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Message: [QUOTE="General20, post: 2811226, member: 724"] I think because Syracuse was a bad offensive team last year, that people who don't really watch the games closely or can't tell what is going on are jumping to the conclusion that Syracuse's offense is bad again this year. That really wasn't the case against Cornell, and hasn't been the case in the last 3 games. Syracuse shot 50% from the floor and 38% from 3, which is excellent offensive efficiency, and that includes Howard (who is clearly not totally healthy and a bit of a mess right now) going 1 for 7. Take away his 1 for 7 and Syracuse shot 57% from the field and 50% from 3 which is about as good as any team is ever going to shoot. The only reason Syracuse's efficiency against Cornell was lower than it was against Ohio St or Colgate is because they shot really poorly from the free throw line, only going 13-21, including I think 4 or 5 misses on the front end of 1 and 1's. They were a very good free throw shooting team last year and have been again this year, so I think we can consider this an anomaly. If they hit free throws like they usually do, they beat Cornell by 20 and their offensive efficiency is the best of the season so far. The reason Boeheim was so upset had little to do with offense. The defense played terribly. Especially Chukwu, Sidibe, and Carey. For those who want a quick and easy way to tell when the Syracuse players are executing Boeheim's strategy to perfection and when they screw up, look at where the opposing team's points are coming from. When some nobody from the bench goes off against us, our players are doing what Boeheim wants them to. When the opposing team's best player has a good game, something has gone wrong (unless he's hitting difficult shots that are not in his wheel house). Cornell is pretty much a one man team. We knew we had to stop Matt Morgan, and he scored 26 points on 64% shooting and 60% from 3. That is clear proof that SU's guys were not doing what they were suppose to do. [/QUOTE]

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