The orange are at the 1/3 mark on the season

As the Holiday break approaches it could come at no better time for the orange. They struggled at the start of the season but to my surprise have been able to show some glimpses of hope.  Offensively this team has struggled, and has not looked like a top team that could compete in the NCAA tournament. The orange would shock the country as they would put up a 15 point lead on a number seven ranked Villanova team in the first half of play. Its not that I doubt the ability of the orange. Seeing them compete at a high level during this game showed me this team is still salvageable and isn't all garbage. To credit their defense, they  have consistently been able to hold teams to a decent percentage on offense. But as said a few weeks ago the problem i have with this team is not the defense its their offense. Trevor Cooney over the past few games has brought his field goal percentage up from 22 percent to 40 percent, which shows this team is finally hitting their stride finally. This should be a very exciting time for orange fans. Coming out of the holiday break the orange have a few easy games against long beach, Cornell, and Georgia tech. With the earlier loses in the season the orange have to make up toward the middle of the season and have to win out against un ranked opponents. This should be fairly easy but as we all know the orange lost the game for themselves against Villanova. As much as the refs were calling "baloney" calls at the end of the day it was their job to win the game. You don't let them out score you by 15 to send the game into over time especially because your team was getting called for the ridiculous fouls early. That was more on the coaches than it was on the players.

Are the orange really in trouble ....?

What is to say 8 games into the season? Is this orange  team similar to teams in past years or is this a year where the talent has dried up? Will Duke beat the Orange? The frustration in the mind of every orange fan is running high at this point. Will the offense ever show up to the game or better yet do the orange have offense? These are valid questions that need to be answered for every orange fan. Coach Boeheim is a hall a fame coach, and this will be his toughest task to date. This team to this point is broken. The way that the orange played against St Johns sunday was embarassing. The orange had no response to St.Johns ability to shoot excellent from the three point line. Along with this in the mix the orange shot terribly from the free throw line roughly shooting around 60% on the season. This will not get it done against opponents. Whats next for the orange.... I guess its time to just sit back and watch and see what Coach Boeheim can orchastrate on offense for the orange.