Not hopping on board

Everyone and their brother is hopping on the Syracuse bandwagon, and I can't blame them. Johnny Flynn has been phenomenal all year and has taken his game to another level in the last few weeks. Arinze Onuaku and Rick Jackson are skilled bigmen that can give opposing teams fits, and Eric Devendorf and Andy Rautins can shoot anyone out of their defense. But come on. Where was all the support before the conference tournaments started and they were floundering in the big east? Just because they have been hot, doesn't make them unstoppable. I am really surprised at how many people have the orange beating Oklahoma: Every ESPN expert jumped on board, as well as every bracket ranked in the top ten of ESPN.com (of which there are some 10 million).
I just don't see how you overlook Blake Griffin, or how you paint Oklahoma as a one man show. Sure it is important that Oklahoma get something going other than Griffin, but isnt that true of every team in the tournament? what would North Carolina be with ONLY Tyler Hansbrough, what would Villanova be with ONLY Scottie Reynolds, what would Pittsburgh be with ONLY Dejuan Blair, and for that matter, what would Syracuse be with ONLY Johnny Flynn. A team is the sum of its parts, and in this case I think Oklahoma comes out on top. They have shooters that can spread a defense, slashers, guys that can play the high post, and most importantly a guy in Blake Griffin that can force Syracuse's zone to collapse so that he can either kick it out for an open shot, or draw a foul. And the second Syracuse gets into foul trouble, their title hopes go out the window. They have the shallowest bench in the country, you just might not know it because their top 7 guys are so good and can play so many minutes. I think Oklahoma will pound the ball inside and make the Orange give up some early fouls to take charge of the game before Syracuse can even think about controlling the tempo. Oklahoma wins this matchup barring an unforeseen injury or series of ludicrous calls that takes Blake Griffin out of the game.