November 21, 2008 – 3:31 pm
I don’t know the first thing about the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, the team Syracuse is playing tonight in the Dome, and I won’t pretend to. Apparently they’re from the Detroit, Michigan, version of Oakland, not the California version. Also, they play in something called the “Summit League”. I like to consider myself a pretty big [...]
November 18, 2008 – 1:50 pm
The leitmotif of today’s media coverage previewing the SU-Richmond game this evening is that this is a serious challenge for Syracuse and that we’d better be on our game or we’re looking at an L. I’ll second that.
Here’s why we should worry: The Spiders are not a typical early season cupcake from a bullshit conference [...]
November 17, 2008 – 4:12 pm
Anybody else gleefully notice how Jimmy used almost all his timeouts in the Le Moyne game, despite the fact we had the game completely in hand after about two minutes? He had no hesitation to burn a TO whenever he wanted to scream at coach up the guys after a bonehead play. He also used [...]
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November 16, 2008 – 10:34 pm
SU celebrated the announcement of Greg Robinson’s removal as football coach by overwhelming cross-town non-rival Le Moyne 85-51 later in the evening on the basketball court. Before I get into my analysis, let me make it clear that in a demolition of this magnitude, there are no genuine concerns to discuss. Most of what I [...]
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October 6, 2008 – 12:13 am
Q: What do the Florida Gators, the Memphis Tigers, and the Kansas Jayhawks have in common?
A: They make up the majority of the teams that have won or played for the National Championship over the past three seasons. Oh yeah, and Syracuse has a good chance at playing all three of them this season [...]
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I haven’t posted in a while, but the latest obsession I’ve been working my brain through is a paranoia about Jonny Flynn, and the possibility of him following Donte to the pros after next season. It probably won’t be the right move for him to go pro after next year, but all my confidence is [...]
January 1, 2008 – 9:48 pm
Happy New Year to all our loyal readers, and even to the unloyal ones (we know who you are, and we’re watching you). As promised, here’s the second half of my survey of the Big East “pre-season” results. For the first eight teams, see my previous post. This post will cover the exploits of the [...]
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December 31, 2007 – 3:54 pm
Now that it’s go time for conference play around the nation, I thought I’d take a look at how the 16 teams in the Big East fared in the “pre-season”. I’m going to provide a very quick snapshot of each team, going from worst to best according to the officially predicted finish provided by the [...]
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December 24, 2007 – 5:16 pm
Kristof Ongenaet. It occurred to me today that by far the most interesting part of the Cornell box score was the sneaky 9 points and 10 rebounds that K-Ong put up. I refuse to call him the Belgian Waffle — that’s just literary laziness — so here’s hoping he someday earns the nickname the Flemish [...]
