There are situations when the lack of height can really hurt you; 1) you can't shoot from the outside; 2) opposition has a big man that we can't handle one on one and you are forced to double team, esp. if opponent has decent outside shooters; 3) opponent has 2 or more quality big men. Examples: we saw #1 all last year; #2 was seen in the Bonas games where inside Nicholson / outside Matthews; and #3 with Temple with Allen/Eric or Richmond with Geriot/Harper. You're probably looking at 6 to 8 games where #2 or #3 come into play; shoot better and you can win 20+ games without added height. -- Duquesne Dukes Basketball Forum

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Date Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 12:09:47pm
Author: Phoenix Rising
Subject: There are situations when the lack of height can really hurt you; 1) you can't shoot from the outside; 2) opposition has a big man that we can't handle one on one and you are forced to double team, esp. if opponent has decent outside shooters; 3) opponent has 2 or more quality big men. Examples: we saw #1 all last year; #2 was seen in the Bonas games where inside Nicholson / outside Matthews; and #3 with Temple with Allen/Eric or Richmond with Geriot/Harper. You're probably looking at 6 to 8 games where #2 or #3 come into play; shoot better and you can win 20+ games without added height.
In reply to: TMH 's message, "Does size really matter?" on Thursday, July 22, 11:01:30pm

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Also, I can't believe that there is any discussion regarding whether RE would take Nicholson on the Dukes roster. Nah, RE wouldn't take a first team A-10 player on his squad (who also is a good student and outwardly a solid citizen). Geez. (NT) -- Phoenix Rising, Tuesday, July 27, 03:52:18pm

I was thinking the same thing. If we had Nicholson, we'd be debating what our seed will be in the NCAA's. (NT) -- duq81, Thursday, July 29, 11:19:20am

Ron had mentioned that he was close in getting Nicholson. I don't know the real story but remember hearing that one of his now former assistants did not think he was good enough which is kind of hard to imagin. (NT) -- CLK, Thursday, July 29, 12:05:03pm
- I had heard we were close to getting Nicholson as well. It may have been JD that told me that. (NT) -- VBC, Thursday, July 29, 12:07:19pm

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