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Message: [QUOTE="mantonio, post: 228111, member: 709"] I think people assume having Melo in there make the defense much tougher on opponents, & trim off a good 10 points, which puts less pressure on the offense to score so much. We can look at this another way: With Melo out of the picture, our opponents might be less inclined to attempt 3 pointers & long range 2's, in favor of feeding the post man who they assume will dominate the more mellow, Melo-less middle. Now, let's say these teams do have some success on the interior, but the Syracuse "bigs" find a way to keep it relatively under control. And then let's assume the Syracuse guards & wing defenders can just focus on stopping any good looks at deep shots... You see where I'm going with this... If you limit the opponents 3 point success, there is not one team that will beat Syracuse in this tournament. Syracuse has too much talent even without Melo to get beat straight up... [/QUOTE]