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NFT: State of Syracuse hoops

LCtheINTMachine : 1/22/2017 4:45 pm
It's been a while since I had a post on our Orange and this was quite an ugly week. We were hammered at UNC and Notre Dame despite outstanding efforts both nights from Tyler Lydon. At Carolina, we got hammered inside and against the Irish, we got beaten on the glass couldn't guard 3s as has happened many a time.

After John Gillon played well at the start of ACC play he has fallen off the face of the earth and played just 10 minutes yesterday. Our point guard play is just abysmal. Meanwhile, Coleman got in and played a bunch after he was in Jimmy's doghouse.

Oddly, we are 3-0 at home and 0-4 on the road in conference with two games at the Dome this week. Every ACC game has been at least a 10-point margin, home and away.
My hope was that  
BlackLight : 1/22/2017 4:55 pm : link
the team would eventually get it together and pull themselves out of their funk. Get on a run late in the year and do some damage in the tournament.

I don't see it happening now. Boeheim isn't talking like he thinks it's going to happen.
It all starts with defense and leadership  
B in ALB : 1/22/2017 5:01 pm : link
They don't play defense.

They have no leadership.

They suck.
RE: It all starts with defense and leadership  
Jon in NYC : 1/22/2017 5:02 pm : link
In comment 13335785 B in ALB said:
Quote:
They don't play defense.

They have no leadership.

They suck.


Sounds like the Knicks
RE: It all starts with defense and leadership  
BigBlueShock : 1/22/2017 5:08 pm : link
In comment 13335785 B in ALB said:
Quote:
They don't play defense.

They have no leadership.

They suck.

This.

No defense. No identity. It's awful basketball
Defense has been pretty good  
BlackLight : 1/22/2017 5:09 pm : link
at home during conference play. Bad on the road.
Oh  
BigBlueShock : 1/22/2017 5:11 pm : link
And Coleman should get an award. He's got to be the only player in the history of NCAA basketball to get 15 years of eligibility and manage to get worse in every single year. He's almost retirement age now so that prolly contributes to his play now, but damn.
Pretty good is a relative term  
B in ALB : 1/22/2017 5:13 pm : link
with this team.

They look nothing like their defenses of the past. They're not active, hands are down, the wings constantly make mistakes leaving wide open threes, they can't rebound out of it and they're small up top. It's embarrassing.
NY!  
old man : 1/22/2017 6:03 pm : link
;-)
I thought they played very well at UNC  
MetsAreBack : 1/22/2017 6:06 pm : link
as a UNC fan (wife went there) i didnt think anyone "hammered" anyone on monday. UNC pulled it out in the end.

Went to a final 4 last year - cant have a great team every year unless you're Duke/Kentucky/and maybe UNC if they dont get a penalty this summer from NCAA.
Georgetown, St' John's and UConn All Stink As Well  
Jeffrey : 1/22/2017 6:21 pm : link
Must be the curse of the Old Big East.
I watched some of the ND game, when Villanova was in ....  
Crispino : 1/22/2017 7:03 pm : link
commercials yesterday. They don't look any better than they did three weeks ago. There just seems to be no cohesiveness on either end of the court. The athleticism is there, but they don't play like a Boeheim coached team. It looks like 5 guys playing together for the first time.
Perimeter d is horrendous  
hitdog42 : 1/22/2017 7:45 pm : link
And worst it's not improving

Boeheim...  
BC Eagles94 : 1/23/2017 12:31 pm : link
I was suckedI today that in the preseason Jim Boeheim said, “this is the best team we’ve had in a long time.”

Very surprising a hall of fame coach like him would have over estimated one of his team's this much.
Correction...  
BC Eagles94 : 1/23/2017 12:32 pm : link
First line supposed to read, I was shocked when I read today...
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