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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09092/960066-135.stm Think AJAX will have a good showing here??? -- lilpav30, Thursday, April 02, 11:41:45pm
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- I can't imagine a player working harder to impress at this camp than Aaron. His skills are borderline and he is still a little rough by NBA standards. However, he has a rare set of intangibles that include leadership, work rate and ethic, intensity, ambition and unselfishness that are hard to find in a primadonna league like the NBA. I'm sure these values will help him stand appart from the rest. (NT) -- Steve19981, Friday, April 03, 12:00:36am
- If any sports writers are reading this, especially a couple that said Lavance Fields is one of the best PG's in the country, well I'm here to tell you that he wasn't even the best PG in the CITY. Pitt with Ajax would never have lost in the round of 8 (NT) -- Apluski, Friday, April 03, 12:13:24am
  - pitt would've never gotten to the elite 8 with aaron jackson as point guard, because he never would've passed the ball to sam young or dejuan blair. instead, he would've held the ball for the entire possession and then jacked up a 3 pointer. not the type of basketball pitt plays. fields was a perfect fit at pg for that team. and it's not just local media singing his praises, he has been named honorable mention all-america by several national media outlets. no doubt, jackson is a better pro prospect, but in terms of a college point guard, levance blows him away. (NT) -- are you kidding?, Friday, April 03, 09:18:20am
    - Not sure what team YOU watched. You sure you're not thinking abut Kojo Mensah? (NT) -- MFE08, Friday, April 03, 09:40:59am
    - "Are you kidding," had you watched AJ play on a consistent basis, you'd know that he att. less 3-pters than Fields and shot 56 pct. overall to Fields' 39. Jax avg. 19 pts. Fields 11. Both teams had 3 players avg. double figs. Fields had more asts. but Jax still avg. 5.7 with his high scoring avg. That's hardly holding the ball and jacking 3s. You're a typical Pitt fan exclusively. Pitt certainly has the best program around, but it's not the only good one these days. Penn St. just won its 27th game. Wake up. Then maybe you can call yourself a real college bkt fan instead of just a Pitt fan. (NT) -- Bill, Friday, April 03, 11:24:09am
      - if you are comparing penn st winning the not in tournament to an elite 8 run, then you have problems. all i'm saying is that fields was a better true pg than jackson. now, if you'd put jackson at shooting guard on pitt in place of jermaine dixon, then that would be scary. (NT) -- are you kidding?, Friday, April 03, 11:27:51am
        
        Ok...so I get it...we have a superiority complex. Because he was on an Elite 8 team he must be better than someone from an NIT team. (NT) -- Rogabee, Friday, April 03, 02:20:27pm
    - I'd still rather AJAX over Fields in a heartbeat. (NT) -- Tony84, Friday, April 03, 07:28:39pm
- Was Phil Ford better than Norm Nixon? NOT -- Stew, Friday, April 03, 04:31:01am
  - The NBA is full of guys you never heard of in college. Guys who played for crappy teams. Mike James for example. There is a guy having a successful NBA career, who played for Pitt. Is it Brandin Knight, or Carl Krauser, or Chris Taft, all of whom played on ranked teams? No, it's Mark Blount, who played in obscurity for a crappy Pitt team. If you have the goods, the NBA will find you. (NT) -- duq81, Friday, April 03, 02:36:23pm
    - couldn't help but to comment on this one. ralph willard brought in a ton of talent when he was at pitt, mark blount included. at the time he was recruited, it was considered a huge coup for pitt because he was so highly rated, vonteego cummings was in the same category. problem was, he didn't know how to coach that talent, kinda like john carroll at duquesne around the same time. anyway guys, it's been fun, thanks for keeping me entertained at work on a boring friday afternoon. (NT) -- are you kidding?, Friday, April 03, 03:02:58pm
- I'm sorry but I must have missed Fields name on this list of players invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Virginia. Pro scouts evaluated players on skill and ability and what they observed in COLLEGE play. They project from that point. Ajax is being considered a prospect--is Fields? It's just more of that Pittsburgh bull**** that we have to read that if it concerns Pitt, then it's always the best. Re-look at the stats that Bill pointed out and tell me Fields is the best? These sports writers were saying Fields is the best in the country? Why? He played at Pitt. (NT) -- Apluski, Friday, April 03, 02:15:36pm
  - most important stat for a point guard is assist to turnover ratio, tell me how jackson compares to fields in that category. i am not suggesting that fields is a better pro prospect than jackson, he most certainly is not. he was a better college point guard though. (NT) -- are you kidding?, Friday, April 03, 02:44:19pm
    - Assists are a lot easier to get when all you have to do is dump the ball down to Dejuan Blair or give Sam Young a three point shot. Ajax had to work a lot harder by constantly drawing multiple defenders and then dish, plus, Duquesne runs a fast-paced game that allows more turnovers than Pitt's slow half court game. (NT) -- duqfan14, Friday, April 03, 04:03:15pm
      - Actually, Jackson maintained a 2-1 assist to turnover ration pretty much his whole career. He even had that during the 3-24 disaster, which is one of the reasons I got on his bandwagon early. As for Jackson playing for Pitt, the Pitt guy is right about one thing, AJax wouldn't bump LV, he would join him in the backcourt, and Pitt wouldn't have lost a game. -- duq, Friday, April 03, 08:07:01pm
  - According to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament website, Levance Fields will be playing for the Cherry, Belcaert, Holland team. Aaron will be playing for the Portsmouth Partnership & interestingly is teamed up with A. D. Vassallo of VA Tech. Aaron's team plays its 1st game on Apr 8 @ 9 PM vs Tidewater Sealants who has Alex Ruoff of WVU. Sam Young will play for Portsmouth Sports Club which also has Goran Suton of Mich St. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Sunday, April 05, 04:11:07pm
- "Are You Kidding" :if, as these Pittsburgh writers commented, Fields is the best PG in the country, then shouldn't even One of the top college players like Field make someone's All-America list, or All-Anybody's list or even the all Big-East list? Afterall, they said he's the BESTin the country! . Last thought: The top college center, the top college 2-guard , the top power forward in college ball and the top shooting or small forward in college ball will probably all play in the NBA. So I assurme since Fields is the "best" PG in college in the country, we should see him in the NBA as well. (NT) -- Apluski, Friday, April 03, 04:47:13pm
  - Levance won't even smell the NBA. (NT) -- Me, Friday, April 03, 08:24:03pm
    - Fields isn't NBA material, but he's still a damn good college player. Christian Laettner was only a journeyman in the NBA, but he was certainly an all time great in college. (NT) -- duq81, Saturday, April 04, 08:26:28am
Not a student bashing post! -- A83, Thursday, April 02, 09:52:00am
I attended a college job fair yesterday trying to sell college students on the opportunities (or actually lack there of due to the ecomony) at the Big Time Company that employees me. I met with 16 Duquesne students and all were well prepared for the fair and I am sure they will all be very successful. As an icebreaker for the first DU student, I asked "What did you think of the Atlantic Ten tournament?" Blank stare from the first student. She had no clue what I was talking about. I moved on with another topic.

I asked that question to every other DU student I spoke with. Not one student (10 men and 6 women) had a clue what the A-10 tournament was. Just one blank stare after another.

I am not doing this to bash the students, rather more to thank the students that do attend.

I had no idea what an uphill battle that GA and the Red and Blue Crew members are fighting.

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- Hire the first one who can talk intelligently about basketball. She or he is more likely to be a well-rounded person. Unless you're going to stick them in a lab or at a calculator where they never speak to other human beings, the students who spend all their time with their noses buried deep in their books are going to lack social skills. Just my opinion. (NT) -- El Duque, Thursday, April 02, 12:57:28pm
  - Actually, I would have. I was at a job fair with no current openings. Paid for the booth already. (NT) -- A83, Thursday, April 02, 01:21:19pm
- Student attendance will be a huge topic this coming season. (NT) -- Bummer3341, Thursday, April 02, 01:24:32pm
  - Don't limit it to students. Overall attendance will be a huge topic. (NT) -- A83, Thursday, April 02, 01:43:09pm
- Just my overall opinion...but I think you will more student attendance but relatively the same attendance from non-students. (NT) -- WEB, Thursday, April 02, 02:02:39pm
  - I can see that. It should be easier to bring the students back than the casual fans. (NT) -- A83, Thursday, April 02, 02:11:47pm
    - A lot of this will be the efforts of the new exec board of the Crew? Anyone know is the new president, etc.? (NT) -- WEB, Thursday, April 02, 02:17:47pm
      - Web, the president of the crew is the same as last year, i could not run due to being at duq for only the fall semester. soo..lol (NT) -- Viking04, Thursday, April 02, 02:55:19pm
        
        What year are you viking? (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 03:04:13pm
        
        I am a senior, i have one more semester which is fall 09, i will be graduating in dec 09. and no that threat to red and blue crew about the consitution, nothing ever happened, from my knowledge, never heard from anyone and nobody decided to run against the incumbent president. (NT) -- Viking04, Thursday, April 02, 04:25:27pm
        
        Okie doke then. Thanks for your hard work this year!!! Best of luck to the exec board...we'll need you guys!!! (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 04:57:43pm
        
        I will be the Marketing Director next year. I'll do my best to get the word out. (NT) -- Reg's Boi, Thursday, April 02, 06:54:25pm
        
