Wildwood13 wrote:

City Duke all I had to do is read your number 1 comment to know how incompetent you are regarding the rules of basketball. Once you come to a jump stop you are not permitted to pivot, if you do it’s a travel. Therefore I now know what kind of a person I am disagreeing with on this board.

Wildwood, you absolutely can pivot after a jumpstop.  You just have to jump off of two feet after when going up.  You would fit right in with the A10 refs haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSoeiIZsmK4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESpwbKyUvI (1:40)

Last edited by CityDuke (3/04/2023 10:08 pm)

Wildwood13 wrote:

If he was dribbling and came to a jump stomp he can not pivot or it’s traveling. If he is receiving a pass and lands with both feet, that is not considered a jump stop. Next time you run into a college referee please ask him.

Wildwood, I included links for you above. Scroll to the 1:40 mark of the second link. Illustrates this perfectly. Hope this helps!

Last edited by CityDuke (3/04/2023 10:21 pm)

CityDuke wrote:

Ridiculous shooting? Explain that.

I don’t know, Joe Reece making two 3’s in a 9 minute stretch in the first half accounting for literally 25% of our scoring at that point?

We all seem to overlook certain truths about this team and expect different results. I’ve said it before in another thread and I’ll state it again Dambrot will not compete with the true elite teams until he changes and I don’t see that happening. 
We were soft all year being beaten on the boards continuously. We were 14th in the league for giving up offensive rebounds. Dae Dae averaged 4.7 rebounds a game similar to our “bigs.”
We relied far too much on 3 point scoring. No one points to the 14% showing yesterday as evidence of this. 40% of our shots are 3’s. 
We get to the foul line less than anyone else in the league because other than Clark we don’t have a finisher. 
our best 3pt shooter had 4 attempts yesterday because we do NOTHING in our offense to get him open looks. 
We brought in a 5’8” guard who was supposed to be an assist machine who averaged 3.4 for the season and was a defensive liability.
City Duke one last thought for you, you said Dixon was a 5 who needed to “learn,” how to play the 4?????
Dixon is a 4 who Dambrot forced to learn how to play the 5!!!!!! Further more how can anyone explain a player of his talent playing 282 minutes total for the YEAR. 
This coach would rather play experience than talent. 

A big reason for the Dukes sputtering down the stretch has been their mostly poor to abysmal defensive play since the Saint Louis game. I was hopeful that the defense that helped string together 4 wins in February would carry the Dukes into the tourney. I was wrong.

Even before the technical / 7 point play, Fordham was on pace to score 72 points. Fordham was 18-1 in games they scored 70 or more points; 6-6 when scoring under 70.  It was critical to shut them down offensively; became impossible after the technical and Fordham getting on a roll.

I hope the defense bounces back against URI/La Salle or the once promising season will be over.

Overall this team has played some good basketball this year.  They have the ability to beat Fordham in their first game in the A10 tourney and cause some damage if they play their best basketball.  All teams are going to have some highs and lows but overall they have put together a respectable season.  My hats off to the players and coaches for giving us that.  Wishing them strong play and a strong team performance in this tournament.

Wildwood enough arguing.  You guys sound like my 3 kids.  You are grown adults.

Pistol you and CLK are absolutely correct in your assumption that it would have been a no brainer to sign on for this outcome based on last year’s disastrous season. What you can’t deny is the frustration of knowing it could and should have been better. Believe me I only speak from the frustration of knowing my time of seeing a tourney appearance is on the clock so to speak. It’s also the frustration of seeing what I believe is an obstinacy by Dambrot to necessary change. 

I believe we are outmatched with St. Lous and Fordham.  Let's do something different...surprise them...how about a ZONE for some the game.  The man to man didn't work well against these guys.  Just saying...I know, they are bigger than us and will just keep going inside.  But look at how well Fordham shot from 3...that's it...just try something different.

CLK wrote:

The Dome wrote:

Pistol you and CLK are absolutely correct in your assumption that it would have been a no brainer to sign on for this outcome based on last year’s disastrous season. What you can’t deny is the frustration of knowing it could and should have been better. Believe me I only speak from the frustration of knowing my time of seeing a tourney appearance is on the clock so to speak. It’s also the frustration of seeing what I believe is an obstinacy by Dambrot to necessary change. 

