Syracuse/GT

[Inyatkin]

Funny thing about Cuse's stumbles is how it should reflect on Duke. Duke had the resume of a top 15 team, which they were, but they zoomed up to top 5 on the merits of a close loss at the Carrier Dome. The place where BC and Georgia Tech just pulled out wins. Somehow I doubt the voters take another look at that.

 

[Danzz]

Cuse is a little thin right now with Grant injured. They will be a tough matchup for opponents come tourney time because of their athletes and their zone. It isn't enough to get them to a FF but they are a talented team despite their record lately.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Funny thing about Cuse's stumbles is how it should reflect on Duke. Duke had the resume of a top 15 team, which they were, but they zoomed up to top 5 on the merits of a close loss at the Carrier Dome. The place where BC and Georgia Tech just pulled out wins. Somehow I doubt the voters take another look at that.

That's the fickleness of the polls. They're based on week-to-week perceptions and snap-judgements, rather than a measured look at the entire season.

Fortunately, the thing that matters is NCAA Tournament seeding, which is determined based on the resume as it's evaluated at the end of the year.

 

[CTBasketball]

Some need to be careful what they wish for! Agreed CT

We have good shooters who have gone cold. Giffey , Napier , Boatright, Daniels ( as maligned as he is on here), all terrific shooters . Syracuse last year was a much better team, we are a better than we were last year. Rakeem Christmas is worst than Nolan just keep that in mind.

The good shooters went cold because we played Cincinnati who plays great defense. Rutgers' D is like a blast furnace for shooters.

We were cold vs. USF, Cincinnati, SMU, and Temple. Now Temple and USF don't play remotely good defense. We're just cold right now and you can't deny that.

And Christmas is better than Nolan. You can't deny that either, and the stats don't support you. He may do intangible things better, but I'd rather have Christmas grabbing 5 rebounds a game rather than Nolan fouling out and grabbing 3.8. Its not a dig on Nolan, just Christmas is better.

 

[James]

We were cold vs. USF, Cincinnati, SMU, and Temple. Now Temple and USF don't play remotely good defense. We're just cold right now and you can't deny that.

And Christmas is better than Nolan. You can't deny that either, and the stats don't support you. He may do intangible things better, but I'd rather have Christmas grabbing 5 rebounds a game rather than Nolan fouling out and grabbing 3.8. Its not a dig on Nolan, just Christmas is better.

Nolan was playing more than Christmas in those pan am games right ? This is what I'm basing my opinion on. Also cooney can shoot all threes he wants off screen , especially with kromah in his gut. The only issue with a cuse matchup IMO is grant destroying us on the glass. Cuse is automatically at a disadvantage with the inability to control pace with different defenses.