That’s probably not true if you look at my horrendous picks (is it possible to have negative points in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge? If so, that’s me) — but I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the ACC’s pathetic 3 win-4 loss showing in the first round. Aside from SU’s stress-free shellacking of Stephen F, the [...]
February 4, 2009 – 4:25 pm
We need this one tonight. If only for our own mental health.
Memphis is ranked 15th and 14th in the polls. Kansas is ranked 24th and 21st, and 7-0 in the Big 12. Florida is 19-4, leading the SEC East and knocking on the door of the rankings. So why are we spiraling out of control [...]
January 12, 2009 – 3:50 pm
Syracuse is the unanimous eighth ranked team in America, according to both polls. We moved up two spots in the AP thanks to 3rd losses by both Texas and Georgetown, and just one spot in the Coaches thanks again to that Texas loss. Will this be the highest we go? There’s going to be a [...]
January 5, 2009 – 3:29 pm
Syracuse has reached the dizzying heights once again in the new Coaches poll, sliding into the #9 perch — one spot higher than predicted thanks to a jump over a certain team from Washington, DC. I’m sure at least one blog will take note of that. In the AP poll, we moved up to the [...]
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January 4, 2009 – 9:05 pm
When the new polls come out tomorrow afternoon, SU will almost certainly be ranked in the top ten in the Coaches poll (perhaps not the AP poll quite yet). Purdue and Notre Dame both lost their last game, giving us exactly the opening to move from an 11th place tie to alone at #10. Georgetown [...]
January 3, 2009 – 4:50 pm
The USF game is over and behind us. 2-0 in the Big East is 2-0 in the Big East. 14-1 is 14-1. A road win is a road win. What happened in the second half of that game is inconsequential. How unbelievably horrendous we looked is inconsequential.
For those concerned about our team, consider this: #10 [...]
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November 25, 2008 – 1:30 pm
That’s the best word I can think of to describe last night’s win over Florida. Which is weird, because in a lot of ways it wasn’t that solid. 16 turnovers, including at least two where we threw the ball directly to a Florida player and one other where Rautins was so worried about being called [...]
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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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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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