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Offline 7:00pm EST tip on Wednesday 01/15/2020 at the PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA Last edited by PhoenixRising2 (1/15/2020 9:02 am) Offline Haslametrics = has the Dukes as 67th in the country; and OUT in the NCAA Tournament. Offline Whatever the hell consistency is in haslametics we are behind Fordham! Everything else we are pretty much ahead. Just play hard, don't get big headed, and stay healthy. Go Dukes. Offline Another outstanding analytical report by PR2. I personally find it to be too much information but that is because I have deluged myself in numbers my whole career. I just want to say, though, how thrilled I am to see a thread about basketball. Especially about the next game only! The postings recently on this board are fine but a lot of it is not conversation I will take part in. I will be at PPG tomorrow night and nothing else will matter. Again, that is me and I hope everyone - even those who post what I don’t care for negativity wise - will find time to cherish this season as I am doing. PR2. - thanks so much for the work you do on this. I think it is absolutely wonderful - even it sounds like I take a pass on it!!! Go Dukes. Offline Stay focused on the current opponent, shoot average or better percentages, minimize offensive rebounds for the Rams, commit 13 or fewer turnovers, & this should be a blowout. This one should not require a Herculean effort. That is a huge step in the right direction. Online! Seems like as long as we don't turn the ball over we'll be fine. This team shouldn't have any problems with Fordham at all. Keep your heads in the game and go Dukes! Offline Could be a low scoring game. Fordham leads A-10 in scoring defense allowing 60.7 pts. per game and they don't light it up on offense either. Offline Could be a low scoring game. Fordham leads A-10 in scoring defense allowing 60.7 pts. per game and they don't light it up on offense either. That's mostly a product of Fordham being one of the 15 slowest pace teams in the country. Offline Here's a game day story from Dave Mackall at the Trib. Last edited by PhoenixRising2 (1/15/2020 9:54 am) Offline They shot 40 of their 54 field-goal attempts from behind the arc against St. Bonaventure. They're probably going to do that tonight, too. Here's hoping they don't make a truckload (and considering they shoot it at .309, they shouldn't). Get out on the shooters, box out, stay patient, win going away. Offline I am being Captain Obvious here, but our ability to defend at the rim is the key to our defensive efficiency. Mike Hughes, Bailey and Marcus have been outstanding this season. Quietly Mike has become the #7 shot blocker in the nation. This along with our ability to consistently score inside is what differentiates this years team. Offline I dont have the link but in one of the recent trib articles, Tim Benz released a podcast this morning in preparation for tonight if anyone wants to check it out Offline Looks like Fordham came to play. Offline Dukes better get it together. This would be a season wrecking loss. Still early, but yuck! Offline Missed a few bunnies. Offline This was the game that I finally came into with no worries about coming out with a win. Won't happen again. I've learned my lesson. Offline Hey Steele 25 footers might be slightly out of your range. Norman keeping us in game. Offline UGLY, ugly, ugly Offline Fordham making it hard to get inside. Offline Geez. Offline Norman on the bench while Dunn-Martin lays bricks. Offline A win is a win but... yikes. Should not have been that close. Offline No glorious details tonight. Just an ugly ugly ugly win Offline Hope we got that out of our system. Offline Better to be humbled after a win than a loss.
Game Thread - Fordham Rams (H)
Per KenPom:
Dukes #67 (14-2; 4-0) vs Fordham Rams #278 (6-9; 0-3)
Game prediction: Dukes win by 16, 67-51 - Dukes with 93% probability of a win.
Betting line: Dukes are 17 point favorites; Over/Under 121
Duquesne 8-8 Against the Spread: Fordham 7-8 ATS
Dukes Best Win(s): Saint Louis (87); Davidson (99); Indiana State (112)
Dukes Worst Loss(es): UAB (156); Marshall (149)
Fordham Best Win(s): Grand Canyon (238); Fairleigh Dickinson (308)
Fordham Worst Loss(es): James Madison (274); Tennessee St. (245)
Four Factors ==> Effective field goal percentage; Turnover percentage; Offensive rebounding percentage; Free throw rate (shown below if team has Top 100 ranking overall or top 4 in conference as a strength; if team has Bottom 100 ranking or bottom 4 in conference as a weakness)
Here's a look at Fordham for the season (national ranking out of 353 teams):
Offensive Strength: None
Offensive Weakness: Effective FG % (331)
Defensive Strength: Turnover % (26)
Defensive Weakness: None
Here's a look at Fordham in the A-10 (conference ranking out of 14 teams):
Offensive Strength: None
Offensive Weakness: Effective FG % (14); Turnover % (12); Offensive Rebound % (11)
Defensive Strength: None
Defensive Weakness: Effective FG % (14); Offensive Rebound % (11)
Here's a look at the Dukes for the season (national ranking out of 353 teams):
Offensive Strength: Effective FG % (57)
Offensive Weakness: None
Defensive Strength: Effective FG % (51); FT Rate (82); Turnover % (94)
Defensive Weakness: None
Here's a look at the Dukes in the A-10 (conference ranking out of 14 teams):
Offensive Strength: Effective FG % (2); FT Rate (3)
Offensive Weakness: None
Defensive Strength: Effective FG % (2); FT Rate (3)
Defensive Weakness: Offensive Rebound % (12); Turnover % (12)
Points per Possession and Number of Possessions
Fordham Adj Offense Efficiency - 88.8, #341 in D-1; 79.7, #14 in A-10 vs Dukes Adj Defense Efficiency - 92.9, #56 in D-1; 90.4, #6 in A-10
Fordham Adj Defense Efficiency - 97.9, #118 in D-1; 103.0, #11 in A-10 vs Dukes Adj Offense Efficiency - 103.8, #107 in D-1; 106.7, #2 in A-10
Fordham Adj Tempo - 64.2, #339 in D-1; 62.8, #14 in A-10 vs Dukes Adj Tempo - 68.4, #208 in D-1; 67.5, #10 in A-10
Miscellaneous
Experience - Fordham 1.57 yrs, #213 in D-1; Dukes 1.40 yrs, #273 in D-1
Minutes Continuity - Fordham 60.8%, #67 in D-1; Dukes 55.3%, #114 in D-1
Average Height - Fordham 76.6", #216 in D-1; Dukes 75.9", #296 in D-1
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Fordham is 289th in the country and OUT in the NCAA.
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WashPaRick wrote:
As mentioned in another thread, they're pretty banged up on top of already being bad to begin with.
Chuba Ohams - top rebounder/scorer is out
Antwon Portley - PG and 2nd scorer has missed the last 4 games
Erten Gazi - starter and solid contributor/scorer missed the last game as well
We dont know the status of the last 2 guys as of now, but if Duquesne starts with a big run, it might be ugly quickly
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yak-rbc, it's going to be hard for a team (Fordham) to score many points if, as you pointed out, their tempo is extremely slow (339th in the country) combined with bad offensive efficiency (342nd in the country) going up against a good defensive team. The Dukes goal tonight should be to hold this team to under 50 points. •Thread Starter
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