Terrible Loss today.   We were given every chance to win (technical fouls anyone) and still fell apart.  This was a game that many of us had marked down as an easy win.  I don't want to hear about them beating VCU.    I should hope my 16 win prediction doesn't come true!  I certsainly don't have high hopes for the GW game, but if they could somehow manage to win that one and the RI game, I might forgive this awful loss.  How Hines or Hindes or whoever the hell he is scored as much as he did is beyond me.  

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This might have been even worse than the Dayton collapse. Three-point defense was soft and DC played his worst game in a long time. Should be 17-8 (7-5) right now. The bad thing about raising expectations is that the disappointments hurt that much more

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You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life.---Phil(bill murray, groundhog day)

WashPaRick wrote:

Step up or fold up which will it be?

El Foldo

Phildog wrote:

My 16 wins maybe accurate , CLK has it on paper! There is an old basketball writers prediction discription for this team, Mediocre at best.

That's what happens when you don't toughen up on OOC schedule. This a soft team that has been highly overrated by some this year. Winning one more game this year is I believe an optimistic view.

I'm Done!!  This is too painful to watch after seeing a well-coached and solid women's game yesterday.  This is an outrage, UMASS WAS CALLED FOR AT LEAST FOUR TECNICAL FOULS, A totally undisciplined team!  Yet Duquesne manages to lose at home to them.

Unacceptable lose for the program. Its all about confidence with this team...we are losing it fast. Hope one of the players can lead. 

It's simply time to get used to the idea that this program is never going to get a postseason berth. They are soft, cupcakes on the court and twinkies on the bench. 

CLK wrote:

I was wrong when I said that the Dayton game was Ferry's worst coaching job, this debacle was by far the worst.    

My wife and I had early dinner reservations, so I turned off the game with 5 minutes left. She said "At least you can be confident that they'll win." I shook my head and reminded her that in the 32 years since I first went to the bluff, I could not feel less confident than I did today. And then it happened...

I agree that this was an absolute clunker. UMass has been a terrible team this year, and their fans have been saying that its because they are so undisciplined on both sides of the court. They typically revert to streetballin'. And they they come in and we teach them a lesson about how a really undisciplined team plays.

I have to imagine that if Colter isn't doing what he's being told, then at least he hasn't been told not to drive first and think later, drive 1 on 2 when he should be burning clock, and firing up threes as a first option. I have a lot of respect for the kid, but there wasn't a whole lot of basketball sense today.

I keep harping on the long-term effects of not giving the younger guys PT. It bore fruit today as they were charged with playing meaningful minutes in OT, when they hadn't seen truly meaningful minutes in quite some time. 

ugh. RPI down to 132. There is no post season. Were people really talking about the NIT last week?

 

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Been lurking for two years. Have attended about 20 home games the past two years including the fiasco today. Coulter is brutal. Cannot comprehend what he was thinking or trying to do with that ridiculous rush down the court with 40 seconds left. His basketball IQ is laughable and today was a perfect example. Absolutely no excuse for a Senior to do what he did. His decision making cost them the game and any shot at the NIT............. It's over folks and Coulter is the reason. Does anyone on the staff hold this kid accountable for the way he runs the point? Absurd.

FAM wrote:

Ponder this...if UMASS wouldn't have gotten 4 technical fouls (BTW, I don't know about you, but I have never seen 4 technical fouls on one team ever...) we probably wouldn't have made it to overtime.

I can't just blame DC, but it was interesting that when he was on the bench due to foul trouble, we went up by 10 points.  Lewis made a really dumb foul at the end of regulation, and Micah had at least 4 turnovers himself.  LG played a good game but we had NO ONE to guard the 37 point outpoint their main man put out today.  Well, back to crowds of 987, 5 students, and the Pep-Band...and next year, we are losing our two leading scorers.  Hey but let's look on the bright side...can someone show me a bright side???

Lewis didn't make a dumb foul, twice our guards didn't give Lewis enough time  to set a pic but instead ran the defender into Lewis still on the move.  It happened twice on Lewis in this game, just bad guard play.  Also, this is no fast pace running team, period.  They are just carelessly turning the ball over for the effort.  This season is going into the hole fast, Ferry should really try slowing that offense down and work some half-court offense, and see what happens.  Hey, maybe without all the turnovers and really bad quick shots, the Dukes might win?  

SkepticAl wrote:

In HINDSIGHT perhaps Colter should have pulled it up on that last minute rush up court - but consider the following -  I think there WAS Contact on Powell's missed dunk - had Colter pulled it up a U Mass player could have fouled Sanders and let HIM shoot two -  even if he did NOT have the ball he could have been fouled - all four of the U Mass T's were for Verbal and an unsportsmanlike ball toss so I don't think we would have seen "deliberate foul - two free throws PLUS possession" -  So in the future when we have the Option of a Powell Dunk or a pair of Sanders Free Throws let me know which one you prefer.

As for NEXT YEAR - we will probably struggle --  the best teams are usually the ones with the experienced/talented back courts - we will have basically NOTHING -  DON'T tell me about Smith -  We've had White, Castro and I forget the third one in the last three years who were SUPPOSED to be the answer -  Just because Smith "went to St Anthony's" doesn't carry any additional weight - as for the incoming freshman  as many coaches have said about freshmen "the BEST thing about them is THEY BECOME SOPHOMORES" - Other than Gill where are the points going to come from - Just about everyone else in the program (Steel, James. Jackson, Lewis, Powell etc) seems to be erratic and from one game to the next have NO idea what we will get from them.  Even if Smith is "as good as others think" who will he be passing too?"

Finally as to "style of play" - Here is an INTERESTING QUOTE from Coach Burt which showed up in the Trib Review -  they are "only" 23-2 -  WHO WANTS TO WATCH PEOPLE PLAY DEFENSE? I DON'T.  KIDS WANT TO PLAY FAST EVERYBODY WANTS TO SCORE.

Colter played the drive in the last 40 seconds as if he didn't know what the score was. No way do you take that chance. You pull back, run the clock, take the foul, make the free throws and win the game.

It's Basketball 101.
 

This is how most Duquesne fans feel this morning.

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