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True dat.

I love Delvon but this post is spot on.

How much playing time would Roe get on this team? Spot time with Green, taking minutes from Nix/Payne? It would be a benefit to have a quality player filling in while Green got his rest, much better than having Gauna or Byrd out there, but would you want Green having to share more of his minutes with Roe with as good as he's been this year? Do we need to take more playing time from Nix/Payne with as good as they've been playing? It obviously would have been great to have him this year, but I'm not sure how much actual playing time he'd get. Itd be that great depth for our frontline though. Green in foul trouble, Roes there to fill in, nix/payne in foul trouble or tired, Roe's a quality alternative. Would have been nice, plus you add Dawson to the lineup?

Right, because Kalin still had a year of elligibility.

Great comparison Moran

Fab Melo - and it's not close. Centers are the cornerstone of the 2-3. They should be calling out where the screens and cutters are coming from. Also centers get the most action from driving guards looking to score or for the quick kick out. But It's hard to replace a good center for a 2-3, especially if he is 7 feet tall.

Roe no longer has eligibility either buddy.

Syracuse will hire Jim Delany as a consultant, and magically Melo will get reinstated for the tourney.

Mine as well include Lucious too. Hell, throw in Allen.

But he was hurt, and therefore unable to play this season. It's really hard to say how this team would have been with him on it. It's entirely possible that it could have hindered the development of Payne/Nix.

Roe did not play this season because of those injuries, so it's not accurate to consider him a loss in terms of the tournament. Were this debate taking place at the beginning of the season, legitimate point.

30+ games later, not so much.

It's stupid to mention Roe. He's not on the team you idiot and there are players who replaced him.

I'd say the biggest loss would be the Big East player of the year.

Roe is a non-issue, we didn't lose him, he hasn't been on the team all season. If you want to look at it as a loss, you might as well include Korie and Sherman in the discussion (even though we got Wood basically because Korie left and we are better now).

Henson will play at some point (but at what level?).

However, UNC also lost Leslie MacDonald and Dexter Strickland. As stacked as they are, they've been able to overcome those losses but against a regular team, that would be devastating.

I read an article, will try to find it that was written before Melo suspension. The article said the most significant injury to a team in the field was Branden Dawson from Michigan State. They pointed out how Dawson played in 31 of our games. Will try to find it.