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Message: [QUOTE="SoBeCuse, post: 1968148, member: 796"] Nice to have your contributions on this board, Cliver. I'm one of the few here who respect UK and Cal's game ON the court. Generally they improve like you say and are "humming" in March. Age does not matter for the most part. I do respect Cal's method of getting those divas (and they are divas lets be honest) to play together, sacrifice stats, play hard, and play good fundamental ball. I don't think just any coach can make it work with these types of players in Lexington. Syracuse has a mixture this year of youth and old. The prize returning player from the F4 team is Tyler Lydon who is a 6'9 true soph and an under the radar gem recruit last year. He's on the draft boards as a possible lottery guy as a perfect NBA 'Stretch 4.' Think like Chandler Parsons meets Tom Chambers. Also from last year... Frank Howard. 6'5 PG. Great passer. True soph and seldom used last year but came on in the Tourney. Good athlete. Great court vision. Made huge strides in the offseason in his strength and shooting. He's averaging 9pts/6apg so far in a little over 20mpg. He's been splitting time with John Gillon. More on him later. DaJuan Coleman. 6'9 C. A former Cal/UK target. He missed a whole season then some due to two major knee injuries. He's in great shape now but with bad knees ultimately we fear. He's a good rebounder and can make an occasional post move. He's there to mostly bang with bigs when we need to. Paschal Chukwu. 7'2 C. Splitting time with Coleman right now at C. Transfer from Providence who sat out his soph season. Raw but a deterrent defensively. Good athlete and pretty fluid for a guy his size. Tyler Roberson. 6'8 PF. Senior. Former Top 50 recruit from Union, NJ. He's your Alex Poythress. Really good athlete and a GREAT rebounder when he is dialed in especially on the offensive boards. Can make a short jumper. He had 14 and 20 (!) last Jan at Duke. NEW GUYS: Tyus Battle. 6'6 SG. Athletic true freshman combo guard. Ranked anywhere between 25-38 depending on the recruiting service. He's figuring it out but can do it all. Played at St. Joseph's in NJ so he had good coaching. Originally committed to Michigan but changed to Syracuse. John Gillon. 5'11 PG. Perhaps one of the most exciting players on the team. He's a one of two grad transfers in the rotation. From Colorado State. Think a more physical Ulis-type. He's been splitting time with Frank Howard at PG and has been averaging 11/5 so far. He's been a lighting bug of the bench. Really quick, crafty around the rim, good shooter. Andrew White. 6'7 SF. Andrew White has been filling the void due to Malachi Richardson's sudden departure to the NBA. Another grad transfer but he's from Nebraska and was a Kansas recruit originally. Old school game. GREAT shooter, physical, decent athlete. Just a scorer. Much needed. Taurean Thompson. 6'10 PF/C. Really a pleasant surprise here. True freshman and a guy Michigan State wanted badly. He was #75 by ESPN 2016. Played at St. Anthony's before transferring to Brewster for his senior year so he has had great coaching. He has been getting minutes at C and PF so far and is producing. 15 mpg and averaging 8/4. Really polished game around the basket and nice touch. Has been making some jumpers. Reminds me of a poor man's yet more physical Chris Bosh at the same stage. That's your 9-man rotation. They have been sprinkling in some M2M along with the zone of course. This team will press some as well depending on game situations and on which unit is in there for Boeheim to unleash it. It's a solid rotation with no scrubs, really. Cheers. [/QUOTE]

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