Syracuse Basketball 2023-24

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I am not sure what to call the new zone. It’s not really a 1-1-3, or 1-3-1. Its More like a 2-3 amoeba, with just a rotation to the high post. I like it so far— it stops us from getting killed in the high post.

[DCOrange]

Watched my first Chris Bunch game today. My basic take through one game is that he's more of a run and jump defender than someone who will get down in his stance and go to work. Could make him a decent fit for our zone and press, but he didn't really disrupt anything defensively either so sort of a mixed bag. Seems like there might be potential there though.

 

Offensively, he essentially plays as a spot up shooter and he shot 3/8 from 3 in this game. Having said that, he shoots with a very wide base and his lower body and upper body aren't really working together; I suspect that Boeheim will make some significant tweaks to his jumpshot. He's already considered a good shooter for a high schooler, so maybe cleaner mechanics will turn him into a great shooter. Or it could always go the other way too. At any rate, him showing up at Syracuse with a different looking shot is my personal expectation. Outside of the jumpers, he has a high and loose handle; I don't think we'll be leaning on him for creation any time soon but he did have one or two nice passes in this game.

 

He seems to be in the same sort of mold as Woody Newton, who I did not like in high school, but I think Bunch is more talented at this point in time.

[DCOrange]

Another day another embarrassing effort on the glass. This is I think the 3rd time this season we struggled to grab even 50% of available defensive rebounds. 

[Bray Wyatt]

2 minutes ago, DCOrange said:

Another day another embarrassing effort on the glass. This is I think the 3rd time this season we struggled to grab even 50% of available defensive rebounds. 

That was bad, I don’t know what it is they are missing. It felt like Edwards was in position a lot but guys would just fly in from behind and grab them always.

 

Also would have been nice for buddy to show up today. Same with Swider, I thought after his early bucket he would be ready to play against his former team.

 

Oh well, wasn’t expecting a win there, but the first half got my hopes up.

 

Beat Georgetown and it will make me feel better

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Honestly, that was a moral victory. They really kept it close 3/4 of the game. Just Couldn’t get stops. 

[DCOrange]

15 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

That was bad, I don’t know what it is they are missing. It felt like Edwards was in position a lot but guys would just fly in from behind and grab them always.

 

Also would have been nice for buddy to show up today. Same with Swider, I thought after his early bucket he would be ready to play against his former team.

 

Oh well, wasn’t expecting a win there, but the first half got my hopes up.

 

Beat Georgetown and it will make me feel better

I’m afraid Villanova just gave everyone the formula to shut down our offense. Just play tight, stay at home, don’t help. We don’t have anyone that can get by their man. The best we can manage is contested floaters from the Boeheims. We might be okay enough in the regular season to survive but anyone that really game plans for us should be able to make it difficult for us to score and we obviously know our defense isn’t good. We unfortunately lost the one player that was able to create easy looks for people. 

[DCOrange]

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

On 12/8/2021 at 4:23 PM, DCOrange said:

 

Good for him! I think he knows he is a project and can really benefit from developing and sticking with it.

 

That said, I really wish JB would play him for extended minutes. He needs a chance to get into a rhythm and build some confidence. 

[The Poojer]

On 12/8/2021 at 4:23 PM, DCOrange said:

 

Pretty much means he's gone

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Tough loss to Georgetown. Team played very well. Georgetown just made a few more plays down the stretch. That Muhammad kid was really good. 

[DCOrange]

16 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Tough loss to Georgetown. Team played very well. Georgetown just made a few more plays down the stretch. That Muhammad kid was really good. 

First half was the best ball movement and tempo we've played with all season. Second half we reverted back to iso ball again and just fell apart.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

2 hours ago, DCOrange said:

First half was the best ball movement and tempo we've played with all season. Second half we reverted back to iso ball again and just fell apart.

agreed. That said, they had some open shots there down the stretch and just missed. And GTown made some ridiculous shots. 
 

what’s nuts is that the Swider kick ball was the game. Caused the shot clock to get re-set at 20, and so we were stuck fouling. 

[DCOrange]

I was finally able to find film of Quadir Copeland and Justin Taylor's IMG team. Only one game so far, so obviously dealing with small sample sizes, but my skinny on the two of them:

 

Copeland:

• Impressive passing ability, but pretty much is always attempting no-look passes instead of just making the game easy for himself.
• That carries over to his shots as well; all 10 of his shots were at the rim, but he finished just 3/10 as they were pretty much all difficult shots where he had to contort his body to shoot around the defender.
• Shot 7/7 at the free throw line!
• Racked up 5 or 6 offensive rebounds
• Couldn't have been worse on the defensive end unless he just sat at half court cherry picking while his team played 4 on 5.

Taylor:

• Shot 1/3 at the rim, 1/3 from mid-range, and 2/6 from the 3 point line. 5/6 at the free throw line though!
• Moves pretty well off-ball and makes his decisions to attack or keep the ball moving quickly.
• Comfortable shooting off screens and his mechanics are mostly good. There's 1 or 2 things I might nitpick but he's further along in that regard than Copeland and Chris Bunch.
• 2nd biggest player on the team and plays the back line of the zone and finished with 0 rebounds as far as I could tell.

We definitely have more of a need for Copeland's skillset, but if he doesn't change his ways, there's no way Boeheim (or whoever could theoretically replace Boeheim next season) will play him. The good news is it's really as simple as him just deciding to play with any effort and I think his ceiling is pretty high if he does. Taylor is the most polished of the three recruits that I've seen so far. The rebounding is obviously scary considering what we're experiencing this season, but his offensive game is good enough to potentially play as a freshman.

Edited December 13, 2021 by DCOrange

[B-Man]

 

 

Syracuse men's basketball postpones games vs. Lehigh, Cornell due to COVID-19

 

https://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/syracuse_mens_basketball_postpones_games_vs_lehigh_cornell_due_to_covid_19/s1_13132_36747791?fbclid=IwAR2grpP5VN3Fxw63XyB350QHgVYitvYNFnTwOpaJFyeAX054nISzRMGfl68

 

 

 

 

I wish the Bonnies would have postponed their last game with Virginia Tech.......LOL.

 

 

 

 

[Buffalo716]

Long break 

 

But SU rolls 

 

The buddy and Joe show 

[Augie]

On 12/20/2021 at 3:11 PM, B-Man said:

 

 

Syracuse men's basketball postpones games vs. Lehigh, Cornell due to COVID-19

 

https://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/syracuse_mens_basketball_postpones_games_vs_lehigh_cornell_due_to_covid_19/s1_13132_36747791?fbclid=IwAR2grpP5VN3Fxw63XyB350QHgVYitvYNFnTwOpaJFyeAX054nISzRMGfl68

 

 

 

 

I wish the Bonnies would have postponed their last game with Virginia Tech.......LOL.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, here we go again! My teams next two games have been postponed. Just hoping we can manage patching together a successful season. This shuffling games and missing players makes it hard to tell what kind of team you really have. 

[The Poojer]

15 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Long break 

 

But SU rolls 

 

The buddy and Joe show 

They looked good last night.  What a treat to see Sidibe take the floor.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Cornell has to be the most annoying team I have seen all year. Officials let them get away with constant reaching, hacking, and pushing too. Just an epically sloppy game. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Just a brutal loss to Miami. Sloppy second half.

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Just a brutal loss to Miami. Sloppy second half.

WTF 😒😒