CLK, Iron duke, Phil - all you guys have valid points and my frustration level is right there with all of you.  Here are some things I'd like to get off my chest.  When the other team loses 3 players and has 2 players left that do most of the scoring, one of whom is tasked with handling the ball at the point, PRESS the (profanity) out of them to wear them out - especially when KD is crowing about our depth.  Good grief, we should have tired out Bishop no question.  One of those radio guys should ask KD about this and I don't want to hear the damn excuse that we haven't practiced enough.  A man to man press on Bishop would have worn him out and we could have run several different guys at him with our depth.  Next point, Acuff played very well in the first half and then didn't seem to play in the second much, why not when SC wasn't playing his best?  Foul shooting cost us the game, but so did all the boneheaded turnovers.  And Phil I have to disagree a bit when it comes to Rotroff.  He is big, but he doesn't move to get the ball off the board and he is slow off his feet when rebounding.  How many times does he not get defensive rebounds when he is down low?  As good as Kelly was yesterday he too cost us today, but that doesn't completely surprise me given how much time he has missed -  he'll be ok.  Also, it is inexcusable that we got a T for Baker not being put in the score book, but I would like to hear what KD has to say about that as it looked like the assistant coach was trying to get the ref to look at his IPad, which I am presuming had the roster we submitted, but again this should never happen.  Maceo played the best I've seen him since before the family death which derailed him last year.  He should have gotten more minutes considering how hot he was.  I am just mystified by the lack of playing time for Acuff under today's circumstances and pissed by our failure to press a shorthanded team as noted above.  That and the TO's and horrific foul shooting cost us a game we had no business losing.  Pistol out.

CLK wrote:

Does anyone else notice a pretty blatant push off foul by Bishop on this play?

 NCAA Buzzer Beaters & Game Winners on Twitter: "George Washington’s James Bishop took the lead and lifted George Washington from the deficit and led them to a win over Duquesne 75-73 https://t.co/NPRTyQCJFj" / Twitter

Now, I'm actually pissed-off. I would call that an egregious missed call.

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phil95 wrote:

CLK wrote:

Does anyone else notice a pretty blatant push off foul by Bishop on this play?

 NCAA Buzzer Beaters & Game Winners on Twitter: "George Washington’s James Bishop took the lead and lifted George Washington from the deficit and led them to a win over Duquesne 75-73 https://t.co/NPRTyQCJFj" / Twitter

Now, I'm actually pissed-off. I would call that an egregious missed call.

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I don't see it that way. By the letter of the law it's a foul, but I don't think that will be called most times even if there's 10 minutes left. In an end game situation I don't expect that to ever be called. We had plenty of chances to win today, we just didn't play well enough. We shouldn't have even let it come down to asking for a foul with 30 seconds left.

This group has been a pretty good FT shooting team.  I don’t think this will be a long-term problem.  Conditioning affects shooting.  When the legs aren’t strong the shooting is going to suffer.  This is understandable given the lack of practice.  Perhaps two games in two days wasn’t the best idea after being idle for a month. 
One day to rest before a very tough game against Davidson.

Carry also had a triple ocho... 8, 8, and 8. that's not too bad. Foul shooting is what killed us. When you keep a game with GW close you better at least be hitting your foul shots.

The refs had it out for Michael Hughes. Almost not worth mentioning but he was not allowed to play basketball yesterday.

Duques102 wrote:

Turnovers and missed free throws killed us. More to the point, make your free throws at an acceptable clip, you win the game. Simple as that.

Veterans on this team definitely need to step up across the board. Tough when you have no practice for a month while others are playing and practicing but it’s time to shake off the rust and get this thing going in the right direction. One positive about the early COVID outbreak is it sounds like most everyone got it aka another outbreak or pause in the program should basically be a non-issue as most are now likely immune. Should be able to get to the finish line without another pause so hopefully we can get back on track.

I watched Davidson lose a bad game to Charlotte team earlier in the season, it’s happening all over college basketball this year. Yesterday sucked but certainly doesn’t destroy the ultimate goal. I still think this team is plenty talented to make an A10 tourney run this year, especially with how the league looks in general. Gotta get right, Go Dukes!

Your cogent immunity point made me wonder if KD ever tested positive. I never read that.

It would be very Duquesne-like to have 98% of its traveling party immune but still have another long stoppage because the one, still vulnerable person get sick.

DukesDan wrote:

The refs had it out for Michael Hughes. Almost not worth mentioning but he was not allowed to play basketball yesterday.

Mike started the game a bit hyper; we have seen this before and that is why Keith has not started him in some games. Almost immediately, Hughes and GW's Dean (#13) were doing a lot of bumping and pushing of each other. At the 18:01 mark, Hughes was called for his first foul for an illegal screen.  To me, this foul was caused by Sincere making his move before Hughes established position. 40 seconds later, Hughes thought that he was fouled on a drive and it looked to me as if he was. Hughes ended up under the basket, said something to the ref and was late getting down court; his man GW's Dean scored on an uncontested dunk. On the next possession, Hughes and Dean bumped at the foul line, Hughes pushed his arm away and was moving down to the low block when Dean arm barred him. Mike then hooked his arm.  This resulted in a double personal foul on Hughes and Dean at the 17:02 mark. In many cases, the ref will usually control these behaviors verbally, giving warning. Perhaps those two were already warned; couldn't tell. Regardless, goodbye, Mike, for the balance of the 1st half.