Interesting article washington post 1/23/15 "what happened to George Mason basketball".....the president is upset because there is a 29% decline in season ticket holders . Higher standards I guess. New AD coach Hewitt fighting to save his job.

Betting line opened with GMU favored by 1; a little money on the Dukes have resulted in the current line being a Pick. Pomeroy has the Dukes winning by 1, 74-73; giving the Dukes a 51% of winning this one.

GMU has scored 70 or more points only 3 times this season vs. D-1 competition. A very poor shooting team, GMU tries to make up for this shortcoming by getting to the line frequently (3rd in conference) and getting offensive rebounds (1st in conference). GMU has a tall line up and they are shooting less than 30% fron the 3 (but nearly 35% in conference). So, the Dukes' zone may be semi-effective tonight, but Ferry should be ready to switch up to man if we are getting killed on the offensive boards. But as we have seen, defensive adjustments have been lacking.

*** EDIT ***  As of 1pm, the betting line has continued to swing the Dukes' way.  The Dukes are now favored by 2 points.
*** EDIT ***  As of 5:25 pm, the betting line has continued to swing the Dukes' way.  The Dukes are now favored by 3½ points. Haven't seen a Dukes' line swing this much in a long, long time.  The wise guys seem to think they know something by throwing money on the Dukes.

Last edited by PhoenixRising2 (1/31/2015 5:27 pm)

It's crazy. I somehow convinced my fellow friend and Duq alum to come to game with me tonight. I go to almost every one but he boycotted after tj and Ron left. Hasn't been to game since.  Lets bring out the red shirts!

Last edited by lilpav30 (1/31/2015 7:44 pm)

Boy, Mason is terrible.
14-16 from the line, I'm shocked!

Maybe one of sloppiest games I have seen, but somehow Duquesne was better than Geo Mason. Multiple Duquesne turnovers most unforced but Geo Mason I shot so poorly that Duquesne pulled down 45 boards.

McKoy pulled down 16, with also 9 points. A improving game by game post play by Lewis and Coulter continue to play under control and picks up points when most needed. Dukes were almost a poor 3 pt shooters as Geo Mason.

Team needed a win and got one, now they have a week off until DAVIDSON on road next Sat.

If I've ever seen a worse played game in A-10 league action by both teams I can not recall it.  I'm glad we were the winning team.

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

In homage to FAM, the Dukes successfully executed their infamous LHTM defense last night.

“We challenged them to make shots on the perimeter,” Duquesne coach Jim Ferry said. “The biggest key was rebounding the basketball. We knew that going in. Darius and Domo were tremendous.”

LHTM = Let's Hope They Miss
Thanks, FAM

I did not get to view the game, but if it's like anything else this season I am assuming that "challenged them to make shots" means "Our 2 - 3 zone allowed them to isolate shooters for totally wide-open looks at the hoop and we prayed the would miss."
 

They were poor shooters but our guards challenged them. For those who thinks NEC would be the answer, this looked like one of their games. With no one quick enough to get open and steals because of poor ball Handeling skills.

Jay Jones did it with hustle and maybe played his best game of the year, Ty Powell looks like he lost some confidence, two weeks ago this would have been a loss, IMHO..."

DF79 over $1 million have been put into this program by alums since Ferry's arrival. I agree this isn't the total that's needed but I could ask on the other end of the conversation what payback has there been. We can go around and around about commitment and as has been pointed out in another thread this program is sorely lacking on many fronts. Ferry agreed to this situation as presented. I have no idea what promises where made but how about even a small step forward. I'm not sure anymore as to where this whole thing is headed but IMHO there are fewer and fewer who care.

Please tell me who the coaches you either know or think are the $1 million coaches in this league?  I'm sure everyone of them warrants that salary. This is a program bleeding money. I could argue that offering the increased commitment based on what was offered was excessive.

Last edited by The Dome (2/02/2015 2:46 pm)

DF79 I'm not sure what your point is? I agree that more needs to be done but I'll stick by the point that the return on the current investment is totally inadequate. Ferry's salary and budget for his staff is in line with many of our A-10 competitors.

Last edited by The Dome (2/02/2015 3:07 pm)

Thank you a much more concise form of what I was struggling to point out!!!!