December 30, 2009 – 2:17 am
A large chunk of the Cuse Country crew, most of whom are NYC-based, gathered at the Prudential Center to witness tonight’s victory over the Seton Hall Butt Pirates. I almost didn’t make it. Leaving Syracuse this afternoon, I got stuck in a miserable traffic situation. I-81 South was a mess, with hastily erected “Emergency Scene” [...]
October 2, 2009 – 12:34 pm
So I pop over to My Yahoo to check my fantasy football team and behold the content that has arrived:
Halleluia and Hail Boeheim! The basketball schedule is complete! To quote a wise philosopher, “Let’s get it started in here.”
The full schedule can be found here. The highlights:
Coaches vs. Cancer in MSG on Nov 19/20. We [...]
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We’re back in the national rankings in both polls, coming it at exactly 25th each time. More importantly, Joe Lunardi has us as a 6 seed, we’ve essentially locked ourselves into a winning record in the ridonkulous Big East, our RPI and SOS are looking strong, and there are only two games to go.
It all [...]
February 28, 2009 – 6:41 pm
It’s anticlimactic, there’s no glamor involved, the opponent is neither interesting nor familiar, and no ones going to storm the court. But in reality, if we beat Cincinnati tomorrow, we will seal our invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
There comes a time in each NCAA-worthy season when a team truly becomes a “lock”. People have referred [...]
February 23, 2009 – 8:02 am
I can’t say I’m surprised at this point, but I’m still pissed off. That stretch in the 2nd half encapsulates more or less everything that is wrong with this team. We fight and claw our way back out of a giant hole to take the lead. 59-57. The Dome is rocking and Villanova is reeling. [...]
February 5, 2009 – 1:47 pm
First of all, yes I am still alive. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been present on the board here but I hope to be back to my regularly scheduled mayhem soon.
Second of all, that enormous breeze you felt up in Syracuse around 8:55pm last night was not just Dome air blowing people out [...]
January 26, 2009 – 1:22 am
That was disheartening. SU lost to Louisville on Sunday in a game that didn’t feel as competitive or close as the score indicated. Although SU showed heart and guts in keeping it close, repeatedly stanched Cardinal runs that threatened to turn the game into a route, and somehow managed to claw their way back into [...]
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January 15, 2009 – 2:36 am
OK kids, now you know what a real Big East game is like. Time to wake up. That was as poor a defensive effort from this team as I’ve seen all year. Georgetown had open shot after open shot after layup. It’s like we had no answer for their offense. I thought the SU offense [...]
January 14, 2009 – 1:02 am
Lets do some math.
The Big East is essentially a two tier league. There are 9 great teams bound for the NCAA Tournament making up the top tier, and 7 teams of varying degrees of suckness making up the bottom tier. If there’s a middle tier at all, it’s a tier of one: Providence. They appear [...]
January 10, 2009 – 7:11 pm
In honor of tonight’s visit to the Rutgers Athletic Center, I think it’s time to relay one of the better epic SU gameday sagas in which I have played a role. The date was January 2005. The team was the 19-1, #4-ranked Syracuse Orangemen, featuring Warrick, Pace, Forth, McNamara, a quartet of promising but underperforming [...]