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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 2528999, member: 716"]
Thinking about this more, I'd say that virtually all of the 1990s constituted a terrific job by Boehiem. He went into the decade with probably the best talent he ever had but an increasing rep as a roll-the-ball-out coach who couldn't win the big one. Within a year he got the rug yanked out from under him and then Villanova and Richmond happened (which played into the Boeheim stereotype). What'd he do?

-Regrouped an undertalented and young group in 1992, one of his better years, in the opinion of some of us. Won the Big East Tournament and really got boned against UMass.
-Somehow kept the kids' heads on basketball during the probation year in 1993 and won his way back to the Big East title game (25 years ago today, if I'm not mistaken...damn, time flies).
-Had two more solid seasons in 1994 and 1995 with veteran, if unspectacular, teams. Again, twice took top-two seeds down to the buzzer to end the season.
-1996, obviously. The Sandlot says it best - aside from Wallace, it was "a bunch of rejects and a fat kid." But they were right there with Kentucky with two minutes to play.
-1997...eh. Tough when you don't have a capable point guard. Don't know what Boeheim could've done here in hindsight.
-1998 - nice rebound season after years of mediocre recruiting and all the pre-sanctions talent long gone.
-1999 -  kind of a lull, with much of the talent but not enough of the experience or maturity in place. And even this "down" year would be remembered better if they hadn't sleepwalked through the 8/9 game to open the tournament.
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