#loaded

[pearl31]

I vowed (to myself) I would make this thread (on the main hoops board!) once it was confirmed AWIII is Orange. Well with Jake's post this morning and others last night, we are finally there.

This, simply, is a loaded team now. They'll probably go through some chemistry and getting-to-know-eachother issues early on, but this is a team that will contend for the ACC crown and I couldn't be more excited. No areas of weakness whatsoever. Depth.

Among other things, can't wait for dook to come to the Dome in Feb.

SUball

 

[Jake]

Yep. I'm pretty fired up about the parts. Need to blend them well.

 

[Toga]

Yep. I'm pretty fired up about the parts. Need to blend them well.

Until blended ...

 

[Cowtown]

Until blended ...

One of my all time favorites, related to this one ...

 

[Cusefan0307]

Who's had a better year? Jim Boeheim the GM, or Jim Boeheim the coach?

 

[721Comstock]

Who's had a better year? Jim Boeheim the GM, or Jim Boeheim the coach?

YES.

 

[Trueblue25]

 

[cuserulesall]

Andrew White III to transfer to Syracuse men's basketball from Nebraska

 

[jdubs30]

So since the NCAA imposed our sanctions:
- Final Four
- Deepest team we've had in years

 

[Rocco]

This is big news for CUSE BB.

Hard not to think any chemistry issues will be ironed out before conference play and this team will be rolling come ACC-time.

Exciting stuff. Am I going to Phoenix? Yep.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I thought this was going to be a Cuse Troop thread

 

[MSOrange]

I haven't been this excited for both Syracuse basketball and football in awhile! Time to get back to that run in the late 80s and 90s when we were one of the few programs that could legitimately be excited about both football and basketball year after year.

 

[Cuse House]

As excited as we all are, I think the interesting part is that we are still relatively unknown around the nation. So called experts are tweeting predictions of us finishing 4th or 5th in the ACC. So we are not only loaded, we are still starting the season under the radar nationally.

 

[asj410]

As excited as we all are, I think the interesting part is that we are still relatively unknown around the nation. So called experts are tweeting predictions of us finishing 4th or 5th in the ACC. So we are not only loaded, we are still starting the season under the radar nationally.

I'm thinking it probably has a lot to do with how mediocre we were last season, disregarding our Final Four run, and what we lost from that team. I doubt many of the experts have really thought that hard yet about how important all of our new additions are to making this year's team a very good one. I, for one, don't mind at all coming in under the radar!

 

[Cuse House]

I'm thinking it probably has a lot to do with how mediocre we were last season, disregarding our Final Four run, and what we lost from that team. I doubt many of the experts have really thought that hard yet about how important all of our new additions are to making this year's team a very good one. I, for one, don't mind at all coming in under the radar!

100%. If you think about it, most of our contributors this year were either on other teams last year or in high school.

 

[Briancuse]

Remember how down we were after Malachi declared for the draft, never doubt Jb, he always has a plan.

 

[rrlbees]

As excited as we all are, I think the interesting part is that we are still relatively unknown around the nation. So called experts are tweeting predictions of us finishing 4th or 5th in the ACC. So we are not only loaded, we are still starting the season under the radar nationally.

Good. We weren't top 25 before the 2003 NC season.

 

[tptcuse]

It's so nice that this thread is not on the recruiting board anymore!

 

[Briancuse]

Good. We weren't top 25 before the 2003 NC season.

I don't mind being under the radar, but any "expert" who doesn't view this team as a top 20 team, should lose their job.

 

[realorange]

Great he's coming, almost as good that the agonizing is over.

 

[Delmar]

We are loaded. It will be fascinating to see which seven players JB will use in his rotation.

 

[RF2044]

We are loaded. It will be fascinating to see which seven players JB will use in his rotation.

Hopefully he DOES utilize them, like he did in 2012. This roster checks all the boxes--size, depth, shooting.

 

[raf4488]

As excited as we all are, I think the interesting part is that we are still relatively unknown around the nation. So called experts are tweeting predictions of us finishing 4th or 5th in the ACC. So we are not only loaded, we are still starting the season under the radar nationally.

The thing is, 4th or 5th in the ACC is like somewhere between 10-20 in the country. Our league is loaded again

 

[pearl31]

and just to illustrate the crazy versatility we'll have - it is quite likely that Rico Lydon will see significant time at all 3 front-court positions - and be dangerous/hard to guard at each one... oh the possibilities...

 

[CuseGrad94]

So since the NCAA imposed our sanctions:
- Final Four
- Deepest team we've had in years

Best thing ever... this was so good I joined imjur so I could share with everyone! Well done sir

 

[RandygoCuse]

We are loaded. It will be fascinating to see which seven players JB will use in his rotation.

And who ends up in his dog house