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Message: [QUOTE="maple, post: 5331658, member: 7970"] Good write up. I don’t pay too much attention to Syracuse in the off season but I am expecting this to be a so-so season at best. One of their biggest issues last year was inability to close out game and complete mental lapses. It’s both a coaching failure and lack of high basketball IQ. Often times it seemed like Cuse only showed up to play a single half. Recruiting is a huge weakness. I’m not saying Syracuse is a resort destination for college students, but they should be able to bring in more talent than they do. I suspect they get little to no help from the school when it comes to $$$, which certainly plays a huge part nowadays. Let’s see what the transfers can do. I wasn’t overly impressed with the transfer players last year. This team has definitely lost talent. Some players really have to take a significant step up from last year. I think Coach Jack has a long leash with SU, but if they’re trying to get more butts in seats they need to show they can at least win the games they’re “supposed” to win. If they go .500 this year I’ll consider it an improvement over last. But don’t expect any casual fan up here to be impressed with anything less than a win over a “big” ACC opponent and a NCAA tourney spot. [/QUOTE]