Congrats to the ladies and the coach!!!!

Officer Dribble wrote:

You beat me to it, duqkurt. I just got back myself. Really happy, too. I was in the front row behind the bench. Burt really kept after the team to keep playing hard, attacking, rebounding, boxing out, & taking charges. Noticed that Ferry watched the 1st half. Hope he took good notes!

It was just a great game.  So impressed with the way this team has rebounded after starting 0-3.

Last edited by duqkurt (12/07/2014 4:37 pm)

I'm impressed with what he has done with Jose Anne Johnson.  After 3 years of not much of a contribution he has her giving great minutes.  Like the job he did with Raegan Moore last year.

i will be the first to admit i have no interest in womens hoops, but its great to hear they won. judging by this board and the other board, looks like they continue to improve and the coach is doing a great job...thats pretty awesome..

plus, its always a good day when you can rub it in on a mcconnell!!!!!!!!!

Great win! Happy for the women's team. I have liked Dan Burt since I first heard him on video. I wish him nothing but success.

heelsdukesfan wrote:

i will be the first to admit i have no interest in womens hoops,

There was a time when I felt the same way, but now I can't believe every basketball fan isn't into it.  When my kids were small, I was always taking my daughter & my 2 boys to see the Dukes.  One day during a time-out, they announced that the Lady Dukes (as they were then known) had just 2 home games left in the season. My daughter asked me why we never went to see the ladies.  So we went to the next-to-last ladies' game of the season.  At one point I took my boys to the men's room & when I returned, my daughter was at the scorer's table, where she emerged with Coach Durkin's phone number & a gig to serve as ball girl at the next home game (which turned out to be Korie Hlede's last home game).  I was skeptical that the head coach would be involved in something so innocuous, but I called the number.  He & his assistants couldn't have been nicer & they had created fans for life.

For years afterward, my wife & daughter would insist that the women's game was better than the men's game.  I would tell them that while I enjoyed both, they had to be crazy to think that.  These past couple years or so, I'm starting to see it their way.  I feel like ESPN has ruined the men's game, probably forever, by giving big TV deals to certain big conferences, turning them into brand names.  Today the hotshot high school players talk about wanting to play in the ACC or the Big East (when it existed) or they might mention Duke, Kansas, or Kentucky.  They wanna be on TV every time they play.  John Chaney once said that Dick Vitale couldn't say 15 words without saying "Duke."  If Dick Vitale says that's the place to play, that's what the kids believe.  Duquesne has no chance at recruting that caliber of player. If SIhugo Green or Dick Ricketts were around today, they'd never come here.  The women's game is a different story.  The girls care a lot more about their education & for the most part want a good college. As a result, Duquesne has a fighting chance at some good women's players.  Wumi Agunbiade, for example, chose Duquesne over Michigan.  When was the last time a male player picked Duquesne over Michigan?  This is why today I recommend the women's game to anybody who likes basketball.  For me, it's more of a "college" sport.

Officer Dribble wrote:

heelsdukesfan wrote:

i will be the first to admit i have no interest in womens hoops,

There was a time when I felt the same way, but now I can't believe every basketball fan isn't into it.  When my kids were small, I was always taking my daughter & my 2 boys to see the Dukes.  One day during a time-out, they announced that the Lady Dukes (as they were then known) had just 2 home games left in the season. My daughter asked me why we never went to see the ladies.  So we went to the next-to-last ladies' game of the season.  At one point I took my boys to the men's room & when I returned, my daughter was at the scorer's table, where she emerged with Coach Durkin's phone number & a gig to serve as ball girl at the next home game (which turned out to be Korie Hlede's last home game).  I was skeptical that the head coach would be involved in something so innocuous, but I called the number.  He & his assistants couldn't have been nicer & they had created fans for life.

For years afterward, my wife & daughter would insist that the women's game was better than the men's game.  I would tell them that while I enjoyed both, they had to be crazy to think that.  These past couple years or so, I'm starting to see it their way.  I feel like ESPN has ruined the men's game, probably forever, by giving big TV deals to certain big conferences, turning them into brand names.  Today the hotshot high school players talk about wanting to play in the ACC or the Big East (when it existed) or they might mention Duke, Kansas, or Kentucky.  They wanna be on TV every time they play.  John Chaney once said that Dick Vitale couldn't say 15 words without saying "Duke."  If Dick Vitale says that's the place to play, that's what the kids believe.  Duquesne has no chance at recruting that caliber of player. If SIhugo Green or Dick Ricketts were around today, they'd never come here.  The women's game is a different story.  The girls care a lot more about their education & for the most part want a good college. As a result, Duquesne has a fighting chance at some good women's players.  Wumi Agunbiade, for example, chose Duquesne over Michigan.  When was the last time a male player picked Duquesne over Michigan?  This is why today I recommend the women's game to anybody who likes basketball.  For me, it's more of a "college" sport.

You sold me. I gonna try and watch the ladies game wed night..go lady dukes!