Dayton is fighting injuries and the loss of one of their best players, Chase Johnson, at the semester and their fans believe he was forced out because of bad grades. With losses this month to George Mason and Fordham... I expect Dayton to be playing with some anger.

Like BluffHunter's proposed lineup. Lots of experience and talent. Murphy is due!! Okani one of the most talented freshmen  I've seen at Duquesne in quite a few years.

BluffHunter wrote:

What I believe our new starting lineup should be:
TDM
Ryan Murphy
Toby Okani
Marcus Weathers
Mike Hughes

 

I thought the length & athleticism Baker brought to the starting lineup was very intriguing. That 5 could cause some matchup issues but, even with a seasoned point guard running the show, KD's DU teams have never demonstrated the ability to take advantage of such things as mismatches on a regular basis. Because of that, I too like the idea of Murphy's experience & shooting as a starter. This team will struggle to score so, shooters to spread the floor & playmakers to drive & kick/dish seem the better fit. Murphy can do those things as well as anyone on the roster. His defensive effort is also encouraging.

Thanks Phil and Prez, in the past few games Murphy's basketball knowledge has quickly been very apparent to me. I also think the combination of Okani and Baker at the 3 has infinite potential. With Rotroff and Kelly helping out the bigs and Acuff helping the guards I think that is a solid 9 to narrow down to as well. Baker just needs to keep his hands down every time there's a whistle against the Dukes.

Lucky KD said that Acuff would be the back-up at PG to TDM and I like that now and going forward.  Acuff is coming along, looks more and more poised and I like his size at the PG.  I am fine with Murph coming off the bench and he actually is our most seasoned guy who is use to a high level of competition.  Murph will get his minutes no matter what and I too like his stroke - even when he misses you can tell.  I think we all saw how Dre Harris can contribute and I like what KD said about him, and his Mom.  Let's not forget he was our highest rated recruit so I see bigger and better things out of him.  I now see a rotation of who started last time with Acuff, Murph, Rotroff, Dre, and Kelly off the bench.  I think that is a workable rotation with a narrowing down as the game goes along based on who is really playing well in that particular game.  Bang......Pistol out.

Like to pull out one of these next two. 

Love the length for defense and rebounding. On O they moving a lot better and moving the ball better. It will take time to gel, but like what I see! Just hope in the off-season these guys hit the weight room. I have not seen any players body improve over the four years.

On a side note, Sincere to Kent St, shows he really did not get along with the coach, as well as Lewis and Williams, didn’t along with the coach. That is a little trouble some.

It would be nice if these CBS announcers would actually watch the game instead of reading us the Dayton press guide word for word. They actually called 5 or 6 plays exactly wrong.

That square, behind the basket, do they know you can use that to bounce the ball off, and it will go into the basket?

Terrible 8 minutes.

Dukes fought to the end but over matched by a good, not great, Dayton squad. Think this is what we're in for until our younger players develops and the whole team meshes as the season moves along. Lots of athleticism but offensively challenged at this point. First half was fun, second half not so much but lets keep playing and learning how to win. Give defense credit for keeping us in the game and avoiding a 15 or 20 point blowout. 

When we don't shoot well, we need to play great defense. Too many open threes.