It's probably a good thing this is not at Palumbo. They would outnumber us at Palumbo, and the noise would be noticeable. At least at the Consol, the huge expanse of empty seats will swallow up any noise the Dayton fans make.

Weather will probably keep some people from attending tomorrow.

lilpav30 wrote:

Their fans do travel well and they are annoying as all Heck.

Pittsburgh has a high population of Dayton alum & actually many of those fans you see at the game didn't travel any further than you or I to get there.  Dayton is a school of the Roman Catholic Marian Society, as was North Catholic HIgh.  Back in the day, if a kid from North was having trouble getting into a college, the priests there would arrange for him to get accepted at Dayton. 

I read Norm Nixon & Willie Somerset will be there.  Just to ramp up the level of embarrassment for GA and Dougherty.

I'll never understand how Somerset didn't stick in the pros. His career average in the pros was nearly 22 points a game. I know he was small, but you'd think there was room for him in some capacity.

Phildog wrote:

In Willies day not too many 5-8 players made it the NBA, I think he played awhile in a minor league and starred.

I got to see him play in college, he was built like a weightlifter with muscles bulging everywhere and was a great shooter and driver.

I was so young I didn't truly understand how talented he really was.

I had heard he had battles in high school against Dick Allen ( star Phillies baseball player)
Who was at Wampum High.

Farrell was a power and I think won two state title with Somerset and the General, Brian Generalovich.

Mossie helped us steal him from NYC, a power back then, they said they would never play Duquesne again, a loss since we recruited so well in New York .

Willie had a cup of coffee in the NBA, but he played 2 years in the ABA, which was not a minor league, and he was an ABA All Star his second year in the league. He averaged over 20 points a game both years in the ABA, which is why it's strange that he just vanished after his second year. You'd think that a guy who could average 20 points a game could at least find a spot as a reserve somewhere.

As for NYU, and recruiting in New York, didn't the administration basically forbid Dudey Moore, and then Red Manning, from recruiting in far flung places after the mid 50's, as part of the deemphasis of basketball? I would think that with the combination of Duquesne's high profile in New York during the mid 50's, and the deemphasizing of hoops at most of the NYC schools following the point shaving scandal, that the Dukes could have pulled elite talent out of the city on a regular basis, had they attempted to do so, and cemented themselves as a power of the first magnitude. This would have especially been true with regard to black players, as Duquesne would likely have been seen as "black friendly", after having so many black stars, in an era when this wasn't really common.

CLK wrote:

PG Article on DU and Consol, Duquesne's third game at CONSOL Center this season. It's 1-8 at home of Penguins since 2012

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/2015/02/21/Duquesne-s-Consol-arrangement-brings-fans-if-not-wins/stories/201502210061

 

I'm not going to blame that on the venue. They're 1-8 because they're a bad team, playing their toughest games there. They'd be hard pressed to be better than 1-8, regardless of where those games had been played.
 

Wow, what a disappointing season for the Dukes.  I am so disappointed....AD must go now.  Lose to Robert Morris every year with a $700k coach no excuse!

Has coach rhodes been absent from games lately? any reason.
I dont recall seeing him at Lasalle game and i cant see him today(couldnt make either game live).
anyone have any info? i hope he is ok...

JS--looks like is not on bench either. I know hes suspended, but thought he might come out and support his teamates..

dukes hanging tough so far

I wonder if the guy In the red sweater with white stripe sitting court side is a poster.  He certainly has enthusiasm.

Lol at the announcer saying if Dayton lost it would be a horrible loss.

Let's finish this. Send these obnoxious fans home with a L