Duques102 wrote:

SDSU plays a non D1 Wednesday, Auburn plays a pretty good NC State team Thursday (ESPN2), and Liberty plays Nakye Sanders and Towson Friday.

Nakye? Isn't he about 35 years old? It seems like he played here a decade ago, LOL!
 

MikeR wrote:

Liberty (13-0) beats Towson and faces--get this--Akron (9-2) in  a DC tourney championship Sat. at 330.

Go Zips Go!!
 

Liberty (14-0) doesn't blink. Over Akron 80-67. We got zip from the Zips. 

coffee wrote:

Liberty's only tough game left is LSU. They could run the table.

Good for them. We will see them in the final four. LOL.

duq81 wrote:

coffee wrote:

Liberty's only tough game left is LSU. They could run the table.

They'll stumble in conference. Road games are tough in any league.
 

I think one or two of Liberty's conference rivals will ambush them. But they are a tough, smart veteran team.   

Man, these Aztec Tigers Flames just can't be put out.

I love my Dukes, but nothing really matters until we see them on jan 2 against st. Lou

That’s very true ‘81; I heard Clark Kellog mention Duquesne, Liberty, Auburn and SDSU as the 4 remaining unbeaten teams on the CBS halftime show during the Kentucky vs Ohio St game.  You just can’t overstate the importance of that kind of National recognition!  I don’t recall Duquesne ever being mentioned on this kind of broadcast before!  After being lost in the basketball wilderness for 40-plus years this is huge for Duquesne!

coffee wrote:

Liberty's only tough game left is LSU. They could run the table.

Kentucky lost to Evansville, Duke lost to Stephen F. Austin, North Carolina lost to Wofford, upsets happen. Of course that means Liberty could beat LSU, but it also means Liberty could lose in conference. There's a reason no one has gone undefeated in almost 50 years. Liberty doesn't look to be that kind of team.

duq81 wrote:

Sure it matters, because this is gaining us priceless attention. You think the kids KD is recruiting don't notice? Of course they do. You better believe that the articles that are now being written, are being sent to recruits, and their parents, coaches, and handlers.
 

You literally can't buy this kind of publicity. Every game an unbeaten team is playing in garners mention of Duquesne. The actual articles are all pumping up not just the program, but Dambrot and the new arena specifically. The players that were interested already will elevate us higher. Even some players who hadn't heard of Duquesne, or maybe didn't take the program seriously, will start to reconsider too. Maceo Austin was an absolute steal last year with the other programs that wanted him. If we can continue winning, those types of players will become the norm.

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No grudge against Dickie V. Norm Nixon beat his ranked Detroit team my freshman year, and I believe he was recruited as an advisor during one of our coach searches.