syracuse orange

Another Impressive Win for Syracuse

by Charlie on December 11, 2009

Anyone else starting to think that Syracuse’s preseason loss to LeMoyne was actually a ploy, designed to give the rest of Division I a false sense of security? Because based on what we’ve seen from the Orange since then, I’m having a hard time understanding how any Division II team could roll with Jim Boeheim’s [...]

{ 0 comments }

Beasts in the East

by Charlie on December 10, 2009

After losing players like Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet and A.J. Price, Pitt’s Sam Young, DeJuan Blair and LeVance Fields, Syracuse’s Jonny Flynn, Louisville’s Terrence Williams and Villanova’s Dante Cunningham to graduation and the NBA Draft, this was supposed to be a “down” year for the Big East. Hasn’t really worked out that way. The conference boasts [...]

{ 0 comments }

Second Round Recap

by Charlie on March 23, 2009

I believe we can officially put the “which conference is toughest” discussion to bed. Here’s a look at the number of teams each conference sent to the 2009 Sweet Sixteen: ACC – 2 (North Carolina, Duke) Big 10 – 2 (Michigan State, Purdue) Pac 10 – 1 (Arizona) Big 12 – 3 (Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas) [...]

{ 0 comments }

Clank!

by Charlie on March 20, 2009

It is hard to recall any player at any big-time basketball school that looks as hopeless from the free-throw line as Syracuse forward Arinze Onuaku. Onuaku shoots freebies like he’s playing a carnival game… with a ball that’s over-inflated and a shrunken rim. This season, he hit just 30 percent of his shots from the [...]

{ 0 comments }

Web Analytics