CLK wrote:

Even though I believe a coaching change is necessary I can never root against the Dukes.  I would like to see these guys come out playing loose and with confidence and destroy SLU.  Who knows if Ferry can move on and make it to the finals he may yet save his job.  Go Dukes!

finals? Really? I'll give you 10,000 to 1 against that.
 

Box & One wrote:

CLK wrote:

Even though I believe a coaching change is necessary I can never root against the Dukes.  I would like to see these guys come out playing loose and with confidence and destroy SLU.  Who knows if Ferry can move on and make it to the finals he may yet save his job.  Go Dukes!

I echo CLK & to quote a famous poet for those of us hopelessly addicted Dukes Fans to this mess ... and our Lenten Run to the A-10 Tourny Championship this week in Pgh ....

"Look at me,
I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree;
And I feel like I'm clingin' to a cloud,
I can' t understand
I get misty, just holding your hand.

Walk my way,
And a thousand violins begin to play,
Or it might be the sound of your hello,
That music I hear,
I get misty, the moment you're near.

Can't you see that you're leading me on?
And it's just what I want you to do,
Don't you notice how hopelessly
I'm lost
That's why I'm following you.

On my own,
When I wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty, and too much in love."

Just watched a documentary on Patsy Cline last night on PBS:  "Crazy......Crazy for loving you"  kind of appropriate here. 
 

Slightly off topic, but the A10 championships in Pittsburgh broke the record for most ticket revenue in A10 history. Good news for the city, as they will likely be back at some point.

Dukes2012 wrote:

Slightly off topic, but the A10 championships in Pittsburgh broke the record for most ticket revenue in A10 history. Good news for the city, as they will likely be back at some point.

Yup, heard on the radio today it was well over a million in ticket sales.

http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=211515998
I'm honestly shocked this event is doing so well. That's really impressive considered the tournament hasn't even started yet

ATLANTIC 10 BREAKS THE $1 MILLION MARK IN MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TICKET SALES

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CLK wrote:

Even though I believe a coaching change is necessary I can never root against the Dukes.  I would like to see these guys come out playing loose and with confidence and destroy SLU.  Who knows if Ferry can move on and make it to the finals he may yet save his job.  Go Dukes!

Agreed.  If there was ever a tournament bracket designed for a miraculous run, a la 1977, this could be it.  After losing three straight heartbreakers and going something like 0-8 in games that came down to the final couple of possessions, the Dukes are way, way overdue. 

If we can get past the Billikens tonight, I think the Dukes would have a decent shot against GWU in the second round.  We lost a 65-63 heartbreaker there when Castro's deep three-point shot bounced off the rim at the buzzer and we closed within 3 points of the Colonials with under two minutes to go at Palumbo a month later.  As you know, it's difficult, if not nearly impossible, to beat a team three times in the same season.  

In any case, once we dispense of GWU I think we'd have at least an outside chance against Richmond in the quarterfinals; we played them tough on the road and — as some of you may recall — led by three, 71-68, with nine minutes remaining before succumbing, 101-90. There's no way T.J. Cline will have the kind of game again that he had that night at the Robins Center when he scored 34 points and posted his first triple-double of the season. 

Having lost 20 of the last 21 games to the Spiders, we are so overdue against them that it's not funny. If given an opportunity, I think the Dukes can beat them. 

So, that brings us to the semi-finals where, again, we'd have at least a puncher's chance, especially if George Mason or Fordham could sneak past VCU in the quarterfinals. I think we could handle Fordham and I'm sure the Dukes would love another opportunity to play the Patriots after last Wednesday's horribly officiated nail-biter at GMU (even after Saturday's game, Jim Ferry was still railing about how Mike Lewis was fouled twice on that final drive in Fairfax). 

Then again, people seem to forget that we played VCU pretty tough in early January, losing 94-87 in a game where we missed 10 — count 'em, ten — shots from the charity stripe, including the front end of a couple of one-on-ones, while Isaiah Mike inexplicably sat on the bench for a quarter of the game.  If the Dukes hadn't dug such a deep hole in the second half, falling behind by as many as 18 points before rallying to cut it down to six with still plenty of time left, that game might have gone down to the wire, too.   

The fact is that the Dukes would have so much adrenalin at that point that anything could happen. Oh, well, it's nice to dream.  As we're all painfully aware, the Dukes have lost an unusually large number of heartbreakers this season.  Let's hope they've been saving all of their last-minute heroics for the A-10 Tourney. 

As far as I'm concerned, if Coach Ferry can miraculously turn this otherwise miserable and disappointing season into a fairy tale, he can stay at Duquesne forever. 

BEAT THE BILLIKENS!

LET'S GO DUQUESNE!
 

Last edited by IronDukes12 (3/08/2017 6:26 pm)

Is the game on TV?

There were more people here and more excitement for the first game.  Embarrassing for Duquesne. I made my way down though.

Getting a lot of FTs for a change. Not playing that well defensively except for Big Darius blocking shots. Smith having a good game.

That was just cruel. This program is cursed. There's no other explanation.

Haha! Ferry ends his career at Duquesne with a signature loss. Classic Jim!

there are no words.

actually, there are words, but i don't believe they are allowed on this board.