I think the Dukes are going to get on a bit of a roll starting tomorrow. I look for Hronsky, Necas, Wilborn, and Edwards to come up big come 2 PM Saturday. Keeping the faith. Go Dukes!

The Dukes better be ready to battle; it looks like this game could turn into yet another A10 wrestling match - similar to the Fordham game. UMass is not a good shooting team, but they make up for it by not turning the ball over, getting offensive rebounds and getting to the FT line (plus they like to push the tempo and get out into transition).
I like the Dukes today to get back on track. Go Dukes!

Dixon rolls ankle, limps to bench, not one word from those 2 bozo announcers.  They were talking about a transfer to umass, and couldnt be interrupted. 

They are embarrassing Duquesne.

Dukes couldnt shoot it into the ocean from a boat.  Awful basketball.  Not one good player on this team today. 

Might want to watch 7.  Blue shoes.

Last edited by townsonkid (2/01/2025 3:42 pm)

I can't believe these Dukes actually practice on this court and shoot so bad on it. And if they don't practice on this court instead of their practice gym, then they had better re-think that. It's an embarrassment that they can't hit FT's. No one on this team is any good at the line?  That's not good coaching letting them shoot from the line this bad all season  I'd bet that none of these kids shot FT's this bad before they got to DU.  Most of these loses are self inflicted. 

Last edited by NapaDuke (2/01/2025 4:44 pm)

NapaDuke wrote:

I can't believe these Dukes actually practice on this court and shoot so bad on it. And if they don't practice on this court instead of their practice gym, then they had better re-think that. It's an embarrassment that they can't hit FT's. No one on this team is any good at the line?  That's not good coaching letting them shoot from the line this bad all season  I'd bet that none of these kids shot FT's this bad before they got to DU.  

Will the coaching staff do some teaching about foul shooting? Corbett is the worst of the group. A simple adjustment - start with your shooting hand directly behind the ball - could fix the problem. His shooting hand is on the side of the basketball. That doesn't work!

Last edited by applecorps (2/01/2025 4:52 pm)

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

applecorps wrote:

NapaDuke wrote:

I can't believe these Dukes actually practice on this court and shoot so bad on it. And if they don't practice on this court instead of their practice gym, then they had better re-think that. It's an embarrassment that they can't hit FT's. No one on this team is any good at the line?  That's not good coaching letting them shoot from the line this bad all season  I'd bet that none of these kids shot FT's this bad before they got to DU.  

Will the coaching staff do some teaching about foul shooting? Corbett is the worst of the group. A simple adjustment - start with your shooting hand directly behind the ball - could fix the problem. His shooting hand is on the side of the basketball. That doesn't work!

After playing 106 college games and shooting 398 FT’s, Corbett’s shot is unfixable. In fact, I believe that the Dukes coaching staff trying to fix it may be the reason he is so bad - he doesn’t trust his shot and reverts back to the flying elbow trying to get on track. He has a lot of good qualities, but his inability to fundamentally shoot limits his and the Dukes’ ceiling.

You may be right about it being unfixable, but have you ever seen a decent free-throw shooter release the ball from a way-off-center grip on the back of the ball? Probably not.
 

Last edited by applecorps (2/01/2025 5:28 pm)

I've never seen anyone shoot the ball like Corbett. His form reminds me of Charles Barkley's hitch in his golf swing. Almost like he is double pumping from the line and on every open jumper.

While on the shooting subject, what the hell happened to Necas' shooting ability? I think he has made one jumper, which happened to be today, in the last month. He gives a ton of effort and is very good defensively and on the glass but you need to be able to occasionally put the ball in the basket to play as many minutes as he does. This team doesn't have a lights out scorer to make up for us playing 4 on 5 on the offensive end when he is in there. He was wide open a few times today and didn't even look at the hoop.

Last item on my rant, what has happened to the ball movement this team was playing with a few weeks ago? Dinkins and Corbett are black holes. Once they get the ball they dribble for 15 seconds and the offense stagnates, Max continues to make bad decisions on the offensive end, and as previously mentioned Necas become an offensive liability.

NapaDuke wrote:

I can't believe these Dukes actually practice on this court and shoot so bad on it. And if they don't practice on this court instead of their practice gym, then they had better re-think that. It's an embarrassment that they can't hit FT's. No one on this team is any good at the line?  That's not good coaching letting them shoot from the line this bad all season  I'd bet that none of these kids shot FT's this bad before they got to DU.  Most of these loses are self inflicted. 

Actually Tre Dinkins is a good FT shooter, but as primarily a jump-shooter, he seldom gets to the line.  Corbett goes to the hoop and gets fouled a lot!  Unfortunately, he is a dreadful FT shooter, and gets to the line more than anyone.  Necas has been a good FT shooter historically, but missed a big 1 + 1 today when Duquesne still had a lead, but could never add on beyond 3.  UMASS was pretty bad, and was just waiting to lose until Duquesne just failed to score!

If they lose to Richmond this Wednesday they stink. I have watched Richmond on tv & at Bill & Mary. Terrible team. However, like the UMASS game Coach Martin adjusted at halftime & Coach Joyce as well as the players struggled. The Richmond coach is very good. I do like Coach Joyce upside. After all this is his first year as a head coach. This team needs a point guard next year. The strength of A10 competition has always been the guard play.

Iron duke… I don’t remember much from equalities and inequalities but if I put this in simple terms for me, what can be said is the following per ur post:

We play Richmond - we should win as Richmond stinks

With that said - if Richmond beats Duquesne - then that means Duquesne must S—- also!

No disagreement here!

Ironduke81 wrote:

If they lose to Richmond this Wednesday they stink. I have watched Richmond on tv & at Bill & Mary. Terrible team. However, like the UMASS game Coach Martin adjusted at halftime & Coach Joyce as well as the players struggled. The Richmond coach is very good. I do like Coach Joyce upside. After all this is his first year as a head coach. This team needs a point guard next year. The strength of A10 competition has always been the guard play.

Totally agree that the A-10 is a guard-oriented league. However, it would be nice to see a big get the ball to go through the net once in a while. Thinking of the Bonnies Osunniyi of a few years ago. Not a bad player. Put him on this Dukes team and my guess is we would have a whole lot more wins.