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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1725141, member: 27"]
In order for a good but not great team to win an NC, you need some breaks with matches, some really inspired play and you need a year where there are no great teams to stop you.

Things were looking good until this game.  UNC was clearly the better team.  SU didn't play really well...Silent G struggled, TRob went back to bad TRob, and Lydon finally played like you would expect a freshman to play.  Credit to the Tarheels for a lot of that.  They defended Syracuse well, took care of business on the boards, and attacked the 2-3 far better than anyone else did during the tourney run.  Man, they have a lot of players that can hit a mid range jump shot...

Earlier in the year, they were not a good defensive team and I think we had a much better shot at beating them.  Not any more.  The NC game should be a good one.  I think Nova will probably win, as UNC's outside shooting problems might finally catch up to them, but it should close, exciting and high scoring.

Props to Trevor, who bounced backdrop that bad Pitt game in the ACC Tournament to have a great run in the Big Dance.  Hope Mali decides to come back.  If he does, the offense will be largely built around him and he has a great chance to really move up the draft boards.  If not, it was fun watching him play, wasn't it?

Next year's team should be a good one.  If Mali comes back, i would expect Syracuse to be a top 25 team in pre-season and I think we have a reasonable chance to win the ACC, which should be a wide open race.  It isn't going to help that the team will return home to blizzard conditions...

It was a good run.  You have to like any season where the basketball team is still playing after the Spring football game has been played.  As it happens, today is the opening day for the Mets and we still have the women's game to look forward to.

War Damn Otto!  Beat Washington!
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