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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1219926, member: 716"]
Cooney just isn't effective against a decent man-to-man.

This team isn't constructed well; I can't remember a Syracuse team in which so few guys fill their roles well:

We've got a power forward playing center (he's the best of the bunch) without a backup.
Our power forward is rail-thin, finishes worse than Elvir Ovcina, and, as a young guy, struggles in the zone.
Small forward...who knows. B.J. looked good in the first half; he's clearly a smart basketball player.
Shooting guard. We don't have one who can shoot. Gbinije doesn't really feed the post and makes terrible decisions (the latest installment, giving away two points at the end of the first half).
Point guard. Meh, he's young. He'll become good someday. Two things I can't live with at this stage: not rotating back on defense and taking defended jump shots 5 seconds into the shot clock.

I miss the days of players who can play a defined position. This is a bunch of utility guys playing bad basketball.
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