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<blockquote data-quote="CuseJacket" data-source="post: 791051" data-attributes="member: 274"><p>The good news (sort of) is that the 'Cuse team playing now is better than the 'Cuse team we beat.</p><p></p><p>Night and day defensively (KYP - know your personnel) e.g., they don't fly out at bad 3-point shooters anymore, forward rotations are sharper, emergence of <em>something </em>from the bench, etc.</p><p></p><p>Obviously Buddy Boeheim flipped a switch offensively at a convenient point in the season, as has Girard to some extent. Why? I believe it is in large part because the team as a whole had 2 Covid pauses this season, with Buddy having a 3rd due to contact tracing. That is a ton of missed practice time that others outside-looking-in ignore/don't know about/ultimately dismiss. Maybe GT fans will have a better appreciation given what we looked like to start the year, and that was with practices, just non-contact. Both guards actually had Covid with symptoms, so when they came back in real games they were at less than full speed.</p><p></p><p>Net/net: They lost their legs and looked lethargic for much of the season... until basically March. </p><p></p><p>Also helps that San Diego State and West Virginia looked incompetent for 3 total halves offensively against the zone. But the KYP focus has been so much better and it's a change that is noticeable independent of the opponent. Their KenPom adjusted defense was in the 90's and even 100's near the end of the season. They're now #86 after two NCAAT games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CuseJacket, post: 791051, member: 274"] The good news (sort of) is that the 'Cuse team playing now is better than the 'Cuse team we beat. Night and day defensively (KYP - know your personnel) e.g., they don't fly out at bad 3-point shooters anymore, forward rotations are sharper, emergence of [I]something [/I]from the bench, etc. Obviously Buddy Boeheim flipped a switch offensively at a convenient point in the season, as has Girard to some extent. Why? I believe it is in large part because the team as a whole had 2 Covid pauses this season, with Buddy having a 3rd due to contact tracing. That is a ton of missed practice time that others outside-looking-in ignore/don't know about/ultimately dismiss. Maybe GT fans will have a better appreciation given what we looked like to start the year, and that was with practices, just non-contact. Both guards actually had Covid with symptoms, so when they came back in real games they were at less than full speed. Net/net: They lost their legs and looked lethargic for much of the season... until basically March. Also helps that San Diego State and West Virginia looked incompetent for 3 total halves offensively against the zone. But the KYP focus has been so much better and it's a change that is noticeable independent of the opponent. Their KenPom adjusted defense was in the 90's and even 100's near the end of the season. They're now #86 after two NCAAT games. [/QUOTE]
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