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Message: [QUOTE="cuse522, post: 2966678, member: 1149"] I disagree, I think it was reasonable to expect: - Darius Bazley to have a huge impact. - Chukwu to have a great chance to develop into a defensive monster anchoring the zone. - Dolezaj to bulk up a bit and become a more consistent contributor. - Brissett to improve on last year's 15 & 9. - Tyus to do as well as last year, if not a little better (19.2 pts, 32% from three) - Howard to improve at least a little bit as well. (14.4 pts, 4.7 assists) - Either Tyus (32.2% to 31.5%) or Frank (32.7% to 33.8%) to develop more of an outside shot Instead: - Bazley decommitted. - Chukwu went from 5.4 pts, 6.8 reb, 2.5 blk to 4.3 pts, 5.4 reb, 1.8 blk - Dolezaj went from 5.8 pts, 4.8 reb to 4.1 pts, 3.6 reb. He grew an inch but is listed at the same weight (and some reports say he lost weight). - Brissett went backwards to 12 & 8 - Tyus went backwards in scoring and three point shooting. - Howard went backwards in scoring and assists. - Tyus got worse from long range and Frank only improved slightly. I mean, when's the last time all five key returning players got [I]worse? [/I]Or anyone decommitted to go to the G-league and sign a shoe deal with... New Balance? I mean, shoot, when you're losing players to New Balance... That's not a good sign. But if Bazley played for us this year and two of the other five or six things happened, that would have had to be worth at least three or four regular season wins, which probably would have probably put us in the top-15 and on one of the top four lines in the bracket. If Bazley showed and like three or four of the other five or six things happened, we could have been right up there with Duke, UNC and UVA at the top of the ACC and battling for a 1 or 2-seed. It was a tragic convergence of bad luck to have NONE of that stuff work out this year. This time last year, 2018-19 really was setting up to be a great year for 'Cuse hoops. Next year looks terrible, but hey, maybe we'll get really lucky and have some stuff fall our way. [/QUOTE]

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