One thing I noticed about Syracuse is that they played 9 players vs. Washington. But one starter (Slim) played only 7 minutes. UCONN really only played 8 players (oddly Butler had almost 10 minutes). But take out Samuelson and possibly Butler and you have 6 players. Geno will need to either rely on Chong and Butler to get some scratch, or our kids will play close to 40 minutes.
We are the fittest team in the nation. I don't think Syracuse has the players to play "40 minutes of dread" on defense and press the entire time. I'm sure they will cause some disruptions and turnovers, but breaking a press gives UCONN opportunities on offense with the defense being out of position. It will be interesting to see how it unfolds. Losing KLS is a big blow because Syracuse likes to play zone. We will see what UCONN brings out against them...