We are listed as one of RI worst losses...doesn't bode well for us playing again.  We need a flawless game from the guards and 3 point shooting to win.  Go Dukes!

The Over/Under on Technical fouls for the team (includes coaches, players, bench) is 1. 

Need to win this one to avoid USL in the first round. If the Dukes lose and USL wins tomorrow that's the situation. A Dukes win and it's most likely UMAss in first round.

Better get serious.

Nice win. Weathers was a beast. TDM great game. Everybody played well. Thinking either UMass or GMU in first round.

Starters score 82 out of the 86 points.

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WashPaRick wrote:

LaSalle loss doesn't look any better after they lose to Mason by 34.

It's impossible to measure the standard deviation of any team's performance, but let's just say that from game to game, any team can look great in one game and awful the next, or vice versa.

  I believe this team will be better now that they have their own home court for practice now and these Dukes shot very well on their new home court today. It could have been a different season if the Coop was ready sooner.


 

I think you'll see this lineup and minutes come A-10 tourney time. This team could surprise if the seniors play like they did tonight. Can beat UMass, then you most likely get St. Bonnie or VCU. Can beat either of them if the Dukes play their A game. Don't give up on this year.

Practicing on the main floor definitely seems to have helped us. I hope we can continue to do so next year. If we can shoot like that we are tough to beat. I underestimated the seniors on senior night. They were not going to lose this game. Career games from Weathers and TDM, nothing remarkable from Hughes but 10 and 7 is nothing to complain about. Baker is truly a star in the making. I haven't watched enough other games to know, but I'd have to think he's at least in the running for freshman of the year. Unfortunately if it's a close race his attitude will probably keep him from getting it. Harris only getting 3 minutes after last game is baffling, but Kelly looked really good in that role. Once again the more Bekelja plays the better the team plays. I still don't have an explanation for it, but the more it happens the less likely it is it's a coincidence. Austin looked good even if it didn't show up in the box score. It's a shame we only got two games in the Coop, but hopefully this team shows up in Richmond (and hopefully also in Dayton) and we can pick up where we left off in the Coop next year.

I am very happy for the seniors. I am sure the memory of 2 nice wins to open The Coop will be a cherished one. I am particularly happy for TDM breaking out of his shooting slump.

I really hope Kelly is not another Dukes big ala Andre Marhold that can never catch the ball consistently. The physical tools are there. He was the beneficiary of some fine passing & muffed them all.

I realize that he is already 21 but, Baker is quite well rounded for a freshman. He affects the game in many positive ways. If KD has any commitment to discipline, he will at least sit Chad for the start of Thursday's game. Otherwise, he is just sending the message that as long as you are filling it up, you can do what you like.

Someone needs to tell KD that referring to Baker as, "Senor Loco" in 2021 is a recipe for disaster. This is shocking behavior for a man who nearly had his career ended by a previous lapse in judgment concerning such matters.

Before anybody attacks me for writing this, I am not raising this idea from any particular political conviction or because I equate the 2 occurrences. It's just that in today's world, a public figure is playing with fire speaking this way. This is exactly the sort of thing that gets raised in the future as public proof of systemic bias in a program. Even though I suspect the nickname comes from a place of affection and humor, it is still the height of foolishness & hubris to say this in an interview. This is not an example of KD being a straight-shooter with the media. It would have been 30 years ago but it isn't now.

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Practicing on the main floor definitely seems to have helped us. I hope we can continue to do so next year. If we can shoot like that we are tough to beat. I underestimated the seniors on senior night. They were not going to lose this game. Career games from Weathers and TDM, nothing remarkable from Hughes but 10 and 7 is nothing to complain about. Baker is truly a star in the making. I haven't watched enough other games to know, but I'd have to think he's at least in the running for freshman of the year. Unfortunately if it's a close race his attitude will probably keep him from getting it. Harris only getting 3 minutes after last game is baffling, but Kelly looked really good in that role. Once again the more Bekelja plays the better the team plays. I still don't have an explanation for it, but the more it happens the less likely it is it's a coincidence. Austin looked good even if it didn't show up in the box score. It's a shame we only got two games in the Coop, but hopefully this team shows up in Richmond (and hopefully also in Dayton) and we can pick up where we left off in the Coop next year.

Bekekja beat the press and dribbled through a trap on the way to a bucket. To me, he is a good ball handler with good court vision. Likely, someone to set up the offense and get the ball to the open man.  

So if the home teams hold serve tomorrow, as I think they will, we're looking at a rubber match with Dayton Thursday, then Bonaventure Friday. I suppose Dayton's winnable, but Bonaventure on four days rest vs us on the second half of a back-to-back? Tall order the way they're playing right now.

Agree with Napa that Bekelja looked like a true PG last night for really the first time. I've always seen him as more of an undersized 2 playing a smart cog-in-the-wheel role, but never really the primary ball-handler. Last night he was a level above that. Is he the answer at the point? Well not so fast. Rhode Island didn't really play much defense last night. The Providence newspaper had it as their worst defensive performance of the year (by points allowed per possession), their coach faulted them for losing one-on-one battles the whole game. Say what you want about LaSalle but they made us work for every bucket last Wednesday. Rhode Island really didn't. This was a late addition to the schedule and kind of an odd one, forcing them to make a second trip to Pittsburgh, which of course never happens in a normal season. I wonder, did they fly or have to make the 9-hour bus trip because of Covid protocols? In any case, they didn't look like a team that had a whole lot of interest in playing the game. Fatts did his thing, but I'd say their overall effort was a bit lacking, especially on the defensive end.

What are Weathers' chances of making first-team all-conference?