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[QUOTE="domestu, post: 896419, member: 1089"]
There are a number of explanations for this.

Tyler Ennis is as efficient directing our half-court offensive possessions as any point guard Boeheim has coached.

It plays to this teams strengths and minimizes our weaknesses.

This team needs for our starters to  play more minutes than recent starting lineups. Our subs just aren't providing a lot of productive minutes off the bench thus far. Most importantly, we just don't have anyone on our bench who can come in and provide an offensive uplift so almost all of our scoring comes from the starters. There is no Andy Rautins. Scoop Jardine, Kris Joseph, Dion Waiters, or James Sutherland coming off the bench this season. This really impacts our offensive numbers and our game strategies.

We have fewer players that can knock down shots from the perimeter with any consistency. Syracuse had more outside shooters that could hit 3s in recent  years than we have on this squad. We are going to make fewer 3-pointers this season so scoring is going to be down.

Given the offensive potential of this team and the lack of quality offensive production from our bench players, I think Jim Boeheim is doing a masterful job of coaching this year's team. You have to recognize your team's strengths and weaknesses and try to reach your team's maximum potential from what you have to work with.

The team doesn't have the makeup to outscore everybody we play so our coaching staff is trying to devise a game plan that will work to our advantage. I'm sure Boeheim would love to rest his starters more and have the subs give us more of a lift on offense, but he's doing an amazing job with his coaching strategies this season.

Go Cuse!
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