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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2091193, member: 622"]
Love your passion for all things Orange, anyone doubting where your college sports heart lies is blind.  That said, recall what JB is working with, the starters are 1 soph., 4 new guys (2 freshmen and 2 transfers).  The result is that 80% of the starting line up had never played the style of ball that JB runs.  The two freshmen were on a stage that few are ready for, the two transfers had to unlearn what they had been drilled in for several seasons.

DCII has never fully recovered.  We lost a lot of talent - and leadership - from last season's team.  Several of us remember quite well Orange hoops from the Louie/Bouie Show to now, and yes, there have been some really talented teams.  This team has a lot of talent but it is yet to be developed and realized.  Add to the above, Syracuse does not have a real point guard, Gillon has been doing a fine job lately, though; and they do not have a true center, especially one that crashes the boards, takes up space and is generally feared.

This team has come a long way since November.  This team would beat anyone on the OOC slate now.  And I don't think there would be any scares.  Just my opinion, but I like the way the kids are playing now.  They never get down, they never are out.  They never give up.

You have legitimate comments about rotations, but JB has always said he will go with whomever he thinks is hot for what he is trying to accomplish. As stated above, White wasn't a factor in the stats columns but he occupied their best defender for the majority of the game and opened up opportunities for the others to step up, I think we all agree that Battle did and so did Gillon.  What's more is White took it in stride, leadership in action.

Anyway, this team still has more upside in it and it is on the upswing.
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