A more accurate question is probably, when was the last time we were ranked heading into the post season. Our ranking last year was based on preseason assumptions. As soon as reality hit our ranking went where it belonged.
Suffering? JFC. How spoiled can you be?
fabrication. i loved being ranked. relished it. miss it.
I hope you're only speaking for yourself, because the huge of majority of SU hoops fans would not be fine. And, as it's been about 50 years since the Orange had a down year (sub-500), who can blame them?
No one believes you.
When they were ranked consistently and earning high seeds, you posted your "Boeheim only has one title" crap all over this board, so you couldn't have loved it that much.
I am talking about reasonable fans.
Are people still claiming the program hasn’t slipped?
Spoiled.
I live in St. Louis, where the local teams are Mizzou, Illinois, and SLU. All three programs would kill for our results this decade.
The first half of this decade we were elite. There is no disputing that.
The problem is people are beaten down into thinking anything critical is being overly negative because they don’t circle the wagons or people are overly positive and nothing wrong is the fault of the current staff.
6 years go back to 13. We have two final fours and a 25-0 start that had it's own line on espn in the scroll. We surely aren't where we need to be and should be. But it isn't the disaster that some would have you believe. It really wasn't all that long ago that we were playing Duke in the sweet 16 after beating Mich st. I happen to think that there are pluses on this team that we can build on. I'm talking about next year. The biggest thing is that JBA and Edwards have to get stronger. If we could ever get lucky, which for some reason happens to other schools, not us and have Hughes come back. Let us not forget you and I laughing at JB's comments about Hughes when we at the casino. He was right and we were wrong. There will be growth from these young kids. It's just too bad that we didn't land Stewart or have a sr big that was tough as nails. This team would look a lot better even right now.
This year’s team isn’t the problem. Everyone has these seasons. Kentucky, North Carolina, elite programs have them. The problem is the program isn’t bouncing back. We shouldn’t be mediocre this many regular seasons in a row. It’s our own fault for how the staff has managed the roster. If we had Isaiah Stewart this year and the kid from MI who chose Kentucky next year we are a top 25 team.
