Thanks bluffhunter. Need this one.

Ready to be embarrassed at home again, except this time it is on national TV.

There was a lot to like about this win. We got ahead and stayed there. The zone late in the second half was very good defense. We made open threes all day. And today's substitution kept up the defensive effort. JD's team just beat a decent team by a comfortable margin. Our first home win in the A-10 season, though we should have won the other 4 home games if we had played them this well. I hope they just found that balance of offense and defense like this game going forward.

Last edited by NapaDuke (2/01/2026 3:12 pm)

Gotta love the FT shooting.

Coach Dru clearly out coached Archie. Finally, looks like he is limiting his bench to 8 players. After all it’s February in the A10. Keep up the defense intensity with the designated  8. GM on the road big task. Unfortunately, the A10 has an interest to get as many at large bids. Go Dukes.

Impressive work by the entire team today! When URI tried to climb back in the 2nd half the Dukes matched their run with clutch play to end their hopes and win easily. 
Great Free Throw and 3-point shooting made the final margin, but the Dukes also controlled the boards except for a mold lapse in the second half. 
The zone was a big factor today, but the “man” was better as well, and that still needs to be the primary defense with the zone being used as needed
Nice work by DJ today.  Archie had no answers, and in general in my opinion people assume he is some coaching genius because he is a Miller.  At least today, I didn’t see any magic from URI.

It was finally great and refreshing to see the Dukes play a complete defensive game.  Had they played defense like that in some of the other games, we would see more "W's".  Definitely a concerted effort on defense, both man and zone.  The zone is fun to see with A. Williams or Necas playing the top of that zone, their length makes it difficult.

I hope Necas is ok, banged up at the end.  

Also, glad to see the shortened bench like a lot of us have been asking for.  

Nice to get a A-10 Home win, pretty good crowd, hopefully that helps moving forward. 

If Jimmie and TG continue to do their thing, and Duquesne can get contributions from A. Williams (12 pts.), Necas (8 pts.), Hall (6 pts.) and DiMichele (8 pts.) they can win more games.  Crawford and Max seem to be the odd men out.

Sincere -noncombative comment:  I don't know what those stats tell us for that particular game.  I love stats but we know they can be misleading.  Other than the airball Jake shot, he had a couple of nice shots and definitely did better on defense.  Dixon had No points, 5 fouls, I think only 3 rebounds and yes he was on the bench a lot, but did little to contribute when he was in.  Hugley played most of the game and if I had to give him a letter grade it would be a B minus.  I agree with all of the rest...just my opinion.

Last edited by FAM (2/02/2026 12:42 pm)

I lied our effort and think the direction of the team is getting better.  We are all hoping that continues.  If this team gets hit and learns to play the right kind of basketball together they could cause some problems for opposing teams.  I like the change up with hall in the lineup too.

I'd say this much. If this DJ team shows up at GM and gets a win, then the A-10 in Pgh is an open tourny. Win at GM and the rest of the season is in our grasp.