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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 884596, member: 716"]
Defense, culture change, and luck are all tied together.
 
Weeding out the bad apples after 2009 was very important, as was experimenting with man during the Lemoyne exhibition and having strong leadership (Rautins) able to get younger players to buy in.
 
That's set the table, but there's some luck involved, too. Boeheim et al. are excellent judges of talent, but they don't know for certain which 17-year-old kid is going to turn into DeShaun Williams once he gets on campus and faces a situation he doesn't like. Dion's a good example of this - it's nothing short of a miracle that Boeheim was able to get every bit of his talent out of him in 2012 while getting to the Elite Eight and getting Dion near the top of the lottery while avoiding a meltdown.
 
It will be interesting to see how long the coaches can sustain this run. I'm thrilled to see that the culture has remained constant even after we lost all player ties to the 2010 team. Baye's a big part of that; we're about to see him leave. Can't wait to see who takes the baton from him.
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