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[QUOTE="KevMonstah, post: 2837529, member: 327"]
Not me, it's painful to watch.  I didn't like watching teams like Princeton when they almost 
beat Mourning in 92ish.  I disdained watching the 99-00 Wisconsin team go to the final four, 
with a team that looked remarkably like SU does now:  42% FG, score 59 pts; give up 39% FG, 
allow 55 pts.  Fans used to chant while watching teams try to slow down the SU attack ... 
"BORRRR-INGGGGGGG.  BORRRR-INGGGG."  And they are.  The best win last year, they 
shoot 33%, get outrebounded by 22, score 52 pts, and WIN!?!!?  How?  I think their style, besides
frustrating fans, also frustrates the other teams.  "Hey, we're playing UK, Duke, Gonzaga, up and 
down, exciting, scoring.  Oh ... we're playing SU and that GD zone.  Yippee."  It can work, but
it's the opposite of what they did to win a title, scoring 80+ per that year.

If they could find a way to get some offense, and maybe realize that, "you know, getting a team
off-balance on O is a good thing, instead of allowing them time to think on their possession."  This
team is weird, in that it probably would benefit a lot more from a more movement based 
offense, and certainly some of their shooters (especially the new guys) could use a style that 
gets the D out of position, but to get the better O guys playing, you need to totally give up on
the D stopping anyone.  That sucks.

Kev
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