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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4453407, member: 405"]
I think that for all the heat he has given Benny and Chris Bell, how critical he has been of them, that this was their game to see if they could figure it out, see if they could get it done. This was Boeheim letting them play through it, in hopes they mature a bit and learn how to win as college players.

It would have been a shame if we lost this game, because I saw an awful lot of good things tonight. This was our best game so far, in my opinion.

Jesse didn't even play that well, but our defense was actually pretty good tonight. Certainly the best it's been so far this year. Mounir Hima is a better version of Jeremy McNeil as our back-up center. He can block shots, and he can actually score around the basket.

People could say that our other two forwards could have played in the second half, and we might have done better, won by more. And you might be right.

But tonight was about giving confidence to our two starting forwards. This was about investing in their upside, and the team's upside, because if they play well, we will do better as a team.

Bell did more than park himself at the 3 point line, and he had his best game to date. Benny brought real effort, and although his stat line wasn't crazy, he had four steals. That said a lot to me about his effort tonight. Everybody played pretty well. Nice growth as a team.
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