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  1. NYCorange

    Quadir Copeland in the portal

    Unless Red completely outdoes my expectations in the portal, we are going to really, really miss Q next year. And I don't buy for a second that he wasn't completely about winning when he was on the court. If every guy on our team played with the toughness and passion he played with, we'd still...
  2. NYCorange

    Nit is a very good and tough tournament.

    This is the definition of rationalization.
  3. NYCorange

    Mike Hopkins and UW

    That makes sense.
  4. NYCorange

    Mike Hopkins and UW

    What would Red's success have to do with this? In this scenario, Red would obviously have to want him back.
  5. NYCorange

    Mike Hopkins and UW

    Looks like Hop is almost certainly getting canned at UW. Would you guys want him back as an assistant on Red's staff? I know we've talked about bringing him back as head coach, but I don't remember if we've talked about assistant.
  6. NYCorange

    Red Season 1 Now a Bust

    Not to nit pick, but ten years ago we were enjoying Tyler Ennis' freshman year and being AP #1 for a good chunk of the year.
  7. NYCorange

    Jesse Edwards' Choice?

    Yeah fair enough. I don't know that much of the details of how it went down .
  8. NYCorange

    Jesse Edwards' Choice?

    I can't ever begrudge a player trying to get paid. Basketball careers are short, and Jesse's likely not going to be pulling big contracts. So what if he shopped one offer around to get a better one-- if he was a software engineer getting a better offer by doing that, none of us would have a...
  9. NYCorange

    Next year

    We always overestimate how good freshman are going to be. I'd love it if Freeman was immediately better than a junior Brown, but I highly doubt it. More likely, Brown adds a three point shot and starts at the 4 and is really solid while doing it, while Freeman plays 26 minutes a night when...
  10. NYCorange

    2025 Beast Case Scenario?

    In today's college hoops, it's less about the recruits, and more about the portal players. We need a good PG and a true rim protecting center in the portal.
  11. NYCorange

    Next year

    The fluctuation in opinions in here from one game to the next is hilarious. We went from QC is for sure an NBA guard to QC can't cut it at a P5 program lol. Every major contributor on this team is a sophomore, most of our players were recruited to play a different defense, and we're a mid-tier...
  12. NYCorange

    The Talk

    Serious question: are we sure Mintz is gone next year? I know he's had NBA hype but honestly am not sure he gets drafted if the draft was today as an athletically average (For the NBA) PG without a great 3pt shot. Add in NIL stuff and it might make sense for him to stay-- of course transferring...
  13. NYCorange

    Pitt Postgame Thoughts

    Yup, I think we're pretty good-- at least at home. The other thing I keep coming back to is that everyone feels like it we only had a good perimeter shooter, we'd be so much better. I'm think JJ could be that guy. He's shot 8-17 from 3 over the past 6 games (including today's 1-5 effort) and...
  14. NYCorange

    Quadir Copeland

    The best league comp for QC is probably GPII. GPIII is a bit more athletic and a better defender, but QC is taller (although I don't think QC is actually 6'6--more like 6'4) . The fact that GPII had to grind his way through like 6 teams and only really is a useful player on very unique teams...
  15. NYCorange

    Virginia sucks and yeah I guess that means we really suck

    Stop moving the goalposts and arguing with strawmen lol. First two posts you say: - anyone who thinks SU will lose is traumatized. - the other teams aren't definitely better. Last post you say - Not arguing which are better. - Just saying the games aren't already losses. Who is saying the...
  16. NYCorange

    Virginia sucks and yeah I guess that means we really suck

    Ken Pom has us as the 10th out of the 15 ACC teams. I'm not sure why 10-9 would be our floor. I'd love to way outplay that, but I'm pretty sure we could do much worse than 10-9.
  17. NYCorange

    Other than Mintz

    Also, Starling would 1000% have gotten an offer. Local McDonalds All American?? Idk what you're talking about haha.
  18. NYCorange

    JJ Starling

    It's gonna be up and down most likely the rest of the way for JJ, but hopefully the trend line continues up. I just don't understand fans who have no patience a player coming off meniscus surgery and recovering from shoulder injuries. Yes the shot isn't falling yes it's a bit awkward at times...
  19. NYCorange

    Kadary Richmond

    Yeah, and also MCW got drafted when there was only one season of tape on his shooting, and he made a decent number of 3s (like 1 per game) albeit on poor efficiency. Teams thought that he might learn to shoot. My best imagination for him at the NBA level without a shot is something like...
  20. NYCorange

    Class of 2024 CG Boogie Fland (NY) Offered

    No, Niastri is right. It essentially means a PG sized SG, which isn't a good thing. Nobody called Ja Morant a combo guard, not because he couldn't play off the ball, but because he has true pg skills.
  21. NYCorange

    Adrian Autry Appreciation Thread

    If UW fire Hopkins, I wonder if Red would bring him back as lead assistant? I'd personally love to see that happen. I feel like Red and Hop working together would be a very formidable recruiting pair.
  22. NYCorange

    Kenny Smith just called Buddy

    I think I misinterpreted the original statement-- I assumed "shotmaking" meant creating own shot and scoring at all three levels. As a pure shooter, of course Buddy is better-- better than Carmelo too of course. I don't think he's necessarily a better scorer than Silent G and Waiters. On the...
  23. NYCorange

    Kenny Smith just called Buddy

    Yah, some of these comments are really just prisoners of the moment, lol. I love Buddy, but I can think of a handful of better shot makers beyond just Carmelo since I started watching the Orange during the Hart/Thomas/Shumpert years. Waiters and senior-year Gbinije come to mind. Buddy reminds me...
  24. NYCorange

    Illinois in a lot of trouble

    Loyola was crazily underserved. Kenpom had thrm as the 8th best team in the country before the tourney started.
  25. NYCorange

    Why is the TBT basketball so bad?

