The caveat being it's really not prudent to make any definitive conclusions when watching a midnight madness scrimmage, here's my take nonetheless: Rakeem is poised to have the kind of year that we've all been hoping for, McCullough is a big time talent and we will need his season to be more like Carmelo rather than Donte but it will likely be someplace in between the two. Silent G has also improved and will be relied upon heavily to score and to be the guy that is used to cover in areas where we might struggle.
Okoboh, like many big guys, is going to be somewhat of a project although we need some semblance of a steep learning curve from him since after Rak...ugh! We are going to miss BMK in a big way.
I feel for Kaleb Joseph, the kid is going to have an enormous responsibility placed on his shoulders and he is going to be unfairly compared to Ennis and MCW. His upside is that he seems to have a great attitude, is up to the task, likely will not be a one and done (hooray for that!!!) and his style of play in the long run is going to be just the thing that Syracuse Basketball needs. Given time, he will be a great and impactful point guard. Cooney's season will depend largely in part as to being able to get some 3 pt shooting from some other players and him being able to get open looks rather than running around like he's on fire.
Roberson, didn't really get a feel for where he was at since we didn't seem much of him. Another poster said he cut his hand. Hope it's a minor thing because we are going to need a significant contribution from him.
All in all it was just great to see the team suited up and knowing that the real deal is just around the corner. And, as always, no matter what this Orange fan is going to support them every single second of the season!!! I think we are going to enjoy what we see as the season unfolds.
