Time to get back to business

[RobNJOrange]

It is time to push the ball up court and play Syracuse's successful style of ball for the last 15 years instead of Syracuse playing at a snails speed. We wait for all of the other teams' defense to get back and pack it in and then we start a play 20 seconds later. Go back to the flow that has worked for 15 to 20 years. We don't have the "horses" to just play half court offense.

 

[Cuse315Pat]

Problem is, while playing the slow tempo we do now, we already looked gassed in the second half. If we push, we won't make it to the second half. We just don't have the bodies to even consider pushing the pace these days.

We went from having 9-10 healthy players a few months ago to having 5 healthy guys that play regular minutes(Cooney, Ennis, Fair, Rak, G), 1 guy that rarely sees the floor(Roberson), 1 that doesn't see the floor at all anymore (Patterson) 1 out for the season(Coleman), and 2 that have been dealing with injuries last couple weeks (Keita, Grant)

 

[syr02esq]

Our D isn't producing turnovers and fast break opportunities. That is the difference this season. The ACC was well prepared for our zone.

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

Our D isn't producing turnovers and fast break opportunities. That is the difference this season. The ACC was well prepared for our zone.

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/215

17th in the nation in steals. And that's with slow tempo games. So likely top 5 steals per possession.

Yeah the D isn't working.