Hmmm. A starting lineup of Jonny Flynn, Eric Devendorf, Rick Jackson, Kristof Ongenaet and Kris Joseph, with Paul Harris sitting on the bench and Arinze Onuaku only marginally available.
As we used to say, that’s a recipe for disaster.
That lineup could win a few games in the Big East, but not many, and it couldn’t win last night against Providence. Leaky defense, 21 turnovers and a hot-shooting Friars team did the Orange in. The loss dropped SU to 17-5 overall and 5-4 and eighth in the league. With Andy Rautins out with a bad ankle, Onuaku nursing a bad knee, Harris missing practice Monday and Tuesday for reasons that had nothing to do with an injury and coming off a series of bad games, I mean, good luck.
It only gets tougher for the Orange. Rautins and Onuaku are expected back at practice shortly, so that will help, but Harris has to get over whatever his bothering him – he did play 30 minutes last night but wasn’t much of a factor. West Virginia visits Wednesday for the first of four games in 11 days – at Villanova, at Connecticut and home against Georgetown. Challenging, you bet, but while this team continues to have problems, it also has a lot of talent.
I’m not going to tell you they’ll get it together in time to rescue an increasingly desperate season, but they have the ability to do so.
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