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Message: [QUOTE="SoBeCuse, post: 1098903, member: 796"] I think you're maybe searching for answers that may or may not be there. The ONLY issue and unanswered question I have is whether the bench truly wasn't ready to contribute. Whether the staff truly tried to develop the bench in practice or if Roberson/Patterson simply struggled too much in practice to not merit playing time. We know now that Duke was fool's gold. Duke wasn't very good (defensively especially and away from home) and the team had already peaked by then. Mercer shredded them and would've shredded us. SU just didn't have enough versatility/scorers/players who could do multiple things well enough when Cooney's shooting went south. Teams then knew how to effectively play us later in the season. Our offense became crippled and woeful. [/QUOTE]