I think I commented prior to the season; that I don’t like following a team that is literally “short” in the front court.  In this case short in depth as well as size.  It really makes it difficult when an injury; or even a few untimely fouls create a desperate situation.  Tre Williams battled hard against Dayton but must have felt like he was being swarmed by hornets all day.  Just too many opponents crashing from all directions.

Hima needs to get some floor time.  We haven't seen enough of him to know what his ceiling is, and he can only develop so much in practice.  He needs game experience for that next step.  I suspect Osunniyi will give us a lot of problems if we front him the entire game with a 6'7" center.
 

As someone wrote several weeks ago "if there was ever a team screaming to incorporate a zone defense it is this one."  Short handed with starters playing major minutes, and with an inexperienced back up center better suited for a zone, I sure hope KD has used this last week to work on incorporating a zone.  However, I doubt it.

CLK wrote:

As someone wrote several weeks ago "if there was ever a team screaming to incorporate a zone defense it is this one."  Short handed with starters playing major minutes, and with an inexperienced back up center better suited for a zone, I sure hope KD has used this last week to work on incorporating a zone.  However, I doubt it.

I doubt it. What change up your defense. NOT.

Hima has to play now.   What is there to lose?   Arent making any postseason tourn, so might as well play him and see what he can do.   He'll get better with more PT.   
 Hopefully a student shows up and wins the $5K scholarship.  

Last edited by townsonkid (1/21/2022 10:57 am)

Bonnie’s have largely been disappointing this year; really getting their doors blown off on a couple of occasions.  Sometimes players can stay around too long; and some of their guys have been around forever.  I suppose they either had few options; or they got sweet deals to stick around Olean for another year.  Either way they are an “old” team that will likely be able to remember enough to beat an undermanned Dukes team.  Perhaps instead of the usual folding chairs used for the visitors bench; Duquesne could replace them for tonight with rocking chairs for the super senior Bonnie’s, and leave a Medicare flier on each rocker!

Dukes should come out and try to run them til they collapse, we can use 8-10 guys and be alright if thats the plan.   Try to make then run a lot, use their bench some, maybe get their C in foul trouble, you know, some strategy, a game plan.   Anything but the SOS would be fine.