        Nice!! I have faith in both you and viking to do what you can. Great job this year!! I know you guys did what you could...keep it going!! (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 09:29:24pm
        
        Grad school. Not for basketball. Economy's tough and you (and all my other student friends here) need every advantage you can get. Best of luck!!! (NT) -- El Duque, Friday, April 03, 05:45:07am
        
        So does this mean that the big scary challenge to the RBC's charter didn't pan out? (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, April 02, 04:04:54pm
  - chicken or the egg? If students can "rock the house" the casual fan will come too. TV games need to be packed house, make it look/sound/feel as if its the place to be. The Pitt game should be a crazy and loud atmosphere. (NT) -- thomas, Thursday, April 02, 03:04:30pm
    - Attractive opponents will draw big crowds, provided we keep winning. Less attractive teams will struggle to draw decent crowds. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, April 02, 04:03:35pm
    - I heard the Pitt people want the game moved to the mellon arena for a final good bye. Here's hoping Amodio doesnt cave. (NT) -- WEB, Thursday, April 02, 04:36:54pm
      - Seconded. (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 04:58:13pm
      - Given how Jamie Dixon refused to move this season's Dukes-Pitt game one day to accommodate local TV coverage, and Pitt's behind the scene opposition to the Dukes' getting games broadcast on a Clear Channel radio station, I say s _ _ _ _ 'em if they want to move the game to the Mellon Arena! Of course if Pitt is willing to allow the Dukes the lion's share of the gate for moving next season's game to the Mellon Arena, and the Dukes-Pitt game the following year (in 2010) is played at the Palumbo, maybe its worth considering. (NT) -- Always a Duke, Thursday, April 02, 05:00:39pm
        
        No chance of that. (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 05:05:32pm
      - Hmm, they always want to move our home game. Nope, sorry! (NT) -- A83, Thursday, April 02, 08:26:23pm
      - Let them say good-bye with Georgetown. (NT) -- Mysterio, Thursday, April 02, 10:28:57pm
        
        The Arena was OUR home court for many years. Maybe we should look to play one last game there (not the Pitt game). (NT) -- duq81, Friday, April 03, 07:22:38am
        
        I say no to a game at Mellon Arena for "old time's sake." -- VBC, Friday, April 03, 07:57:12am
        
        If some major power agreed to play us in Pittsburgh at Mellon Arena next year, you really wouldn't do it? (NT) -- MikeR, Friday, April 03, 11:58:55am
        
        If John Calipari calls Greg Amodio tomorrow and asks if we can do a home and home with Kentucky because he wants his players to have the experience of playing in the Pittsburgh Civic Arena before it is torn down I would be happy to make an exception. Same thing if Ben Howland wants to bring in UCLA. But somehow I don't think Greg's phone will be ringing with such proposals. (NT) -- VBC, Friday, April 03, 02:23:28pm
        
        More likely they'd be asking for their home game this year and to play at the new arena later... (NT) -- Rogabee, Friday, April 03, 02:43:25pm
        
        Didn't Villanova play a game at the Spectrum this year. I'd hardly call the Arena "the projects". The Civic Arena era was vastly better than the Palumbo era. Sorry, it just was. (NT) -- duq81, Friday, April 03, 04:40:21pm
        
        The Sixers and Flyers both played a game at the Spectrum this year as their final games there. The arena era was much better than the Palumbo era. I don't agree with moving Pitt. But a non-conference game or a Saturday night A-10 game would be great IMO. (NT) -- A83, Friday, April 03, 05:01:52pm
        
        I just don't see the attraction of going to the arena for a game. -- VBC, Friday, April 03, 05:41:14pm
        
        I guess I am just an old sap. I certainly see your points. (NT) -- A83, Friday, April 03, 05:57:22pm
        And mabe a high profile game at Mellon arena would get national TV interest and be a money maker. But that's just crazy talk. To hell with Strength of Schedule issues. Come on Colonials, We're gunning for you Red Flash, Welcome to the Palumbo House of Pain, Here us roar! (NT) -- Another man of vision, Friday, April 03, 08:26:09pm
        
        Just curious: are you serious or trying to be funny? (NT) -- Mysterio, Sunday, April 05, 12:24:20pm
        
        I was seriously trying to be funny. Since that didn't work, I'll try to be serious... -- Vision, Sunday, April 05, 01:21:55pm
- So Jeanette is the new president? Did you have anyone turn out for the elections? A83, you have NO IDEA how bad it was the first year we started this. I literally sat in the lobbies of every dorm for nights asking people to join. Most barely knew we had a team, and those that did thought it was absurd to request ten dollars to join. (NT) -- Simms, Thursday, April 02, 04:48:21pm
  - Things were only slightly better the second year. Stuff got set back due to the leadership that year. Those involved know who was at fault. (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, April 02, 05:02:11pm
  - I have some idea Doug...tho not to the extent I'm sure is needed. We do truly appreciate what you've done. You are in my prayers here...GET BETTER!!! (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 05:12:42pm
  - jeanette is was the president this past year and no one ran against her so she will be the president for this coming year as well MFE08. ... (NT) -- Viking04, Thursday, April 02, 06:03:04pm
    - Yeah, I was referencing the year before her. (NT) -- MFE08, Thursday, April 02, 07:47:53pm
  - How are you doing Doug? (NT) -- A83, Thursday, April 02, 06:03:56pm
    - We haven't heard from Doug in awhile. Doug, are you out of the hospital? (NT) -- Check in with us., Friday, April 03, 08:34:43am
- IDEA!!!! -- goduquesne12, Thursday, April 02, 09:20:36pm
- These students need a good bashing -- LouieLouie, Friday, April 03, 09:37:22am
  - Did you support the past BS? If so, Louie, blame yourself! We've been irrelevant for so long. You have no idea what its about and you have no right to speak to a situation that you are, apparently, so ignorant about. (NT) -- MFE08, Friday, April 03, 09:39:50am
- I think the culture needs to change starting with the incoming classes. I don't think you can do much to change the mindset of the present group who are unaccustomed to having a team that is competitive on a national level. They did not come to Duquesne expecting to participate in the rebirth of a basketball program. As the program becomes more prominent incoming students who appreciate basketball will be attracted to the University. You won't need to pull teeth to get them out to the games. So it will take some time to change the culture. (NT) -- Jules, Friday, April 03, 10:08:34am
  - You're right on the money there, Jules. (NT) -- VBC, Friday, April 03, 10:45:11am
    - When i was a member of the exec board the first year of the crew, i told several people that exact thought. I said it would take about 5 years for the crew to actually work because everyone that was accustomed to only losing needed to graduate. i think by year 6 of the crew you will see it packed for basically every game. (NT) -- WEB, Friday, April 03, 11:14:30am
  - Lets not forget, next year at least 1/2 the students will have been at DU for winning basketball teams. If we can win 20 the next 2 seasons, losing will no longer be an excuse. (NT) -- thomas, Friday, April 03, 03:05:13pm
    - We're seeing the beginnings of it already. Temple didn't attract the same size crowd as Xavier did, but the crew was there in force, enthusiastic, and in Dionte Christmas's head as soon as he air-balled. There wasn't a big push for that game, not like there was for Xavier. What we need to do is tweak the schedule around spring/christmas breaks. That, or DU needs to change the dorm move-out policy around those times. (NT) -- MFE08, Friday, April 03, 03:50:48pm
      - Most schools try not to schedule many games over break. Kids would go home at Christmas whether the dorms were open or not. Play a cupcake or two while the students are gone. (NT) -- duq81, Friday, April 03, 04:44:42pm
        
        have maybe a sunday game later, 7pm the day people come back from break rather than that Saturday. Get game on tv, the students will show up if on tv(like punch and pie) (NT) -- thomas, Friday, April 03, 04:53:47pm
        
