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Message: [QUOTE="Ceerqqq, post: 3601559, member: 6702"] Your preview is awesome, as usual, SWC, thanks for sharing it with us. I've been developing a really good feeling re: this team's ultimate potential. Certain areas of weakness we've seen in many of Jim's previous teams are currently strengths for this year's team. 3-pt shooting has rarely been a strength over the past 30 years. Sure, we've had some great shooters, but rarely the ability to put so many on the court who were not "just spot-shooters." We're looking really good in this area. Lack of depth at some position has usually been a weakness in the recent past. But now It looks like we may very well have a guard, a forward, and a center coming off the bench that will be able to do serious damage to opponents. I'm liking that a lot. Inexperience is always a serious weakness that teams have to try to rectify over the course of a season, and that proved to be true again last season. Our defense pretty much sucked horribly in the beginning of the season; it didn't seem like we could stop any good team. But by the end of the year, the players were starting to feel it...what it's like to stop a good team from doing what [I]it want's to do[/I]. That's why I expect to see a much more intimidating Syracuse defense this year. It's a big thing when you don't have to [I]think [/I]anymore about where you're supposed to be in the zone, to where you're now looking to seize opportunities, given that you now know where those passes are going, where you can snatch them away. I expect a return to hearing Syracuse's defense getting high praise. Those variables alone make me optimistic. Take what we saw against N. Carolina and then add a much better defense, quality depth, and more cohesion overall. If that all develops as I expect (and no injuries, COVID disasters) then I think this could be the type of team Jim could take deep into the tournament. Optimistic, as always... :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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