Binghamton Post Game Thread

[jmcclure33]

I think my biggest takeaway from this team so far is that at no point have I found myself saying “Why is he even in the game?!” like I have the last few years about somebody.

The talented depth of this team is night and day and there isn’t anyone that is going to have to play hero ball for us to stay in games, thank god.

 

[Fly Rodder]

First half the offense was settling for a lot of difficult shots: turn arounds, mid range jumpers, floaters etc. they made a couple of them but that’s also why those shots are bad ideas. Second half they stopped those mostly and continued with what was working: ball movement and getting inside for easy buckets. And they didn’t let up the intensity. They still looked for the open guy and played hard.

Nice start to the season.

 

[Chip]

We only had 5 turnovers last night? I thought that would be hard for us to do that against air.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Kyle gives me big time Kenneth Farried vibes. Not a tall center. But a big muscular dude that is an absolute freak athlete. Don’t have great offensive skills but will make a living off alley oops, fast break points and grabbing boards. Can anchor the back end of the defense. Very similar builds and play styles. If Kyle is half the player Farried is. We are in a good spot lol

What he does is play to his strengths and doesn’t do things that he’s not good at. He’s also an excellent passer. As a team last night, the passing was excellent. They do a good job sharing the ball.

 

[sutomcat]

I don't care about the level of competition. This is what Syracuse teams are supposed to do to Binghamton.

Binghamton is the Washington Generals of college basketball. Them or Rutgers.

 

[OrangeinBoston]

Geez... I was told coach is clueless and that we would suck. I guess I'll have to watch.

 

[CuseBlood44]

This is not the night for yeah it was Binghamton. We’ve suffered too many poor showings against garbage teams. A lot to be positive about.
-The first thing I loved was to buy in on defense. Our guys played hard from jump. We haven’t seen a complete defensive effort like that in a long time.
-also the difference in athleticism is glaring. We actually ran a consistent fast break and we probably had more dunks tonight than we did the entire year last year.
-George ran the point just liked we hoped and shot better than expected.
-Kiyan looks like a guy who was prepared for tonight because that’s what he’s prepared for for the past decade. Also underrated to get him off to a good start, so the pressure doesn’t build on him like it did with Buddy.
-Donnie is just scratching the surface. Once he gets more aggressive going to the basket, he will be even more effective. He is the best rebounder we have had in a long time as far as getting the ball out quickly and getting going on the fast break sometimes doing it himself with the dribble.
-it was notable that it didn’t seem like guys were in a get mine mindset other than Betsey, who only looked to shoot. Some really good looks late.
-my favorite underrated play of the night was late in the game when it looked like a guy was wide open and somehow White got all the way around him and not only was in position to play defense, but stole the ball. We have not seen athleticism and hunger on defense like that in a while.

Tune into Siena this year, every game is like that under Gmac

 

[Blanko97]

Geez... I was told coach is clueless and that we would suck. I guess I'll have to watch.

The season is young, Padawan

 

[CuseBlood44]

Geez... I was told coach is clueless and that we would suck. I guess I'll have to watch.

Shoutout to Alex Kline. Red hasn’t proven anything yet

 

[Eric15]

Even though it's just Binghamton, it's such a breath of fresh air to see Syracuse have more points than their opponent after possibly the most soul-crushing month of SU football in my lifetime.

 

[GoSU96]

Even though it's just Binghamton, it's such a breath of fresh air to see Syracuse have more points than their opponent after possibly the most soul-crushing month of SU football in my lifetime.

You must have been born after 2008.

 

[Eric15]

You must have been born after 2008.

The difference is, after the Clemson game, it felt like we had the chance to be legitimately good, but just fell off a cliff.

I never had any expectations to be good at any time in GRob's tenure after like Week 1 of 2005.

But yes, I am in fact 17 years old. 6-7 big back cap skippity rizz something something.

 

[bballbeadle]

Agree on JJ. He gonna be Coach JJ for a month.

The BIG question is can HCAA play the correct lineups at the right time.

If we get in a lull vs good teams, we’re down by 20.

No lulls. No lulls ever again!

 

[Scooch]

Binghamton is the Washington Generals of college basketball. Them or Rutgers.

Which is weird, what with all that NIL money pouring in from a certain someone.

 

[orange79]

No lulls. No lulls ever again!

 

[Fly Rodder]

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[pearl31]

Tune into Siena this year, every game is like that under Gmac

or not

 

[Dcuse]

Shoutout to Alex Kline. Red hasn’t proven anything yet

And we're off!

 

[Sherman20]

With 2 starters out.

Those starters only averaged a few points per game. Seemed like role players. But yeah, a starter is a starter. We’ll see how we play against Delaware, Drexel and Monmouth. But that game was fun to watch.

 

[dollarbill44]

Whoa, I didn't get to see the game, but Kyle was doing alleyoops all by himself?!?!?!?!?

Channeling Paul Harris!

 

[RedtheGOB]

It's crazy what an efficient blowout does to the Kenpom #'s in just one game.

Syracuse #68-->61 (+37 MoV)
Georgia Tech 70-->94 (OT +4 MoV)

 

[bnoro]

We were very efficient, didn't turn the ball over, and played good pressure defense last night.

Can't quite put my finger on it, I wonder if there was a certain player that didn't play which made it easier to play as a team?

 

[richmondcuse03]

We were very efficient, didn't turn the ball over, and played good pressure defense last night.

Can't quite put my finger on it, I wonder if there was a certain player that didn't play which made it easier to play as a team?

I'm going to be optimistic and say that we would have played the same with that certain player on the team...however, i do have the same concerns re: defense.

 

[GoSU96]

We were very efficient, didn't turn the ball over, and played good pressure defense last night.

Can't quite put my finger on it, I wonder if there was a certain player that didn't play which made it easier to play as a team?

This is what I was talking about.

 

[DoctahLexus]

We were very efficient, didn't turn the ball over, and played good pressure defense last night.

Can't quite put my finger on it, I wonder if there was a certain player that didn't play which made it easier to play as a team?

I'm not a big JJ fan at all but this is a bit much. Last year he was damn near the only offensive player with a pulse when Donnie went down and he was also dealing with a hand injury. He was the only dude who could create anything off the dribble since our pg transfer was horrible and our wings had no bag. To expect his efficiency stats to improve in a year like that is not realistic. To act like he was our main problem last year (as some posts about him seem to suggest) is also kind of ridiculous when you consider the horrible supporting cast.

And now a game against an injured Binghamton team is the time to take a victory lap? The guard matchups will be a good deal harder for George and Kiyan going forward. We will need JJ's ability to penetrate and draw attention in the lane, which he has proven he can do even against high level comp. He will be playing less and there will be much less burden on him to make everything happen, which will give his efficiency a boost. While I agree on his defense, I am not exactly confident that George or Kiyan will excel in that category either against tougher comp. We will need minutes from him this year to be the best team possible.