Syracuse Basketball: Early Season Update and Arkansas Preview

We are now four games into Syracuse’s “regular season,” and while little has changed since the pre-season games, the players and team are starting to improve and round into form. The San Diego State game was not much to watch, given the wind and sunny conditions, but the players may have been able to take away something for when they play in tough conditions on the road later this season. Wagner was a joke, but Princeton is probably an NCAA team and Colgate is much improved. Tonight is a big matchup against Arkansas in the Big East vs. SEC challenge so below are some updates on how the players and team are coming along: The key players on this team, as expected, are going to be the starting guards, Michael Carter-Williams and Brandon Triche. Everything on offense starts with them and their defense at the top of the zone will be instrumental for creating turnovers and/or converting turnovers into transition points. Essentially, the rest of the team needs to play good defense, rebound...