        Uh, you do realize that Duquesne is located in Pittsburgh. Sundays in January = Steelers vs Ratbirds, or some other such riff raff, in that annual religious festival known as the NFL Playoffs. (NT) -- duq81, Saturday, April 04, 08:16:52am
  - Yeah, what he said. (NT) -- Tejas Duke, Sunday, April 05, 02:41:14am
- I'm doing okay. I'm on home IVs and on lots of antibiotics. The flu coupled with Cystic Fibrosis really messed me up. Apparently my germs are smart and are resistant to basically every antibiotic. I'm optimisitic though. BTW, the entire team (everyone, even Ray and George) visited me at the hospital on their way to the NIT. It was one of the most amazing and heartwarming things anyone has ever done! Donations to the athletic dept. are coming! (NT) -- Simms, Friday, April 03, 04:01:52pm
  - Wow, what a great visit!! I am glad to hear you are home and you are in all of our prayers! We need you on your feet for the next season opener. (NT) -- A83, Friday, April 03, 06:02:34pm
  - Get well brother! (NT) -- doggy, Saturday, April 04, 12:22:59pm
- good to hear you're hanging in their doug. BTW there just needs to be an aknowledgement of the team by the entire university in general. The freshmen newsletters that the parents get every 2 weeks failed to mention the basketball games but listed the volleyball, wrestling (ect.). Also, those who do the tours must really talk up the team. Make it seem like it's the thing to do around campus. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Saturday, April 04, 05:44:23pm
Anybody watch Coley from Charlotte in the dunk contest?? I remember at the home game this year when Damian had this huge dunk right over Coley!! -- lilpav30, Friday, April 03, 10:48:36pm
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Did I read that Lance Jeter is 230 pounds? Shades of Levance Fields before weight watchers. I don't think Lance could have kept up in the Dukes' up tempo style. So let"s go out and get a great point guard to suppliament Evans and run our up-tempo game. -- Apluski, Thursday, April 02, 09:10:17am
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- I made a joke about wanting the high school Jeter and not the fat Jeter two months ago and no one seemed to get it. (NT) -- Steve19981, Thursday, April 02, 09:21:47am
- Lancewould have been a great fit for this team. I am dissapointed we did not get him. He is a big point guard who is very quick, and very good in getting the ball to his teammates (average 4.6 assists per game). I am sure Ron has some other very good options. (NT) -- CLK, Thursday, April 02, 09:24:29am
- Ron also would've had to have an all-you-can-eat table in the locker room, too. The Lance Jeter you're talking about was high school. At 230, and 6' 3 you plod and play a half court game. I'm sure he's a good shooter but with the Dukes' up and down style of ball--I really don't think so (NT) -- Apluski, Thursday, April 02, 05:14:43pm
  - No the Lance Jeter that I am talking about is nicknamed "Sweet Jete," who averaged 15.6 points, 4.6 assists and 1.9 steals for Polk and was voted the Suncoast Conference player of the year. Please give Ron some credit that he knows what he is doing. (NT) -- CLK, Thursday, April 02, 06:35:48pm
- It doesn't suprise me that "sweets" would be in his nickname. The stats can be done in a half court offense. Your comment that Jeter is "very quick"... at 230? Ajax was quick, Jackson from two years ago was quick--Jeter is not "quick" I'm sure Ron wanted Jeter as a zone buster from outside. Not to run the offense. -- Apluski, Thursday, April 02, 07:08:54pm
  - Ok, maybe Ron should just save money and check with you rather that seeing thses kids play in deciding who to offer. This is what Jeter's coach said: "He's a point guard extraordinaire," Furjanic says about Jeter. "He knows how to run an offense, knows how to push the ball�he's so strong that he can take the ball to the basket, but he's so unselfish that he never hesitates to give an open pass. He's great in transition and does a great job running a half-court offense. He's a pure point guard, a big point guard, and he creates a lot of scoring opportunities for his teammates." (NT) -- CLK, Friday, April 03, 08:10:50am
    - You make a good case for Jeter but with tongue in cheek this guy looks more like a linebacker than a PG. He was offered before the Dukes went on their A-10 run and there is no sleep lost on the bluff by Ron and his staff over this one. Much better suited to play in Oakland with Dixon's style of play. If only 1 to give would rather see a Crooks, Twyman, Wright or that 6-9 kid that shoots the 3. No knock on you but Jeter is bigger than any Dukes player this year except Lewinson and Theis. (NT) -- d, Friday, April 03, 11:16:51am
      - Really I am not trying to make a case for Jeter, although I was disappointed we did not get him. Jeter is water under the bridge and I have no doubt Ron will find us a good fit. My remarks were directed more towards comments bashing potential recruits, as if Ron does not know what he is doing. (NT) -- CLK, Friday, April 03, 12:17:36pm
    - You make a good case for Jeter but with tongue in cheek this guy looks more like a linebacker than a PG. He was offered before the Dukes went on their A-10 run and there is no sleep lost on the bluff by Ron and his staff over this one. Much better suited to play in Oakland anyway. If only 1 to give wouldn't you rather see a Crooks, Twyman, Wright or that 6-9 kid that shoots the 3? (NT) -- d, Friday, April 03, 11:19:47am
- At NO time did I say Ron doesn't know what he's doing. I am one of Ron's biggest fans and consider us lucky to have him. I was commenting on the fact that Jeter, at this time, is not a good fit. Especially if we're low on scholarships (NT) -- Apluski, Friday, April 03, 01:52:45pm
Collier article on PITTs success due to sports & national recognition interesting! -- Next two years @ DU mens basketball should show the same reusults. Keep it going Charlie. Link Please., Friday, April 03, 08:42:34am
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09092/960066-135.stm -- lilpav30, Thursday, April 02, 11:39:45pm
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FOX SPORTS DUQUESNE TEAM REPORT...CANT WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR! -- LANCE HELP!, Tuesday, March 31, 09:00:33am
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- Link (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Tuesday, March 31, 10:18:06am
- I guess I just don't get why we need to recruit a JUCO for next season. (NT) -- Steve19981, Tuesday, March 31, 12:13:40pm
  - Steve, not sure why you keep on this topic. Fact is, we have no depth at the PG position. Zero. Ron wants to win next year and he will not be able to do so without depth or experience at the PG/SG positions. It is pretty simple, we need experience there and at the guard positions and getting a solid JUCO is a smart move. (NT) -- A Friend of the LT, Tuesday, March 31, 09:28:36pm
    - I think there is a right time and a wrong time to bring in JUCO's based on scholarship distribution. Last off season would've been an excellent time. It would've put a player in the class of 2010. In all likelihood, a JUCO this year puts 4 players in the class of 2011 and we'll only have two 2013s. Unless Theis is out, our scholarships distribution is too concentrated in two years. After that, we're nearly back to square one. Evans has my confidence and I'd hate to see him come off the bench the next two years. I can't imagine getting a high quality Juco that will accept being the 6th man. -- Steve19981, Tuesday, March 31, 10:46:13pm
      - So, for the sake of "class disribution", we should stay status quo and have absolutley no back-up PG or guard depth? Wow, I hope no one gets hurt or in foul trouble. Cmon Steve. (NT) -- A Friend of the LT, Wednesday, April 01, 06:54:35am
        
        While I want to win now, I don'r want to do it at the cost of being back at the bottom four years from now. When teams have a big season with a ton of seniors, the coach tends to get out while the getting is good, and the next year the team returns to garbage status. If we go Juco, I'd prefer a junior, not a sophomore. I'd rather be an 18-20 win team for a decade, than to win 30, and then return to hell. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, April 01, 02:13:15pm
        
        Well, that reasoning doesn't make much sense to me. Seems like the "same old Duquesne" attitude. You just said you would forego a 30 win season. I stopped reading there. You can't argue against flawed logic. Point is, Ron knows what he is doing. Class imbalance will always work itself out (via playing time transfers, grades, injuries, etc,), Let's worry about today as tomorrow will take care of itself. (NT) -- A Friend of the LT, Wednesday, April 01, 09:49:32pm
        
        Nonsense. You always need to worry about down the road. We have a football team in this town that always takes the long view, never selling out the future to "win now". Would you rather be Dayton, who is on the bubble every year, or GW, who had the big year, and is now in the toilet? -- duq81, Wednesday, April 01, 10:59:32pm
        
        Maybe they should fire Ron and put you in charge. Ron and I are wrong. Go get the inexperienced frosh and see where that gets us next year. Ron doesn't know what he is doing. Screw trying to be the best we can be next year for the illusion that is "class imbalance". After 2 winning seasons in the last 15 years, you said it all when you said pass up a chance at a 30 win season (even if being a tad generous). I give up on this post. FIRE RONNIE!!! Comical. Oh, one last thing, Ron Everhart is no Karl Hobbs. (NT) -- A Friend of the LT, Thursday, April 02, 07:34:14am
        
        You're logic sounds like my fiance's. Just because we disapprove of one of his moves doesn't mean we disapprove of all of his moves. I'll be getting season tickets next year reguardless and cheering my head off the first game against chump state when Ron first comes out. We have a very good team next year capable of building on this year's success with or without a JUCO guard. We could probably do just as well with a Prep guard. -- Steve19981, Thursday, April 02, 08:19:46am
        
        Thank you Steve. Juco's probably have a higher failure rate than frosh. "Ron and I" you say. Way to put yourself up on a pedestal. What successful D1 team do you coach? I bet you never had a two loss season like Hobbs did. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, April 02, 12:17:09pm
        
        Crap, I thought I posted a response to this morning but I guess I forgot to hit send. The long and short of it was I think we're going to have a better team next year and that we have enough depth to get by if we recruit a solid freshman guard. (NT) -- Steve19981, Wednesday, April 01, 11:09:30pm
        
        Agree 100%. I'd much rather see a freshman as well. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, April 01, 11:36:14pm
- We really need a healthy Peggau next year. (NT) -- A83, Tuesday, March 31, 01:24:34pm
  - ...and for Williams to play some solid post, and a couple dependable shooters, and some depth all around. Talent's certainly there. (NT) -- El Duque, Tuesday, March 31, 06:54:14pm
    - Has anyone actually seen Williams play? Can he play? (NT) -- Mike Ignelsi, Tuesday, March 31, 07:25:52pm
      - Barton says we'll like him... (NT) -- MFE08, Tuesday, March 31, 08:19:43pm
        
        7 FOOT; 270 POUNDS! That freakin' rules! (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Tuesday, March 31, 08:44:01pm
        
        The top priority for this team is at the guard position. (NT) -- Bob, Tuesday, March 31, 09:44:22pm
        
        I have seen williams play and have played against him. (NT) -- Worried!, Tuesday, March 31, 10:07:16pm
        
        Please. I have seen him play and he will be a very good center in the A10. Oh yeah, I played in the A10 (NT) -- canttellu, Wednesday, April 01, 09:50:46am
        
        I played for the Atlanta Hawks and played with Williams in the summer when he was with UK, he can be very good (NT) -- D Wilkins, Wednesday, April 01, 10:37:39am
        
