Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / Game Thread - Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (A10 Tournament)

**Posted by BluffHunter** 3/11/2025 9:32 pm

The time has come... It is the Atlantic Tournament and the Duquesne Dukes drew the #9 seed, facing rival #8 Saint Bonaventure in the second round. The game takes place Thursday, March 13th at 11:30 AM EST in the Capital One Arena in Washington DC. This is March!!

#9 Duquesne (13-18)(8-10)
#8 Saint Bonaventure (21-10)(9-9)

Coverage on USA Network with Zac Collinsworth, Dr. John Giannini, and Kim Adams
Radio 104.7 HD2 with Ray Goss and Noah Buono

KenPom:
#131 Duquesne (13-18)(8-10) Best wins vs. #66 UC Irvine, #78 Saint Joseph's, #101 Saint Bonaventure
#101 Saint Bonaventure (21-10)(9-9) Best wins vs. #30 VCU, #73 Dayton, #94 Providence
https://kenpom.com

NET:
#144 Duquesne
#96 Saint Bonaventure
https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings

Haslametrics:
#129 Duquesne - 64
#93 Saint Bonaventure - 66
https://haslametrics.com/preview.php?yr=&tid1=4391&tid2=381&neut=1

BartTorvik:
#125 Duquesne - 62
#88 Saint Bonaventure - 65
https://www.barttorvik.com/trank.php?&year=2025&t1l=Duquesne&t2l=St.+Bonaventure#

Duquesne Preview:
https://goduquesne.com/news/2025/3/11/mens-basketball-dukes-bonnies-square-off-in-atlantic-10-championship.aspx

A10 Tournament Bracket:
https://atlantic10.com/documents/2025/3/8//25MBB_Bracket.pdf

Betting:
Duquesne +104, +1.5
Saint Bonaventure -125
Over/Under 129.5

GO DUKES!!!

Last edited by BluffHunter (3/12/2025 12:28 pm)

**Posted by BluffHunter** 3/12/2025 12:27 pm

Betting line has come out:
Duquesne +104, +1.5
Saint Bonaventure -125
Over/Under 129.5

**Posted by Rayrich** 3/12/2025 6:41 pm

Go Dukes! Have a good feeling about this one and the next.

**Posted by WashPaRick** 3/13/2025 7:22 am

Let's give em 40 minutes of maximum effort and see what happens.

**Posted by Ironduke81** 3/13/2025 8:27 am

BluffHunter wrote:
Betting line has come out:
Duquesne +104, +1.5
Saint Bonaventure -125
Over/Under 129.5

I would take the money line. Dukes got shutout of ALL of the A10 season awards. Not suprised. Maybe next year.

Last edited by Ironduke81 (3/13/2025 8:34 am)

**Posted by BluffHunter** 3/13/2025 9:02 am

Ironduke81 wrote:
BluffHunter wrote:
Betting line has come out:
Duquesne +104, +1.5
Saint Bonaventure -125
Over/Under 129.5
I would take the money line. Dukes got shutout of ALL of the A10 season awards. Not suprised. Maybe next year.

Jackie Johnson felt he was snubbed, and went off on the way to a Fordham victory yesterday.

**Posted by BluffHunter** 3/13/2025 9:03 am

Today is the day!!! ITS TOURNEY TIME!

**Posted by NapaDuke** 3/13/2025 9:06 am

BluffHunter wrote:
Ironduke81 wrote:
BluffHunter wrote:
Betting line has come out:
Duquesne +104, +1.5
Saint Bonaventure -125
Over/Under 129.5
I would take the money line. Dukes got shutout of ALL of the A10 season awards. Not suprised. Maybe next year.
Jackie Johnson felt he was snubbed, and went off on the way to a Fordham victory yesterday.

I would like to see Max to light up the score board today.

**Posted by DuqLaw95** 3/13/2025 11:03 am

Wilborn is so good.

