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[QUOTE="mantonio, post: 566489, member: 709"]
I have been a fan of college basketball for more than 30 years, & I have seen teams come off late season slumps to do well in tournaments. 
 
You CANNOT use a few games to gauge success, no matter how many times you say, "Oh, yes you can!" BTW, it is rude to call someone delusional for making an educated analysis. 
 
It's possible this team will continue to slump & get bounced early, but it is also possible they can wake up & play some ball.
 
You can't judge the worth of a team in the vacuum of the Big East. 
 
I have seen Syracuse get handled by Georgetown in the BET, & then proceed to play in a National Championship game they should have won.
 
Now, you can try to make an educated guess as to the future of this team, but what I am seeing is a complete meltdown & absence of reason. 
 
I am watching a team that has been demoralized by horrible officiating against teams that rely on brutality to win big games. It is natural to feel like there is nothing you can do to get over the top when the refs allow the other team to beat you across the face & steal the ball from you. 
 
How many times did the camera show one of the Syracuse players grimacing in facial pain & feeling the latest injury on their lips, cheek, & nose, just after the mugging, with NO CALL...
 
These last 5 games have been dominated by the barbarism of such nasty programs like Pitt, 'Quette, & G'town. 
 
I can guarantee you this: Syracuse WILL shoot better against the NCAA Tourney teams, unless it happens to be those thugs...
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