alibrat66
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There are many threads on this board about how Syracuse can beat Indiana: let Zeller have his and shut down their guards; throw 15 fouls at Zeller to harass him and wear him down so he has a subpar game (though he might score 25 from the foul line ); we should speed up play; slow down play; drive to the hoop; shoot a lot of threes, etc. etc.There are other threads about how we are the better team and have superior and bigger athletes, our zone defense is like the Maginot Line (oh, wait, that didn't work out too well) and, therefore, should win going away. I'm going at it from a different point of view: I figure Indiana is one of the three top teams in the country, and we ended up the season rated in the high teens. Therefore, we should have little or no chance. By some estimates, we shouldn't even be playing in the same game and on the same floor as Indiana and its seemingly meth-freak, gacked coach. Hell, we might even score a total of 20 points against their superior defense. So, I'm going accept that guaranteed failure hypothesis and enjoy the game. Watch loose. Have fun viewing the slaughter; not even scream and curse at the refs. I'll be the Ghandi (or like that guy from Nepal whose name I can't spell without doing a search, which I choose not to do right now because I'm so relaxed and mellow) of our fan base. I'll be like the nerdy guy with straight As, built like a willow-branch with Coke-bottle-thick glasses who lusts over the beautiful head cheerleader but knows that never in a million years will she go out with him, so he gets off just watching her walk around the halls, or do flips on the court at halftime; in short, he hangs loose (which might even attract her to him, since he's the only boy not running after her like a dog in heat). My hope is that our players will also play loose, figuring they have nothing to lose, since they are on the court with the legendary and almighty goliath of the Big 10, 12, 14 (pick your number). I think if our players can stay loose and have fun, and play like this is their final game due to them having no chance to beat the vaunted Hoosiers, who, though there are few hills in Indiana to stand on, consider themselves loftier than us. In short, enjoy the moment, take chances, and play (as opposed to work) hard. In short, I'll let Indiana believe their own press clippings, and we apple-knockers from upstate New York (where there are hills) just might sneak up on them and knock them off, sort of a reverse Hoosiers story. If so, I predict that Crean's head pops open, and his innards squeeze out of him like toothpaste on national television, thereby robbing Andy Katz of any post game interview (since JB has sentenced him to a life of omerta. I'll let you know how it works out...