When he was helped off the court he couldn’t put a lot of weight on it. He was on the end of the bench with it packed in ice. Fortunately we should be able to give him some time to heal with our next two opponents. 

Reece and Tre Clark did a defensive job on Colgate's best player, Tucker Richardson--kept him to under half his scoring average.  Colgate, in my opinion, is definitely a tournament team. They are deep much like the Dukes.  And as former women's coach Dan Durkin used to say, they have substantial "girth" with their bigs.

This game will rank as one of the finest exhibitions by a Dukes team that I have witnessed.   Seemed like neither team missed a shot in the first 7-8 minutes of the game.  It was great race horse basketball.  The Dukes won in the end for one major reason--they willed themselves to a win.  It was truly another team victory with important contributions from the point guards (20 points from the two point guards-24 from Dae Dae), the swing players (David Dixon) and the inside kids (Tre Williams brought his "A" game to Akron--as did Austin Rotroff).

I have heard a rumor, that I really hope is not true, that Easley may not return.  I really like Kevin.  He was a starter last year and was one of the bright spots. It has to be hard to go from starter to end of the bench player.  He has the toughness and talent to take back his starting role if he or Dambrot gives him a chance.  Again, I hope that this is only a rumor, and we see Kevin back playing and winning back his starting role.  

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