    I think you underestimate how high the level of play is too. The players are CLEARLY better than all but the very best college players. I'd say it's about the same level of play as the G-league with a bit less cohesion and chemistry. But that cohesion and chemistry is what separates the teams in...
  26. NYCorange

    Rick Pitino Wasting No Time Building at Iona

    top 40 is better than us over the past few years. :(
  27. NYCorange

    Class of 2022 PG Dior Johnson (NY / CA)

    I think it all depends on how good he ACTUALLY is. If he's a top 10 recruit still in two years then maybe not, but if he's "just" a top 25 recruit-- he probably won't have the option.
  28. NYCorange

    Our Season is Exhibit A

    I actually disagree. With the importance of non-conference wins and overall conference strength perception, I like that moving conference games into the earlier schedule theoretically allows for more chances for teams and conferences to prove themselves against outside competition AFTER they...
  29. NYCorange

    Seattle vs Bucknell on ESPNU (live) now

    By the laws of transferal, we beat the team we beat by 22, by 58.
  30. NYCorange

    Girard as a Point

    Tons of NBA teams are led in assists by something other than a traditional pure pg. For example, none of LeBron James, Luka Doncic, James Harden, Jimmy Butler, Ben Simmons, Bradley Beal, Gianni's Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, and Draymond Green defend pgs on defense, but all generally lead their...
  31. NYCorange

    jb press conference??

    Graffiti itself, no? But racial slurs against blacks and Asians. Yeah, that falls more under it. But I feel like you knew that already and we're just trying to troll no?
  32. NYCorange

    jb press conference??

    I wonder if they are trying to decide whether to include the non-basketball comments JB made at the end about the alleged hate crimes on campus.
  33. NYCorange

    Liberty Game Thread ...

    I think our current QB needs all the experience he can get right now
  34. NYCorange

    Liberty Look-a-like thread

    Zac Foutz Samwell Tarly
  35. NYCorange

    The ACC Network lives!!

    It got added to YoutubeTV which I think is going to be the long term winner after the cord-cutting plays its course. So that's big news I think.
  36. NYCorange

    Brendan Paul enters the transfer portal

    Well this proves, beyond a shadow of doubt, that Boeheim has lost the team.
  37. NYCorange

    Class of 2019 C Jesse Edwards (NL/IMG) SIGNED WITH SYRACUSE

    He certainly could have done more. That said, I remember his freshman season and he was NOT ready offensively at that point.
  38. NYCorange

    Battle & Brissett Stock Watch

    Watching Brisset right now. He's just spotting up in the corner and hoping to get a pass. Super uninvolved in the offense currently. To be fair, that's most of his role probably in the offense. Be a big 3-D wing. But the best ones (Danny Green) do other stuff to impact on offense--setting...
  39. NYCorange

    Oshae Staying in the 2019 NBA Draft

    Apologies if this was already posted. I didn't see it. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26754520/ucf-fall-11-picked-draft-combine
  40. NYCorange

    FBI Hoops Trial starting

    Not just the coaches, the programs should get the death penalty as well. They knew exactly what was going on, especially since they have kept their coaches through this controversy.
  41. NYCorange

    FBI Hoops Trial starting

    Apparently Miller paid 10k a month to Ayton and paid to have recruits families etc moved to Tucson. This is rediculous. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26647372/miller-paid-10k-per-month-ayton
  42. NYCorange

    Damien Lillard

    I hope some of you got to see Damien Lillard personally put down the Thunder tonight. His series winning 3 at the buzzer was a historically great shot. Dropped 50 to close it out. His wave goodbye after the shot was as cold as it gets.
  43. NYCorange

    Liberty University

    As a devout Christian, I'm horrified by everything Jerry Fallwell Jr. His views and actions are the worst representation of Christianity and I'm ashamed/angered that I get associated with him in people's minds if I mention that I'm a Christian. That said, it's a tricky issue on whether we should...
  44. NYCorange

    I’m still mad that Dino didn’t get ACC coach of the year

    You guys act like identifying, getting, and developing talent isn't part of the head coaches job. Florida State had somewhat similar players (by star rating) as Clemson and look where that got them.
  45. NYCorange

    Bruce Pearl is

    Slimey as they come, and also a f***ing good college basketball coach. I've loved watching his teams since the run he made with UW-Milwaukie and Joah Tucker.
  46. NYCorange

    Essentially played without a PG this year

    The problems on offence were 99% the pg and center position. IMO 60% was the center position. Our offense is essentially a high ball screen offence with the center setting a pick for the pg. The point guard penetrates, the center rolls and 2 defenders can't contain the action, a third has to...
  47. NYCorange

    Frank Howard Suspended

    Against Baylor's zone, this might be a blessing in disguise with Buddy on the floor more. Against Gonzaga, we'll miss his defense.
  48. NYCorange

    Syracuse Pro Day: March 18

    Probably that graphics just shows the positives. He probably didn't have a great 40 time
  49. NYCorange

    Class of 2019 Derrik Smits, grad transfer from Valpo to Butler

    Honestly, not super impressed. I think Chukwu would look similar or better vs the same competition as the video. He's definitely a better passer, but Chukwu looks light year better on defense.
  50. NYCorange

    NCAA Selection Show Thread...

    The Gonzaga boards aren't happy about (potentially) seeing us again.
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