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Message: [QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 3299063, member: 668"] I'll play. Mostly because I'm wondering if I should sign up for orange79's "Facts vs. Opinions" class if he so kindly chooses to teach it. ;):) I highlighted in bold below what I view as opinion vs. fact in your OP, is that correct? :) [I][B]There is a strong possibility that this team will not beat a team ranked in the final Top 25 poll during the regular season.[/B] This would mark the first time since the 2001-02 season that a Syracuse team has not defeated a team ranked in the final AP Top 25 poll. Additionally, there's a strong chance (greater than 90%, according to most) that our leading scorer and best player will be leaving with additional eligibility remaining. This would mark the seventh time in eight years that a significant member of the team has left with eligibility remaining. Bolded players are ones drafted, and bolded underlined players are those still in the NBA. 2019-20: Elijah Hughes 2018-19: Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett 2017-18: None 2016-17: Tyler Lydon 2015-16: Malachi Richardson 2014-15: Chris McCullough 2013-14: Tyler Ennis, Jerami Grant 2012-13: Michael Carter-Williams This is not a commentary about whether anyone should have left or not. Just a simple look at the quality of player we have had leave the program in recent years. It has diminished. [B]James Arthur Boeheim is a legend and will continue to be a Syracuse icon long after he retires. He has done a ton of good for the program. [/B] But over the last six years, the level have play has deteriorated to the point that the Orange has lost an average of 13.2 games per season. In no season over the last six has Syracuse been ranked in the Top 10, and the team has had 12 or more losses during the regular season every single year. In Boeheim's first 38 years, he lost 12 games in a regular season exactly ONE other time (2007-08). And before you start saying "Oh, well, teams play more games now than ever during the regular season," here's a quick look, every five years, of what the number of regular season games played were: 2018-19: 31; 2013-14: 31; 2008-09 - 31; 2003-04 - 27; 1998-99 - 29; 1993-94 - 26; 1988-89 - 30; 1983-84 - 26 So if you were to add one loss to each of the loss totals for teams that played less than 30 games, you'd add two teams to the list: 1981-82 & 1996-97 Two fringe Top 100 players coming in, grad transfers, no Top 30 recruits in the pipeline except one -- and who knows if that will ever come to fruition with the new NBA rules pending. [B]The team has improved this year, but it's time for a change. The numbers do not lie. [/B][/I] [/QUOTE]

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