Is Syracuse back?

Syracuse took on Florida in the CBE Classic on Monday night and looked strong. The 2-3 zone for Cuse looked a little weak. It gave up way too many open shots. Florida put up too many points for an inexperienced team and they aren’t the best shooters. They warmed up a little bit in the second half but they were mostly ineffective vs. the zone. Arinze Onuaku is a beast. The team rebounding is pretty good. Paul Harris is a great guard rebounder. If only he was 6’9”. There is a lot of balance on offense. Andy Rautins lit it up in the first half – he was making threes from everywhere. Jonny Flynn is able to run the offense more effectively now since he doesn’t have to be the primary scorer. The main problem is if Onuaku gets hurt or in foul trouble, they aren’t so big off the bench.

They’re offense looked horrible on Tuesday against Kansas . It was completely the opposite of Monday. There was a lot of one on one play. The team was jackin’ up shots and not working the offense. There wasn’t much movement and it ended up being one guy driving too much. Kansas did a good job attacking the 2-3 zone with a man at the foul line, so Syracuse had to switch it up to man defense. Flynn really pressured the ball and forced turnovers. After the win, it looks like Syracuse will be ranked. They’re finally playing people outside of the conference.