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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 2960421, member: 405"] People seem to have forgotten that Boeheim wants to win games, first and foremost, not stick to a stubborn system or belief, if he doesn't think it gives him the best chance to win. If you look back over the years, when we have guys who are better than their backups, and they offer the "full package", he will ride that player into the sunset. But when one guy doesn't have the full package for his position, Boeheim has shown that he will play more guys, go deeper into the bench, to try to find combinations that work for given in-game situations. Lydon or Marek at center isn't his first choice; it's him adapting to the talent he has to work with. You don't see guys play 35 minutes a game out of position; he tries to find combinations that work for maybe 8 minutes at a time during a game. [/QUOTE]