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[QUOTE="DangerZone, post: 4834084, member: 8061"]
As a refresher, I invite you to read my post from earlier this year:  
[URL="https://syracusefan.com/threads/syracuse-and-hulk-hogan.173845/"]Syracuse and Hulk Hogan[/URL]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  Colgate dismantled the zone and man-to-man with ease. And right on cue, just like in the algorithms of a video game, the desperation press is activated!  All of sudden, turnovers abound, no fouling, dunks, three pointers!  Massive lead erased and the crowd goes berserk.

Does this seem just a little ridiculous to anyone else?

How is it a team whose regular defenses, found to be woefully inadequate, is capable of playing such a 'masterful' desperation press?  Should we simply accept at face value that Colgate was ill-prepared for the same press they've seen the last two years?  Should we ask just how it is that a far more aggressive defense doesn't produce more than the occasional foul?

Has anyone wondered why the Orange don't press for 40 minutes?  I mean if it is so vastly superior at producing turnovers and erasing leads, why wouldn't it be the default defense?   The reasons why it is typically done in small measures, fatigue, fouls, the risk of giving up easy baskets, don't really apply here.

The NCAA didn't really put out a very convincing product this evening.  I don't think there is anything to learn from this game.  It felt engineered.  And just because Syracuse was ultimately declared the victor, it wasn't entertaining.
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