Are the Syracuse Orangemen the biggest disappoinment in College Basketball, or not?

by user 68.9.141.171

The old rub on Jim Boeheim was he could recruit great, and was only a medicire bench coach. The fact some of his best teams (like 1987) were relatively thin on talent belies this explains his induction in Springfield. But what explains this year's collapse?

Was the front court talent that bad? Was it bad recruiting, bad coaching, or bad luck?

It is hard to win the Big East when your only reliable players are two relatively short guards, one (McNamara) who seems exhausted after four years at the Dome

At this point they are off the NCAA bubble barring a huge win against Cincy and probably one more good Big East tourney outing. I expected much more

Date
Tue 03/07/06, 7:57 pm EST