ND Postgame

[tbonezone]

kingz goes 11-17.5 treys , 3 asst 3 steals. nice night for sure but i believe that's what they call an outlier.

 

[Newhouser]

For the first time in league play we played a team that we could beat off the dribble. As anyone being guarded by JJ or Kiyan shows, no resistance off the dribble makes the game easy.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Weird - Donnie is our best free throw shooter - he was horrible today even with his free throws for some reason.

 

[Blanko97]

I would love to see another feel good win, like I know we’re likely losing out till Pitt but even one big win would be fun and leave a good taste in fans mouths

 

[RedtheGOB]

For the first time in league play we played a team that we could beat off the dribble. As anyone being guarded by JJ or Kiyan shows, no resistance off the dribble makes the game easy.

yea they're all fresh and sophs...

 

[atlanticuse]

Weird - Donnie is our best free throw shooter - he was horrible today even with his free throws for some reason.

Looking to the draft.

 

[Newhouser]

Weird - Donnie is our best free throw shooter - he was horrible today even with his free throws for some reason.

He was out of sorts today on offense. He also needs to work on a post up game something fierce.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Looking to the draft.

Doubt anything they saw today would help him with that.

 

[phil77]

Weird - Donnie is our best free throw shooter - he was horrible today even with his free throws for some reason.

He probably has never came off the bench before in his life some people can't play off the bench, especially when they are used to starting their entire life.

 

[sufandu]

If someone already mentioned this, I missed it, why did Donnie not start? Strategy, disciplinary, something else?

 

[Scooch]

He probably has never came off the bench before in his life some people can't play off the bench, especially when they are used to starting their entire life.

He came off the bench against Clemson 9 games ago.

I don’t know what’s up but it’s weird.

 

[phil77]

He came off the bench against Clemson 9 games ago.

I don’t know what’s up but it’s weird.

That is true coming off injury, I assume, controlling his minutes. I guess we will wait and see the truth to see what happened.

 

[Cheriehoop]

He came off the bench against Clemson 9 games ago.

I don’t know what’s up but it’s weird.

That was his first game back after his injury being out like 9 games, so I can understand that. Today???

 

[CuseFaninVT]

The team is much more fun to watch when they share the ball.

 

[Dcuse]

I think the biggest takeaway from this from a Syracuse perspective isn't the Freeman thing, but it is the Kiyan thing. Red didn't play him at all in the second half. That is way bigger news that would actually help this team going forward. Sitting Freeman against good teams will not work, but sitting Anthony if he isn't playing well will help the team.

I’ve been disappointed with Freeman to be perfectly honest. He is very loose with the ball. He was brutal at the foul line tonight also. He needs to be WAY better if this team is going to make any kind of a move.

 

[Dcuse]

That was his first game back after his injury being out like 9 games, so I can understand that. Today???

Today? He stunk.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I think the biggest takeaway from this from a Syracuse perspective isn't the Freeman thing, but it is the Kiyan thing. Red didn't play him at all in the second half. That is way bigger news that would actually help this team going forward. Sitting Freeman against good teams will not work, but sitting Anthony if he isn't playing well will help the team.

He started off great and looked very promising, but his lack of strength, inability to play defense and his tunnel vision with the ball all make him a very limited player right now.

 

[JustPherU]

Was Melo in attendance?

 

[Scooch]

According to Red, bringing Freeman off the bench was a strategic choice based on matchups.

Riiiiiiiiiight.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Only 9 more wins to get us back on the bubble!

 

[Otto21]

I mean… I’m not gonna lie. I thought that if what was decided was to play less Donnie, that’s just insanity and would justify what’s inevitable. But, we won. Maybe we were in part trying to get Sadiq back. Going through Kingz was huge. And JJ with a tremendous first half!
I figured were would lose again, and my expectations are shot. And so, go Cuse, we won baby!!

 

[CNYGuy]

I said this in the game chat, but I’ll elaborate more here.

Donnie is not a great defender. Our bench scoring hasn’t been great. Neither should shock anyone in here. Donnie off the bench (if he can get comfortable with it), can help both.

The bigger thing IMO, is we went down from the opening tip in each of the last few games. White seems like the one of the most intense, energy guys we have. Putting him in at the start might have guys be more active on D especially to start games (felt that way today at least).

 

[RedtheGOB]

He started off great and looked very promising, but his lack of strength, inability to play defense and his tunnel vision with the ball all make him a very limited player right now.

I agree Kiyan is looking for the homerun every shot but that just destroys team morale on both ends.

 

[IthacaMatt]

I said this in the game chat, but I’ll elaborate more here.

Donnie is not a great defender. Our bench scoring hasn’t been great. Neither should shock anyone in here. Donnie off the bench (if he can get comfortable with it), can help both.

The bigger thing IMO, is we went down from the opening tip in each of the last few games. White seems like the one of the most intense, energy guys we have. Putting him in at the start might have guys be more active on D especially to start games (felt that way today at least).

We also ran so much motion on offense at the beginning of each half with Donnie on the bench. When he came in both times, there was a lot more standing around by the other guys, waiting for him to do something.

I said after his 2nd or 3rd game back that he was like a "center of gravity" on offense that drew attention and opened things up for other players. But for that to work out, they have to keep moving, keep setting picks for each other, keep making back cuts, look for open spots on the wings, etc. They just stop doing that too often.

 

[Eric15]

George and Starling combining for 15 assists and 0 turnovers is extremely impressive. I don’t care who the opponent is.