This was destined to be a farce once Isaiah was ruled out. Not only was he the guy who put the whole thing together, he would also the only guy on the roster able to score and create for others. He was the only actual PG or Lead Guard on the roster. We got a quick reminder of how awful Dawes is when playing PG.
Gill looked horrendous and was beat time and time again by the unknown big man on Syracuse. Brodie was slightly better but no one on SH could rebound. I was shocked there was only a -3 rebound margin as it seemed Syracuse took offensive rebounds from us whenever they wanted.
The only guy who played well on our end was Terry Roberts. He was the only one who could hit a 3. Thank God for him our we may have lost by 40+.
Our roster really lacked offensive talent and the guys with "defensive" skills got abused. Ndefo played hard but Swider schooled him. Painful to watch KC launching 3's.
It was a bit of a reminder of how good Willard and Sha (and Billemeier) are as coaches. They were able to win a lot of games with guys like Gill, Ndefo and Dawes as important pieces. Ro Gill was a seldom-used backup at a JUCO when Grant found him and turned him into a dominating monster in the Big East as a Senior. Couldn't score a point last night. No one wanted Ndefo out of HS but Sha got him to be 3-time MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and rode him to an Elite 8.