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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 1660251, member: 668"]
I'm not disagreeing, but where I do have somewhat of an issue in getting blown out is reading quotes like this below.

[I]"I think it was just kinda on us," SU forward [COLOR=#000000]Tyler Lydon[/COLOR] said. "We didn't come out with the right kind of intensity. Just one of those games."

"We didn't come out ready to play," SU guard Trever Cooney said. "That's why that happened."[/I]

I get guys having an off night as they did last night (offensively) and, how JB eluded that we just don't have that kind of room for error with one guy off, not to mention two or more.  But how do you not come out [I]ready to play[/I] or [I]lack of intensity[/I], etc., especially as a competitor, let alone a competitor at this high level?  That's hard for me to digest, especially when so much is riding on each and every game relative to the NCAA tourney.

In my view, there's really never a legitimate excuse for not giving full effort on D.  Watching that 2nd half debacle (again, I'm stressing effort, mental toughness, mindset, etc. when it comes to D) is really inexcusable, allowing for all those Top 10 SportsCenter moments at Syracuse's expense.  The boys should be embarrassed.  Hopefully, after watching film they'll come together and won't ever lack that effort again, not only for their own self respect & pride, but never forgetting the name across the front of their jersey's either.
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