It’s Put Up or Shut Up Time for Duquesne

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We have heard about it all this season:
“Duquesne has an easy schedule.”
“The Dukes haven’t played anybody and still lost to two bad teams.”
There are plenty more variations of these phrases, but they are most certainly valid.  Personally, I am all in on the Dukes, but for most fans, they need to see a road win against a quality opponent.  They drowned out some haters already with a win at “home” over Saint Louis.  They have rattled off 5 straight wins in the A10, which by any standards is pretty good, even for Duquesne.  Regardless of whether you are buying into the Dukes or not, you cannot argue that this team is good enough to finish in the top 4. The Dukes are 77 on KenPom and 55 in the NET as of this writing.  They are getting after it on defense and doing just enough on offense to win games.  That’s good enough for the A10.  They have three guys that can do it all in Carry, Hughes, and Weathers.  They get great help from role guys in Baylee Steele, Tavian Dunn-Martin, and...

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