Syracuse Basketball

Syracuse Basketball Beats Duke On John Gillon's Buzzer-beating 3-pointer

... the Blue Devils' offense and finished with 23 points. Duke freshman Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 13 rebounds. He had 14 and 10 in the first half. Duke dominated the game on the offensive glass. The Blue Devils hauled in 16 offensive rebounds, but Lydon prevented Duke from getting the big one at the end. Syracuse trailed by eight points at halftime, but the Orange rallied in the second half. Syracuse tied the game on Battle's two free throws with 13:08 left. Grayson Allen committed his fourth foul of the game to put Battle at the line. Syracuse then took a 49-47 lead on Gillon's free throws with 12:42 remaining. It was Syracuse's first lead since the Orange led 6-5 in the game's opening minutes. Kennard, Duke's leading scorer for the season, picked up his third and fourth fouls on back-to-back possessions as he chased an offensive rebound. Kennard's fourth foul came with 7:38 left in the game. Kennard had 21 points at the time, but he remained in the game. Syracuse struggled on offense in the first half. The Orange seemed intent on trying to get the ball inside to Lydon where he could take advantage of ...

Ou Basketball Gets Kansas, Syracuse, Msu Next Season

... 2017 | Updated 10:59 a.m. ET March 7, 2017. Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. (left) and Michigan State and Brailen Neely (right) and Oakland will square off again next season, this time on a neutral court. (Photo: Al Goldis / Associated Press). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENTEMAILMORE. Detroit — Greg Kampe and the Oakland men’s basketball team will face another super-tough nonconference schedule next season. While the full schedule isn’t expected to be released until mid-spring, athletic director Jeff Konya told The News on Tuesday that Oakland will travel to behemoths Syracuse and Kansas, and again play Michigan State. The Michigan State game is contracted to be at a neutral site, but it’s unclear what that site will be. The neutral-site rotation in the series typically has been at The Palace, but officials from both schools aren’t sure The Palace will ...

Syracuse Basketball Will Have To Watch Key Games In Conference Tourneys

... Cal to make up for an embarrassing 30-point loss to Utah just one week ago. Indiana vs. Iowa (6:30  p.m., ESPN 2): Iowa is one of Lunardi's First Four Out. Same with Bracket Matrix. Indiana is even further out of the NCAA field; among Lunardi's Next Four Out. A loss to Indiana might squash Iowa's hopes and still not get Indiana in, so Syracuse fans will have to cheer for the Hoosiers. Vanderbilt vs. Texas A&M (7 p.m., SECN): Vanderbilt is an 11-seed with a bye, according to Lunardi, but a 12-seed on Bracket Matrix. A win might not be enough to ensure a bid for Vandy, but the Commodores can't afford a loss to Texas A&M. Xavier vs. Butler (7 p.m., FS 1): Xavier survived its no-win opening round game versus De Paul; now it's time to see if Xavier really deserves an at-large bid. The Musketeers have not beaten any team other than De Paul since losing star guard Edmund Sumner. Kansas State vs. Baylor (9 p.m., ESPNU): Kansas State is one of the First Four Out ...

John Gillon's Magic For Syracuse Basketball Finally Ran Out In Acc Tournament

... Dome this season, including Wednesday's loss to Miami at the Barclays Center. Gillon nearly turned all the numbers upside-down with another miracle shot in a season of miraculous buzzer-beaters. Gillon, who had hit a last-second 3-pointer to send SU's game against North Carolina State into overtime and another buzzer-beating three to beat Duke, had a chance to tie the game on a 3-pointer on Wednesday. Gillon, who made a 3-pointer to bring Syracuse within 59-57 with 39 seconds left, got the ball with Syracuse down 60-57 after Davon Reed missed the second of two free throws with 7.7 seconds left. Gillon came across halfcourt and from just about the same spot from which he launched his game-winner against Duke, got off a shot that could have tied the game. But Gillon seemed to double-clutch on the shot and it was off from the moment the ball left his hand. "It was a little off-balance,' Gillon said. "There's only so good of a ...

Georgetown, Georgia Tech Don't Help Syracuse Basketball March 1

... in. Vanderbilt, before Tuesday, appeared on the dangerous edge of the projected NCAA field compiled from the bracket matrix.  Some have Vandy among the first four out. Either way, blame (or praise, if you're Syracuse) Malik Monk, who scored 20 second-half points to lead the Kentucky comeback. Wednesday's games of note. Michigan at Northwestern (7 p.m., BTN) Northwestern fans are getting a little nervous. The Wildcats have lost five of their last seven and now face Michigan and Purdue on their home court to close out the season. The 'Cats are solidly in the field according to the matrix as something close to a 9 seed. But they are trending down in other brackets. To save everybody's sanity in eager Cat Country, Northwestern needs to win at least one of its final two games. Rhode Island at St. Joseph's (7 p.m.) Rhode Island is 19-9 overall and 10-5 in the Atlantic 10. Its biggest wins, I guess, are over Cincinnati on a neutral floor and at home against VCU. The Rams are the first team out in the matrix and cannot afford a loss at struggling St. Joe's. ...

