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Message: [QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 2834518, member: 1674"] I think people are overreacting to a couple disappointing losses. I don't think this team is much, if any, worse than it was last year. It was a pretty bad team last year and it's a pretty bad team this year. We'll see how things are in ACC play, but right now, compared to last year: - More points per game - Less points allowed per game - Higher TS% - Slightly higher TS% allowed - Drawing fouls at a higher rate - Rebounding at a higher rate (both offensively and defensively) Looking at individual players: - Battle has improved significantly in terms of scoring efficiency - Brissett has regressed slightly due to his FT% declining - Chukwu has improved in terms of scoring efficiency and block percentage - Dolezaj has improved significantly in terms of scoring efficiency - Howard has fallen off a cliff efficiency wise, though his sample size is particularly small since he missed - Carey and Hughes have both been solid while Buddy has been horrific I think people overrated the hell out of our players in the offseason (not just here but nationwide in the media too) and came into this season with a super inflated opinion of what this team was. I understand that people expect guys to improve, but with Battle and Howard in particular, I thought those two were topped out already. The only real disappointment IMO is the lack of progress from Brissett. I was hoping he would show improvement this year, but people were acting like he was a 1st round NBA talent despite the only thing really standing out about his game at all is that he did a decent job rebounding as a freshman and was a pretty good free throw shooter. Edit: This isn't to say that I think Boeheim is doing a good job of coaching this team/drawing up plays, etc., or that I'm satisfied with what our players are at this point in their careers. I think the offensive scheme Boeheim coaches is pretty much the worst possible scheme for this collection of players personally, so it's just a bad match on both ends. [/QUOTE]

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