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[QUOTE="General20, post: 1048841, member: 724"]
Number one is silly.  Ive never seen Boeheim bench a guy that's ready to play.  Roberson, Patterson, and Johnson sat the bench because they were HUGE drop offs from the guys ahead of them.  Towards the end when Grant got hurt and Roberson had to play he was an absolute disaster.   You can say you want Syracuse to recruit better players, but that is just as silly as saying you want their players to make more shots, or win every game.   Boeheim will always play everybody who can help the team.

No to number two. Boeheim has said numerous times that the team improved when they began playing one defense exclusively, and Syracuse's record over that time confirms Boeheim's statement.

Number three is a huge No.  The guys who are best at pressing are usually small and quick.  Physically they are almost exactly opposite as the guys who are best at playing zone.  I'd rather see Syracuse recruit towards a single style and be the best at it, as they have, then try to force a square peg into a round hole.

So that is a big "none of the above" for me.
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