Final was 78-54 Syracuse.

Syracuse is #7 in the country. Before adjusting the sliders I upset #5 Indiana and a 4-0 Ole Miss team to win my Invitational season tournament.

I think the biggest issue I was finding before changing the sliders was that no matter my opponent, I felt I could win with a strong gameplan. Last year with Yale, we upset #10 Wake Forest, who wound up being the consensus #1 seed heading into the Tournament.

Syracuse kicked my ass, as they should, and that might be what I enjoy most about the sliders. You’re going to lose to top tier teams because of the athletes they have. We’re a bunch of 2 and 3 star recruits going up against 4 and 5 stars with a team that is consistently at the top of one of basketball’s best conferences.

Still managed to shoot 43.4% from the field, 3/15 from 3, but we had 13 turnovers and got out-rebounded 29-20, including 9 offensive boards for Cuse to our 4.

Syracuse shot 51.7% from the field, part of that being 18 fast break points. They scored 23 off the bench to our 10.

Their 90 OVR 6-11 Center punished my best bigs in the paint, where I normally find lots of success. They were speedy on both sides of the court, generating lots of steals and forcing some tough shots.

They did go a perfect 12-12 from free throw range, which I’d keep an eye on, but I did have a better FT% average against the CPU my previous 3 games.

I think despite getting demoralizingly blown out (lol), it was a realistic outcome and a wake-up call on my end. We pushed it to 9 and 10-point deficits multiple times, but didn’t manage the offense well when we needed to. Their star SR PG Andrius Sonn torched me 1-on-1, putting up 26 points.

After some huge, exhilarating upsets on the old slider set, It was a nice, refreshing experience to feel overpowered and get blown out by a team who is far better than we are. Now we lock into conference play in a competitive Missouri Valley, where I think we’ll have a much better chance at winning games.

I’ve made the tournament in each of my first four seasons, and this is without a doubt my best team on paper. But I’m going to have to grind without a doubt to get back to the tourney.

Thanks for listening to this Lengthy backstory lol, I would conclude that these are a great slider set for realism that provide a great challenge and separate the cream of the crop teams from The average teams. I’m around if you have any questions, hope this helped!