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[QUOTE="Fly Rodder, post: 2912284, member: 2133"]
There were a lot of roster problems then.  I posted elsewhere that in 2015-16, SU was using 27% of the available scholarships on three centers who couldn't really play (Chukwu in his sit year, Obokoh, and Coleman who had horrible knees).  And Kaleb basically sat out the entire season.  So slightly more than a 1/3 scholarships weren't paying any dividends.  They couldn't get Diagne through the NCAA process. Lost Taurean to transfer, etc.  Roster management has been a mess for many reasons.

There was a lot of excitement on the ol' recruitin' board about all the big time prospects Boeheim was offering after Hop went to UW.  None of them signed w/ SU.

Edited to add:  I haven't seen a lot so far to think that anything has improved significantly. The trend is the same, but just more.  Sanctions are done, there's more depth, but the players are essentially the same. Average ACC players, some playing out of position.  I don't think any of the freshman coming in can be expected to start and be significant factors.  A good-great team would have 2-4 players with PER's greater than 20.  The best on this year's team is Tyus at 19.  In 2011-12, four out of five starters (plus Dion & Southerland) had PERs at or better than that.  Does anyone think that SU can get 3 players to >19 next season?

SU freshman to play more than 700 minutes and have PERs greater than 19 since 2009-10:
Lydon and Ennis,  with Thompson just on the outside of 700 minutes.

As far as freshman, I don't think Guerrier can get significant minutes being behind Hughes, Marek, and Brissett (unless something changes).  Girard is, at best, the 3rd guard.  That leaves Goodine and JBA and maybe another recruit.  Syracuse needs current payers to get a lot better or the freshman to be exceptionally good.
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