12:30pm tip, the video broadcasts have improved to the point it is no longer distracting and Ray  and Jarrett are in sync with the action. Also the free media stat cast gives all the important info, best used on breaks in action since it is always a play or two ahead of the video feed.

Congrats to Duquesne staff for the vast improvement, it helps we out of towners stay abreast of the program.

Our defense has been fantastic. Mike Lewis has been great too. Tough first half for Williams, probably his worst as a Duke. A&T's big guy is a player.

Gonna be another nice win. Another great defensive performance from the whole team, they are getting tougher and better every game. Led by the guards again offensively with a pretty decent all around shooting performance.

A&T was significantly better than probably anyone else we have played. We are definitely improving on a game to game basis.

This was also the biggest (not counting students because of break) crowd I think so far, which is shocking with the other game going on in Pittsburgh today. Also by far the most engaged crowd, a fun atmosphere for an entertaining game.

The video board and in game has been improving as well. The band is great even with 6 or 7 kids. Kudos to the athletic department.

I caught myself smiling a lot today.

Williams Jr didn’t shoot well but had 8 pts 12 boards ..7 offensive boards that were crucial.. he will be fine

Phildog wrote:

Getting better, fastest start at 7-3 since John Cinacola in 1974 I think.

Brown/JRob tandem 15 points- 12 rebounds

Rene took over in the second half after scoreless in first frame.

We've had better starts than this since Cinicola. 7-0 in 1979-80 comes to mind, which became 9-1, and then 12-3. 11-3 in Ron's second year as well.
 

duq81 wrote:

Phildog wrote:

Getting better, fastest start at 7-3 since John Cinacola in 1974 I think.

Brown/JRob tandem 15 points- 12 rebounds

Rene took over in the second half after scoreless in first frame.

We've had better starts than this since Cinicola. 7-0 in 1979-80 comes to mind, which became 9-1, and then 12-3. 11-3 in Ron's second year as well.
 

 
Ray and Jarrett stated that on radio feed

heelsdukesfan wrote:

Phildog wrote:

duq81 wrote:

We've had better starts than this since Cinicola. 7-0 in 1979-80 comes to mind, which became 9-1, and then 12-3. 11-3 in Ron's second year as well.
 

 
Ray and Jarrett stated that on radio feed

i think its supposed to be Coach D is off the best start for first year coach at 7-3 since Cincola...
 

Now that sounds right.

CLK wrote:

I really like the way Coach Dambrot has the Dukes playing defense. A&T was averaging over 80 ppg and the Dukes held them to 58.  Go Dukes!  

And in the past, teams like these lower D-1 schools that recruit solely on quickness and getting to the hoop, WOULD score 70-80 points against us. I love throwing the press in there randomly. In the past we never pressed and when the time came that we had to press, we didn't know how. I love the way the big men switch out momentarily to double the man with the ball, then jump back. This is a great way to break up offensive sets and get the opponent out of their rhythm. The key is, the bigs have to switch back or their man is open for a lob and dunk. Thus far, our bigs have done very well here.
 

KenOTR73 wrote:

CLK wrote:

I really like the way Coach Dambrot has the Dukes playing defense. A&T was averaging over 80 ppg and the Dukes held them to 58.  Go Dukes!  

And in the past, teams like these lower D-1 schools that recruit solely on quickness and getting to the hoop, WOULD score 70-80 points against us. I love throwing the press in there randomly. In the past we never pressed and when the time came that we had to press, we didn't know how. I love the way the big men switch out momentarily to double the man with the ball, then jump back. This is a great way to break up offensive sets and get the opponent out of their rhythm. The key is, the bigs have to switch back or their man is open for a lob and dunk. Thus far, our bigs have done very well here.
 

Hell just watching them actually put pressure on the ball handler in the back court made me feel good, as opposed to Jim Ferry's "let them waltz the ball up at their leisure" strategy last year.
 

Phildog I think you spelled "error" wrong.

I love what a well-coached team looks like.

I was at the doubleheader yesterday.  I couldn't bring myself to go to a men's game last year, but this year I've seen 6 already & have 4 games remaining in the 6-game package I purchased.  The reason I'm engaged again is coz we have a coach who emphasizes defense.  My amateur theory is that an offensive-oriented team finishes with pretty much the record it deserves, while a defensive team can steal a few wins.  I thought yesterday was one of those times.  I didn't think we did a whole lot very well yesterday other than play defense.  At least that's what I saw with the naked eye; looking at stats later, we did some other things decently.  But I thought the game was won on defense.