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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2403761, member: 289"]
-          Because we are Syracuse and we beat Kansas.

-          We can use our zone and some solid ball handling to slow the game down to the pace we want to play it and frustrate the Jayhawks. JB is actually pretty good at extending the zone to guard the three point shot. The thing is to do it without opening up holes in your defense, especially at the top of the key.

-          We are the tallest team in the country, positon to positon. We also have players who love to rebound and scrap for loose balls. Possession is 9/10 of the law and it’s pretty close to that in basketball. If we win the rebounding and loose ball battles, they can’t run on us.

-          We are due to hit some three pointers of our own. I don’t expect a White/Gillon type of game, just 6-8 treys instead of 3-4.

-          We have depth problems but they are not a deep team and our drives to the basket tend to draw fouls. They don’t’ have a lot of size outside of Azubuike, who had a reputation for being foul-prone going into this season.

-          This is not in Allen Field House. It’s in Miami. There are a lot of SU fans down there.

-          We are not Texas Southern Oakland or Toledo.

-          Even if we lose, we ‘win’ if we still have a young, improving confident team coming out of this one and take care of business in the coming weeks.
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