        Wow, you never know who's lurking. (NT) -- Steve19981, Wednesday, April 01, 11:12:12pm
        
        Worried, I have seen Williams in practice, though not for any extended periods of time. The best advice I can offer, based on the very little I have seen, is don't expect too much. I hope I'm wrong and hope Mike plays better than he practices. I have no idea why Tubby recruited him to Kentucky. (NT) -- Billy Gillespie, Wednesday, April 01, 06:00:37pm
        
        Then again, he might graduate before someone gives you another job ... (NT) -- El Duque, Thursday, April 02, 06:55:32am
        
        yeah the problem with that is he's most likely immobile and will slow up the offense. that's the problem with having giants. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Tuesday, March 31, 10:06:50pm
        
        According to Barton, while he won't beat AJax in a footrace, he can move North/South quickly enough to fit in with the system. (NT) -- MFE08, Tuesday, March 31, 10:24:37pm
        Think, for example, how much help he would have been against Temple in the A-10 championship game. Damian gave it everything he could, and who will ever forget those two monster dunks, but giving up 4, 5, 6 inches is a lot to ask of anyone. Williams will solve more problems than he will create. I hope he is working on his strength, agility, defense and rebounding. (NT) -- El Duque, Wednesday, April 01, 07:49:13am
        
        And not an ounce of fat on him, as nearly as I can tell. (NT) -- Pep, Tuesday, March 31, 11:15:26pm
        
        williams was recently in a campus wide 3 on 3 tourney at duq for students, the next tallest player there was 6'5, williams lost his first game 11-1 only scoring 1 bucket, shot mostly from the outside, didnt bang his big body to the hoop and looked slow and timid, granted it was tough for duq students to shoot over him in the paint, but then again not tough enough as williams team got bounced in the first round of the losers bracket. hope he shapes up. go dukes! (NT) -- goajax1, Wednesday, April 01, 12:24:23pm
        
        Williams is valuable because he's 7 foot and the Dukes had no rebounder greater than 6'7" this season. Look at Temple, Christmas didn't beat us, sure you can't stop a great player, but that 7 foot center got too many rebounds. He had a 9 inch reach counting arm length over our tallest player. Williams doesn't have to play PG, just center -- mjames77, Wednesday, April 01, 12:47:50pm
        
        Yeah. Olmos isn't that great a player - he plays like Achara did before he came into his own (not a knock on Achara - we all got on him a little bit for not establishing a presence underneath for a while. His senior year was a different story). He doesn't have a lot of strength underneath. Still, its difficult to compensate for height, and you can only do it for so long. (NT) -- MFE08, Wednesday, April 01, 01:36:37pm
        3 on 3 is a different game than 5 on 5. All Williams needs to do is block some shots, grab some boards, and get some garbage points. His biggest contribution will be to allow Saunders to play against smaller men that he will dominate. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, April 01, 03:50:30pm
        
        It'd be nice if he can get open and be involved in the offense. If he can do that, he's alot better than Lewinson. (NT) -- Steve19981, Wednesday, April 01, 11:25:01pm
- As a matter of fact, if I remember correctly, it really was Almos that beat us. He only averaged 8 points per game and against us scored more than the 5 points over his average--hence, we lost by five. We had no one to stop his put backs. (NT) -- Apluski, Wednesday, April 01, 05:21:58pm
- Olmos was tough to defend against, but Saunders still outscored him, 15-14. Dukes lost because Temple made two more 3s in the same number of attempts as Duquesne took (27). And because Bill Clark managed to get into early foul trouble in a game that was otherwise called pretty loosely. Ryan Brooks, who averaged less than 2 treys a game for the season, made four. Christmas made the other seven. Brooks, a 41% 3-PT shooter, was 7-for-10 in two games against the Dukes and was arguably the difference in both games. (NT) -- DC'91, Thursday, April 02, 05:44:56pm
A Parallel between the 1994 NIT and the 2009 NIT -- Tejas Duke, Tuesday, March 31, 11:25:50pm
I remember sitting in the jam-packed Palumbo back in'94 for the second game of our NIT run, after that wonderfuly exciting game against Charlotte, and I watched Villanova.

They were amazing. I recall that it seemed like Villanova was a team comprised of five 6' 8" guards. I mean they were big and fast and they could shoot well from the inside or the outside, and grab rebounds like it was nothing.

I looked at the program and saw that they were mostly a bunch of freshman and sophomores. I remember thinking that this was a team to be reckoned with the next few years.

And sure enough the Wildcats cruised through the Big East the next year and got a high seed to the Big Dance. They had a cold night and were victim to one of those wonderful opening weekend-Cinderella upsets at the hands of Old Dominion. But they had arrived.

I get the feeling that a lot Rhode Island fans on Thursday of the A-10 tourney and a lot of Dayton fans on Friday, and a damn lot of Temple fans on that Saturday, and a whole lot of Virgina Tech fans on that opening round NIT game were saying similar things....

"Damn,that team has heart."

"Wow, they are so young."

"This program is going somewhere and fast...."

"These boys will be a force to be reckoned with..."

I can hear those thoughts now as we await "next year."

Let's Go Doooook-kane!!!!!

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- Nah, what they were thinking was, "damn, I'm glad that Jackson guy is a senior". We know better, but they don't. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, March 31, 11:43:43pm
- Since the topic has been brought up, which DU team do you think was better and why? 1994 or 2009? A player-by-player comparison would be great reading if anybody has the time. (NT) -- DU Rocks, Thursday, April 02, 11:45:38am
  - Not even close. This team is much better. It's a younger team as well, so no rebuilding is in order. Better coach too. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, April 02, 12:08:16pm
    - Better coach and guard play, I think Alston would have a big game for 94. Pipkins v Bolding would be a nice matchup (NT) -- thomas, Thursday, April 02, 03:05:56pm
NCAA rules -- Matt W, Thursday, April 02, 11:28:03am
This morning on Fox sports radio I heard a comment about coach Floyd, who is leaving USC to go to Arizona. The commentator said there is what coaches refer to as the "Floyd rule" which limits scholarships to 5 in any year and 8 in a two year period. (Apparently Floyd has a history of recruiting lots of kids and letting them go after a year if they don't pan out.)Last year we recruited 8. Does this rule exist? If so, did all who came last year get scholarships?

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- The 5-8 rule was done away with several years ago. (NT) -- CLK, Thursday, April 02, 11:44:35am
  - NCAA rules -- Matt W, Thursday, April 02, 01:25:24pm
Jamie Dixon to Arizona. -- Done Deal, Sunday, March 29, 07:58:55pm
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- Considering that Sean Miller would replace him, I don't see how that helps us any. (NT) -- duq81, Sunday, March 29, 09:21:28pm
  - If RE is paying attention -- and I think he is -- Sean Miller to Pitt will give us the upper hand. -- El Duque, Sunday, March 29, 10:19:41pm
    - You can't be serious. We haven't had a run like X since the 50's. I'll take Sean Miller any day of the week. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 12:08:05am
      - The program was in pretty good shape when he got there. He hasn't taken it any place it hasn't been. And we've done pretty well against him the past couple of years, have we not? Now, compare the job he's done to the job Jamie Dixon has done. (NT) -- El Duque (Just sayin' is all), Monday, March 30, 12:51:58pm
- Yawn. (NT) -- Me, Sunday, March 29, 09:26:54pm
- What about Miller to Kentucky, would Xavier consider RE? Few(the Gonzaga coach) will go to Arizona. Dixon stays put. IMO (NT) -- thomas, Monday, March 30, 03:06:21pm
  - Miller is not going to Kentucky. You have to won big on a big time level for the Kentucky job. They want a coach and a "showhorse." You have to look the part as well as play the part. It will be from a short list of Donovan, Calapari and Pintino. Calapari has the "showhorse" thing down pat. He will charm the faithful. Miller is not ready for that yet. (NT) -- A83, Monday, March 30, 03:34:42pm
    - I could actually see izzo going to UK. He was just quoted as feeling "underappreciated" because he coaches at Mich State. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Monday, March 30, 04:33:45pm
  - I agree that Dixon will stay put. Very few schools can pull out the wallet during these economic times to lure someone to take over a sliding program. (NT) -- A83, Monday, March 30, 03:39:51pm
    - I can see Arizona trying to lure Dixon or Few... (NT) -- Rogabee, Monday, March 30, 04:45:42pm
      - The ONLY schoo; Miller would leave X for is PITT. (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Tuesday, March 31, 08:47:47pm
        
        "l" (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Tuesday, March 31, 08:48:50pm
        
        You dont think Miller would leave X for an ACC, Big Ten or SEC position? I do. (NT) -- A83, Tuesday, March 31, 10:34:58pm
        
        It would have to be the right position. He's not leaving X to go to an also ran. He wasn't interested in Virginia. Maryland would be another story. That's the type of program that not only could steal a coach from X, they could take a coach from a Seton Hall, or Providence, as well as a Marquette, Kansas St., LSU, etc. In other words, SM would leave for a school where they cut down the nets in April. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, March 31, 11:50:50pm
        A83 I really don't. I have ties to many in Cincy and they all seem absolutely positive that Miller will be back unless the Pitt job becomes available. Only time will tell. (NT) -- SKIDDYBALL, Wednesday, April 01, 08:38:08pm
        
        Actually, he would be smart to stay. He has a great program. And more that enough money. If you are happy, stay! (NT) -- A83, Wednesday, April 01, 09:36:36pm
        
        I agree with duq81. However...don't count out Memphis... (NT) -- Rogabee, Thursday, April 02, 10:08:35am
- No done deal. Arizona hires Tim Floyd. LOL (NT) -- usually lurkin, Wednesday, April 01, 11:13:25pm
  - Now the USC faithful are calling for Jamie Dixon (NT) -- Is he not from LA?, Thursday, April 02, 08:39:00am
    - Chico State is testing the waters with Jamie's name. (NT) -- Petruska, Thursday, April 02, 10:44:14am
Potentially Positive News -- BJH, Wednesday, April 01, 05:20:25pm
Lance Jeter of Polk C.C. and Beaver Falls High School is set to make his college announcement either tonight or tomorrow. My friend has told me that Lance will decide between Nebraska and Duquesne. This could be a great get for us.

