(11-06-2018 01:25 PM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  winning 20 games and blaming it on the schedule is not taking into account this year may be the best the CAA has been in awhile.

if half of those 20 wins come in conference, we've made a huge step forward and can look forward to a very, very, very strong 2019-20 when many other CAA teams lose key members and we don't.

If this is the best they have been for awhile, I hope they start playing like it. So far the CAA OOC looks pretty average.

I think the best win was NU's win at Harvard. Their other game they lost at home to Boston U.

(11-12-2018 03:22 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  So it looks like we have been whittled down to single digit basketball fans remaining.
Does anyone else want to chime in on the season predictions?
Tonight is a D III gimme so you are spotted the 3-0 start that I think most were counting on anyway.
31 regular season games (18 in CAA) and then at least one post season game.

So far we have...
NJDuke 21-12
AssyrianDuke 21-13
Hart 20-13
OldDawg 20-11 no postseason?
2Buck 17-14 no postseason?
Purple Pilgrim 17-16
Dukesfan1971 16-16
NYDuke 15-16 no postseason?
JMad03 12-19 no postseason?
PGJMU 10-10 no OOC?

Edit - updates with AssyrianDuke and we are now into double digit fandom!!!

I'll add in 1-1 in the CAA Tourney (but no Keener Round!) and 1-1 in one of those lame CBI type post season tourneys for total record of 22-13.

Latest update for season predictions. 31 Regular season games (18 in CAA), conditional number of Post season games but at least one

So far we have...
DirtyDukes 40-0 National Champions
Duke Dawg 23-10
JMUfan2008 23-10
Halz 22-12
OldDawg 22-13
NJDuke 21-12
AssyrianDuke 21-13
Hart 20-13
Shady P 20-14
2Buck 17-14 no postseason?
Purple Pilgrim 17-16
Dukesfan1971 16-16
NYDuke 15-16 no postseason?
JMad03 12-19 no postseason?
PGJMU 10-10 no OOC?

I will say 18-15 (10-8 in the CAA). Cautiously optimistic.

The actual record always comes down to how you do in the games decided by 5 points or less. Even though it was a win, I was watching the last few minutes at ECU shaking my head at the poor free throw shooting and the lack of defensive stops. Happy for the win though.

If we finish the CAA games like we did in the last few minutes at ECU, it will be more like 14-19 (6-10).

Go Dukes. Looking forward to getting the family to some games this season.

69-0

Hart,

I ll add 1 and 1 in caa tournament.

16 n 17

23-8, 12-6 CAA, heartbreaking loss in CAA semifinals which would be 1-1 postseason for a total of 24-9. Yes, the Kool-aid tastes great.

I predict 18-15 (9-9 in conference play). I predict we win one CAA tournament game.

This outcome should keep LR around another season.

Dukes fans are coming out of the woodwork and now we might be able to sell out the front row of one baseline in the new Union Bank & Trust arena.

So far we have...
CentDukesFan 69-0 perhaps a barnstorming tour after going 40-0?
DirtyDukes 40-0 National Champions
DukeDogDisciple 24-9
Duke Dawg 23-10
JMUfan2008 23-10
Halz 22-12
OldDawg 22-13
NJDuke 21-12
AssyrianDuke 21-13
Hart 20-13
Shady P 20-14
JMUDukes001 18-15
Rock House Duke 18-15
2Buck 17-14 no postseason?
Purple Pilgrim 17-16
Dukesfan1971 16-16
NYDuke 16-17
JMad03 12-19 no postseason?
PGJMU 10-10 no OOC?

22-13 feels about right to me

(11-13-2018 05:32 PM)JMU08 Wrote:  22-13 feels about right to me

That would be an excellent step forward for this team.

I’m still slightly pessimistic, so will go with 19-15 this year and hope to be pleasantly surprised.

Alright, I'll jump in while readily acknowledging my rather embarrassing lack of attention been paid to my former favorite JMU pastime. I doubt I could ID a single player just off a photo, though I do recognize some names, none of the players with those names. That's about where things are for me today.

I caught about the last 20 minutes of TV time last night (not 20 mins of gametime) and even though it was EMU it looks like we have some talent out there. But, havent we had talent out there for a couple years now? Hmmmm...

That said:

I'll go 18-13 reg season.
1-1 CAA tourney, so total of 19-14.

So, with 3 cupcakes already in the books that's a rather blah, slightly above .500 performance from here on out.

Hope desperately that I'm wrong as wrong could be. Like Dirty wins the fan-poll wrong.

I'll go with 17-16 overall
9-9 CAA
1-1 CAAT

Last call for Alcohol. Does anybody else want to join the hoops prediction thread? It seems we may have a few on the fence that haven't really committed to a record yet.
After tomorrow's game we will be more than 10% of the way through the basketball season and it probably wouldn't be fair to those that got their picks in previously.
Fair? That's right. We have a little prize pack for the poster that gets closest to final record. The tie-breaker will be CAA record, then OOC record.

Prizes
A 6-pack of your favorite brew and some delicious snacks plus eternal bragging rights.

I am only posting the total records for ease of initial comparisons.
So far we have...
CentDukesFan 69-0 perhaps a barnstorming tour after going 40-0?
DirtyDukes 40-0 National Champions
DukeDogDisciple 24-9
Duke Dawg 23-10
JMUfan2008 23-10
Halz 22-12
OldDawg 22-13
JMU08 22-13
NJDuke 21-12
AssyrianDuke 21-13
Hart 20-13
Shady P 20-14
JMUDunk 19-14
JMURocks 19-15
JMUDukes001 18-15
Rock House Duke 18-15
2Buck 17-14 no postseason?
Purple Pilgrim 17-16
S2dsayer 17-16
Dukesfan1971 16-16
NYDuke 16-17
JMad03 12-19 no postseason?
PGJMU 10-10 no OOC record?

Can't wait to win everything!!

I will go 19-12 in regular season, 1-1 in CAA tourney and 1-1 in some play for pay post season tournament...21-14! Go Dukes!!


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Hate to copy others in this thread but I think it's a solid prediction...

19-12 regular season
1-1 CAA tourney


Bonus Dukes upset wins and losses:
-Dukes over Oakland and George Mason
- Dukes drop a tough one to Oral Roberts on the way out of Rochester

23-11 regular season with a loss in the CAA semifinals. No NCAA or NIT this year.

17-14 regular
8-10 CAA
1-1 CAAT

The polls are closed and here are the final contestants.

CentDukesFan 69-0 perhaps a barnstorming tour after going 40-0?
DirtyDukes 40-0 National Champions
DukeDogDisciple 24-9
Duke Dawg 23-10
JMUfan2008 23-10
JMUNation 23-11
Halz 22-12
OldDawg 22-13
JMU08 22-13
NJDuke 21-12
AssyrianDuke 21-13
84Breeze 21-14
Anders 20-13
Hart 20-13
Shady P 20-14
JMUDunk 19-14
JMURocks 19-15
Bawlmer Duke 18-15
JMUDukes001 18-15
Rock House Duke 18-15
2Buck 17-14 no postseason?
Purple Pilgrim 17-16
S2dsayer 17-16
Dukesfan1971 16-16
NYDuke 16-17
JMad03 12-19 no postseason?
PGJMU 10-10 no OOC record?