FT attempts 21 to 5 Air Force. Another BS job from these refs.

Big board by Steele (I really like his game, nice pick up) and bucket by Carry.  Huge!

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Listening in and sweating bullets. This is the anti-Dukes type game this season.

Well I guess the 2019-20 Dukes are required to play a totally crappy six to ten minutes each game. This time they did it in the second half

It appears that Weathers, Hughes, Steele, and Miller played well tonight.

On the bright side, they didn't dig a massive hole this game. They find ways to win. They can be good when they figure out how to put together 40 minutes.

S.R.M. wrote:

On the bright side, they didn't dig a massive hole this game. They find ways to win. They can be good when they figure out how to put together 40 minutes.

Agreed, I can't help but think that under Jim Ferry, we would be 2-3 right now, based on the games that were played!

These are the kind of wins that great coaching gets you. 
 

duq81 wrote:

I'd like to see Buckley get a few minutes. Rotroff has struggled. Got to pick your spots to get him some action without him hurting the team. Time for Norman, or maybe even Miller to take TDM's starting spot. TDM's numbers are down in Brandon Wade territory. Coming off the bench might be better for him.
 

I imagine we'll see some changes to the starting lineup after our week off. After Sunday we don't play again until the 4th. I'll be surprised if TDM is still starting by the time we play VMI.

Great ghosts alive!   Thats 5.   Sunday is interesting.

duq81 wrote:

Carry played 37 minutes. This is eventually going to bite us on the ass.

I agree. The Dukes look really gassed the last 10 minutes of the game, especially Carry,.  The heat, humidity and the Dukes pressing man defense took its toll.  Hopefully the Dukes will rehydrate and come refreshed on Sunday..


 

As someone who did not get to "watch" the game, as I assume most of us were in the same boat), but I watched on the game tracker with the Air Force audio, I have to say this.

During the last part of the second half, when Air Force climbed back into it, it seemed all I kept seeing was "(Dukes symbol):  ______________ missed three point jumper...................(Dukes Symbol):  ________________ missed three point jumper."

Why were they chucking up threes with that lead instead of working the ball more and eating up clock?  That seems to me like poor game management and when Air Force started converting their threes, usually after grabbing rebounds from all those misses, put the game in doubt.

Now to be fair, I wasn't able to check the shot clock on our three point attempts, so maybe some of them were in the "gotta put something up or lose the ball" shots, but I can't believe all of them were.

luckymcd wrote:

townsonkid wrote:

Great ghosts alive! Thats 5. Sunday is interesting.

This is just the second time in 40 years we've started 5-0 and the sixth time in the last 65 years. With the exception of the most recent (when we started 6-0, but finished 17-13 with no postseason in 2008) those other hot starts foretold some good finishes for the Dukes too.
1980: We started 7-0 on the way to a 17-10 finish including our second most recent NIT win (over Pitt no less)
1972: We started 10-0 on the way to a 19-4 finish including our most recent national ranking (#20 after a 14-1 start)
1969: We started 8-0 on the way to a 20-5 finish including our most recent NCAA win
1962: We started 6-0 on the way to a 19-6 finish including our most recent postseason final four (albeit in the NIT)
Prior to that you have to go another eight years to find a 5-0 start, but it was a nearly annual occurrence before that.

The Dukes actually were 8-0 in 72 before losing their 9th game to George Gervin led Eastern Michigan. For some reason sports reference doesn't have the game listed. The Dukes finished 20-5 in 1972.

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luckymcd wrote:

duq81 wrote:

The Dukes actually were 8-0 in 72 before losing their 9th game to George Gervin led Eastern Michigan. For some reason sports reference doesn't have the game listed. The Dukes finished 20-5 in 1972.

Wow! Way to be on top of the ball. You're exactly right. Sports reference doesn't list the game because Eastern Michigan was still in division 2. Of course when you have a player like George Gervin, it barely matters who the rest of the team is. They also don't list a game against Steubenville for the same reason.
 

Sports reference is a great site though. I use it for all of the various sports. Tons of good information. I figured you were on it because I was on it yesterday looking for the same information. Of course 22-0 in 1954 is the gold standard.