Syracuse Basketball 2023-24

[Buffalo716]

3 hours ago, inkman said:

More of this please 

 

 

 

Yeah It was one of the more impressive plays I've seen in a while

[inkman]

Cuse rolling, me illegally streaming crappy games against crappy teams to see them.  Griffin and Richmond as advertised, Newton has been a pleasant surprise.  Dolezaj doesn’t look any better than his freshman year, possibly worse.  He missed more point blank shots and layups than anyone I’ve seen since Craig Forth and he’s been facing 6’6” & 6’7” dudes.  
 

Serious question, is this team better without Buddy?  A lot longer and more athletic that’s for sure. I could see a role for him coming off the bench. Seems like the thing Boeheim might do to his kid. 😬

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Buddy will reclaim his starting spot no doubt, but I think Kadary will get burn at PG and SG. Log lam at SF.  We need Sidibe back badly before conference play.

[Buffalo716]

9 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Buddy will reclaim his starting spot no doubt, but I think Kadary will get burn at PG and SG. Log lam at SF.  We need Sidibe back badly before conference play.

How awesome is kadary.

 

Been waiting for this kid! He is just so smooth

 

 

[Tierlifer]

First test this Tuesday at Rutgers. Won’t be a tough environment at The Raq but still will be a tough game. Stupid 9:30 start too. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

2 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

How awesome is kadary.

 

Been waiting for this kid! He is just so smooth

 

 

 

He’s going to be a special player.  Woody Newton looks like he may be better than advertised also.  I’ve heard some James Southerland comparisons.

[Bray Wyatt]

Good to see them come back from down 10, looked like they didn’t know who to go to in crunch time. Girard idk what was up with him but we was terrible. We missed buddy and his outside shot

 

Tough loss, I think this team has a lot of potential if they can get their stuff together 

Edited December 9, 2020 by Bray Wyatt

[Bermuda Triangle]

Girard is a chucker.  He'll get hot once in a while, but when he's off (which is most of the time), he brings pretty much nothing else to the table.  Brutal shot selection from him and Griffin tonight.

 

Richmond is gonna be GOOD

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Kind of a moral victory against Rutgers, as sad as that it is to say.  This team has a lot of ballers and a lot of length. The offense and passing in the second half was as smooth as I have seen it, as opposed to the normal iso ball.

 

I will echo what others have said about Girard. He is a real disappointment, and I’d rather see Richmond at the 1 when Buddy comes back. 
 

Guerrier has really developed a nice 3-point stroke. I fear he is gone after this year. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

On 12/9/2020 at 12:12 AM, Bermuda Triangle said:

Girard is a chucker.  He'll get hot once in a while, but when he's off (which is most of the time), he brings pretty much nothing else to the table.  Brutal shot selection from him and Griffin tonight.

 

Richmond is gonna be GOOD

 

Girard was much better last year.  His shooting % has dropped nearly 10 points since last season.  He’s always been a poor defender, but he has been particularly bad this year.  Rutgers went right at him all game long.

 

He looks flat out there....unmotivated, slow, out of shape (maybe?).  I wonder if there is something going on with him outside of basketball.  Hope he turns it around.  We need him.

[inkman]

Buddy back in the starting lineup.  

[inkman]

Cuse up 36 👀

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Couldn’t catch the BC game Today. 40 point win??!! What happened?

[inkman]

On 12/12/2020 at 10:09 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Couldn’t catch the BC game Today. 40 point win??!! What happened?

Girard and Boeheim were splashing 30 footers, they couldn’t miss neither did the rest of the team.  Richmond, Griffin and Newton have brought a different level of athleticism. 

[Bray Wyatt]

Buddy could not hit anything today, thought girard and Guerrier had a great game. I think we need to run our offense through guerrier in the post and if the collapse on him then kick it out and swing it to girard or boeheim 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I know we were all watching the Bills game. But I finally got through the Syracuse-Buffalo game.
 

Wow. What a comeback! That Griffin chase-down block was as good a play I have seen out of a Syracuse team in years! 

[DCOrange]

Not taking my victory lap yet on Richmond, but I still think he's going to be one of the best players we've had in quite a while provided the NBA doesn't come calling too early.

 

Curious to see what we do when Sidibe returns. I think the correct answer is bringing him off the bench. We should have 2 of Guerrier, Dolezaj, and Sidibe on the floor at all times but never all 3 of them IMO.

 

To me, the ideal lineup is Kadary, Buddy, Griffin, Guerrier, and Dolezaj with Girard, Woody (who has really shocked me with his play so far), and Sidibe off the bench.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

6 hours ago, DCOrange said:

Not taking my victory lap yet on Richmond, but I still think he's going to be one of the best players we've had in quite a while provided the NBA doesn't come calling too early.

