PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Pomeroy has this as an 87-83 victory for the Dukes, giving the Dukes a 63% chance of a victory.

Less than 1,000 tickets remain, so this should be a great atmosphere at AJP tomorrow.

Not questioning your ticket analysis, just curious how you know?

Man, we just do not match up well against Davidson at all. They are our kryptonite

Refs better even up the foul calls in the second half, because at this point it's crazy.

I am the LAST GUY to ever say stuff like this but

"Gee I guess there must have been a World Wrestling event in town and the officiating crews got mixed up with the A-10 crew!

This crew is atrocious!

I hope they at least bought Duquesne a nice dinner before doing what they are doing to them, which I believe used to be illegal in 37 states!

Unbelievable!

Refs were horrible but they weren't why we lost. When we fell behind we got out of our offense & started chucking up wild shots early in the possession.  We gave up too many offensive rebounds & were outworked under the glass.

Dukes2012 wrote:

Tejas_Duke wrote:

I am the LAST GUY to ever say stuff like this but

"Gee I guess there must have been a World Wrestling event in town and the officiating crews got mixed up with the A-10 crew!

This crew is atrocious!

I hope they at least bought Duquesne a nice dinner before doing what they are doing to them, which I believe used to be illegal in 37 states!

Unbelievable!

Frustrating game. We could have done things better but the refs really sabotaged the game in the first half. We just couldn't recover

 

It was great when they got it down to 8 and the crowd got into it, but then too many unforced errors, poor shot selection, bad decisions etc. and it slipped away

With Lewis in the second half, Dukes outscored Davidson, with him on the bench in the first half, game out of reach. Same thing happened  at GW, with him in, Dukes were winning,  when he's out of that game, it slipped away. Ferry needs him in there, fouls and all, till he fouls out, period. Leave him in there and then he will learn to play without fouling.  And really,,, If,  the refs called this game  even, then, its a win for the Dukes, there definitely was a plan coming in here to favor Davidson.  Even the announcers were astounded at the no-calls at times for Davidson?  One more observation, Derrick needs to drive early in the game  to get the opponents in foul trouble, he's good at it, and we are taller in the paint against nearly everyone for the rebounds, and or take the back-door dish when he has no place to go in the drive. Also,  Micah needs to quit shooting fast forced 3's when no one is there to rebound, it's just like a turnover.  It helps the opponent.  He can score, but almost never on those fast 3's.  Quit doing that and set up the play, then we have a chance on the rebound.  It just helps the other team.    But, the seasons not over, this Dukes team are mostly underclassmen with good upside as they improve.  They need to just forget about this one, this is still a good season. Go Dukes !  

We just got beat by a better team. We now go play Dayton which is better than Davidson. You need to let this one go. I thought we had a chance to win going in but I believe that their higher RPI based on a tougher OOC schedule they play also has them more seasoned.  On a side note I thought at times Lewis didn't hustle after some balls which he has in the past. Again, time to move on.

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A painful loss today.  I had 2 grade school kids with me for their first college basketball game and although we all had a good time a win would have made it much better.

It was a good, closely contested game until that stretch in the first have where a long series of questionable calls and non-calls all went in Davidson's favor.  That set us back on our heels and a quality Davidson team took advantage got  a win on the road.  The suddenness with which multiple Dukes were hit with 2 first half fouls was astounding.  The momentum was taken away and they began playing tentatively.  Teams that are good enough to earn at large bids are good enough to overcome such obstacles against quality teams on their home floor.  We showed again today that we're not an NCAA tournament level team and probably not an NIT level team either.  But the NIT situation can still be changed and an upset in Dayton on Wednesday would be a big step in that direction. 

VBC wrote:

A painful loss today.  I had 2 grade school kids with me for their first college basketball game and although we all had a good time a win would have made it much better.

It was a good, closely contested game until that stretch in the first have where a long series of questionable calls and non-calls all went in Davidson's favor.  That set us back on our heels and a quality Davidson team took advantage got  a win on the road.  The suddenness with which multiple Dukes were hit with 2 first half fouls was astounding.  The momentum was taken away and they began playing tentatively.  Teams that are good enough to earn at large bids are good enough to overcome such obstacles against quality teams on their home floor.  We showed again today that we're not an NCAA tournament level team and probably not an NIT level team either.  But the NIT situation can still be changed and an upset in Dayton on Wednesday would be a big step in that direction. 

Well put re that good teams overcome.  Micah said: "game was well officiated.....no excuses....they just out toughened us."  Very nice overall post.

The first half officiating was truly way off base.

I can't fault the Dukes for their effort. My first time being there live in a few years, and it looked like the players worked hard. Cannot agree with the comment that the Dukes didn't seem to go hard.

Davidson looked better than what their record indicates. They are a tough bunch of hustling players, and they have a number of guys who can shoot. And they had a good game. EOS.

Hilltopper wrote:

VBC wrote:

A painful loss today.  I had 2 grade school kids with me for their first college basketball game and although we all had a good time a win would have made it much better.

It was a good, closely contested game until that stretch in the first have where a long series of questionable calls and non-calls all went in Davidson's favor.  That set us back on our heels and a quality Davidson team took advantage got  a win on the road.  The suddenness with which multiple Dukes were hit with 2 first half fouls was astounding.  The momentum was taken away and they began playing tentatively.  Teams that are good enough to earn at large bids are good enough to overcome such obstacles against quality teams on their home floor.  We showed again today that we're not an NCAA tournament level team and probably not an NIT level team either.  But the NIT situation can still be changed and an upset in Dayton on Wednesday would be a big step in that direction. 

Well put re that good teams overcome.  Micah said: "game was well officiated.....no excuses....they just out toughened us."  Very nice overall post.

I agree. Don't see this team winning more than 3 of the next 8 games. Doubtful they'll get into NIT with 18 wins.

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