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- He could have saved everyone a lot of trouble by coming here in the first place. I liked him in high school, but unless he can play the point, I don't really see what he adds that we don't already have. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, April 01, 05:27:32pm
- he also is very strong and should provide some serious toughness. (NT) -- WEB, Wednesday, April 01, 05:37:03pm
- He sounds pretty "Cornhuskerish" in the attached article from Omaha. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=3918&u_sid=10600124 (NT) -- Purduke, Wednesday, April 01, 07:16:33pm
  - proper link -- Purduke, Wednesday, April 01, 07:20:31pm
- I just like the fact he is a local kid. Would help get asses in the seats. (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, April 01, 07:29:58pm
  - Betting he's gonna' be a Husker.... -- xlopjoe, Wednesday, April 01, 08:33:30pm
- Per their message board, Jeter just committed to Nebraska. (NT) -- DS, Wednesday, April 01, 08:34:05pm
- No suprise never gave DUQUESNE a real shot. RE moves on next! (NT) -- Will be a great pizza delivery man in Beaver Falls with the Nebraska degree, Wednesday, April 01, 09:18:16pm
- Are we still in the mix for Twyman? (NT) -- thomas, Wednesday, April 01, 09:26:59pm
- lj -- fred03, Wednesday, April 01, 10:12:25pm
  - Mike White at PG has confirmation -Jeter to Nebraske http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/varsityblog/archive/2009/04/01/former-beaver-falls-standout-jeter-to-nebraska.aspxn (NT) -- Help Lance, Wednesday, April 01, 10:40:47pm
- Maybe he picked Nebraska because they have a fashion design program like the kid Nee recruited that we eventually lost to the Huskers. (NT) -- Steve19981, Wednesday, April 01, 11:29:30pm
- I dont worry about Duquesne recruiting anymore -- stew, Thursday, April 02, 02:28:11am
http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080710&content_id=1467088&oid=temp&vkey=45 Torrel Harris played at Duquesne! What are our chances of landing one of the Harris's?? -- lilpav30, Wednesday, April 01, 07:40:05pm
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- Torrel Harris' stay at Duquesne was not a happy one, so I'd say the odds are not good. (NT) -- duq81, Wednesday, April 01, 08:17:17pm
Moon Township's Calipari to Kentucky -- Me, Monday, March 30, 09:21:42pm
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- Let the coaching carosel begin. (NT) -- Steve19981, Monday, March 30, 11:20:43pm
- Anyone know why Gillespie was fired?? -- stew, Tuesday, March 31, 08:35:00am
  - the NIT is not acceptable to UK fans/alum/admin. (NT) -- thomas, Tuesday, March 31, 09:02:00am
  - Best I can gather is his teams started strong both years then faded fast sort of like the Dukes last year. The blue bloods tolerate it once; second time he was shown the door. (NT) -- d, Tuesday, March 31, 06:35:41pm
    - Two years just isn't enough. (NT) -- MFE08, Tuesday, March 31, 06:56:11pm
  - Supposedly he didn't endear himself to the UK faithful off the court. Not only could Cal to UK start a domino in coaching, but also in recuriting. He has the top class (#1 Center Cousins #1 SG Xavier Henry and maybe #1 PG John Wall) who may follow him to Kentucky. (NT) -- usually lurkin, Tuesday, March 31, 06:59:36pm
  - Because Kentucky lost to San Diego and VMI at home in back-to-back seasons. (NT) -- Bilgy, Tuesday, March 31, 09:23:42pm
    - They lost last year to BELMONT! That's the equivalent of Michigan losing in the Big House to Appalachian St. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, March 31, 10:28:08pm
      - Ooops. Meant Gardner-Webb, not Belmont. All those low majors look alike to me. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, March 31, 10:32:44pm
apparently i just got wind that duquesne has some sort of deal with the ACC. we will play an ACC team each year. it was Duke this year and apparently we are playing MARYLAND next year!! you heard it here first! can't wait. -- lilpav30, Sunday, March 29, 09:45:15pm
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- How does a contract like that work? I've never heard of such a thing. Do we get to pick the teams or how does it work? I'm not sure if Maryland is a good game for us. (NT) -- WEB, Sunday, March 29, 10:14:19pm
  - Maryland destroyed us the last we went there, but if you want to be a big dog, you have to run with the big dogs. UM is not quite what they used to be, but are still a top 50 type of team. We might be able to get a win here, If we can do that, and at least split with Pitt/WVU, we'll have some ammo come selection Sunday. Can't get that playing SC Upstate. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 12:03:01am
- would we happen to get any home games out of this deal? (NT) -- duqfan14, Sunday, March 29, 11:44:43pm
- I've heard Greg Amodio talk at alumni events about getting Wake Forest and Louisville to play Duquesne in the new Pens arena once it's built. Whether he's just throwing some representative names out there, or there've been actual conversations with those particular schools, I don't know, but I think you'll probably see ACC teams in Pittsburgh to play the Dukes before too long. Given that the Dukes already play Pitt and WVU every year and Big East teams come to the city all the time to play Pitt, I would think an ACC team would be a bigger draw. (NT) -- DC'91, Monday, March 30, 12:15:53am
  - We might be able to get a school to do a two for one deal. Obviously, Duke and Carolina would never come here, but the others might do two for one. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 08:25:23am
  - From what Greg has said I am under the impression that there have been serious conversations with those two as well as Notre Dame and Penn State. (NT) -- VBC, Tuesday, March 31, 02:41:52pm
    - I am sure that we would not play Pitt, WVU, ND, PSU, WF, and Louisville all in one season. But a combination of any of those four (with the exception of PSU) would really bolster OOC schedule. PSU would put fannies in the seats, but their RPI will probably be around the level of St. Francis PA when the new arena is complete. Actually we would help their OOC schedule more than they would help ours. (NT) -- A83, Tuesday, March 31, 03:29:33pm
      - It would not be all of those teams (UL, PSU, WF, ND) in one season. Those would be teams that would possibly be coming in over the course of 2 to 4 seasons. (NT) -- VBC, Tuesday, March 31, 04:20:39pm
- I've heard that we are playing Marylnad there next year, and then at the Consol Center the followning year. This would be a nice home and home for us, and one I would think we could be very competitive in. (NT) -- BJH, Monday, March 30, 09:23:41am
- What if Droney ends up at Duke which at one time was a possibility. Doesn't Coach K. promise his recruits a game in their hometown? They would probably prefer us at Consol rather than playing at the Pete. Not sure Coach K does that but I thought I read it somewhere. (NT) -- Washpa Rick, Monday, March 30, 05:54:13pm
  - i think coach k tries to do that but i know for a fact that UNC will do that for their players( about 12 years ago UNC played pitt at the arena when dante calabria and kevin salvodori both played for the heels) (NT) -- c, Monday, March 30, 06:10:27pm
    - That's how we got the BC game. BC had the kid from Penn Hills. BE teams had blackballed BC for leaving for the ACC, so Pitt wouldn't play them. It was a two for one deal though. I'd do a two for one deal with Duke or any team like that in a NY minute. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 06:14:37pm
- RE wants to familiarize himself with the ACC and we can be the benefactor during his time with us. (NT) -- Me, Monday, March 30, 07:30:52pm
- I was thinking a 2 for 1 with Tech would be doable, espically after the NIT game. If we can just get a straight home and "home" however, I will gladly take that. (NT) -- dudis41, Tuesday, March 31, 01:04:22pm
Aaron Jackson -- duq81, Thursday, March 26, 06:43:27pm
Nice article.

http://weblogs.dailypress.com/sports/college/accblog/2009/03/unbelievable.html

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- Very nice article. We tend to forget that Jackson was only a 24% shooter from behind the arc during his junior season. Bill Clark jumped from 31% to I believe about 42%. That comes from hard work and dedication. I believe if Eric Evans can develop that type of consistency (he was 28% this year and 42% during his senior year in HS), Duquesne could be very, very tough to defend next year. (NT) -- TMH, Thursday, March 26, 10:44:47pm
  - I agree. I think as players get older they learn not only to take better shots but how to create better shots for themselves by finding space playing off the ball. I feel like Eric has a very high ceiling because all of his deficits are overcome through experience and studying the game. He may be better than Fields by his senior year. Now what would happen if Clark improved his three point shooting by 11% every offseason? -- Steve19981, Monday, March 30, 11:32:59pm
- Dave Mackall article on AJAX and NBA - Invite to Portsmouth Link to Trib Article (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Monday, March 30, 11:02:07am
- I found it pretty surprising that AJAX didn't make the AP All-American Team Honorable Mention. Only 2 players from the A-10 received the honor - Nivens and Christmas. I could not believe that Jeremy Chappell of RMU received Honorable Mention, but AJAX did not. Nothing against Chappell, who was a good player, but c'mon... compared to AJAX??? Poor job by the National Media Panel who votes for this award (the same group who votes for the AP Top 25). (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Tuesday, March 31, 10:11:26am
  - The national media can't be aware of every good player. They know the players on the big time teams, plus they probably list the guys who were player of the year in the smaller conferences. The NBA knows about AJax, and that counts for much more. (NT) -- duq81, Tuesday, March 31, 12:00:55pm
- Would there be any way to get a tape of the VTech vs. Duq. game. Due to the poor feed on the computer and no TV, I really didn't get to see much. (NT) -- ME, Tuesday, March 31, 12:00:10pm
T.J. McConnell was named to AP 2nd team A/S yesterday. The Chartiers Valley junior who needs about 650 points next year to reach 2,000 was a 3rd team selection during his sophomore year. -- TMH, Tuesday, March 31, 08:55:12am
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Dukes Make Another Scholarship Offer -- DS, Sunday, March 29, 10:36:15pm
Gokhan Sirin, a 6'9" wing player from Turkey.

