Game 27: Duquesne University (Homecoming), Saturday, February 23rd, 4 PM, MASN2/ESPN+

[gmubrian]

Capitals have played very well the last two games so I would have said we have little chance to win this one, but, they are looking pretty bad in their game that is on right now, so there is hope for us against the Dukes today.

 

[psyclone]

Vegasinsider now has us as 3.5 pt favorites, down from 4.5 opening line.

 

[patriot2000]

I'm not sure how closely Vegas watches the A10, and the kenpom and espn match up predictors use data from the entire season. The real question about this game is simply, "how banged up are we?" The team that opened the A10 season for us was real (i.e., not fool's gold). But we are really dinged up and it shows. Looking at the match up on paper, I have no doubt that we could win this game easily in front of a homecoming crowd, but that assumes we are healthy.

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[MASONscott]

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[MASONscott]

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[MASONscott]

Thank you to whoever did this and passed them out at today’s event!


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[Quentin Daniels]

I'm not sure how closely Vegas watches the A10

Vegas doesn’t watch conferences. They watch money.

If the lines in the A10 weren’t as accurate as the ACC or SEC the gamblers would have figured it out by now.

 

[gmubrian]

Capitals have played very well the last two games so I would have said we have little chance to win this one, but, they are looking pretty bad in their game that is on right now, so there is hope for us against the Dukes today.

Caps stink it up today, so I predict we take care of business today. Vegas knows what they are doing when it comes to the 3.5 point advantage.

 

[patriot2000]

Vegas doesn’t watch conferences. They watch money.

If the lines in the A10 weren’t as accurate as the ACC or SEC the gamblers would have figured it out by now.

Makes sense. I guess my question would be, as someone who has never bet on sports (other than pools amongst friends)... When Vegas sets a line on a non-big-money game, one out of 150 D1 games being played today, are they aware of potential injuries?

Not that any of this matters. I'm just tired of not being able to travel to any Mason games, and bored of living in an area where nobody knows what Mason is... Just looking for stuff to talk about.

I think some fans have been pretty extreme (we're going to win the A10 after every win, and finish 8th after every loss). But I think the truth lies more in us being incredibly banged up... And these are just the ones we know about. I'm pretty sure we have minor but nagging injuries that are not being discussed (I'm looking at Kier). Early season, we had a plan that didn't work because of a hurt starter and a transfer who wasn't adjusting to a starting role as quickly as we'd hoped. We figured it out and saw what we really could be this season. Then we got all kinds of beat up.

Is anyone else like me and just not wanting to talk about this... Why do we have so many injuries in practice? Is this normal, and just a question of odds - you play a lot more minutes in practices than you do in games through the course of the season? Thus you are statistically more likely to get hurt in practice?

I don't pay close enough attention to other college teams to know of our recent history of practice injuries is normal. I feel like DP talks a lot about how well we practice and intense our practices are. Is this related or am I grasping?

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[GSII]

Maybe only Ian got hurt in practice. Everyone else was in games.

 

[GMUgemini]

So far so good. Looks like Mason has worked on switching up how they're collapsing into the paint -- still leaving shooters open, but the passes back out aren't quite as easy to read as the last couple of games.

Offense looks good so far. Kier putting in some work early.

 

[tblack33]

Came out with some big dick energy today.

 

[Herndon]

Great vibe in the arena tonight. Every game should be like this. I'm in the nosebleeds and it's live

 

[Mason2005]

Don't jinx it!!!!!

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[patriot2000]

Crowd looks good on TV. How big?

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[MasonSAE4]

Three Tim Donaghy’s out here trying to cover the spread.

 

[Herndon]

Before it's all said and done, Paulsen is going to strangle AJ.

 

[patriot2000]

I had to miss about 6 minutes of the game. When I left we were up 18. Came back up 8. What happened?

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[MasonSAE4]

I had to miss about 6 minutes of the game. When I left we were up 18. Came back up 8. What happened?

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Poor officiating. Not a fan of blaming the refs but they’ve been f**king awful since about the ten minute mark. And a couple 3’s went down for Duquesne.

 

[Bricker]

Poor officiating. Not a fan of blaming the refs but they’ve been f*cking awful since about the ten minute mark. And a couple 3’s went down for Duquesne.

Still getting absolutely mauled. Duquesne steamroll with zero consequences.