Well it certainly wasn’t pretty, but sitting on 0-5 we didn’t need style points. We just needed a W. Good effort Dukes.

Good things the Bonnies missed some free throws because we sure did. Let's get Grant back to help out the offense and continue playing D like we did today. Start stacking some wins.

The Dukes desperately needed a win and they got one.  End of story.  Let's see if they can get another on Saturday at home against Fordham.

Won that game with defense rather than offense for sure.  Dukes will need to work on inbounds plays and avoiding the trap when they have the ball.  But it  was great to see such an intense defensive effort and to come out on top . Cogratulations to both playes and coaches.

An ugly win is a win!

Let’s beat Forham.

Just knew this wasn't going to be easy!! Cudos to our defense especially in the first half. Sure, Bona missed some open shots here and there but that defense that we threw at them was stifling. We do more of the same, the wins will come. Need Grant back and still curious to see more of Dusan on the court.
GO DUKES, not FLUKES. Think that was for real last night!!

You have to be impressed with the team's grit. No Dae Dae, no great game from Jimmy, & terrible shooting night in the midst of a long losing streak is not an easy set of circumstances to overcome.

NEED to have Dae Dae back & win the next 2 to right the ship.

Albaby wrote:

townsonkid wrote:

i paid for espn+, so I will watch, just wondering what way the Dukes will invent to lose.   Seems we are in every game as of late, but fumble away the chance for the W.   
Part of me wants Grant's 15 ppg back, part of me wants to see more Hronsky, Necas, Nichols and DiMichele.

Necas?????

Nescas does a lot of little things well, especially defensively. You can tell that he has been well coached. However, there is no question that Necas has struggled offensively so far.  In the last 4 games he has played he logged over 45 minutes and only scored 2 points off of 2-4 free throws.  I think a lot of it is gaining his confidence on his three-point shooting which he exclusively seems to be doing.  If I was his coach, however, I would tell him that he needs to use that big, strong, athletic body to drive the ball and post up more like he did in international play.   This kid is a scoring machine ready to explode.He needs to gain confidence and be play to his strengths.  




 

Nice PG article on Jake DiMichele.
From no D-I offers to starting as a walk-on, Jake DiMichele 'just lets it rip' at Duquesne | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

1. Great story
2. Is the author of the story the woman that asks the great questions during the post-game press conferences?
3. I do not recall reading previously that Jake turned down 5 D-1 offers before coming to Duquesne. How many others knew this?

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Nice PG article on Jake DiMichele.
From no D-I offers to starting as a walk-on, Jake DiMichele 'just lets it rip' at Duquesne | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

I read that as Duquesne offered only an academic scholarship while those other 5 schools offered athletic scholarships

lakersnixon wrote:

Good observation about Necas shooting sub 20% from 3-point range.  DiMichele is shooting sub-30% from three on 24 attempts, and Hronsky is shooting 33% over 2 seasons.  Savrasov is also shooting in the low 30's and for some reason no longer plays.

Our opponents have to know we do not shoot well from 3 and prepare accordingly.  Also, this provides our opponents with an easier time putting together schemes to make it difficult for Grant.  Prior to Grant's injury, his 3 point shooting percentage was the lowest of his career.  This is likley due to opponents letting our other wings shoot, while making it very difficult for Grant to get open looks.  Something needs to change.  Either we need to find someone who is a 40% plus 3-point shooter to spread the floor, or we have to make adjustments to get Grant better looks.  On the same note, Rozier is our best 3-point shooter, so it makes sense to try and get him open looks.  He is a very good shooter when he has a good look.  Too much dribbling and not enough ball reversals.  

 

Great observations, but 3 pt shooting late on the shot clock is usually a careless shot and is a lot different then attempting to score early on the clock from designed 3 pt plays.  It doesn't seem to be part of our offense. The Dukes spend too much time and effort feeding the ball to our bigs in the paint and go deep on the shot clock trying, so likely half of our 3 pt shots are just careless attempts to beat the shot clock. Also, we seem to have no one attempting to box out and be in position to rebound 3 pt shots maybe because it's late on the shot clock and not from designed plays.

You should add poor spacing, lack of movement/cutting, half-assed dribble penetration, & bad use of screens to your accurate list of deficiencies. The offense is a mess.

There is plenty of size, athleticism, experience, & talent on this team for it to be otherwise but, the offense remains a mess, mess, mess. After 7 years, it just has to be the coaching.

lakersnixon wrote:

Good observation about Necas shooting sub 20% from 3-point range.  DiMichele is shooting sub-30% from three on 24 attempts, and Hronsky is shooting 33% over 2 seasons.  Savrasov is also shooting in the low 30's and for some reason no longer plays.

Our opponents have to know we do not shoot well from 3 and prepare accordingly.  Also, this provides our opponents with an easier time putting together schemes to make it difficult for Grant.  Prior to Grant's injury, his 3 point shooting percentage was the lowest of his career.  This is likley due to opponents letting our other wings shoot, while making it very difficult for Grant to get open looks.  Something needs to change.  Either we need to find someone who is a 40% plus 3-point shooter to spread the floor, or we have to make adjustments to get Grant better looks.  On the same note, Rozier is our best 3-point shooter, so it makes sense to try and get him open looks.  He is a very good shooter when he has a good look.  Too much dribbling and not enough ball reversals.