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[QUOTE="Ceerqqq, post: 3699239, member: 6702"]
I think when this team beats Virginia Monday, you're gonna have to re-assess again. :)

Everything I've seen since the Pittsburgh debacle tells me this team got Jimmy's memo on the need to play defense with a sense of urgency. With that and the accumulation of Experience they're steadily gaining at both ends of the court, I'm expecting to see this team finish the season better than last year, and that finish was pretty good.

While some have lamented the bench players not getting a few more PT minutes in a blowout, Jim Boeheim's been worried more about the First Seven getting the minutes [B][I]they need [/I][/B]to develop to their ultimate potential this season. Especially when that same bunch blew a big lead vs. Pitt a little while ago. Clearly, they've needed to learn how to handle a big lead against teams with much potential. As much as the bench could use a few minutes, Boeheim sees that the Starting 5-7 [I]needs them more[/I].

I've been especially encouraged to see how this team now seems to know how they must play on offense when they're facing a team that plays an aggressive man defense to throw off our 3-pt marksmen. Teams that play us that way--Duke, Virginia, V Tech--have given us the most trouble and it now seems like we may have The Answer.

We'll see. If these guys play defense tomorrow with that sense of urgency, I like our chances to beat Virginia, and then it will be hilarious to me to see all the pessimists get humbled by Boeheim once again, lol ;)
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