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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 3596130, member: 41"] [MEDIA=twitter]1327054369485967361[/MEDIA] Boeheim pushes back on the notion that players might be being forced to play. He emphasizes the opposite: "They're dying to play basketball. They want to play these games. I think we're all excited. ... Once we get to the games, I think we'll all be happier." Boeheim said big men Marek Dolezaj and Bourama Sidibe have put on 20 pounds each this offseason. You can add Joe Girard to that list. He's up about 15 pounds and is already feeling the benefits in practice: Boeheim on the ACC: "It's as good this year as any year I've seen it. ... You're going to find out how good you are, how good you can become." Boeheim jokes his returners are eager to pick up the 15 shots per game that Elijah Hughes took last season. Boeheim on 2-3 zone: "The good thing is we have six of our first seven guys back so we have a good familiarity with it, and with our offense." Boeheim reminds the hosts that SU was a bad defensive team last year, though it improved down the stretch. He expects D to be better. Boeheim chimes in on the topic of online shopping: "My wife has a designated driver from Amazon. They're assigned just to our house. He comes at least twice a day -- morning and night." Boeheim reiterates that SU's practice goal is to lessen the chance they'll have to quarantine (in the event that someone tests positive). He touched on the chip-based technology that the program is using to limit close contact between individuals. Boeheim said all of Syracuse's players voted. They also helped other SU athletes and personnel register to vote. Boeheim with another joke -- this one maybe not so tactful. Cuts in on Mike Brey, who was asked about Notre Dame football upsetting then-No. 1 Clemson. "He was out there at the 50-yard line jumping up and down." [/QUOTE]

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