Shields on Hoops

I write about basketball…but this account focuses on Syracuse hoops

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I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loathe portal season.

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This has to be a top 5 90s kids movie, right?

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Awesome thread here

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How did #16 Siena almost take down #1 Duke?

A Thread of their defensive game plan...🧵

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LET'S ROCK, BABY - I'm about it.

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For anyone who is interested:

This is a project I put together every year for my side hustle whenever the NCAAT rolls around

$5 - a play, a diagram, and a teaching-style reel for each NCAAT team

Comment MADNESS on the original tweet or retweet the original tweet for the link

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$5

1 diagram, 1 video clip, and 1 teaching style clipboard video for all 68 teams in the NCAAT!

Price goes up tomorrow at 9am

Want a copy?

Comment MADNESS or retweet this tweet and I’ll shoot you the link/what you need!

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@CuseBBallFan *someone

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Would Bryan Hodgson have gotten Syracuse back on track? Maybe.

Could it have been a disastrous hire? Maybe.

Could it open the door for someone that’s an even better fit for SU? Maybe.

Is hiring Gerry/someone from the SU family a program death wish? Maybe.

Could Gerry do it his own way and be successful even though he went to SU? Maybe.

Time will tell 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@CuseBBallFan No comment until they hire aomeone

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@Ted_Gioia Bahahahaha okay that got an actual LOL out of me

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@CuseBBallFan Oh, you know I’ll be delivering some analysis!

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Give me the guy who says/embodies “This is our team, we are going to find a way to get it done, we will develop our guys and reach whatever their ceiling is”

over the guy who says/embodies “aw shucks - it’s not my fault - if we had more NIL we would win”.

(TRANSLATION: I can’t win without a loaded roster”)

Players obviously matter but good Lord

Imagine playing on a team where the constant excuse all year is “if our players were better, we would win these games”

Another translation: You guys suck and aren’t good at basketball. And I’m not a good enough coach to figure out how to overcome how bad you are.

Interesting way to lead 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@CuseBBallFan I’ll reserve that call until I know for sure who is actually in the running

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Man, I’m not saying G-Mac is the answer…but I’m also not going to act like he might not be

But this next coach thing is going to be a tougher decision than anticipated

If McNamara and Hodgson both want to come to SU…

You have two guys who have won/rebuilt in the modern era of college hoops…

One will be highly sought after who has ties to CNY; one is an alum who won at SU and has proven he can do it elsewhere

I’m not dead set on either of them…but even though I get the concerns, McNamara has definitely grown on me as a viable option

I don’t believe our current staff could do what either of them have done at their respective schools - so it feels like an upgrade regardless 🤷🏻‍♂️

Should be interesting to watch develop

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@Shue_Box Right?!?

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Again…even if true…it’s just so, so soft to say out loud.

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Coach Adrian Autry, at what might be his final post-game presser as the Syracuse men’s basketball head coach, citing challenges of NIL as a factor for underperforming this year. Autry said he will be meeting with Syracuse officials tomorrow for the end-of-season meeting.

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@DLRIT 100% - was just drafting a tweet along those lines

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@Akee123 And culture/program building

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Well, 2 of the 3 ACC Tournament games have been fun to watch tonight.

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The Tennessee, Cal, and SMU home games were fun though 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@Akee123 I’d rather be wrong 🥺

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Remember that time this season I said Syracuse wouldn’t make the NCAAT after the Houston game and so many of you legitimately got pissed at me?