Norman (7-13) has more field goals than the rest of the team (6-28). At least one guy showed up.

Would be nice to have an ignorant student section here, cchants of you’re ugly and you suck.  Nice!

They are a cocky .500 team if there ever was one.   

We stunk tonight, cant say i’m surprised after GM game.   

Gotta get umass saturday.

What a jerk' like u just won the NCAAA championship.  Get a life loser

You lose and play tough, I get it.  This was an undisciplined, bad performance.  Shooting, passing, D, you name it we stunk.  Only bright spot was LNorman who I've said should be getting more minutes.  EW has regressed this year, no question.  He still can't create a shot and if he can't hit his set shot from outside he gives you zero offensively, plus he turns the ball over too much.  TDM and Marcus basically were absent tonight as well, but generally they are reliable and produce.  I still don't think TDM is a true PG and Wade is still in over his head, sorry, Patriot league seems to be his level.  As others have said you win and you lose with Frankie six gun and tonight he had trouble hitting the side of the barn.  Oh well, I wasn't optimistic going in after hearing about SC's surgery, especially in Olean, but unless the surgery corrects his knee problem, which based on what has been said is a genetic condition, we need to recruit another PG.  We need to bounce back against UMass and play with a purpose. 

Well not much to say about that one except hopefully we got the stinker out of the way for the season. Turnovers, missed foul shots, lack of movement offensively, poor shot selection, did I miss anything? We made a mediocre team look like a title contender. Obviously I hope Sin heals up quickly and can get back for the tourney at least. I don't know that Magic could have helped us tonight though with the way the other four were playing.

Townsonkid, pretty sure KD said the condition was genetic in one of the PSN or Trib interviews.  He said that is what causes the flaking, for lack of a more accurate description.  It's a shame really, kid is a heck of a talent.

Bottom line this was a team loss.  Of the 47 points we had Lamar had 20, Kelly had 2, and our starting 5 had 25.  We looked completely out of sync on offense, and on those occasions where we had open shots we missed.  There was no effective dribble penetration, and most of our shots we took were not very good shots.  Frankie, Eric and TDM combined were 2 0f 20 in three point shots.  I love TDM and I think is a very good player, but it was a bad match up for him last night, and he and the rest of the team struggled.

The Dukes need to put this one in the rear view mirror, regroup, resolve, rekindle and beat UMass on Saturday and finish the season strong.

Box Score:  
https://goduquesne.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=9712

Last edited by CLK (2/28/2019 8:28 am)

townsonkid wrote:

EW couldnt hit a barn last night let alone the basket.  I think it was the shoes.  
Why does each player need his own style of shoe?  some black, some white, pink, blue, yellow.  Whats with that?  Looks awful, to me anyway.  They got real nice uniforms, great colors, and then wear clown shoes.
 

This is an assumption but it is probably a recruitment tool. Majority of these kids/recruits are big sneaker heads. Allowing for unique shoes to showcase their individual style is an easy recruiting win - pair that with the exclusive Lebron/Nike deal and it strengthens Duquesne's position. When you're coming from the position we are for recruits, you throw everything you can at them. 

Tough game to watch last night

Seems pretty apparent now seeing it a second time that Bona's length on defense causes Duquesne major issues on offense. They're able to stay home on shooters when the ball goes inside and it's a disastrous 70.5 offensive efficiency rating in the two games behind all the ugly shooting numbers.

Brian wrote:

Seems pretty apparent now seeing it a second time that Bona's length on defense causes Duquesne major issues on offense. They're able to stay home on shooters when the ball goes inside and it's a disastrous 70.5 offensive efficiency rating in the two games behind all the ugly shooting numbers.

Agreed. I know this board (and previous incarnations) have long favored the "pound it inside" strategy, but that just gets you turnovers, blocked shots and off-balance shots with no hope of going in against this team. They got plenty of decent looks from outside, but that doesn't really mean much when all you have is streak shooters. We had the LHTM defense of Jim Ferry, when we play Bonaventure, we have the LHIGI (Let's Hope it Goes In) offense. Or if you prefer, the chuck-it-up-and-pray.

On a side note, I think a necessary part of this team's development is the maturation of its players, in particular, Williams and Mike Hughes. The latter's technical last night--when his team had possession--was completely unacceptable. Maybe the Bonaventure announcers spoke in cliches but they made a good point when they noted Bonaventure was way more disciplined than Duquesne. 

Bonnies' overall record may not be that impressive, but they're going to be a tough out in Brooklyn. Stockard, their leading scorer, missed the first six games of the season, they lost five of them. Griffin missed 10 games early in the season, they lost six of them. Jaylen Poyser missed seven conference games, they lost three of them, including at home to Dayton and Davidson. Nelson Kaputo missed the Dayton game as well. Dominick Welch missed nine games in the non-conference schedule, they lost six of them. They don't have much depth so take away any of their top seven and their performance suffers. But they seem pretty healthy now and I don't think anyone wants to play them in Brooklyn. 

Looking forward to playing them next year though when we get everyone back and they lose Stockard and Griffin to graduation.

Some additional comments and some random thoughts after watching the replay:

1. The point guard play last night was ineffective (putting it politely). We miss Carry's ability to drive the ball to the hoop.  What do you all think about giving Lamar some minutes at the point while Carry is out?  He played the point in HS.  He is athletic, has a good handle, has a quick first step and can drive the ball hard to the hoop.  I think it would be an interesting experiment.  

2.  Speaking of driving the ball, I think Frankie would be a more effective player if he drove the ball more, and look for open mid range shots or eliminate the double team on Mike and get the assist. 

3. Speaking of driving again, what drives me crazy is watching our guys arguing with each other jogging up court on defense while their guy blows down court for an easy bucket.  This is on our coaches.

 4.  The Bonnies were the more physical team last night, and got the advantage of not getting calls.  While we were screwed on several calls, we need to control our emotions.  The game was still in reach 12 down with 4:30 left, but the technical foul took the wind out of the team.  Again this is on our coaches.

5.  With very few exceptions this team always comes out flat with the same issues...sloppy unforced turnovers, poor shots early in the shot clock, inability to defend.  We usually rally after the 5 minute mark but wind up spotting teams 10 to 15 points.  I have heard all the explanation on this board but I still don't understand this.  

We can still get a double bye, but to get there we need to win out and hope for help.  This team has worked hard.  It is time for a team gut check.  I believe that the Dukes will bounce back and finish strong.  Go Dukes!