Final Score Prediction:

Princeton - 75  Duquesne - 64

Great job BluffHunter. I just wish I liked what it said better. Of course the offense isn’t the same, but after getting burned by multiple backdoors by Lipscomb I’m terrified of facing a team like Princeton. This will be a good early test of Dru’s acumen.

luckymcd wrote:

Great job BluffHunter. I just wish I liked what it said better. Of course the offense isn’t the same, but after getting burned by multiple backdoors by Lipscomb I’m terrified of facing a team like Princeton. This will be a good early test of Dru’s acumen.

These predictions will change as the Dukes beat these teams, so predictions don't mattered. Winning changes everything. The team came out that first game and looked too tight.  This game, stay loose, take the open shots, play lockdown defense, then we win. Go Dukes.

Duques102 wrote:

If we play like we did in the first half, we are getting smashed. If we play like we did in the second half, we should be competitive.

The weird thing about the Lipscomb game is I thought our offense looked better in the first half. Obviously the shots weren’t falling, but we were getting good looks. When they switched to a zone sometime in the second we looked clueless on how to attack it, but some shots started dropping.

Thanks again Bluff. Any idea when we should be getting underway? I didn’t watch the first game.

Obviously a long way to go, but I like the improvement from game one. Defense has been much better early. Offense doesn’t look great, but it’s been enough so far. Winborn is anything but a traditional sixth man, but he seems to light a spark every time he comes in.

Rozier is man up. Go Dukes.
 

As I said earlier I was terrified by this matchup, but credit the coaching staff for major adjustments in not much time. Princeton certainly isn’t going away, but we’ve been the better team so far and I still don’t think we’ve seen anything close to the best this team has to offer.

MikeR wrote:

Good D, just need to put the ball in the hoop more.

up by 10. Keep it up.

Edwards, Corbett and Dinkins need to play within the team concept. No hero ball needed. Each is a good player but looking for shots instead of team ball is what they need to learn for the team to succeed.

Last edited by HookShot (11/08/2024 10:31 pm)

So far Maximus has hurt us more than he has helped. Only 2 games…

Refs certainly did the Dukes no favors here, however they better start improving on their foul shooting if they want to consistantly win.   And the the 3 point shooting needs to improve as well. 

Good effort on defense.