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Message: [QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 4681425, member: 6357"] Teams before the transfer portal era still improved significantly from year to year. Even in the past Syracuse teams improved their standing from year to year. In 2008, we didn’t make the tourney. In 2009, we were a 3 seed. We were an NIT team in 2002 and won the national title in 2003. In 1997, we were an NIT team. In 1998 we won the Big East and went to the Sweet 16. I think it was logical to expect a jump in the 2018-19 season, which is why both polls had us ranked in the top 25 (16th in the AP and 14th in the Coaches). We had buzz going into that season. The failure of that season is when many of us started to question JB’s ability to adjust to the modern era of basketball and how we needed to play differently and not be so predictable on offense and defense. And then the following season he did a terrible job of roster construction, which continued to be a problem until the end of his tenure. [/QUOTE]