The people questioning Gerry not substituting have not watched 1 Siena game this year.
It is what he did to win the conference championship game.
His starting Center and starting PF both are out for the season.
The only 2 bench players he has are true freshman.
Two hours later, this one really hurts.
I honestly thought we were going to hold on in the second half. The missed dunks and Doty twisting his ankle are going to haunt me.
@RealSkipBayless Not a breakaway but I completely agree. He couldn't do anything offensively after that play. He made like what 2 of his last 7 from the field or something atrocious like that. I agree with you for once Skip. As there is difficulty in WhatIf, but there is difference here to a DNP.
If Siena's Gavin Doty hadn't twisted his ankle while getting it stepped on on a breakaway early 2nd half, Siena beats Duke. Doty went cold from there on and had no shot-creating push-off. Huge break for Duke.
@Bootlip007@BlueDevils Honestly, if Doty's leg doesn't get hurt he's quicker, the Siena defense keeps some of it's lost intensity, they rotate slightly better on defense and he hits a few shots down the stretch. But I do agree that they were spent.
@DukeManiacs There are no moral victories for Duke. Siena can take this one as a moral victory for sure. Especially if they get the two back of these 5 and then re-load with big men.