Game is also on SportsNet Pittsburgh for your convenience.

Another team from the MAAC; Sacred Heart projected to finish in upper third of league whereas Niagara was projected to finish at or near the bottom.

Just hearing that the beat the Merchant Marine Academy brought back memories/nightmares of our old coach, Danny Nee; who coached them for a few years after the Dukes parted ways with him.

Expecting the Pioneers to be hoisting the 3 ball tonight, Half of their first game shots were 3.s and they hit almost 40% of them.

Team shoots like they’re all blindfolded.

Washparick4 wrote:

Hoping for a better performance in the second half.

Your hope was fulfilled, Rick.
 

My pitt friend said they had a scoreboard on their game.  So not having one was Duquesne’s fault?
Glad it was a close game until the last 4 minutes.  Need some pressure moments.   
Hughley was beastly.

applecorps wrote:

Kind of accustomed to seeing the running score of the game while watching. What's up with ESPN?

These are ESPN in name only.  Duquesne is in charge of the production.  There were no graphics all game. Not really a shock then.

At the opener, the scoreboard at the game didn’t list the name of the school Niagara until well into the second half.   The scoreboard listed a bunch of scrambled letters for Niagara until corrected with about 10 minutes to play. 

It’s Duquesne, we can only expect so much.  Lol

Last edited by DuqBlue (11/07/2025 9:58 pm)

applecorps wrote:

Kind of accustomed to seeing the running score of the game while watching. What's up with ESPN?

For what it is worth --  at one point I had the ESPN+ package on my computer and the Pittsburgh Sports Net on the television to  see if EITHER had the Scoreboard and Game Clock..  PSN was about 1-2 seconds behind but NEITHER had the clock or a scoreboard.

SkepticAl wrote:

applecorps wrote:

Kind of accustomed to seeing the running score of the game while watching. What's up with ESPN?

For what it is worth --  at one point I had the ESPN+ package on my computer and the Pittsburgh Sports Net on the television to  see if EITHER had the Scoreboard and Game Clock..  PSN was about 1-2 seconds behind but NEITHER had the clock or a scoreboard.

They are the same broadcast.

I thought the coach subbed in too early with five different players that stopped our momentum in the first half. I thought he did a better job in the second half especially keeping everyone out of foul trouble early. The refs called too many fouls on little contact but they were consistent and hurt both teams. I think last years team would have lost tonight, but this team is way deeper in talent and won by a decent score. The game at Villanova is the big one to see how good this team is.

Last edited by NapaDuke (11/08/2025 9:22 am)

What a strange game. Never really got into a true rhythm. 

I can't imagine that Max saw himself in his current role for his senior year/5th overall year in college, but I feel good about the role he has played in these first 2 games. 

If he scores 8-10 points a game over 16-18 minutes a night while being a tough rebounder & shrewd facilitator who takes great care of the ball, he will be among the highest-contributing bench players in the league. 

I think the more the Dukes run, the more easy baskets & foul shots he will get. I believe in him as a FT shooter despite tonight's 1-4 performance.