What is M Hughes' status?  Was his time v Fordham limited due to illness, lingering injury or both?

Looking forward to it.
Love the 4PM start.

townsonkid wrote:

Hughes was sick leading up to Fordham game.

Its gonna be a Carry + Williams game, so chill out.

Uh, well, apparently Hughes was healthier at the Fordham game than I thought he was.

There is despair on the St. Joe's board. In my view, the teams are relatively equal, as is shown in the line. They have internal issues playing as a team. Can't say if that is due to coaching (which is the consensus on their board) or due to players' attitudes. I am looking for a hard fought game from a desperate group. We must not let them off the hook. 

Coaching...read the article on line (Tribune-Review-1/11) on Dambrot and what he wants from the players.  My two "HOPES" for today:
1.  We get a crowd!  A nice crowd
2.  We win in front of the nice crowd!!!

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Jackdoc13 wrote:

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

4:00pm EST tip on Saturday 01/12/2019 at the A.J. Palumbo Center.
Per KenPom:
Dukes #177 (10-5; 1-1) vs Saint Joseph's Hawks #218 (7-8; 0-3) - Atlantic 10 Conference

I don’t think their Kenpom is that low, I see them on there at 172 right above us

Thanks for catching that typo, Jackdoc13. Corrected; my apologies.

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Here's a look at Saint Joseph's for the season (national ranking out of 353 teams):
Offensive Strength:  Turnover % (1)


Here's a look at Saint Joseph's in the A-10 (conference ranking out of 14 teams):
Offensive Strength:  Turnover % (2)
1

so how can they be #1 in the Nation in a category, but second in the Conference? 
 

In what has been a pretty dreadful showing of offensive efficiency by the league through the first week of play, St Joe's has been the worst of the bunch. They should be desperate as they are already 0-3 in what was supposed to be a year where they contended for the title. They don't appear to have the rash of injuries as they had the last two years so the talent should be there, albeit they have virtually no depth as Martelli never seems to really go deep into his bench. Hoping the Dukes play better than Wednesday's output, but will take the W however it may come as I think this will be a tough game despite the slide St Joe's has been on.

Looks like we can cure any teams shooting woes except ours.

duq81 wrote:

pressurecooker wrote:

There is despair on the St. Joe's board. In my view, the teams are relatively equal, as is shown in the line. They have internal issues playing as a team. Can't say if that is due to coaching (which is the consensus on their board) or due to players' attitudes. I am looking for a hard fought game from a desperate group. We must not let them off the hook. 

The fans want Martelli fired. We need to come out and punch them in the mouth like Bona did, and they'll likely fold. Don't let them in the game.
 

We punched them in the fist with our mouths.

Tejas_Duke wrote:

Nobody on here to take pride in the Dukes amazing comeback (so far)?   Going from down 13 to down 1 in less than 2:30 Seconds. Wow, this board is as moribund as the rest of the Duquesne community

Marcus having a great game.  More athletic than I knew. Ready for EW to pull this one out.

wharfrat wrote:

Tejas_Duke wrote:

Nobody on here to take pride in the Dukes amazing comeback (so far)?   Going from down 13 to down 1 in less than 2:30 Seconds. Wow, this board is as moribund as the rest of the Duquesne community

Marcus having a great game. More athletic than I knew. Ready for EW to pull this one out.

I wonder how much improvement and development 95 expects before Weathers becomes an adequate back-up??

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