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Flyers face Fordham, Duquesne
UD Basketball: The Week Ahead
Games: vs. Fordham (2-12, 0-2 Atlantic 10), 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (no TV); at Duquesne (11-4, 2-0 Atlantic 10) 7 p.m. Saturday (no TV).
Scouting Fordham: The Rams have been lurking in the sub-300 regions of the RPI, their only wins having come at home against Lafayette and New Hampshire. They’ve lost to St. Bonaventure and Xavier in the A-10.
Scouting Duquesne: The Dukes have been one of the surprise teams in the league. Three of their four losses have been to ranked teams, and they played West Virginia to the final minutes.
They’re coming off a 98-80 win at St. Bonaventure, which took a 10-4 record into that game.
Scouting Dayton: The Flyers shot just 40 percent from the field in a 75-62 loss to UMass on Saturday, falling to 0-1 in the Atlantic 10.
The Minutemen really sagged off point guard London Warren and forward Charles Little, leaving few lanes for drives. Of course, that’s not the first time the shooting-challenged Flyers have faced a collapsing man-to-man defense.
“They packed the middle,” guard Marcus Johnson said. “Every time you tried to drive, there would be two or three guys on you. They sagged off the players that weren’t very capable of shooting it.
“We just have to work the ball around against that, drive and kick it.”
Gregory addresses alums:Dayton coach Brian Gregory spoke to about 115 UD alumni from the New England area before the game against UMass on Saturday, and the group applauded enthusiastically when he arrived.
During his remarks, Gregory cracked, “I very rarely get on the officials, so that’s your job today.”
Earlier in the week, a reporter from WDTN (Channel 2) asked the coach to say a few words on camera to retiring weatherman Carl Nichols, and Gregory displayed his biting humor.
Before offering his congratulations on a great career, Gregory said: “If I was as wrong as much as he was, I probably wouldn’t be coaching. I have two lovely daughters, and I figure out what he says the weather will be the next day and dress them just the opposite.”
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By Jackrabbit
January 12, 2009 7:30 AM | Link to this
‘They sagged off the guys who can’t shoot it” From 15 feet even. Selfish of the guys who can’t shoot and makes if more difficult for the ones one can. Get in the gym, hiring a professional and learn how to shoot for next year. Enough is enoughBy David Lee Roth
January 12, 2009 6:49 PM | Link to this
Yeah I love London Warren & Rob Lowery’s energy and hustle but it doesn’t do us much good on the offensive end when we don’t have a point guard who can make a mid to long range jumper.Marcus Johnson can’t do it all from the outside & Kurt Huelsman is worthless on offense so defenses can ignore him somewhat as well. I also love our gimmick player, Luke Fabrizius who only tosses up 3 pointers and is the epitome of the team’s (lack of) successes from behind the arc this year.By Borges
January 15, 2009 5:55 PM | Link to this
Yes, Huelsman is absolutely useless!!!! Warren is no Chris Paul either. My Lord!!! Where do they go to recruit these people. Warren runs tho court like a hapless “rug rat”.