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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 4424801, member: 722"]
The zone is a great weapon when played well, and for two decades it gave us an advantage over "better" teams and allowed us to get to a number of Final Fours we didn't have the personnel for.  The aberration was recruiting top of the class guys like Billy Owens and Derek Coleman and Pearl Washington, not the merely good recruiting.  We have always done well with "good not great" players with the occasional star mixed in...

Look at our championship team.  Even Anthony wasn't a top ranked player when we recruited him, he shot up the rankings after committing. Forth and Edelin were the only other ranked guys in their class on that team. (Using RSCI final rankings from that time)

Syracuse history is filled with good players developed over time.  You are wishing for a Golden Age of Syracuse ball that never really happened.

We've had six 30 win teams since 1980, and 4 of them came during what you are referring to as our post probation decline period. 3 of those teams didn't have Carmelo Anthony. :)
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