Duquesne Game Thread
 

Take care of business this weekend... That is all.

Game is at 12:30 on Saturday Afternoon and will be shown on the NBC Sports Network.

Starting Lineup:
G 1 Mike Lewis II 6’1” 175 FR St. Louis, Missouri
G 3 Tarin Smith 6’2” 180 SO Ocean Township, New Jersey
G 5 Emile Blackman 6’3” 195 GS Dix Hills, New York
F 45 Isiaha Mike 6’8” 200 FR Scarborough, Ontario
F 20 Nakye Sanders 6’8” 225 SO Staten Island, New York

Their 2 freshmen basically lead the way. We know how good Lewis is from the 1st game, he leads the team in scoring just over 13 PPG.

Go UD!

Take care of business applies to both games this week. Cant afford a loss. Go to URI then have to hold serve for a handful of games. Dukes could be good in a couple years. Should be a 12-20 point win Saturday.

FWIW, the spread is UD -17

Darrell once again in the starting lineup

DD playing like a man possessed!

12-6 UD at the 1st timeout... Pollard & Mikesell each with 6

Great assist, great steal!

The Dukies play zero defense.

Sounds like Sir Kendall is going for his 2nd consecutive Golden Award...today it's the Golden Pierogi! A P'burgh specialty.

Cook is not doing the little things. He just doesn't seemed locked in.

Crosby in!!. a
Arch trying to keep it close!

Phoenix in the house! Took a redeye to make the early tip time. Tired but pumped. Let's do this, Flytown!
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18-6 UD with 11:40 left... Great Defense early

Mikesell running layup practice today.

Special thanks for keeping me up on the score and what is happening. Sneaking peaks while in a meeting.

26-11 with 9:30 left... Crosby with a 3

Crosby for another three!!!

Did I just hear correctly....one announcer said that with a healthy Josh back with Cooke, Kendal and Schoochie Dayton is a top 10 team????

It's raining shots...Hallelujah!

Crosby and DD with 3's?

Excuse me while I go buy some lottery tickets. :D

Josh & Big Steve not only Josh... I might agree with that

26 points in the first ten minutes

How many different players have assisted Mikesell on a bucket now? I've counted 4 but that could actually be low!
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30-11 with 7:25 left... there is definitely no D in Duquesne lol

Can we play Duquesne every game? The sophomores seem to like it!

Monumental defensive stand by Dukies, they held us to a jump ball on a layup.

Where was Scoochie driving to. Get him outta there.

OT: ALERT

Jenna Burdette injured out for 3 weeks knee injury.

37-22 with 2:15 left... 11-0 Duquesne run

We are soooooo going to miss Scooch next year

Seriously screws out chances. Do we have another PG that will step up?

There was that classic JC "handle"...Luckily he ended up getting it back.

44-25 at the half... Kendall with 10

Lauren starting a pt gd, so fay handling ball okay but 0-3 in outside shots.

If Dayton rebounded offensively like they did in 2014, Dayton would be about 15th. So with Josh and Big Steve (RIP) totally agree top 15 team.

OT: Update

end 1st qtr UD 17 VCU 10

Lauren starting pt gd, Jayla her backup.

Kyle and Mikesell with two terrible quick shots.

56-31 with 14:30 left... KP tries to complete the and 1 after the TO

so far 17 assists on 23 FGs, not bad lol

OT: Update UD 31 VCU 21 half.

Midway through 2nd qtr Shauna switched Kelley to pt gd as LC was losing ball under full court pressure. Not playing bad though, Kelley just more experienced.

Good news is we only have 7 turnovers for the half. Really good without Jenna

Sandwich, Sandwich!!!

62-34 with 11:40 left

Next game I want everyone to post everytime KD does something to affect the game, especially the little things that don't necessarily make the box score.

hope we play the walkons

DD seems to be heating up at the right time.

Well you got Landers so the walk-ins are not far behind.

You are going to get that wish, as even Landers is in.

OT: Update

Was told VCU game video is free for those who want to watch the ladies after the mens game.

Is Landers' shirt too small because everytime he gets in his shirt is always untucked.

in a laugher Crosby still doing crahy stuff

72-36 with 7:25 left

Ran a play for Landers. That is where this game has gone to.

Love me some blowout
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Are you watching the same game?

Crosby with another three and a steal.

If there was ever a game for Bonsu to score, this would be it lol

thanks for the update but you sure you are hitting the right keys --double Duquesne?

Next you are going to tell me Crosby is having a great game.

Crosby showing some signs of offensive life. KD killing it as always
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Then again...
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84-41 with 3:10 left

come on Arch put in the walk ons. this is embarrassing

How about these stats:

9 pts on 4-9, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 turnovers and no steals in 28 minutes

8 pts on 3-6, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers and a steal in 17 minutes

90-53 final

You're not really trying to compare SS and JC are you?

I thought JC had a really solid game. Btw, he is now 7-14 from 3 on the year.

One thing to consider about the lack of walkon play is something I heard VCU coach Will Wade talking about in a recent interview.

These advanced metrics (beyond the RPI) such as KPI, kenpom, and Sagarin all consider margin of victory. As Wade explained it, if Kenpom says you should win by 15 and you win by 12, then it will actually hurt you in his standings.

Today's kenpom line was UD by 19. If UD wins by 25, it helps a little. If UD wins by 40, it helps more. It may not help much more, but for coaches that try to control everything they can and get every advantage they can, playing walk-ons who may let Duquesne score 10 quick points in the last 2 minutes might not be worth it.

Until the NCAA tells them that margin of victory won't be considered in any matrix that is used, expect to see Archie and other coaches play walk-ons less at the end of the games. Don't blame Archie. He doesn't get paid to make sure the walk-ons play. He gets paid to win NCAA Tournament games and if beating Duquesne by 40+ has any chance of moving UD up one seed line on selection Sunday, he will try to do it.

He did play better today but to even think that he is anywhere near Scoochie's level is ridiculous. And BTW he ended up with 4 turnovers.

Which is why I'm not a huge fan of the analytics. They don't always tell the story of a game for many reasons but I will also take that team that doesn't statistically wow you but just wins any way they can.

JC had four tos against a terrible team. Always out of control he punctuated his difficulty playing point with the pic six at end of game.

Crosby DID have a great game, considering how he's struggled at times I've seen flashes of ability before and he showed it today. Yes, he had some turn-overs, but he also had 8 pts, 3 assists and 2 rebs. Plus occasional fancy footwork to avoid turnovers and get away from his man. Nobody's perfect, especially sophomores, but he will be fine in the long run. Remember how we groaned at London Warren? Yikes, a total spazola for 2 1/2 years, but turned out to be a great asset to the team. Basketball is not an all or nothing game.. It's a process.
Now it's time to blow St. Joe's back to Philly, taking Whiner Martelli and that annoying hawk with them. :D

Crosby has so much athletic ability. Duquesne runs the alley-oop to their big guy out of a timeout - and it was Crosby who got up to break it up at the rim. That was a serious athletic play by a point guard.

I cannot appreciate more what Kyle Davis brings to this team. Anybody who has ever picked up a basketball has to love the way he plays the game.

Hmmmm...:D
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Time Capsule?
 

Take the DVR of this game and put it in a Time Capsule. They Flyers played great.

I can't remember ever watching a college game where neither team was in the bonus in either half. And in today's climate, that's basically a miracle. I think that shows Duquesne's general disinterest in yesterday's game.