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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1862632, member: 716"] And addition by subtraction: in that case, ditching some ball-dominant no-defense players; this year, losing ten years' worth of backcourt experience but replacing it with guards with real guard skills. It's an interesting parallel. The big difference is that the 2010 team, for all its new pieces, had a lot of stealth chemistry - Scoop and Wes bonded during simultaneous redshirt years; as both a local and legacy kid who'd played pickup with these new teammates for years, Triche was as prepared to play as any freshman before or since. Though they had a lot of "new" faces as the public saw it, that was already a cohesive group behind the scenes. There's a contrast between those guys and this team, which will rely on heavy lifting from guys who'd never seen this campus until a couple months ago and have only been playing with Howard, Lydon, and Roberson for a couple weeks. [/QUOTE]