uneblinst's postgame chatter: vol 16; ed 6 - Duquesne

I think our offense works well because of what KT did last year, he’s now the primary focus of the opposing team so it’s opened up the court for the others. I still think he’s our best overall scoring threat when he’s in the game. Last night showed me he can dish it back to a physical team that was doing everything they could to knock off his spots. 

11 minutes ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

I think our offense works well because of what KT did last year, he’s now the primary focus of the opposing team so it’s opened up the court for the others. I still think he’s our best overall scoring threat when he’s in the game. Last night showed me he can dish it back to a physical team that was doing everything they could to knock off his spots. 

Amen!

13 minutes ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

I think our offense works well because of what KT did last year, he’s now the primary focus of the opposing team so it’s opened up the court for the others. I still think he’s our best overall scoring threat when he’s in the game. Last night showed me he can dish it back to a physical team that was doing everything they could to knock off his spots. 

Agreed, plus with that attention going there our other guys are getting to flow and cook and KT still had kind of a quiet 23.  That’s a good thing.

4 minutes ago, Keenan9595 said:

Agreed, plus with that attention going there our other guys are getting to flow and cook and KT still had kind of a quiet 23.  That’s a good thing.

It did not feel like 23 at all, and then I look up and he has 23. Did not feel like a typical keisei explosion 

It did not feel like 23 at all, and then I look up and he has 23. Did not feel like a typical keisei explosion 

Considering Tominaga hadn't made a FT in his prior games, that he gained 9 extra points from the line last night felt huge in the moment. Keisei is NU's #1 threat, and everybody knows it. That helps Brice & Juwan a lot !!

5 hours ago, 49r said:

Probably because so many of those 23 were free throws.

This and I don’t think he was on the court for the run where we pulled away. Made his points seem quieter. 

Does anyone know specifics about the last technical? I've been asked about it three times today so it must not have been explained on the TV broadcast

10 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Does anyone know specifics about the last technical? I've been asked about it three times today so it must not have been explained on the TV broadcast

They said it's because he was out of the coaching box.  After all the jawing at the ref, all they needed was an excuse to pull the trigger and I think that was it.

11 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Does anyone know specifics about the last technical? I've been asked about it three times today so it must not have been explained on the TV broadcast

I thought it was against the Duquesne coach for his constant chirping at the refs after #1 fouled out.

22 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Does anyone know specifics about the last technical? I've been asked about it three times today so it must not have been explained on the TV broadcast

The coach was trying HARD to get T'd up.

He was out of the coaching box and the ref was ignoring him. His assistants were trying to pull him back and he resisted them and kept jawing at the official.

Eventually, the official was like "OK, you want a T, I'll give you a T."

I think he was pulling a Norman Dale, but his assistant forgot to run the old picket fence.

Lack of rebounding in 1st half was main reason it was close. Dominated rebounding during run to blow things open and then Duqe made run by getting to the glass. Probably putting jinx on team but with so many guys in rotation that can score can't think there will be many nights when all of them have off night shooting. Also helps when shooting that good at free throw line. Would be interesting to know how many hit nothing but bottom of the net. 

Seems like team is very cohesive and gets along. When Gary left the game Allick stood up and waved his arms to get crowd to stand and acknowledge his performance.

Post game presser

Interesting matchup tonight-- The Dukes played UC Irvine.

Torvak has UC Irvine at #71 while the Dukes are sitting at 58.  What throws an even more interesting wrench in it is that the Fighting Tim Miles are the only team to beat UC Irvine this year in the very first game of the year for both teams.

Since that loss to SJSU, UC Irvine has been on a tear wheeling off six straight and beating USC in the process.

The Dukes got the best of UC Irvine tonight 66-62 and improve to 5-2.  Irvine drops to 6-2 with losses to the Dukes and SJSU.

Also- KenPom had UC Irvine at 62 and the Dukes at 81.

6 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Also- KenPom had UC Irvine at 62 and the Dukes at 81.

Nice dub by the Dukes, Good for our metrics! 

On 11/22/2023 at 11:22 PM, HuskerFever said:

On 11/22/2023 at 11:06 PM, Bugeaters1 said:

28 of 31 free throws won the game for us.

 

The game also shifted once Duquesne got into serious foul trouble and eventually fouling out.

 

Would be remiss to say we won this game purely on our own. Duquesne seems to have a solid team that can have a strong season if they maintain some more discipline through 40 full minutes.

 

I'll likely keep my eye on them a couple times throughout the season.

Resurrecting an old thread here. But hear me out.

This was a very tough early season battle for us. We could have easily dropped this one. Duquesne came in real strong and likely could have made some noise if their team wasn't fouling out.

Skip to today, Duquesne is leading 38-23 in their A10 championship game. We played a solid team early in nonconference play and we've continued to get better and better since then.