Syracuse Orange Starting Five vs. Syracuse Orange Second Five

IN DION WE TRUST

this would be a game of turnovers and fast breaks. The only players I would trust going against the zone would be Waiters (who can create his own offense) and Fair (who seems to get into the middle of zone defenses).

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MCW is the big question mark, but CJ would be huge over Rak. Also I think the 2nd team would run more than the first (fab and rak)

Team 2 would have trouble with Fab inside I think and KrisJo can probably match Dion’s scoring.

Simply because of (call me crazy) Waiters. He’s turning into a “put the team on his shoulders” player. I think the rest of the rosters pretty much balance themselves out in one way or another. So if it comes down to Dion’s performance head-to-head against Scoop or Triche, I’m taking Dion.

Dropping Kris Jo for a relatively one dimensional Southerland is dicey. Fab is better on both ends this year. And MCW is not, at this point, a scoring threat at all. At least Rak can get some rebounds

Still, it would be close.

We need somebody to tell us the results!!!!

As some have said, i think it would really come down to the play of MCW. His shot selection and decision making have been getting better game by game. But where i think he really makes a difference is that he’s just so good on the defensive end as well as a rebounder from the guard spot. I don’t think its a shock that the team does better defensively when scoop isn’t in the game. And at times this year(albeit, against weaker teams) that the best we have looked on defense has been with MCW and Waiters up top

I think Melo is just a shade better than Keita right now.

I figure that Dion/MCW are pretty much equal to Triche and Jardine.
I also thought having Kris and Christmas as the best and worst forward wouild equal the middle two of Southerland and CJ.

What an amazing thing that it is really hard to decide. I lean towards Team 1. But that is not a confident lean at all.

Starting Five – 48.27/66.97/36.28
Second Five – 50.34/68.60/36.9

Southerland, Baye and Dion all shooting over 50%, only Fab and Scoop doing so on the starting five.

Starting Five – 76.78 points / 34.05 rebounds / 16.13 assists / 14.13 turnovers / 9.43 steals / 6.78 blocks
Second Five – 76.43 points / 35.15 rebounds / 17.5 assists / 8.77 turnovers / 13.08 steals / 8.56 blocks

We will just never know who won.

And just like Rocky III, we are all just going to have to come to terms with that on our own.

… of the ‘59 football team in that there was a hot debate back then (I’ve read) who was better, the starters or the second team. Back then, you didn’t have an offense and a separate defense, but you had a first and second team and they all played both ways. The seconds probably got a quarter to a third of the playing time… more though if they were playing well. Against UCLA in the season finale, the starters were playing well but the second team was really firing on all cylinders and dominating the Bruins. This led Red Grange, who was doing the color commentary over the radio, to say “Well, if Syracuse’s starters are the number one team in the nation, I’d have to say their second team is number two.”

The experienced guard play + the way Fab is playing right now + the KJo factor = win in my book. But Team 2 keeps it within 5 point.

There is more developed talent, and more consistent talent on that team. All due respect to JSouth, Baye et al.

Also, whos to say Dion can generate his own offense off of our starting 5? Im sure right now he is that good just ATTEMPTING to guard scoop in practice.

That being said, I dont think it would be much of a spread in point!