ESPN Article.

Sirin is a rail-thin shooter. From videos I've seen on the Charlotte board, he has a fantastic stroke from three. He would definitely be an interesting fit, as I doubt he has the speed to be a 3 in Duquesne's system, but it does sound like he could be useful. And who can't use an athletic six-foot-nine player that can handle numerous positions and bomb the three-ball like he does?

The question becomes whether we'd prefer Sirin or a combo guard like Lance Jeter (who we have also recently offered) or Sherrod Wright. Sounds like RE is keep his options wide open.

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- I agree, some nice options. I like Lance Jeter, in some ways he reminds me of Aaron Jackson. Very tough kid who can rebound, dish, and score. (NT) -- CLK, Monday, March 30, 12:02:49pm
  - I liked Lance when we were recruiting him out of HS, but someone help me here: Isn't he getting a little long in the tooth? (NT) -- El Duque, Monday, March 30, 12:46:59pm
    - Lance played one year of football for Cinci, and two years of basketball at Polk CC in Florida. I believe he would have two years of basketball availabilty. (NT) -- CLK, Monday, March 30, 05:12:22pm
- Any link on the Sherrod Wright offer? (NT) -- The Duke from Dukes Court, Monday, March 30, 12:34:59pm
- I noticed that the article did not include any yearly stats on points/ and or rebounds per game. (NT) -- Apluski, Monday, March 30, 02:33:44pm
  - It says he averaged 17pts and 7 rebounds. (NT) -- Washpa Rick, Monday, March 30, 05:57:58pm
- Okay - can someone explain (specifically-no BS) how we have enough scholarsihps -or who the coach will not give one to if we get this guy or someone else he is recruiting. Please don't give some clueless response if you don't know. I am already clueless on how this can work. (NT) -- ME, Monday, March 30, 03:19:47pm
  - Scholarships are only for 1-year (renewed each year), they are not given out for 4 years. Ron is trying to get players who will move this team to the next level. I have no problem with him helping kids transfer who do not fit and would be better off at a lower level. (NT) -- CLK, Monday, March 30, 05:21:20pm
    - Didn't realize that. Kind of cold, though. Was wondering where scholarships would come from. WVU has one senior graduating, a full boat already, and has signed four recruits. How? (NT) -- Mike Ignelsi, Monday, March 30, 05:29:35pm
    - They are one year renewable though...coach/school has to find that student-athlete has somehow violated the terms of the contract. It's not valid grounds to simply say "you aren't as good as I thought." That happens all the time, at all schools, but they aren't 1 year contracts pure and simple. Just thought that deserved some clarification. (NT) -- du'91, Monday, March 30, 05:40:20pm
  - This pretty much explains how RE does it. Copy and paste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8CApTkCtw (NT) -- The original Me, Monday, March 30, 07:22:50pm
    - Trick is to not sit on the edge of the bench...and not to end the year with zeroes on your stat sheet (NT) -- Me, Monday, March 30, 07:24:49pm
- If that's the case, I would be hesitant coming to Duquesne knowing that I would have a scholarship for one year and it could get pulled the next year. That would be a PR but most importantly a recruiting nightmare issue that would scare off recruits. With who we already signed, does anyone really know the exact number of scholarships we have for next year that are left? (NT) -- FAM, Monday, March 30, 05:43:39pm
  - You can do that, but you better pick your spots, as you don't want to piss off the high school and AAU coaches by screwing over their players. Honestly, I think RE is not worried about that because he doesn't plan to be here much longer. He wants to get us rolling so he can cash in, and I'm cool with that. Quality candidates will be lined up when the time comes. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 05:50:43pm
    - I said this two years ago and was crucified. (NT) -- Me, Monday, March 30, 07:26:27pm
      - Also, note how Miami has gone cold. (NT) -- Me, Monday, March 30, 07:26:53pm
        
        I wasn't one of the crucifiers. Like I said, you can step on the occasional toe, but you don't want to step on too many. I think RE would like to win big this coming year for a couple of reasons -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 08:39:34pm
        Actually, I think this is unrelated. Didn't we lose an assistant to a Miami catholic high school. I'd imagine that as our connection went so went the "pipeline." (NT) -- Steve19981, Monday, March 30, 11:26:37pm
        
        What exactly happened with the Miami pipeline? We didn't tell Stu to get arrested for drugs? (NT) -- A83, Tuesday, March 31, 08:35:18am
  - FAM I understand what you're saying, but it's a two-way street. Kids leave sometimes because they don't get the playing time they want. If DU were developing a bad reputation, we would not be attracting the type of kids we've been getting. And, I disagree with duq81. I don't think RE is throwing caution to the wind. (NT) -- El Duque, Monday, March 30, 09:11:27pm
    - It doesn't matter if kids get upset if they don't work out at Duquesne. That's on the kid. He comes here to play basketball and he gets a free ride. If they're good enough, they'll stick. If they're not, they won't. That's discussed up front. The idea is to get a roster full of kids who are collectively good enough to make up a top 25 team. What could be simpler? (NT) -- Bill, Monday, March 30, 09:45:06pm
      - It does matter. Some kids are willing to leave to get playing time. If you assist them, and they land on their feet, all is good. However, if a kid feels he's gotten screwed, and his people back home agree, you can find yourself blackballed in that kid's home area. Paul Evans got on the wrong side of John Miller (Sean's dad), and suddenly, Pitt found it very hard to land any local players. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 11:19:21pm
    - Exactly, you are right on point ED. Ron has been around the block a few times, and knows what he is doing, and any suggestion that he is throwing caution to the wind to cash in is silly. There are some players who just are not going to play, so rather than having a short bench help them to move on. Let's face it the Dukes had a great year playing for the A10 championship and going to the NIT. We have someting tangible to sell, and now is the time to get players who can contribute. (NT) -- CLK, Tuesday, March 31, 08:45:26am
RPI Question -- WEB, Monday, March 30, 11:02:19am
Will games at the Consol Energy Center be considered home or neutral courts?

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- Home, same as Villanova at the Spectrum, etc (NT) -- Purduke, Monday, March 30, 11:10:35am
- Baltimore Sun - 1991 - The definition of "home court" was amended to be a facility in which a team plays more than three games during the regular season, excluding conference tournaments. (NT) -- Rogabee, Monday, March 30, 11:19:08am
  - That definition of home court is with regard to a team playing NCAA Tounament games on what might be considered a home court. For RPI purposes, any game played in Pittsburgh vs an out of town team is a home game. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 03:48:34pm
    - Ok then. Thanks for the clarification. Just checked the game in Ok. City between Pitt and Ok. St...technically was at Ok. St. Guess you're right. (NT) -- Rogabee, Monday, March 30, 04:51:04pm
Another possible recruit - Allyn Cooks -- A little birdie, Saturday, March 28, 11:17:55am
The Dukes are heavily recruiting Allyn Cooks, JUCO Point Guard from Temple Texas
www.tdnews.com/story/2009/02/21/55949

