Its going to snow in Syracuse in the winter and as a follower of the entire head coaching career of one James Arthur Boeheim no matter where i have followed the games from whether it be Wiertheim Germany or Brandon South Dakota or Ft Sill Oklahoma or right here in lovely Upstate NY, in any game that matters he will play only 7 guys. he might possibly play an 8th if someone is in deep foul trouble or he wants to pull someone aside to pontificate to them about there play for like two minutes before they go back in.
You can talk and think it over until you are blue or green or red in the face it will not change.. The team can play zone or man to man . or score 80 points a game or 50 . This year he didnt have creampuffs to fine tune his lineup and they had to miss and stop practicing for times because of covid. Rest assured if the next game comes around and he doesnt need Jesse Edwards he will not play. If you dont believe that ill give you 35 years of history in pictures in three of the national championship games spanning 35 years.
The first boxscore is from the first national championship game against Indiana look at the minutes played and how many people played. The second image is the boxscore is from the next final four in 1996 , once again look at the minutes and the amount or people playing. Third picture is from the 2013 final four game against Michigan, once again look at the minutes and how many people played.
No matter the style of play or what type of defense they play doesnt matter that Indiana game one of the great scorers in team history Stevie Thompson didnt even score and that team ran up and down the court and fast breaked almost constantly. The game against Michigan they didn't even score 60 points and played like turtles .
The one constant is 7 guys play and guys get 35-38 minutes a game.
Now you may not think Buddy deserves 40 minutes a game or Marek should play 38 minutes or whatever. But history and Jim Boeheim is going to prove you wrong over and over again. Once he finds what he thinks his best lineup is for that season and an important that game i flat out guarantee what he views as his best players will play 35-40 minutes in that game period.
Just as a sidelight i gave you the Indiana boxscore from that game . look at the times of bobby Knights starters.
You can talk and think it over until you are blue or green or red in the face it will not change.. The team can play zone or man to man . or score 80 points a game or 50 . This year he didnt have creampuffs to fine tune his lineup and they had to miss and stop practicing for times because of covid. Rest assured if the next game comes around and he doesnt need Jesse Edwards he will not play. If you dont believe that ill give you 35 years of history in pictures in three of the national championship games spanning 35 years.
The first boxscore is from the first national championship game against Indiana look at the minutes played and how many people played. The second image is the boxscore is from the next final four in 1996 , once again look at the minutes and the amount or people playing. Third picture is from the 2013 final four game against Michigan, once again look at the minutes and how many people played.
No matter the style of play or what type of defense they play doesnt matter that Indiana game one of the great scorers in team history Stevie Thompson didnt even score and that team ran up and down the court and fast breaked almost constantly. The game against Michigan they didn't even score 60 points and played like turtles .
The one constant is 7 guys play and guys get 35-38 minutes a game.
Now you may not think Buddy deserves 40 minutes a game or Marek should play 38 minutes or whatever. But history and Jim Boeheim is going to prove you wrong over and over again. Once he finds what he thinks his best lineup is for that season and an important that game i flat out guarantee what he views as his best players will play 35-40 minutes in that game period.
Just as a sidelight i gave you the Indiana boxscore from that game . look at the times of bobby Knights starters.
