GDT: Duquesne, Act II

[billikens747]

5 minutes ago, slusam said:

The Collins, Goodwin, French, Perkins, Weaver lineup is good offensively but they get killed on the boards.

Not sure why. It's not like Jacobs & Bell are much better rebounders. Perkins and Weaver actually average more RPG

[3star_recruit]

4 minutes ago, wgstl said:

This is more than just those two teams. Yes we don’t match up well with the dukes. But the talent gap with Dayton adds to the match up. 

Duquesne does a better job of defending us than Dayton does.

[wgstl]

1 minute ago, 3star_recruit said:

Duquesne does a better job of defending us than Dayton does.

Agreed, but Dayton has far more skill 

[RiseAndGrind]

8 minutes ago, 3star_recruit said:

Duquesne does a better job of defending us than Dayton does.

You are a lot higher on Duquesne than I am. 
 

SLU got worked and it was embarrassing. I love this team but the way they played with the season “on the line” essentially is just really disappointing. All things considered it’s been a good year though. 

[Schasz]

When Duquesne beats the Bills by 14 both home and away I think you have to say they are the better team. We are going to have to match last year's A-10 Tourney win if we expect a bid to the Big Dance.

[Bay Area Billiken]

Weathers’ 2nd Half over the back uncalled mugging of Yuri Collins goes to the A10 Zebra Hall of Shame. 

[JettFlight5]

1 minute ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Weathers’ 2nd Half over the back uncalled mugging of Yuri Collins goes to the A10 Zebra Hall of Shame. 

That gets a court appearance of a different type outside the arena.

[3star_recruit]

12 minutes ago, RiseAndGrind said:

You are a lot higher on Duquesne than I am. 
 

SLU got worked and it was embarrassing. 

I don't care about names.  I care about matchups.  I see ranked teams struggle against middling teams in their conference because of matchups.  Happens all the time.

[wgstl]

Just now, 3star_recruit said:

I don't care about names.  I care about matchups.  I see ranked teams struggle against middling teams in their conference because of matchups.  Happens all the time.

It happens all the time because there’s 350 teams. We match up well, yes, but they have more talent and on the road. 

[RiseAndGrind]

5 minutes ago, wgstl said:

It happens all the time because there’s 350 teams. We match up well, yes, but they have more talent and on the road. 

I love 3 star but in no world is it acceptable for SLU to constantly be getting killed by the F’n dukes. There’s just no excuse I will accept

[Spoon-Balls]

18 minutes ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Weathers’ 2nd Half over the back uncalled mugging of Yuri Collins goes to the A10 Zebra Hall of Shame. 

At least Yuri didn't get called for the foul...

[Brighton]

For as dire as things look, be glad you aren’t that other team in Boone County. 

[juniorbill76]

Somehow I’m less upset about this loss than the Dayton loss. Not sure why.

[Old guy]

OK, just got home back from the Chaifetz, a flat tire and a call to AAA... We lost this one, they outplayed us, some of the ref calls did not help but they did outplay us and beat us. Too bad, now onto the next one. Go Bills!

[BJK]

They played great D on us tonight. Even when they crammed the paint they still managed to get out in the face of our shooter(s). They have our number and it ain’t pretty. 
 

on our end defensively, every time we switched to zone we seemed to give up wide open shots. When we played man our guys ended up switched in to horrible matchups.

nothing went right. They kicked our a$s and now we are what we all thought at the beginning of the season. A team with a chance in the A10 tournament and hope for a NIT birth outside of that. That said; Go Bills!!

[BJK]

Also.. anybody else watching on tv notice Ford literally mutherf&cking the officials and straight begging to be T’d up?

i enjoyed that

[billikenfan05]

2 hours ago, Box and Won said:

And I may be in the minority, but I hate the student athlete recognition thing every year.

Nope, it’s bad. They should also carve out a section in the rafters for them to sit. They add nothing to the student section 

[Bay Area Billiken]

SLU was effectively toast after Perkins was assessed that 4th foul still early in the 2nd Half.  He picked up 2 fouls early in that second half.  With Perkins confined to the bench, SLU lost its top scoring threat.  Ballgame.

[almaman]

2 hours ago, RiseAndGrind said:

I love 3 star but in no world is it acceptable for SLU to constantly be getting killed by the F’n dukes. There’s just no excuse I will accept

Then keep on keeping on. for any observant MBM they are a better team than us. That coach has brought them out of the basement much like Grawer did for us.

[White Pelican]

Some thoughts, in no particular order:

We do not match up well against Duquesne and I think they are a better team than the consensus on here has been giving them credit for. I think they've proved they're better than us.

This team does not have enough people that can shoot a basketball. Every team that comes in here seems to shoot the lights out. We...do not.

I've become numb to the quality of officiating we've come to expect in the A-10 but tonight was wretched. I never appreciated how good we had it in the Great Midwest/Conf USA days until we joined the A10. Did I mention, tonight was wretched?

I really hope to never see Hightower at point guard again. Ever.

[RiseAndGrind]

3 hours ago, almaman said:

Then keep on keeping on. for any observant MBM they are a better team than us. That coach has brought them out of the basement much like Grawer did for us.

Yes they are clearly better. They shouldn’t be is my point. 

[cheeseman]

Last nights game was in one word  "disappointing".  Our defense was porous and I am sure there are lots of reasons why this happened but the bottom line is this was a game we needed and we did not show up.  Ford was so pissed off he did not do the post game show.  Bailey did it and he just came out and said our kids did not show tonight.  Those are strong words from a coach and I am sure that is what Ford told them in the locker room.  They will not be looking forward to practice is my guess.

The runs we made in the second half were great but then we would just turn around and let them negate it each time.  I am sorry but I just don't understand why the team will not give the ball to Jacobson when he camps out in the corner for a 3.  He was the only other shooter on the floor and we just kept trying to get it inside.  

The Dukes just wanted this game more than us and that is unacceptable.  They won virtually all of the 50/50 balls it seemed and that is just an effort issue the same with them out rebounding us.  Like I said just a disappointing performance on our home floor..

[SLU_Nick]

8 hours ago, Bay Area Billiken said:

Weathers’ 2nd Half over the back uncalled mugging of Yuri Collins goes to the A10 Zebra Hall of Shame. 

I mean, we still got the ball. 

The lack of team defense is what is most concerning.  We don’t have any ability to help and recover.  So we choose to just not help.  

Aside from the first 98 seconds of the 2H, Duquesne looked like they were just running their offense against the scout team.  

[slufan13]

We struggle to defend and we can't shoot. Thatch and Jimerson are greatly missed but we need more than just them

[billikenfan05]

9 minutes ago, slufan13 said:

We struggle to defend and we can't shoot. Thatch and Jimerson are greatly missed but we need more than just them

This game falls on scouting and coaching. If you can’t figure out a way to at least slow down a team you just got torched by a month ago you’re not doing your job. Inexplicable switching to zone on a team that shoots 3s well, getting buckets pushing the ball but having the offense play in the half court.