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Message: [QUOTE="sugrad68, post: 2448477, member: 5600"] The team is definitely better on defense than last year. Losing Thorpe hurt as far as depth goes. Bringing Washington into a game is a liability but I still think Boeheim has to give him playing time because at some point he will be needed. Losing Sidibe at least part of the time has hurt. The team has 6 players and Dolezaj is disappearing fast in my opinion. Every SU fan realized that this team would have challenges. You don't lose players the caliber of Roberson, White, Thompson, Lydon, Gillon and even Coleman and expect 5 first year players, one player (Howard) with limited experience, and one returning starter (Battle), to perform at the same level as last year's team did on offense. I do like the fight in this year's team. If last year's team played as hard, they would have been in the big dance. [/QUOTE]