If SHU is not shooting so badly, this game would be tied. Not impressed so far.

Big difference when the starters come out, especially Colter. The starting 5 look pretty good, the bench, not so much. I want to see Lewis in the next few games. He actually looks like a legit center, but I want to see him do it against D1 competition.

He looks to be fitter. Believe he can put in more minutes. Robinson looks pretty good too.

Sloppy game. Monday will tell us more. New Orleans is no great shakes, but are a d1 team, and will force Duquesne to take the game more seriously.  It will be our first look at TySean Powell this year. I like that Gill did more of his work inside tonight.

My first chance to see the Dukes. I honestly did not see much improvement defensively.  SH without their two best player laid 71 on the Dukes.  They had wide open three point looks all night, and had they shot better in the first half it would have been worse.  There were some good things offensively (hard to really assess against a DII team).  My initial impression of Castro is average.  I am looking forward to next Friday when I think we will get a better picture.

Free throw shooting was decent tonight. Cannot give up 13 threes against a decent D1 team and expect to win though. Need to close out on shooters quicker. That being said, they didn't give up many easy buckets near the hoop or much penetration that I noticed

I was also at the game.  As others have said, difficult to gauge much.  However, it was a win and my ONLy complaint is Castro - can't figure him out or what he is trying to do.  He did not pass much.

i was neither impressed or distraught over that game. really didn't take much from it.

hope that lewis can play like that against taller, d1 talent. he was very aggressive and played with a chip on his shoulder..

robinson looks in better shape and like the rust is worn off.

castro looks rusty, hopefully it doesn't take him a year to knock rust off

james was a bright spot. much  more aggressive going to the hoop. --last year he just hung around the line and took ugly looking 3s. he seems to be the forgotten one. maybe he will be a breakthrough performer this year. 

no run for jackson…?!?


 

Craig MeyerVerified account ‏@CraigMeyerPG   The biggest takeaway, by far, for me from this game is that Duquesne isn't close to being ready defensively. It's obvuously early, though.

duq81 - Agree - at least currently, he is NOT a #1.

CLK - Totally agree with Meyer - I did not see any massive defensive growth.  I hope that we don't have another year of the LHTM (Let's Hope They Miss) defensive scheme of last year.  

 

No tysean Powell Monday either and coach didn't really give a timeframe for a return. He must really be in the doghouse.

KenOTR73 wrote:

FAM wrote:

duq81 - Agree - at least currently, he is NOT a #1.

CLK - Totally agree with Meyer - I did not see any massive defensive growth.  I hope that we don't have another year of the LHTM (Let's Hope They Miss) defensive scheme of last year.  

 

Folks, I was also in attendance. And, yes, giving the opposing team wide open threes again and again.  Arrrgghhh. We would double the ball down in the post. The center would kick it out. No rotation to the shooter. On the other hand for those of you lauding Lewis and, I agree, he is light years improved over last year. He did not have one assist despite having heavy playing time. Still some very glaring errors and the season has already started. Not feeling very warm and fuzzy here.
 

I'm not really looking for a bunch of assists from my center. I want him to be forceful, and aggressive when he gets the ball in the paint. Once he becomes consistent there, then he can begin to learn to look for the open man, as he will begin drawing heavy defensive attention. The inside game was pretty good last night, but I want to see it against a better team. If they can play near that level vs decent teams, the ceiling will rise a bit higher. I have plenty of confidence in the starting backcourt, frontcourt play is the wild card. Interior defense was pretty good, but they kept losing shooters on the perimeter. Too many wide open looks on the left wing. The bench is a big question mark, although the reserve bigs looked solid. Have to find someone to back up Colter, or he'll be playing 35+ minutes again, which isn't good.