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[QUOTE="JoeyZ, post: 2550637, member: 1642"]
In all honesty, I'm as high on the program as I have been all season this morning, and certainly an amazing amount more than just two weeks ago.  Pfister1 made a few great points, but I'll expand with a few of my own.

The returners can and will improve.

- Dolezaj will get more strength and confidence, and we'll see tournament Dolezaj all the time next year.

- Brissett will get more consistent with his shot with a summer full of repetition.

- Sidibe will get healthy.  November Sidibe showed as much potential for a Freshmen big man as I can remember.   That guy will be back.

- If Battle returns, you get an All American scorer, one with the ability to hit shots at the highest level.  I’m probably as high on Tyus as anyone here, as I think the only think he needs to improve is his efficiency, which will naturally come with better talent and depth.

Throw in the improvement from Howard, Chukwu, Washington, and Moyer that will come with hard work and without a recruiting class, I’d be confident this would be 5 games better easily.

Then, add in the recruiting class and Hughes, and you’ve now got genuine competition at spots, as well as the opportunity to match the lineup to the needs of the game.  The defining feature that came with this team was inflexibility in Boeheim’s ability to coach.  He couldn’t run many plays out of his playbook because there were only 5 true offensive players.   That’s no more.  In the Non-Conference season, the press created offense, but that was lost as an option because of depth.  Next year, you can keep the same great defense and then throw the press in.   Plus, you there close to matchup proof.   They'll have guys that can get to the basket, pure shooters, and hopefully some low post moves with Sidibe.

I honestly think if Battle and Brissett do in fact come back, this is a top 5 quality team.  If Battle doesn’t,  as long as Hughes or Carey can fill that gap somewhat, it’s still a ranked team.    I’m pumped.
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