Of course, last year we had a hobbled Khalifa who was also fasting and proved useless in the game. I believe Fouss was also fasting? I know we had two guys fasting and I think Fouss was one of them. Either way, he had a sub-par performance and he wasn't the advantage for us that he should have been.

The sad part of that game was that Duquesne didn't even play all that well. They were still their normal, crappy selves with two chuckers who went a combined 10 for 35. When the opponent has two guys who take 35 shots and only make 10 of them, there's no way you should lose.


Anyway, feels like this year's team simply has more options. If Keita isn't feeling it, we've got Fouss, and if that's not working, we've got Bosko.

If Demin's ball handling issues are a problem again, we've got Hall. If we need to slow down a hot guard, we've got Trey.

This year's team is also more willing to drive the ball to open up the 3 pt shooting. Last year's team seemed lost if they couldn't shoot the 3.