Thanks, Phoenix.

It'll be interesting to see who we play on Saturday and Sunday.

Hey, we can dream, can't we?

LET'S GO IRON DUKES!

Win yesterday quiets protests; beat LaSalle likely buys coach 1 to 2 more years.

Here's Pomeroy's analysis of the A-10 Tourney.  These advanced stats give the Dukes a 0.6% chance of winning it all; a 29.2% chance of winning 2 games. 
http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/2016_atlantic_10_tournament_preview
 

Look shitty, as usual.   Never pass, dribble.   I hope this coach stays home in Brooklyn. 

IronDukes12 wrote:

Way too many first-half turnovers.  Let's see what the Dukes can do in the second half.

 

Apparently, not much.

Another disaster, but: you don't want Micah to shoot the ball??? What???

The most points that La Salle has scored in an A-10 game this year was 76 points.  Only scored 70 or more points 4 out of 18 conference games.  Never 80 points; until they faced a Ferry coached defense. 

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

La Salle is the #282 ranked team in the country according to Pomeroy.  Another great defensive effort by a Ferry coached team.  What a complete mess.

That's that.

Any questions?

CLK wanted end of season comments, here is mine.

It is hard for me to think this program will ever get any better under this regime. I do think it could be much worse next year.

I don't think our talent can win in this level of conference, most of our starters would not be starting on other conference members teams.

Have a good off season, think I will follow the NCAA for the rest of March, go FGCU!

We got better at the end of last season, giving us hope that we were on the rise. This year we fell apart at the end of the season. Did coach lose the team or were we just not very good? I think the latter. We simply do not have enough good players. I agree with Ray Goss' comment at the end of last night's game, "This was a disappointing season." We are losing 35 points per game in Coulter and Mason. Our returning players do not seem to be consistently good offensive players. Rebounding seems to be generally good. Defense, whether that be due to scheme or effort, is poor. Recruiting needs to improve and coach needs to get more out of the players he has on board. Is there any indication that will happen? Another year when all the air came out of the balloon. But this year there seems to be less hope moving forward. 
 

Here are some numbers - about the Future Sad as it seems - Think things are WORSE than Pressure Cooker & Ray Goss  might think

4 Years into the "Ferry Era"

The A-10 seems to be coming off a "down year" - Joe Lunardi has 1 Lock for the NCAA and a few bubble teams.

Dukes were in one of the two Play in Games and lost by 15 on a Neutral Court to the Last Place Team.

57% of the Team Scoring is gone 29% of the Rebounding 71% of the Assists -  More could follow if additional players leave.

Unless Smith is something like "Popeye After Spinach" - Where he can steal the ball - pass to himself on an Alley Oop and Slam it Home -  See VERY LITTLE REASON for Hope -  I doubt if the incoming freshman players are better RIGHT NOW - than Sanders, Steel, Jackson etc (although they may develop).  PHYSICALLY they will be going up against people 2-3 years older (unless EVERYONE else in the league is also playing freshmen and sophomores)

Classic Line from the Old All in the Family Sitcom - "Hate to Bring You BAD news - but when there is NO GOOD News - What other kind can you bring?

Who would have thought the highlight of our season would be a blizzard?  Echoing Ray Goss ... ' a really disappointing season.'