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Orangezoo
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Big thing would be we only need 6 more wins after that to ensure a winning season.
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Pittsburgh will be the toughest, based on KenPom and BPI ratings. But yeah we can’t sleep on Cornell either.
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That we are concerned about this makes me sad.
He also has the ball poked of his hands several times each game before he tries to make a move, dribbles far too high, and has no first step. He’s not a 3
Well Miami is a tournament team and they were given a very good game, perhaps Cornell is just a decent team and the name on the jersey doesn’t matter on 2022.
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You misunderstood my post. I was saying I'm sad that we're worrying about a winning season.
Oh my bad
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Agreed. I'm looking through the lens that currently that is now a realistic goal when it was teetering a bit at 3-4. If we get there with room to spare then maybe just maybe a tourney bid is also a realistic goal and go from there. Essentially we have to beat UVA I think to have momentum. Then Duke or UNC as well. So much work to do to simply just have a winning season with this team.
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I'm just trying to focus on the player development before putting all of my eggs in the ACCT basket.
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One step at a time. There is a sequence of goals for a season and the first is getting to 17 wins to guarantee a winning season. Hopefully it starts, and doesn’t end there!
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To me that goes hand in hand with a winning season. We won't be outclassed talent wise in most games this year given the state of the ACC. Development right now is in the finding consistency phase for a lot of these guys. We have seen flashes now it's about going out there every night. Bad shooting nights will happen. Bad effort/focus nights should not similar to poor preparation.
Need to get wins and growth through a stretch like this and repeat come league play.
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Just read this. Made me laugh. Also, very true unfortunately. Seems like we've been playing with guys who don't really fit their position for years now. Joe at point was a classic example.
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Agreed. Although, we can't expect to win a lot of ACC games with Bell starting and giving us so little. Brown and Benny may not be ideal on paper as starters but may be our best starting forwards.
While I've been critical of Boeheim the last few years, at least he's trying new combos and seems to be figuring some things out. Just wish there wasn't such an over reliance on Joe. As for Bell, I think Jim will eventually pull him but obviously believes in the kid and is giving him ample time to prove he's a starter because once he gets pulled (which could be next game), he may not start again. I felt the same way with Copeland... I figured it was just a matter of time the young guy would lose Boeheim's trust.
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3 more to go. Was reading the Pitt board. Hugely was out tonight and sounds like something is up- not sure if he may portal or what. Sense over there is things are not good in that locker room despite they seem like a better team right now. Hopefully we can pay them back for last year.
I think they are going to be a challenge.
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Have to beat Pitt in the Dome if you want to eventually sniff the bubble.
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That’s “huge” news
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Of course - wouldn't expect anything different as they play physically. Its a game we can hopefully lean heavy on Jesse.
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Only 3 of our 12 games so far have been against decent teams I'm not really sure what we have and we won't know until the 2 games against the Virginia schools.
It really isn't that tough of a schedule though W-L should end up respectable and where we were 2016/2018/2021 if not a little better.
After we play the Virginia schools the second time we have an 8 game finish that honestly is pretty easy Duke at home and 7 games against mediocre-bad teams. If we go 2/4 against UVA and VT and of course do well against the easier teams we should get in.
@ BC
@ FSU
NC ST
Duke
@ Clemson
@ Pitt
GT
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If we are around the bubble entering that stretch run and go 6-2 I think we get in as long as we don't lose the ACCT opener.
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Eh, Johnnies, Illinois, Colgate, Cornell, ND are at least “decent”.
But I agree, we’ll know more soon.
Clemson drubbed Richmond yesterday. That game will not be easy.
