CuseFaninVT
2023-24 Iggy Winner Leading Rebounder
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Im not one to make excuses for guys I think are playing poorly, but its stupid not to take the situations under consideration as well as the raw numbers.
Remember Onuaku in out of conference games? He hated playing against smaller quicker teams that pushed the ball up the court, and I'd say Coleman is as close physically to Onuaku as any of his Syracuse predictors. Onuaku always picked his game up for Big East play and I expect Coleman to do the same. If he doesn't I wont make any excuses for him.
As for Cooney, he played his first game outside where you could not shoot, and understandably didn't play much. I didn't expect him to play much against Arkansas either because of how often they press, but he did, and he did a fine job handling the press. I was expecting Boeheim to ride Triche and Carter-Williams in every game Syracuse got pressed this year, and it doesn't look like he will have to. That is an unexpected plus in my book.
Agreed on AO. In a lot of cases he ended up being too big and got himself in foul trouble because anytime he touched someone they would fall to the ground. Maybe it's similar with Rak.