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- Correct Link Here (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Saturday, March 28, 11:26:32am
- No Juco's please. (NT) -- Steve19981, Saturday, March 28, 01:28:24pm
  - At least one player is leaving, that is clear. We need another point guard, and Ron is going to get the best fit. It is also clear that he is looking at JUCOs. I will go with Ron's decison. My guess is that two players will transfer, we get another player and Duty will get a scholarship. (NT) -- CLK, Sunday, March 29, 09:07:05am
- Is Chase not coming back? Unless this kid is lights out, he won't beat out Evans. (NT) -- duq81, Saturday, March 28, 10:39:20pm
  - Just because Ron is recruiting doesn't mean that he is signing anyone. Ron knows that things change and that you need to have kids ready in case a scholarship comes available unexpectedly. (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 12:10:27am
    - 3 Scenarios: a) Mr & Mrs Patterson are summoned to Duquesne to get advice on Shawntez' future playing time impossibilities; b) Lewinson gets home sick, c) Robinson searches for a school where he can start. I guess there's a d) Milovic becomes ineligible after it is substantiated that he accepted $5 to play in a charity game in Montenegro. Something will happen. Always does. Stay tuned. (NT) -- Clairvoyant, Sunday, March 29, 07:16:34am
      - The stafff raved about Shawntez' raw atheltic ability coming into the season, they also mentioned that he's going to be a project. I expect and would like to see Chase have bigger role this year. I liked what I saw in the brief PT he got but unfourtunately there was no room at the inn. Give him an off season to develop, some spare minutes from AJax departure and I believe he'll be a key player by his junior year. Two of Lewinson, Milovic or Theis could leave and I'd feel comfortable with our size and depth. Don't forget the scenarios where Peggau doesn't recover and Marhold doesn't qualify. -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 10:45:06am
- You can't fault Ron for wanting this guy on his team - can't have enuf playmakers and the kid is a leader where perhaps void now exists. And, not sure Evans isn't better suited for some SG rather than full-time PG duty. Obviously, Ron will get this guy or someone like him (Twyman?). Writing on the wall there will be multiple roster changes for next year. Watching Nova last night was a glimpse of DU future? The teams are almost carbon copies in make up and Wright's success there bodes well for DU future under Ron's system. (NT) -- these are heady times on the bluff...............................d, Sunday, March 29, 07:43:22am
  - Evans is too small to play the 2. Bolding is our 2. I doubt this kid comes here though. Other coaches will quickly point out that he will be risking becoming a 3 year backup by coming here. He'll go somewhere where the starter is a senior, or to a team that has no point guard. (NT) -- duq81, Sunday, March 29, 08:36:44am
    - Odds say you right but its RE we're talkin here so keep your wallet in pocket - 8 plus apg, 39% in 3land, 17 ppg - it aint the BE conf but it aint HS either. Just as important, will call out his mates in a game - hey what's not to like here? (NT) -- get this guy and a date w/Nova in 2010....................d, Sunday, March 29, 10:28:55am
      - He's a Juco Freshman giving us 10 players who graduate in 2012 (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 10:49:37am
        
        He sounds like a heck of a player but Steve has it right, we don't really need another sophomore next year. (NT) -- The Duke from Dukes Court, Monday, March 30, 12:53:38pm
    - I agree. Evans is a perfect contemporary point guard. He can pass, put the ball on the floor, take a jump shot, or pull up on a runner. I have no concerns with him running the point. As far as roster turnover goes, I'm not too concerned as long as we don't lose any of our top 5 (Evans, Boulding, Saunders, Clark, BJ). I'm hoping Marhold qualifies, Peggau's knee recovers and Williams can really plug up the middle. (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 10:29:52am
- This courtship has been going on for some time now. Reports say kid is a player and we need depth at the PG. "Better than Reggie Jackson" is what I heard him described as from someone who has seen him play. Bring him on and ship someone out! (NT) -- A Friend of the LT, Sunday, March 29, 04:28:09pm
  - My sources have told me otherwise. And, Duquesne is very unlikely to get him as he has his eyes set on staying closer to home and playing at a higher level. (NT) -- Friend of someone who knows more than LT or Friend of LT., Sunday, March 29, 10:18:21pm
    - Your handle could also be "Person who read the article." (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 10:35:21pm
      - Exactly! No one said he was coming. Simply stating he is a player we would take if given the opportunity. (NT) -- A Friend of the LT, Monday, March 30, 10:32:52am
Who's next for the Dukes? -- VBC, Sunday, March 29, 04:49:18pm
Here's what I believe we know already about next season's schedule.

Home - Pitt, Robert Morris, St. Francis, Radford

Away - West Virginia, Old Dominion, Bowling Green, Iowa

Neutral - 3 games in the CBE event (one game in Iowa City and 2 in Boca Raton)

I don't know if the CBE event has some type of exemption so that we may get an extra game on our schedule. Does anyone know anything more than is on the CBE website?

I also believe we have a home game coming from South Carolina Upstate as I think that was a 2 for 1 scheduling deal. If that is true and the CBE event doesn't carry an exemption then we have 5 home games, 4 road games and 3 neutral site games scheduled so far. That would leave us with 1 more game to add to next year's schedule.

Also, there is a notice on the Basketball Travelers site saying that Duquesne is interested in starting 2 home and home series on the road next year. This notice has not been updated since last September, however. Perhaps this is part of the plan on getting some high profile opponents for games at Consol Energy Center for the 2010-11 season.

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- I don't see anything indicating that we are playing in the CBE. I see Pitt is invited. Where is any indication that we are going there? (NT) -- duq81, Sunday, March 29, 04:57:22pm
  - Amodio mentioned it at halftime of the VT game. What I don't get with the CBE is no matter what we do vs Iowa, they go to KC. What is our incentive, and who are any other teams we could possibly play? (NT) -- usually lurkin, Sunday, March 29, 05:10:56pm
  - Greg Amodio spoke about it when he was interviewed by George at halftime of the VPI game. Further research also shows that Richmond was in the CBE field last year and they had 14 non-conference games. That indicates that we are still looking for 2 games, most likely to be against quality opponents on the road. -- VBC, Sunday, March 29, 05:13:08pm
    - playing RMU and St. Francis at home isn't going to send our RPI skyrocketing. I don't think the CBE works the way you mentioned. There are four regional sites (This year they are Pitt, Texas, Whichita St. and Iowa). I don't see boca raton mentioned anywhere. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Sunday, March 29, 07:42:18pm
      - Actually RMU is exactly the type of team that helps the RPI. If you play and beat RMU every time the RPI is .25 + ((24 / 34) * .5) + ((489 / (489 + 525)) * .25) = 0.723503307. This would put you at #1 overall!!! Even if you beat RMU 4 times out of 5 it goes to 0.6735, which is still #1 overall. SFPA is an RPI killer. (NT) -- Rogabee - A computational math major who knows the RPI, Sunday, March 29, 08:45:05pm
- Seems more likely we'll get 2 games at each site for the CBE. I need to check into the format was last year. Also, Oakland will be a home game this year. (NT) -- WEB, Sunday, March 29, 06:06:14pm
  - I thought Oakland was supposed to play us at home this last year, but they decided to pay us a penalty anf just walk away from the series -- which is why we scheduled Old Dominion. I didn't think they just postponed the game for a year. (NT) -- Purduke, Sunday, March 29, 08:40:57pm
    - I thought it was postponed... (NT) -- Rogabee, Sunday, March 29, 08:46:36pm
    - They had a scheduling conflict they could not get out of. As a result, we agreed to postpone the home game at our place until this upcoming season. (NT) -- WEB, Sunday, March 29, 08:46:48pm
- We need to play a big time team other than Pitt and WVU. We can't get an at large bid playing a bunch of scrubs. St Francis is ok because of tradition. No Upstates and other awful teams this year. You need top 50, and top 100 wins to dance. (NT) -- duq81, Sunday, March 29, 09:10:57pm
  - It would not surprise me if we end up playing at Louisville next year with them visiting Consol Energy Center the following year. (NT) -- VBC, Sunday, March 29, 09:37:52pm
    - It would surprise me. BE teams don't usually play OOC road games in league cities. BE teams look out for number one above all else. UL would have nothing to gain from such a game. Pitt is a powerhous, and they can't get any elite teams to come to town. A BCS also-ran might come, or a strong mid like Butler. (NT) -- duq81, Monday, March 30, 12:13:47am
- acc teams -- lilpav30, Sunday, March 29, 09:39:57pm
For everyone who's someone -- El Duque, Saturday, March 28, 10:12:23pm
See ya next year, Panthers!

EAT $#!+ PITT!

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- I'm already looking forward to that game in Palumbo. I have a feeling we'll be saying "Great Ghosts Alive! The Dukes Win!" (NT) -- Rogabee, Saturday, March 28, 10:13:59pm
- I can't stand Nova, so I have mixed emotions here. Visited their board before we played Temple for the title, and they all wanted Temple to beat us. (NT) -- duq81, Saturday, March 28, 10:35:54pm
  - Was it Philly Big 5 schools sticking together? Or just dating back to 1994 or earlier? (NT) -- Rogabee, Saturday, March 28, 11:32:13pm
  - i dont think its wrong for people to root for their hometown teams when they are playing for a ncaa tourney bid. i was also kind of hoping all 5 teams in the region would make the tourney even though i dont particularly like many of them, just to make it interesting. and i think it would have been cool for pitt to win it all so that we could have hosted the defending champs. guess well just have to knock off a pitt team with small expectations anyways next year (NT) -- duqfan14, Saturday, March 28, 11:45:00pm
  - I don't care! Pitt lost and fellow Catholics won! Its a good day! (NT) -- Tejas Duke, Sunday, March 29, 01:45:32am
    - If you knew the whole story, vis a vis Villanova, you would never root for them, even against Pitt. (NT) -- duq81, Sunday, March 29, 08:38:45am
- Assuming Blair is out of Oakland, I'd take Boulding, Clark and Saunders over any player who will return for Pitt next year. (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 12:01:11am
  - Agreed Steve. (NT) -- Rogabee, Sunday, March 29, 12:09:49am
  - It depends whether he'll make more money by turning pro, or if the Pitt faithful can come up with a few more bucks. (NT) -- El Duque, Sunday, March 29, 12:48:28am
- This puts an end of having to see Jamie Dixon's smug smile during interviews. It also puts an end to the chest thumping and screaming by their porky point guard. And finally it puts an end to Pitt and Pittsburgh rooters talking about the final four since before the Xavier game. Under the arm PITT!!! (NT) -- Apluski, Sunday, March 29, 12:04:31am
  - Amen to that!! I have been so sick of Dixon everywhere. Especially those lame KDKA Sportscenter rip off commercials. (NT) -- A83, Sunday, March 29, 10:19:12am
- If chubbos .5 second heave would have gone in, I was prepared to jump out of our second story window without a parachute. (NT) -- kenOTR73, Sunday, March 29, 12:31:47am
- That'll teach Pitt from working with the mayor to plan for a Pittsburgh parade. From Blair's mouth... (NT) -- Me, Sunday, March 29, 06:34:24am
- I hated Karl Krausser too. He was 35 when he graduated. DuqFan, if Pitt had won the Nat Championship their unbearable fans would have become well... more unbearable. (note to all I publicly admit that I received my MBA from Pitt in '78 so if I can hate them anyone can hate them). (NT) -- kenOTR73, Sunday, March 29, 10:05:40am
- Good article on the recent failings and not so bright immediate future of Pitt basketball. Click HERE. (NT) -- DC'91, Monday, March 30, 12:08:02am
2009 stat review -- Irish STH, Sunday, March 29, 11:01:44am
Since it's a cruddy day and my wife is out of town I thought I'd review the 2009 stats. Normally I'd compare the 2008-09 team to the 2007-08 team but there were so few players coming back that seemed unwarranted.

