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Coach Boeheim has been right all along; we just need to make shots. Syracuse is 9-0 when shooting over 50% from the floor.
Now, obviously most teams win when they make more than half their shots but having done so 9 times this year is a statement. I'm just not so sure it's a statement about our offensive abilities. When we've played teams notable for their defense, and there haven't been many (Villanova, Auburn, VCU, Virginia), it hasn't been pretty.
Thankfully, the ACC is soft this year. So, let's drop the notion that this team is playing any differently than when we got torched by Colgate. If you want to look ahead and play the guessing game with what our record is before the ACC tournament, all you have to do is assess the opponent on whether or not they pride themselves on defense or if they'd rather outshoot their opponent (i.e. the same as our mentality). Here's how I think it plays out:
Louisville [W]
@ Boston College [L]
@ Virginia Tech [L]
Boston College [W]
Georgia Tech [W]
@ Notre Dame [L]
Duke [L]
@ North Carolina [W]
Miami [W]
Admittedly, this isn't hard to imagine since it projects a .500 pct Team winning roughly 50% of their remaining games, with one more home loss and one road win. Let's just be thankful we're not in a conference like the Big East anymore where a team like Georgetown, who beat us, can't get a win because their defense isn't up to par.
Now, obviously most teams win when they make more than half their shots but having done so 9 times this year is a statement. I'm just not so sure it's a statement about our offensive abilities. When we've played teams notable for their defense, and there haven't been many (Villanova, Auburn, VCU, Virginia), it hasn't been pretty.
Thankfully, the ACC is soft this year. So, let's drop the notion that this team is playing any differently than when we got torched by Colgate. If you want to look ahead and play the guessing game with what our record is before the ACC tournament, all you have to do is assess the opponent on whether or not they pride themselves on defense or if they'd rather outshoot their opponent (i.e. the same as our mentality). Here's how I think it plays out:
Louisville [W]
@ Boston College [L]
@ Virginia Tech [L]
Boston College [W]
Georgia Tech [W]
@ Notre Dame [L]
Duke [L]
@ North Carolina [W]
Miami [W]
Admittedly, this isn't hard to imagine since it projects a .500 pct Team winning roughly 50% of their remaining games, with one more home loss and one road win. Let's just be thankful we're not in a conference like the Big East anymore where a team like Georgetown, who beat us, can't get a win because their defense isn't up to par.