Please tell me I'm not the only one...

[GGGG]

Syracuse either turned it over or shot an absolutely stupid shot almost every single time down.  Really unbeleivable decision making on almost every posession.

Syracuse never seems to have the ability to put together six solid games in the NCAAs.  By my count, they've done so twice...once they lost to IU on the Keith Smart shot...once they won it with Carmello.  Other than that, they always seem to lay an egg one game.  When they were up four with about 3:00 to play, I thought it was over.  Then they let Butler score 11 straight - bad defense, poor shot selection, turnovers...

Terrible game by the Orange.

[NersEllenson]

Syracuse never seems to have the ability to put together six solid games in the NCAAs.  By my count, they've done so twice...once they lost to IU on the Keith Smart shot...once they won it with Carmello.  Other than that, they always seem to lay an egg one game.  When they were up four with about 3:00 to play, I thought it was over.  Then they let Butler score 11 straight - bad defense, poor shot selection, turnovers...

Terrible game by the Orange.

If only Boheim could coach better...he pulled a Buzz and let his team lose a lead with 3 minutes left in a game.  It wasn't the players fault.  The good news is Buzz is only in year 2 as a head coach, so therefore he has a lot to learn and improve on.  The fact Buzz's teams finished 8-8 in games decided by less than 4 points reflects how much Buzz has to learn.  Because we are MU fans, we should be 16-0 in those games..considering we have a 2-deep bench and have every reason to be more energized at end of games due to our great size and depth advantage.

[MarquetteDano]

Because we are MU fans, we should be 16-0 in those games..considering we have a 2-deep bench and have every reason to be more energized at end of games due to our great size and depth advantage.

But don't forget that this team was never tired in any game.  They are twenty year old kids and that is impossible.  In fact when Buzz stated they "ran out of gas" in a recent interview he was being facetious.

[NersEllenson]

But don't forget that this team was never tired in any game.  They are twenty year old kids and that is impossible.  In fact when Buzz stated they "ran out of gas" in a recent interview he was being facetious.

Well played!!  Obviously the close losses sting for all of us as fans, but I found it somewhat annoying that there were some who consistently blamed coaching as the reasons we lost those games.  Or, as you point out that some posters stating there is no way these 20-year old kids should be tired.  At one point we had knee jerk fans saying we wouldn't make the NIT after the DePaul loss.  Nonetheless, a great rebuilding year we had.