Probable Starting Fives

Pitt
Xavier Johnson, 6-3 G, 16.9 PPG, 5.6 APG
Trey McGowens, 6-3 G, 9.4 PPG
Malik Ellison, 6-6 G/F, 10.3 PPG
Audiese Toney, 6-6 G/F, 9.6 PPG, 6.3 RPG
Kene Chukwuka, 6-9 F/C, 5.9 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 0.6 BPG

Top reserves: Jared Wilson-Frame, 6-5 G, 14.5 PPG; Sidy Ndir, 6-2 G, 5.7 PPG; Terrell Brown, 6-10 F/C, 5.0 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 1.1 BPG; Khameron Davis, 6-4 G, 2.5 PPG

Duquesne
Sincere Carry, 6-1 G, 10.0 PPG, 6.6 APG, 2.2 SPG
Mike Lewis, 6-1 G, 6.4 PPG
Eric Williams, 6-6 G/F, 15.2 PPG, 8.6 RPG
Marcus Weathers, 6-5 F, 8.4 PPG, 6.0 RPG
Michael Hughes, 6-8 C, 11.2 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.0 BPG

Top reserves: Tavian Dunn-Martin, 5-8 G, 7.0 PPG, 2.8 APG, 1.6 SPG; Austin Rotroff, 6-10 F/C, 6.2 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 0.6 BPG; Frankie Hughes, 6-4 G, 6.0 PPG, 1.4 SPG; Lamar Norman, 6-3 G, 4.0 PPG; Brandon Wade, 6-2 G, 1.6 PPG

Dukes should be able to hold their own inside against this team, which is a rarity in this series. I am a bit concerned though with defending the 3 against their bigger guards. Wilson-Frame has cooled off but was 15-of-27 from 3-point range in Pitt's first three games (only 1-for-6 in last year's game, his only PPG Arena appearance), McGowens was 2-for-3 from beyond the arc against Iowa after struggling from long distance before that, and Johnson can make 3s though he doesn't attempt that many. Dukes averaging better than 9 steals per game. Forcing turnovers and getting easy buckets in transition should go a long way towards bringing the City Game Trophy back to the Bluff.

Hoping Lewis has a break out game with 4 or 5 three's leading us to a win and him to a hot stretch.

townsonkid, as duq81 and I were talking about in another thread, the line opened at 4½; was bet up to 5½ with Pitt/ACC bias and then we anticipated that smarter money would come in to bring the line down - which it has to 3½.  I think it will settle here or at 4 points.

townsonkid wrote:

the smaller the spread the easier it is for me to bet it.  :-)

I really cant get a feel for this game, it can be a double digit win for either team or could be a final possession kind of game.  

Yeah, it's hard to really know how good either team really is. We know they're both better than last year, but how much better is yet to be determined.
 

Got off to a hot start but have been ice cold ever since.

Where is Weathers?

Dukes2012 wrote:

Mulder wrote:

Where is Weathers?

Sick

Shoot him up and get him in there.

Played decent down the stretch with the exception of the final two drives. Down three at the half.

So sloppy.

This is ugly.

...and lets piss away three or four posessions early in the second half when we can make a difference........


"Babe.....I got you Babe............................."

...and let's miss a lay up on a 2 on 1 break when you should have passed the ball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!