Well, its got to be one or the other.
I think if Benny starts and plays 25 to 30 minutes a game, it will give him more confidence and hopefully much better results.
Players seem to despise JB. That seems sub-optimal.
We have so little margin for error we can’t afford to lose anyone of value from this year’s team. Frank is a loss. We don’t have a backup center and the name being mentioned as a possible replacement is a downgrade. We don’t know about Benny. He needs to make a big jump, a bigger jump than any player perhaps in SU history. There are more questions about next year’s team than any that I can recall. We’ll know in another month or so whether next season is a rebuilding year or possibly a bubble team.
What is funny is I expect atleast 2 of the 5 recruits next year to portal.
0307 - thought I'd put Danny Schayes numbers/comments to compare to Bouie. You're right, Danny had an eighteen year career in the NBA but because of the Louie and Bouie show did not start for SU until his senior year.
He will be solid. Hes quick and physical.
Same as this year. Nobody
500 team.
Jim screwed up so many times the last two seasons its impossible to keep track. Between horrible roster construction and management to in game decisions he hasnt been himself.
It was clearly Buddy this year, time and time again. His absence as a scoring threat, whether from 3 or backing into the lane, will be evident immediately next year.
So...improvement from this year?
I thought the question was who would be able to
You despise Jim, your projecting that on the players.rs.
They didn’t get all the way to the rim, but both Boeheims created a lot of their own shots off the dribble this season. Honestly Joe and Cole did it a decent amount too.
Buddy scored many times off the dribble by backing into the lane for a turnaround jumper or by finding a seam along the baseline for a floater. At preset, there’s no one who can do that next year. Again, there’s a reason we aggressively pursued Mintz. The coaches already know where next year’s team will be deficient.
We faired very well against Duke without the Buddy backdown.
Unfortunately, unless we get 1-2 really really good unexpected players, I don;'t see how we can be better than this year's team.
We could use a couple guys like Jesse or Marek, Euros that the coaches pull out of their collective asses that just know how to play basketball and fill in the gaps. Tell Jesse that when he comes back to campus after going home for the summer, he better have a point guard or power forward with him. Also, call Marek and tell him you will send him a carton if he can send us a 6'6" PG.
One game. Irrelevant. Opponents will double Joe next year in the backcourt and dare Sy to shoot over the top. And if Joe winds up being our only outside threat, well, you know the rest.