 

Curious to see what we do when Sidibe returns. I think the correct answer is bringing him off the bench. We should have 2 of Guerrier, Dolezaj, and Sidibe on the floor at all times but never all 3 of them IMO.

 

To me, the ideal lineup is Kadary, Buddy, Griffin, Guerrier, and Dolezaj with Girard, Woody (who has really shocked me with his play so far), and Sidibe off the bench.

 

I hear ya, but don’t you think we’ll need Sidibe at the 5 for conference play?  Dolezaj is crafty and gets by against the bigs from these smaller programs, but I think we’ll need Sidibe’s length and shot blocking ability against better ACC big men.

 

There lies the dilemma.  You want both Dolezaj and Guerrier on the floor.  Guerrier could play the 3, but you want Griffin out there to stretch the defense.  Good problem to have I suppose.  I don’t see Girard losing his starting spot to Kadary, but JG3 will have a short leash for sure.  He’s such a defensive liability.

[PromoTheRobot]

20 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I know we were all watching the Bills game. But I finally got through the Syracuse-Buffalo game.
 

Wow. What a comeback! That Griffin chase-down block was as good a play I have seen out of a Syracuse team in years! 

 

You beat UB but UB gave you Covid. (maybe. UB program paused for Covid.)

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

19 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

You beat UB but UB gave you Covid. (maybe. UB program paused for Covid.)

Ugh. Just saw this. ND game postponed.
 

You wonder if the NCAA testing is as fast as NFL. This could just be a Buffalo staffer twice removed from any Syracuse player. 
 

with the games so tightly played in NCAA though, there are going to be a ton of cancelations this year. Saturday to Tuesday is too tight a turn around.

[DCOrange]

4 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

I hear ya, but don’t you think we’ll need Sidibe at the 5 for conference play?  Dolezaj is crafty and gets by against the bigs from these smaller programs, but I think we’ll need Sidibe’s length and shot blocking ability against better ACC big men.

 

There lies the dilemma.  You want both Dolezaj and Guerrier on the floor.  Guerrier could play the 3, but you want Griffin out there to stretch the defense.  Good problem to have I suppose.  I don’t see Girard losing his starting spot to Kadary, but JG3 will have a short leash for sure.  He’s such a defensive liability.

There will be times that we need Sidibe but I don’t think we can bench Dolezaj and Guerrier who are probably our top 2 players right now and I don’t think the 3 of them together will work well. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 hour ago, DCOrange said:

There will be times that we need Sidibe but I don’t think we can bench Dolezaj and Guerrier who are probably our top 2 players right now and I don’t think the 3 of them together will work well. 

 

Yet, you’d probably agree that having Sidibe would be the best fit in the middle of the zone, eh?  It’s very complicated.  We shall find out soon enough what JB has in mind.

[DCOrange]

6 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Yet, you’d probably agree that having Sidibe would be the best fit in the middle of the zone, eh?  It’s very complicated.  We shall find out soon enough what JB has in mind.

 

Defensively sure, but I think him in place of Griffin hurts us more offensively than it helps defensively. Still, I expect that'll be what Boeheim does.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Looks like Wake and UNC games will also be postponed.  Will we even play 20 games this season?  Jeebus....

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

4 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Looks like Wake and UNC games will also be postponed.  Will we even play 20 games this season?  Jeebus....

college basketball schedule is too tight between games. At least with the weekly schedule in the NFL, there is time to do tracing and all that stuff. This whole season is going to be a mess. 

[PromoTheRobot]

You've gotta be kidding me. Seriously?? I get being pissed about the Covid, but this??

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2020 by PromoTheRobot

[Johnny Hammersticks]

22 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

You've gotta be kidding me. Seriously?? I get being pissed about the Covid, but this??

 

 

 

 

I don’t think JB is right here to make this public, but I did hear (FWIW) that some of the UB players were chirping at Boeheim and some of the assistants.  I guess some pretty disrespectful stuff that crossed the line from “chirping” to being punk #######s.  

 

I don’t know this to be a fact.  I just heard this from someone who would know.  Talking smack to opposing players is part of the game...chirping at opposing coaches is just wrong.  

 

I hope they can reconcile this because Syracuse should play UB every season.  It’s good for both programs.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

22 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

You've gotta be kidding me. Seriously?? I get being pissed about the Covid, but this??

 

 

 

this is just some heated, angry post-game reaction. I am sure cooler heads will prevail when they look at scheduling. Honestly, It probably benefits both teams equally to play.  

