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Message: [QUOTE="SU94, post: 2070455, member: 202"] 1 - Overall, I am not going to complain about our FT shooting (T-Rob notwithstanding), but I wonder, when a player is fouled in the act of shooting and the game immediately goes to a TV timeout, can our shooter practice a few free throws? [LIST] [*]It might be illegal, likely is. But Battle missed a pair at Clemson after a timeout, and I also believe Lydon's missed front end came after a TV break. Any refs out there? [/LIST] 2 - I'll pose this question: Does last year's unlikely (undeserved?) NCAA bid and subsequent run to the Final Four [B]hypothetically help or hinder our status on the bubble come this Selection Sunday[/B]? [LIST] [*]I understand that in a vacuum, it should have zero affect. But that committee is made up of humans, and I wonder how last year's developments have marinated in the minds of these brilliant NCAA administrators. I want to believe that it'll help our cause this year (this SU team is HOT, can beat anyone and get to the F4), but I wonder if it'll be the converse ("Boeheim's bastards did not deserve it last year, so 'em, gimme Illinois State dammit"). [/LIST] 3 - Two years ago, we imposed probation (the ACCT and NCAA Tourney bans) on ourselves. Many pundits and opposing fans cried foul, saying we were not going to make the NCAAs anyhow, so this was a toothless penalty. As I think about it, and the more I am learning about this program the last 2 years, I am now convinced that we would have earned a berth. No proof, but look how we've played in February/March the last 2 years. JAB said it himself a few months ago, that with that carrot, the 2014-15 squad (led by R.Christmas, Cooney & Silent G.) would have won 2-3 more games and earned a berth. [LIST] [*]My point here is that the F4 Run and this year's unlikely 5-game surge had showed me that the self-imposed Tourney ban of two seasons ago was an appropriate/legitimate tax for our misdeeds. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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