Go on record; are we back?

[baggerbob]

my own personal goals for this years squad are :
1. ranked in the top 25 a good part of the season
2. play in the ACCT championship game.

two things that haven't happened in a long long time. accomplish those feats and i'm happy.

I agree, but as a previous post win the ACC tournament and get the Automatic bid. Then win 3 or 4 games in the NCAA tournament. That way we announce we are back.

 

[tbonezone]

just to be clear BB . don't care if we win the ACC tournament. just play in the finals and i'm cool.
that's progress. and as opposed to the final boeheim years it is indeed tremendous progress.
a worthy feat . a new direction. can you even imagine ...Syracuse finally relevant in our own conference.

 

[tptcuse]

 

[MadNY3]

No.

 

[50YRsofCuse]

Still early to predict. If the defense comes to play against the higher ranked teams, then it is a strong possibility. Beating OOC cupcakes is better than losing to them but the proof will be when we play ranked teams and then in conference games. Defense intensity, ball movement minimizing turnovers, strong post play and more than one player having Standout performances will be the defining factors.

My concerns are the physicality of the game when we face teams with strong aggressive players and how we play when Freeman or Kyle or George are in foul trouble. How will the next player up perform?

 

[MGraves5]

Too early to tell if we are back. But it is nice to see us #1 in the country in PPG allowed, FG% defense and 3pt% defense.

 

[Surfan06001]

 

[CuseIn282xx]

Let’s hear it

There's more upside here than any team since our last Final Four. This team has, so far, the most defensive intensity I've ever seen at Syracuse. I really like that we're running ten deep. We're gonna find out for sure in a hurry after the Monmouth game.

 

[Teddy19]

William Kyle actually makes me forget about Maliq. Love his fire.

 

[hungrychuck]

Some of the early rural districts have reported and the voting has gone well.

But the city that has all the votes won’t be reporting for quite a while.

 

[Surfan06001]

 

[FrancoPizza]

We’re back…. to earth.

 

[baggerbob]

We’re back…. to earth.

I suspect the defense we saw the first 3 games we won't see that again this year.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Nope, you're committed.

 

[Surfan06001]

Nope, you're committed.

 

[Biaxtar]

At least this is the last year of Autry. This team is not winning anything at their current rate. Can't play well in the first half so that they will get blown out then. They will try to claw back in the second half and miss both free throws and rebounds.

 

[Surfan06001]