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[QUOTE="senorpalmer, post: 65505, member: 234"]
Another year, another Syracuse team that will likely shoot poorly from the FT line.  It's going to hurt here and there but over the course of a season the team often manages to do well despite this shortcoming.

I'm far less worried about the 3 point shooting.  The team may not have that deadly shooter who's guaranteed to be part of the rotation, but a number of known quantities shoot it well enough to keep defenses honest.  Scoop is a career 36% shooter from behind the arc, and shot .368 from 3 in conference play last season.  Joseph emerged at a .366 clip from 3 last year, and .409 in league play.  Triche's offensive numbers are skewed by the horrific November/December he had last year, he shot .348 from 3 in conference play.  MCW comes in as a demonstrated three point threat at the high school level.  Fair looks like he could join the ranks of the three point threats on this team, his stroke looked nice on the rare occasions that we saw it last year, and there's been plenty talk of how he's become improved in this area as we prepare to start the season.  We'll see what Dion has to offer, his overall % was decent last year though he dropped off terribly in conference play.  Southerland can obviously stroke it if he can crack the rotation.  As for Cooney, we know he's deadly and I think he will ultimately prove to be a solid contributor at SU, but the backcourt is too damn competitive this year, I can't see how he possibly gets PT with Scoop, Triche, Dion and MCW all on the roster.  Bottom line, at worst this will be an average three point shooting team, though a number of guys should be threats to knock em down.
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