Phil, I understand your position, and certainly agree that Duquesne needs more players that understand how to play winning basketball.  Hopefully the two new recruits that have those qualities. I saw some of the St Mary's vs. Oregon game last night won  by St Mary's by 12.  They overcame obvious challenges in terms of size strength and "star" ratings by sticking to their team concept, sharing the ball, defending doggedly, and taking shots within their offense.  I just think the blueprint is out there to win without getting the guys with "star" ratings.   

As as an outsider, like most everyone on this Board, I don't feel we have enough information to make judgements on roster construction.  First, we only see highlight clips of the recruits which can be deceiving; then we have no idea of the inner workings of the team such as current player attitudes, thoughts and plans of the coaches in regard to present roster, transfer possibilities, etc.  There are just too many unknowns to formulate an opinion on the pros or cons of signing a particular player.   

I checked verbal committs.
It shows Carson Cooper as a PF--the only
big so far. Cooper is 6' 10"

WashPaRick wrote:

Only 6 games in for two of these fellas so I'm expecting numbers to get better. 
Spears  15A  13 TO
Johnson  6A  13 TO
Acuff         7A   4 TO
Could these early stats have been part of the reasoning for grabbing an available point guard?

It might just require that the point guards carefully consider the abilities of their intended receivers to catch. I'm thinking specifically of one of Spears' passes that was technically excellent, but he got tagged with a turnover when it bounced out of bounds.