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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1020682, member: 716"] I'm not arguing your point, but for accuracy's sake, it was SU's tiny and offensive-minded guards -- not Blake Griffin -- who killed SU that day. The period that compelled Boeheim to switch to the strict guidelines we now lament culminated in that Oklahoma loss. Tony Crocker dumped in a ton of points while Flynn and Devendorf wandered out toward the line, hands at their sides. If I recall, Flynn had a decent offensive game while Devendorf was something like 2-for-11 with the usual handful of turnovers. If the guards were going to be inconsistent on the offensive end, the thinking went, then they'd better not take so much off the table on defense. I think Boeheim took things to an extreme (though I welcomed his changes after that season). One would think that ability to play zone and ability to play like a traditional guard in the half-court aren't mutually exclusive. [/QUOTE]