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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3765589, member: 289"] - I’ll keep posting this until we lose: [MEDIA=youtube]fsKg8qWI_iQ[/MEDIA] - If you listen to the rhetoric this season, you’d think the team stunk and we were having a disastrous season. It’s just a question of who’s fault that is, (or why it’s Jim Boeheim’s fault). We are 16-8 and 10-7 in a power conference. The three close non-conference games we had were against Bryant, Northeastern and Buffalo, who are a combined 48-22 – and we won each game. As CuseBBall pointed out, our last three opponents, North Carolina, Clemson and NC State have won 14 of their last 17 games. The three losses are all against us – by a total of 33 points. We have three good guards and four good forwards and we finally found a guy who can play center for use. We are a good team having a good season and might have bene a great team having a great season if Bourama hadn’t gone down after the first four minutes, if the season hadn’t been interrupted by Covid and if home games vs. Quad 1 teams didn’t become road games. - Buddy Boeheim has now become the team’s leading scorer, moving ahead of Alan Griffin. In the last 8 games he’s averaging 20 points on 46% three point shooting and 55% two point shooting. He’s augmented his game with effective drives to the basket and pull up jumpers. He’s not just a shooter – he’s a scorer. He also had 5 assists in this game. He might be our best player at this point. Nepotism, anyone? - Robert Braswell Had his best game, playing 21 minutes due to Quincy Guerrier’s foul trouble. He scored 11 points, including some difficult shots, had 3 rebounds and 2 steals. He also helped solidify our defense. - When 7 foot Jesse Edwards is at center along with 6-10 Marek Dolezaj and Quincy, Alan or Robert at small forward and two 6-5 guards in Buddy and Kadary, the Syracuse zone becomes THE SYRACUSE ZONE. Jesse was sure-handed in grabbing 8 rebounds, 5 on offense including a couple of difficult ones. He also scored a couple of buckets and had a block. He’s learning to use his length and create a barrier between the ball and the basket. Even when he was out, we played very effective defense, perhaps motivated by the knowledge that we could go to the tall line-up and really shut people down. The stat of the game: We shot 20/31 from two (64.5%) while they shot 14 for 41 (34.1%). - The other stat of the game is that we hit 14 of 29 three pointers, (48.3%) while they were 7 for 17 (41.2%) but only 1 for 7 in the second half. - Marek Dolezaj wasn’t spectacular, (except for a thunderous dunk off a Joe Girard pass) but again filled up the stat sheet: 7p 6r 4a 2b 1s. he also helped us break the press repeatedly and had his best defensive game. - Joe Girard had a solid game with 14 points and 3 assists. He did nothing questionable and was ’in control’ throughout the game. - Alan Griffin didn’t dazzle but had a solid game with 12 points, 8 rebounds 5 assists, 2 blocks and steal. He, too, did everything ‘under control’ and, as a result, Syracuse had everything under control. - Quincy Guerrier only played 19 minutes due to foul trouble but has 12 points, including two threes, 4 rebs, an assist, a block and steal. - Marek, Quincy and Kadari were all nursing significant injuries but they all played. - Yes, you can beat a team three times - if you are better than they are. The Wolfpack has given us a lot of pain in football over the years. But we've made them feel the hurt a few times in basketball, too. 16-8 (10-7) with ? to go LET’S GO ORANGE!!! [/QUOTE]

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