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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1246506, member: 405"]
Not saying it's specifically Boeheim's fault that we haven't won more titles, but we have had so many opportunities.

If you go back to the glory days of the Big East, in the 10 year period from 1984 to 1993, we played in 8 out of 10 tournament championship games at the Garden and won only 2.  Overall, we went 6-10 in Big East championship games.

Potential championship teams include 1987, obviously, 2010 and 2012.  You can't necessarily fault Boeheim for Arinze's injury, but we still had Rick Jackson as a center, who was a top player.  It just blew our rotation, because Boeheim had gone down to only 7 men for the end of the season, and we didn't have another guy who could contribute at the level we needed.  You can place some blame for the Fab Melo suspension, especially since he had already missed games during the regular season for academic issues.  You would have hoped that any make-up work, etc., could have been done to ensure his eligibility.

I also look at the 1989 team that lost to Illinois in the Elite 8 as a  potential champion.  Likewise the 2000 team that blew a 17 point second half lead against eventual champion Michigan State in Michigan.  Then there's the historic early flameouts - the 1988 team (a loaded team, with Sherman, Derrick and Billy Owens) losing in the 2nd round to Rhode Island.  There are the losses to Richmond, Vermont, UMass, Minnesota.

Then I look at certain teams, and they always make the most of their chances.  We happen not to be one of them.  Boeheim is 6-11 in the Sweet 16.  That seems to be our usual ceiling.  If you consider us a top 10 program, going out so often at the Sweet 16 is underachieving.
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