It is not over my friend.  I still think despite yesterday's debacle this team has plenty of fight left in them and are capable of making a run.  Anyone says that they are not surprised at the success of this season needs to go back and read their preseason comments.  One person called me an armature internet annalist when I said that this could be the best team Dambrot has had on the Bluff.  Now they are Complaining that the team didn't win every game.  Too funny.  No matter how this turns out I believe there is serious reason for optimism if we can keep our core players.  You and Pistol did a good job of outlining our weaknesses and needs to be in the thick of it next year.  KD and staff need to get it done and keep the forward momentum.
 

Yesterday, the wheels fell off. It happens when a team stop playing as a team. It can be a good thing only if they look at what happens when the team stops functioning as a team. Then going forward in tourney play, doesn't breakdown. We just need a 4 game winning streak from a team that at their best, can beat anyone.If you're a fan, that's what you see. If you are on this blog and don't see that right now, well, your not a fan. This is no time to predict the doom of the Dukes. They earned our support, right now, through this long season.Go Dukes.

phil95 wrote:

CLK wrote:

The Dome wrote:

Pistol you and CLK are absolutely correct in your assumption that it would have been a no brainer to sign on for this outcome based on last year’s disastrous season. What you can’t deny is the frustration of knowing it could and should have been better. Believe me I only speak from the frustration of knowing my time of seeing a tourney appearance is on the clock so to speak. It’s also the frustration of seeing what I believe is an obstinacy by Dambrot to necessary change. 

It is not over my friend.  I still think despite yesterday's debacle this team has plenty of fight left in them and are capable of making a run.  Anyone says that they are not surprised at the success of this season needs to go back and read their preseason comments.  One person called me an armature internet annalist when I said that this could be the best team Dambrot has had on the Bluff.  Now they are Complaining that the team didn't win every game.  Too funny.  No matter how this turns out I believe there is serious reason for optimism if we can keep our core players.  You and Pistol did a good job of outlining our weaknesses and needs to be in the thick of it next year.  KD and staff need to get it done and keep the forward momentum.
 

Forget the comparison of last season vs. this season & this season still stands out as a series of steps in the right direction. I am not sure how anybody could challenge that conclusion. 

I don't think that I was the poster that called your preseason commentary amateur analysis but I do remember thinking you may have had a head injury when you made that bold, yet prescient pronouncement.  Well done by you!

I wish I shared your optimism about the Dukes ability to make a run in the tournament. Intellectually, I know that it is well within the realm of what is possible given the players available. Runs like this happen every season during championship week. Our guys can get crazy hot & they are fighters. Why not these Dukes?

In the end , I just can't get past the fact that this coaching staff hasn't given me any hints that they have transformed the component parts of this team into a unit that can remain on task & hyper-energized for 3-4 games, against strong, varied competition, at a neutral site. When added to KD's not-so-stellar DU record for strategic preparation & in-game adjustments, the task of winning 3 games in 4 days or running the table in 5 days becomes nearly impossible for me to imagine.  Being wrong about this would give me great pleasure.

This is a great contrast to Ajax's senior season when I made the unusual move of heading to AC by myself because I had a great feeling about that player, his teammates, & the coaching staff. I didn't know they would but I just knew they could beat 2 teams in Dayton & URI that would likely be the class of this year's A-10 on successive nights. Nothing about this year's group gives me the same feeling.

Fair analysis, but root for this Dukes team that can show up and play when things are all going their way as a team. This year is not a long shot when they play as a team in a fast pace style of play. They never lose those games.  It's that close. Just a 4 game winning streak.

Honestly... we’ve had two good, winning coaches in 50 years and you people have the stupidity to want to drive this one away after being the only one of two to win 20 here at Duquesne.   Do you think KD got these kids from the chemistry classes?  He recruited these kids and they are doing far better than any other team in the last half century. 

No fan base?  Were you there last Sunday?

Get a job coaching somewhere if you know so much.

Coaches were not lining up to work here when we fire RE.   Get rid of KD and we get another Ferry and not 20 win season or a team playing for a double bye on the last day of the season.

KD knows what he’s doing.  He worked the transfer portal well and when the team is buying in, they have a chance.  Duquesne ain’t Duke or even Pitt.  Takes more to try to win here and KD is coming closer than any since the 1970’s.

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