[Beerball]

4 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

I don’t think JB is right here to make this public, but I did hear (FWIW) that some of the UB players were chirping at Boeheim and some of the assistants.  I guess some pretty disrespectful stuff that crossed the line from “chirping” to being punk #######s.  

 

I don’t know this to be a fact.  I just heard this from someone who would know.  Talking smack to opposing players is part of the game...chirping at opposing coaches is just wrong.  

 

I hope they can reconcile this because Syracuse should play UB every season.  It’s good for both programs.

Wholeheartedly agree with the bolded. Nothing gained by making it public and it comes across as the entitled taking his ball and going home.

[YoloinOhio]

Kentucky is 1-6? Are they starting 8th graders now?

Edited December 26, 2020 by YoloinOhio

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Kentucky is 1-6? Are they starting 8th graders now?

 

They’re still loaded with 5* kids...they’re just young/inexperienced and have played a pretty tough schedule.  I think I heard they only have 1 returning scholarship player this season?

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Pretty bad loss to Pitt. We should beat that team. Just went into a prolonged slump and got beat on the boards again.

 

by the way, it may just be, but Griffin is too much of a ball Hog and does a generally terrible job boxing out and playing D. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Great win against Miami tonight. Defense clicking and the offense looks a lot better when the guards can make baskets. Nice to see Edwards get some minutes.  Tough stretch coming up. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

I’ll say one thing other than Joe Girard is much better off ball.  Kadary Richmond and Jesse Edwards (until Sidibe returns) should be getting significant minutes at PG @ C.

 

If the plan is to ride Dolezaj at center for the rest (or most) of the season, we’re gonna get beat up embarrassingly.

[The Poojer]

Boeheim is saying both Buddy and Joe G had the 'vid during the 18 day stretch that they were inactive because of the UB staffer that tested positive.  Why wouldn't Syracuse reveal this back then, something doesn't sound right, i'd think they would have to self report whether on lockdown or not

[Johnny Hammersticks]

On 1/20/2021 at 8:18 AM, The Poojer said:

Boeheim is saying both Buddy and Joe G had the 'vid during the 18 day stretch that they were inactive because of the UB staffer that tested positive.  Why wouldn't Syracuse reveal this back then, something doesn't sound right, i'd think they would have to self report whether on lockdown or not

 

 Weird 🤔

[Johnny Hammersticks]

 

We’re gonna love this kid.  BALLER

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Big win today, and the best overall performance this season, IMO.  They looked different on defense, got steals, and rebounded well.  The offense started off chucking up bad long range shots initially, but seemed to make a concerted effort to drive to the basket down the stretch which opened things up for our shooters.

 

Griffin with a nice comeback game...guy was an animal out there.  Dolezaj and Guerrier were huge.  I still prefer Kadary at PG and Joe G off ball.  There is an appreciable difference in both the offense and defense with KR running the point, IMO.  I like the 3 guard lineup with Buddy at the 3, but I just don’t see how they can keep Griffin off the court.

 

Big game in Charlottesville on Monday.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

42 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Big win today, and the best overall performance this season, IMO.  They looked different on defense, got steals, and rebounded well.  The offense started off chucking up bad long range shots initially, but seemed to make a concerted effort to drive to the basket down the stretch which opened things up for our shooters.

 

Griffin with a nice comeback game...guy was an animal out there.  Dolezaj and Guerrier were huge.  I still prefer Kadary at PG and Joe G off ball.  There is an appreciable difference in both the offense and defense with KR running the point, IMO.  I like the 3 guard lineup with Buddy at the 3, but I just don’t see how they can keep Griffin off the court.

 

Big game in Charlottesville on Monday.

We are out of town and so I missed the game. Appreciate the summary. 
 

Glad to hear Griffin played better. When Pitt smoked us, he was probably the weakest link— get crushed on the boards and on D and forcing a lot of shots. 
 

I assume Edwards went back into the abyss? Was hoping he would be a regular part of the rotation. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

24 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

We are out of town and so I missed the game. Appreciate the summary. 
 

Glad to hear Griffin played better. When Pitt smoked us, he was probably the weakest link— get crushed on the boards and on D and forcing a lot of shots. 
 

I assume Edwards went back into the abyss? Was hoping he would be a regular part of the rotation. 

 

Boeheim must have had his size 13s up Griffin’s arse all week because he was playing like a man possessed.  Hustled, played great defense, got some steals, was all over the boards, and scored from all over the court.

 

Edwards got a few minutes, but quickly got the hook and I don’t think ever returned.  Didn’t really make any terrible mistakes, but also didn’t do anything.  Dolezaj was also a beast today which could have kept Jesse on the bench.