from winning programs

Matus has been shooting horribly but for some reason he’s not seeing the court. The other horrible shooters are out there. Maybe Max keeps this going the rest of the season and we can scratch out another win or two.

I think a lot of what we said at the beginning of the season is true. Dru is learning. Mooney is the best coach in the conference in my opinion and Dru is seeing him at home for the first time. We aren’t a one win team in the A-10 but we’re not a 9 win team either. Hopefully Dru learns this year. I expected growing pains and this is what growing pains looks like.

Shouldn't have growing pains when you make the Final 32 the year before and return 5 or 6 guys and get six quality transfers. Not sure this coach is going to grow and if he does it it will probably be at another institution years from now. Reactionary hire i'm afraid. Had the chance to build something special after last season and now were back to the same old downtrodden program. Sad.