Brandon Triche

I won a state title.....

In basketball?  You all by yourself.  You are a stud.  I bet the other players on YOUR team thought you were the juice.

So that closes the door on that comment.

The State Champ has spoken.

I have watied to create this thread due to the fact I was giving Brandon the benefit of the doubt;

And the wins didn't fit your story.  But Brandon appreciates the benefit you've bestowed.          

you don't have any home games come March.

So....Cuse is the only team to lose to Pitt, Nova and UConn in their house.  btw....no one will be playing at home in March.  S16....how many teams are in D1?  And you cry about a S16.  I've said it before and will say it again....this team could bomb in the first or second round or they can be in the final four.  It's how this team is.  It's how every team is playing. 

He hasn't done anything in 3 games???

So last game against St. Johns - 16 pts 5-10 fg, 7 assists to 3 turnovers with 5 rebounds.  You certainly have high standards if that is doing nothing.

Brandon needs to find his shooting stroke again, I will say that but he has been a key ball handler and an excellent defender pretty consistently throughout the season and numerous times has carried this team to victory with his scoring.  Assists, rebounds, and scoring are all career highs for him.  When Brandon is having trouble scoring others need to step up, that didn't happen last night.  Not sure why CJ was taken to the bench early and not as involved last night but it certainly could have helped if he stepped up.

Senior leaders.  James is the other senior and he had another nice game last night just like his first one back.

This team is not deep but they can certainly make a run through the tournament, they must play defense though, UConn beat us because they didn't let themselves get trapped, they are guard oriented and jump shot oriented, they moved the ball and made jumpers.  Doubtful that Syracuse will face another team with 2 NBA caliber point guards or 2 guards that are in the top 10 scoring in their league if another even exists.  This syracuse team is talented enough defensively to win games when they don't make shots (see Cincinnati & Notre Dame).  Just don't turn the ball over and play defense, last night UConn's guards beat us but it is doubtful we face guards that talented anywhere before the sweet 16 so at this point I am doubtful that this group loses before that round.  At that point they will not be able to put up a poor performance but they have proven they can beat top teams so I am not certain that they will fall on their face in the sweet 16 and I don't see any reason why anyone would be.    

All I am saying is Brandon needs to contribute more than he has been 'cause we certianly aren't getting any production from Cooney, Keita or even Christmas offensively at the moment.  If he doesn't, we don't stand a chance against anyone, period!

This team wins with defense as I stated we have beaten good teams with terrible offensive performances from basically the entire team.  We have lost a few close games and have not been embarassed by anyone unlike most of the other teams that have taken their share of nationally televised beatdowns by unranked and terrible teams.  At least the teams Cuse has lost too have been solid teams and the games were all close.  This team will get by on defense, not on offense so pay more attention to how they play defense and that will give you a better idea of whether or not they will continue to have success in the future.  Last night the defense was not good but part of that is because of how UConn played and like I said you won't see a pair of guards that caliber again this year.

I agree that this team will only go as far as the defense will carry them.  I also agree that Napier and Boatright are a talented duo.  However, it appeared last night that the team as a whole lacked their usual intensity.  They were constantly beaten off the dribble and on offense settled rather than working for a good shot.  How many shots were taken with 25-30 seconds left on the shot clock?  Most teams have games like this at some point during the season.  Hopefully they will learn and grow from this experience. 

Bad game for Triche. I think CJ should get a touch every time down the court. He doesn't. Less shooting MCW...please...distribute the ball. Triche and MCW need to let the best shooter on the team dictate the pace. CJ oriented offense, at least on the road.

Completely agree Khep.  And in that UConn game I was really excited because for the first time CJ posted up and of course he scored easily.  How about High-Low with Christmas passing to the post from the top of the key so CJ doesn't have to worry about the opposing center helping on him.  Remember Christmas regularly passed to Fab in the post last year and made some great passes to cutters as well, I don't see why his skills are not utilized at all in the offense.