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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 3065018, member: 966"]
If Belbey warrants a full share, he deserves as much credit or blame as anyone else, regardless of his 'relationships.' That said, he doesn't have the power of 'drafting' people at will. He can't control players' conditioning or health.

We hamstring ourselves in calling the team "Boeheim's Army," as it seems to lock us into a primary ethos of having a predominantly alum-heavy roster.

I don't think you know what you're gonna get in these types of situations. I thought Andrew White would shoot the lights out. Not so much. I thought BJ would be (even) more effective. I thought Arinze would bully and punish. I thought Hak would leap over people. The fog of nostalgia and the hopefulness from a sports void may have affected my expectations. I didn't expect to win the whole thing. I prolly thought we'd just advance to the next round, but it was still disappointing to see us come out in 'typical SU fashion,' seeming to take too much for granted, while the other team played harder. It was really telling to see how our defensive intensity picked up at/around the ludicrous end 4 minute mark, when it was most desperate. If we play with that degree of passion earlier, we're a better team. The zone doesn't help to inspire that kind of 'burn to win,' and i feel like with older legs and less gel time, the zone is more easily exploited than it is in college.
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