I reorganized the categories in order of NCAA finish. Two things jump out at me - 1. how clearly evident the deficiencies were for this team (rebounding and interior defense and 2. given the final Sagarin rating (86) how much of a TEAM this group really was since statiscally they finished higher than the Sagarin rating in 7 categories and lower than the Sagarin in 10. I know this is all very subjective and not very scientific but I was a liberal arts major....

TEAM
CATEGORY _____________ RANK __ AVG.
Assists/g. ________________ 9th __ 16.9
3-Point Field Goals/g. ____ 19th ___ 8.4
Scoring Offense _________ 20th __ 78.5
Assist/Turnover Ratio ____ 34th ___ 1.2
Field Goal Percentage ____ 42nd __ .469
Turnover Margin _________ 58th __ +2.2
Steals/g. ________________ 66th ___ 7.8
Scoring Margin _________ 96th __ +4.6
Personal Fouls/g. _______ 96th __ 17.4
3-Point Field Goal Pct. __ 120th __ .350
Free Throw Percentage __ 141st __ .697
Blocked Shots/g. _______ 148th ___ 3.3
Turnovers/g. ___________ 184th __ 14.1
3-Point Field Goal Def. __ 197th __ .347
Rebound Margin _______ 246th __ -1.6
Field Goal Pct. Defense _ 287th __ .459
Scoring Defense _______ 299th __ 73.9

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- A lot of these categories are skewed by some bad game in the beginning of the season. I really doubt that we would've lost to Duke, Pitt and ODU by 20+ in February. Our 3 point percentage got better as the season went on as well. I'm also surprised that 14.1 turnovers over a season is that low. I actually think 14.1 sounds very good. That may of course be my judgement being skewed by the Danny Nee Era where anything less than 20 was fantastic. (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 11:25:57am
- Dukes need to get those defensive numbers up for next year in order to take that next step forward. Opposing PPG isn't as much of a concern as the shooting pct (overall and 3) and rebound margin. Hopefully with play from our Centers next year we won't be as vulnerable inside next year. (NT) -- usually lurkin, Sunday, March 29, 01:29:49pm
  - The funny thing is I thought we were really going to shut teams down this year but it seemed like as our offense improved our defense got worse. (NT) -- Steve19981, Sunday, March 29, 02:33:53pm
- Many of these statistics are a reflection of our style of play. With the possible exception of the A-10 tournament, we rarely took much time off the clock offensively, hence our offensive #'s are high, our defensive #'s are low. The fact that are 3 pt/g is #19 and the % is #120 just means we took a lot of them. When we weren't shooting 3s we were getting layups. The formula worked. Next year, with a slightly different team makeup (size), the formula may change slightly. (NT) -- TMH, Sunday, March 29, 01:32:24pm
  - Agreed to a certain extent. ADJUSTED STATS INSIDE (altered for # possessions/game or for blocks/shots attempted). I was surprised to see our D numbers that low still. Some of it may also be strength of schedule, which was in the top 100. Another note: Effective FG% was 15th in the country (ie 33% from 3 = 50% from 2)!!! WOW!!! 2-Point FG% = 6th in country!!! Defensive Eff FG% could use some work...but we do gamble some to get turnovers to spark the O. Bench minutes at 314 could spell trouble as well... -- Rogabee, Sunday, March 29, 03:15:44pm
    - Rogabee, in Ken Pomeroy's site, there are rankings for individual performance. There were some very impressive results for AJAX, Duty, Saunders and Clark. (individual rankings inside) -- Phoenix Rising, Sunday, March 29, 08:35:17pm
      - Saw those and was keeping an eye on them throughout the year. To have that many players up there in effective FG% is amazing. (NT) -- Rogabee, Sunday, March 29, 08:38:06pm
- it always seemed that teams were on fire against us. hopefully with williams and peggau down low next year, we won't have to double the ball down in the paint as much, therefore making it easier to defend the 3-ball off the penetration. (NT) -- goduquesne12, Sunday, March 29, 04:17:32pm
Let's try that again -- Irish STH, Sunday, March 29, 12:03:27pm
Category___________2004-05_______2008-09

FG%__________________419__________469
FG% defense_________ 434__________459
3 pt FG%_____________342__________350
3 pt FG% Defense_____334__________347
FT%__________________764__________697
Blocked shots/g_______2.2__________3.3
Steals/g______________3.3__________7.8
Assits/g_____________14.5_________16.9
TO/g_________________13.9_________14.1
Scoring offense______67.1_________78.5
Scoring defense______74.6_________73.9

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- 7.8 Steals/game. That stat is awesome. (NT) -- Me, Sunday, March 29, 12:23:47pm
- McAllister was actually a Jr. in 04-05.n That 76.4% from the FT line led the nation that year I believe. Whoo-hoo. (NT) -- usually lurkin, Sunday, March 29, 01:22:31pm
Who we hate, submit your list. -- PaulsterPoolster, Saturday, March 28, 02:13:03am
Seems like a lot of talk here is who we Duq. fans hate the most, well here's my list, in the order of most despised:
1.Pitt
2.WVU
3.St.Bonnaventure
4.Penn State
5.Robert Morris
6.Dayton
7.Vilanova
8.Cincinnati
9.Xavier
10.Penn State McKeesport

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- Cincinnati? Man, we haven't played them in forever. Have we played them since Nixon missed the free throw and cost us a chance to get into that playoff? (NT) -- duq81, Saturday, March 28, 07:56:44am
- I keep saying this. I don't hate anyone. I enjoy the rivalry aspect of sports. I want to win every game the Dukes play, and I wish no evil to the players or fans or students of any university. -- El Duque, Saturday, March 28, 08:18:28am
  - Hate is a little strong, besides, how can you "hate" a team? I say, any team thats stands in the Duke's way on the road to glory is the enemy. If you must "hate", reserve it for people like the repugnant Nacho Guy, one who has single handly tried to sink the program with his foul confectary. (NT) -- Prince of Pilsner, Saturday, March 28, 12:25:27pm
    - Read "confectionary", I get very emotional on this subject. (NT) -- PoP, Saturday, March 28, 12:28:00pm
      - Actually Buddy, you are still incorrect. Confectionary refers to a sweet food creation like candy. I believe you should just use the term "culinary" (NT) -- Tejas (who for one summer in college was a member of Local 12 Brotherhood of Bakery Confectionary and Tobacco Workers) Duke, Saturday, March 28, 01:13:15pm
- Not that I hate anyone either (See ED's comments)...but my list inside. -- Rogabee, Saturday, March 28, 10:51:11am
- I agree with El Duque. I know it is in fun, but come on...we have the least wins of most of those teams over the last ten years so your "hate" is kind of obvious. Other than Pitt, those other teams really don't impact a lot of the DU teams true press. However, I who also can't stand Pitt admit that they are good and have been good for many years. I also hope they lose tonight...oh...did I say that! (NT) -- FAM, Saturday, March 28, 11:28:14am
  - John Chaneys foghorn voice and the Temple Owls, they are always hard to play and back in the Cheney day the were huge size wise( and talent wise) and we stole several wins, usually it was a booty kickin for the Dukes, especially in Philly (NT) -- philldogg, Saturday, March 28, 12:32:41pm
- I want DU to become the hated. We only hate because these teams have spanked us. (NT) -- Me, Saturday, March 28, 01:17:14pm
- I don't hate them, but the team I respect the least is GW. They play basketball as if it is a war of attrition. (NT) -- Irish STH, Sunday, March 29, 10:38:22am
- My list inside -- BJH, Sunday, March 29, 12:09:37pm
More stats for Stevie -- Irish STH, Sunday, March 29, 11:55:39am
This is a comparison of last year's team and the 2004-05 team when McCallister was a senior.

Category 2004-05 2008-09

FG% 419 469
FG% defense 434 459
3 pt FG% 342 350
3 pt FG% Defense 334 347
FT% 764 697
Blocked shots/g 2.2 3.3
Steals/g 3.3 7.8
Assits/g 14.5 16.9
TO/g 13.9 14.1
Scoring offense 67.1 78.5
Scoring defense 74.6 73.9

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