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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 2990704, member: 4819"]
I think, as good as Cornell's offense has been, the key to the game has to be the Orange offense.  Cornell will score, that much is certain.  Syracuse has to play smart and absolutely cannot make a plethora of mistakes like they've done in earlier games this season.  Possessions cannot end with a missed pass or a shot clock violation. They have to take advantage of the possession advantage they will seemingly have.  My question is what kind of pace do they play? Something tells me Desko will want to play with a slower pace - but I feel like the offense and the team as a whole plays better when things are uptempo and frenetic. Have to value possession, but can't be so obsessed with it that they end up wasting it.

Other question is how they chose to guard Teat - seems like teams have stopped face-guarding him 'Cuse did better on defense last year when they employed that strategy.  The shifty/quick attackmen of Cornell have me worried against Cunningham and Bomberry but they did better than expected against Duke.

For some reason I get the sense that because of the advantage Syracuse will have at the face-off X, the big win against Hobart, the new helmets,  people are feeling overconfident. Make no mistake this is a huge game against a team that has proven it can score lots of goals despite not having the ball much. Also Cornell is right there on the bubble with Syracuse and this game could have huge implications on the tournament.   Have to hope SU comes out focused and ready to go.
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