October 14th, 2011 
Brian Callahan 
By Brian Callahan
44. More time devoted to college basketball with no NBA
43. Road trip to N.C. State
42. More than 30,000 fans packing the Dome a few times this year
41. Mookie Jones jacking up threes during garbage time
40. Also not excited to hear Dick Vitale’s voice
39. Getting revenge on Marquette on January 7th
38. The CBS theme song
37. Guessing how long we can go before getting our first loss
36. Rob Murphy coaching at Eastern Michigan
35. Watching DaJuan Coleman announce he’ll be wearing orange
34. Knowing we won’t be on the bubble
33. Jim Boeheim finally being able to beat Rick Pitino
32. Knowing we’ll be beating UNC, Duke and Maryland in two years.
31. Seeing how Boeheim handles all of the depth we have.
30. Reading Boeheim’s lips when he chews out Scoop Jardine
29. Rakeem Christmas blocking shots left and right
28. Kris Joseph and James Southerland finishing off a fast break with a monster jam.
27. SU vs UConn with ESPN Gameday in the house
26. Playing multiple games in Madison Square Garden in the Big East Tournament
25. Watching Georgetown and St. John’s take a few steps back.
24. Daryl Gross’ courtside shirts, antics and guests
23. Kemba Walker being in the NBA
22. Constant replays of the Georgetown brawl in China
21. Bernie Fine’s mock turtlenecks
20. Being ranked in the top 10 all year and somehow will stay under the radar until March. I say this because I predict UNC, Kentucky, UConn, Duke and Ohio State will get all of the attention during the season.
19. The many awkward faces and gestures of Jim Boeheim
18. We will finally have a team that should be able to rebound
17. Winning another preseason tourney at Madison Square Garden
16. Our length and zone causing all types of problems. Our zone should be really good this year with Michael Carter-Williams at the top of it. Plus, everyone will be talking about our zone in March.
15. Loving every little thing CJ Fair does
14. Knowing we are on national TV a lot
13. Not excited to see how the Fab Melo situation plays out
12. Boeheim getting pissed off with all of the ACC questions
11. Scoop Jardine making smarter decisions.
10. Trevor Cooney. There is talk he is the best shooter in Cuse history.
9. Spending Monday nights with Jay Bilas, Bill Rafferty and Sean McDonough
8. Being the best team in the Big East
7. Brandon Triche becoming a knock down shooter
6. Baye Moussa Keita averaging 10 boards a game
5. Dion Waiters taking over games and getting to the rim with ease.
4. Having 30-plus wins (post-season included)
3. The smoothness of Michael Carter-Williams
2. Kris Joseph taking the next step and becoming an All-American
1a. A trip to New Orleans for the 2012 Final Four
1b. Winning the national championship if Harrison Barnes tears his ACL
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Getting the ball in from half court without a violation.
Honestly all of that is awesome! I completely buy the idea of Trevor Cooney being the best shooter in Cuse history! Just go on youtube and youll see hes got such a pure jump shot. Not only that, but hes a 6-3 white guy dunking over guys!
Am I the only one that thinks this team is a little overrated? Two points:
1) Would you rather have UCONN’s top 3 of Lamb, Oriaki, and Drummond or Joseph, Scoop, and Triche?
2) You can’t overstate how much this team relied on Rick Jackson last year. So either Keita and Fab have to be waaaay improved over last year, or Christmas has to be one of the best freshman big men in the country. Not sure if I have faith in our bigs.
well you can cross out #21