'We're talking about practice'

[Cuse_MN]

To steal a line from Allen Iverson and use it in the complete opposite fashion he did, it can't be understated how competitive practices must be for the Cuse and what that means for continued improvement as the season progresses. The 'starting ten' going against each other allows the ability to face competition day in and day out as good as or superior to anything they'll see from actual opponents. Some of the quotes below highlight this. No doubt the 'second team' beats the starters on occasion. Dion, MCW, JS, CJ and BK vs the starters...who do you take if you had to put money on it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebask.../43678/syracuse-shows-off-its-depth-once-more

“I’ve said this about this team,’’ Boeheim said. “We don’t have the one or two guys that you have to leave in the game the whole game that are that much better than six, seven or eight. When we had Derrick Coleman we had good players at seven and eight, but not ones that beat them in practice.’’

Boeheim said coaches prop up their bench players, but “there’s no question that C.J. Fair and Dion Waiters could start for anybody, just about. People in Syracuse think they should be starting, and as soon as we lose a game they’ll be telling me that.’’

Carter-Williams scored five points in four minutes against the Friars and could have easily demanded more time. Yet, Triche got hot and made four 3-pointers and wasn’t about to come out. Boeheim said he wants Carter-Williams to be irked that he didn’t get more time.

“I’m going to go with veterans until they get beat,’’ Boeheim said.

 

[longislandcuse]

Ive seen a few fanbases mention this after we beat them. Talking about how ridiculous our practices must be and how our second 5 would be a top 25 team.