**Posted by townsonkid** 3/13/2025 11:18 am

Yes, he is. He's not timid either. That block was awesome.

**Posted by MikeR** 3/13/2025 11:19 am

Nicely done closing out the half.

**Posted by WashPaRick** 3/13/2025 11:26 am

Keep doing what your doing on D.

**Posted by DuqLaw95** 3/13/2025 12:02 pm

Falling apart here. Need to start scoring.

**Posted by townsonkid** 3/13/2025 12:07 pm

All it takes is an tiny bit of full court pressure and we collapse. Then there is the pressure outside of the 3 pt line causing turnovers, looking like clowns. And awful shot selection, no desire to go inside. And we got a close game.
SNAP OUT OF IT!!!

**Posted by DuqLaw95** 3/13/2025 12:20 pm

Unbelievable. Man, I miss last years team.

**Posted by FAM** 3/13/2025 12:28 pm

Dru's first year. He worked hard. Hopefully in his second year he will learn how to win close games.

**Posted by townsonkid** 3/13/2025 12:34 pm

Wow, that was hard to watch. SBU shot lights out down the stretch, but DU blew it on offense. I guess SBU deserved to win, they are coached better and took advantage of the stupid things we do on the court. That offense game plan needs thrown in the garbage and develop something new/better this offseason.

Get to 2025-26 season ASAP.

Last edited by townsonkid (3/13/2025 12:34 pm)

**Posted by WashPaRick** 3/13/2025 12:35 pm

Ouch.That hurt.

**Posted by Albaby** 3/13/2025 12:36 pm

C'mon, face it, we were definitely outcoached. We had the superior talent with a superior bench.

**Posted by NapaDuke** 3/13/2025 12:36 pm

Got a bit out coached in the second half. I hope to see all these kids back next year. But we could really use a couple of point guards. Max was great, but they covered him the second half and I don't think Hronski got a 3 shot off in the second half. Great half-time adjustments for the Bonnies. Dinkins rim-out foul shots at the end really hurt us.

**Posted by DuqLaw95** 3/13/2025 12:38 pm

Fitting end to an embarrassing season. I really thought we were destined for continued success after last year. Now I'm starting to think it was a flash in the pan.

**Posted by BluffHunter** 3/13/2025 12:46 pm

Absolute collapse. Feels bad.

**Posted by levon1975** 3/13/2025 1:21 pm

No “closers” on this team. Really missed Jake to steady the team when things go South. I don’t know what will transpire before next season, but changes are needed.
Hoping to see a team with more offensive potential next season. I can’t wait another 47 years.

**Posted by luckymcd** 3/13/2025 1:32 pm

DuqLaw95 wrote:
Fitting end to an embarrassing season. I really thought we were destined for continued success after last year. Now I'm starting to think it was a flash in the pan.

I think embarrassing is a bit extreme. We've all seen plenty of embarrassing basketball on the Bluff, I don't think this team fits that description. Disappointing certainly is appropriate though. The talent on the roster indicated way more than 13 wins.

I'm certainly not giving up on Dru, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't having some of the same thoughts about squandering our success of last season. He made some great in-game adjustments over the course of the season for a coach of any experience level; but he has a long way to go in endgame situations. Close games are the ones that coaching really matters in, and our performance was terrible. Including today we went 2-12 in games decided by 6 or less.

First year coaches rarely excel. I always go back to Saban's first year at Alabama when they lost to Louisiana-Monroe. It usually is more about setting the course for the future than winning from day one. I thought we'd be further along by this point though.

Last edited by luckymcd (3/13/2025 1:34 pm)

**Posted by indygjm** 3/13/2025 2:38 pm

And yet again, another late game collapse and concerns about end game coaching. I hope DJ learns and improves for next year. It sure seemed our talent level was better than our record. But, at least we are in a better position than some. Rhode Island would kill for our size and Archie Miller still hasn't won a tournament game in 3 years.

On a separate topic, with the trend for college teams hiring GMs today, is that something Duquesne is considering?