Sadly this is part of the college game now.  I wish him the best. I will miss seeing him swatting balls left and right.  Perhaps he missed the West Coast? Maybe this allows us to steal a transfer late?  Who knows. I just pray that E. Williams isn't leaving too. That would be devastating.

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Well, more playing time for the freshmen. Hope they're up to the task.

I really liked this young man and appreciate what he did for the team this year. A real defensive presence.

Best of luck in your future travels, Tydus.

A long way from California, some people get homesick.  I guess it was worth a try for him and for Duquesne.  Better for him to probably be closer to home.

Hate to say I told you so, but I had a gut feeling this would happen.  I wish he would have stuck it out, but maybe he just wants to be closer to home, Cali to Duquesne is a long ways.  Wouldnt be shocked to see him playing a big role for a St Marys team in a couple years.

So does this kind of shed light on why KD is interested in a kid like Lamar Norman?  

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I expected this but think he would have been a redshirt if Duquesne had more depth last year, I remember his video's when he was so excited to be coming to Duquesne.

Best of luck to him and his chance to go back home must have been such a pull for him.

I don't think his poor offense and defense( fouled almost as much as Brown) with the shot blocking exception, would have given him so much PT anywhere else but last year's Duquesne team.

Good Luck!  You were a great kid and did a nice job for us.  I loved watching you block shots...it has been  years since we saw that.  Go Dukes!

Reading about Tydus reminds me of all the folks serving all over the world protecting our safety and freedoms at home.I am sure there are many who are occasionally homesick in places like Afghanistan
and Korea.They made a commitment and are honoring it and  sometimes I forget about them  but this
story brings me back to reality-what is really important  and what being loyal and sometimes paying the
ultimate price for us is.I am grateful,thanks Tydus for reminding me.

 
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Best of luck to Tydus. 

stew wrote:

Reading about Tydus reminds me of all the folks serving all over the world protecting our safety and freedoms at home.I am sure there are many who are occasionally homesick in places like Afghanistan
and Korea.They made a commitment and are honoring it and  sometimes I forget about them  but this
story brings me back to reality-what is really important  and what being loyal and sometimes paying the
ultimate price for us is.I am grateful,thanks Tydus for reminding me.
 

Definitely important to keep in mind those who are putting literally everything on the line for our country. I think too many people in my generation take for granted the fact that we live in peace (for the most part) in a free society (for the most part) in this country. Many people have fought, suffered, and died to give us what we have today, and many more continue to do so.

That being said, are you criticizing Tydus' decision by comparison? If so, its not very fair to him. Decisions of where to play basketball vs decisions to serve our country are in different realms and not comparable. Not sure if I just misinterpreted the tone of your post. 
 

I recall during the second St. Louis game, when Tydus had that breakout performance, the announcers saying he had gotten a pep talk from his mom before the game. Here it is, per Alex Stumpf: Tydus' mom flew out from California this week to talk with her son. Told him that he needs to just play basketball and stop thinking so much. He said it helped him relax and led to his big game.Tydus' mom, Jodi, was a WNBA draft pick herself. Anyway, I had a feeling he'd be looking to play closer to home after hearing that. He struggled with confidence all year. Best of luck to him, I think he's going to develop into a really good player for some lucky west coast team. 

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He probably could have played SF spot with all the size coming in, wouldnt have had to be a 4 or 5.  But no need thinking about it now.