Dajuan Coleman On His Dome Finale For Syracuse Basketball

... knee surgeries, two rehabilitation efforts and the mental and physical willpower needed to engage in an endless effort to regain long-lost abilities. "This is what I do," Coleman said. "This is what I love to do. I didn't want to quit like that. I wanted to give it my all. Whatever I wanted to start, I wanted to finish. That was my main motivation.". Syracuse's Da Juan Coleman on basketball, injuries: This is what I love to do. When Coleman underwent his second knee surgery in 2014, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he was told Coleman likely would never play basketball again. By that standard then, Coleman has grinded through 54 more games, one more Final Four and far more practice than he was ever supposed to. "I think he could have been a good player but not on those knees," Boeheim said. "When it happened they told me he would not be able to come back and play. That was it. Period. No questions about it. I think he played through this just on sheer will and determination because when you see him now, he can't move in practice. He literally can't get up and down. It's sad to ...

Gonzaga, St. Mary's Help The Syracuse Basketball Cause March 7

... the league title game. If you're a Syracuse basketball fan, you did not want another WCC team upsetting the west coast basketball world order. Now's your chance to issue a grateful 'Thank you' to the Zags and the Gaels. There wasn't much else on the basketball slate of consequence on Monday.  Conference tournaments heat up this week.  Here are a list of teams you want to root hard against: Big 10 - Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois; Pac 12 - California, USC; SEC - Vanderbilt, Georgia; Big East - Xavier, Providence; Atlantic 10: Rhode Island; ACC - Wake Forest; Big 12 - Kansas State; American - Houston. Monday's games of note. Gonzaga 77, Santa Clara 68 - In a game that was a lot closer than anticipated, Nigel Williams-Goss drained a critical 3-pointer down the stretch and the Zags advanced to the WCC title game. St. Mary's 81, BYU 50 -St. Mary's, ranked No. 12 in Ken Pom, routed BYU ...

Where Syracuse Basketball Stands As Cbs Selection Show Approaches

... the latest from the Bracketology world. Ken Pom:  50. ESPN's Joe Lunardi has the Orange hanging in the NCAA Tournament field by a thread as one of the "last four in.". Lunardi has Syracuse as a No. 12 seed facing No. 12 USC in Dayton as part of the 'First Four.' The winner would face No. 5 Cincinnati in Milwaukee. ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas is holding on to an opinion expressed on ESPN Radio (and other places) this week that Syracuse is in the field. Jay Bilas just said he thinks Syracuse is "already in." So I shouldn't be sweating it out on Sunday. - Robert Harding (@Robert Harding) March 11, 2017. Jerry Palm of CBS  has not had Syracuse in the field down the stretch and that trend continues in his latest update. - Andy Bottoms (@Andy Bottoms) March 11, 2017. The Bracket Matrix , a website that monitors over 100 NCAA Tournament projections, has dropped Syracuse to its "first four out" category. Syracuse is projected to make the NCAA Tournament in just 50 of 114 monitored brackets. USA Today has Syracuse as one of the first four teams out of its latest ...

Where Does Syracuse Basketball Stand On Selection Sunday

... Beller's projection, this would presumably bump the Orange out. He has the Orange playing Southern California in the First Four, with the winner moving on to face Cincinnati. Two accurate, but lesser-known bracketologists, Andy Bottoms and Patrick Stevens both list the Orange as the last team out in their latest offerings. One of the teams ahead of the Orange in both, Rhode Island, still has to play for the Atlantic 10 title against VCU. Bottoms is considered the most accurate bracketologist over the past five years by the website Bracket Matrix, while Stevens was the only bracketologist to correctly pick all 68 teams in 2014 (he also worked previous with The __link__). Bottoms wrote an interesting piece on how, one way of the other,  the Syracuse decision is sure to upset people again. If the Orange is included, it will have the worst RPI ever for an at-large team and the ...

Syracuse Basketball Routs Georgia Tech, Gets Critical Win For Ncaa Tournament Resume

... from pulling off an incredible comeback victory. Georgia Tech got to within 49-44 on Josh Heath's 3-pointer from the top of the key with 12 minutes left in the game, but Syracuse scored 11 straight points to regain control. White, breaking out of three-game slump, hit back-to-back 3-pointers, then Tyler Roberson tipped in John Gillon's missed layup and then White hit another 3-pointer for a 60-44 lead with 9 minutes remaining. The Orange was never challenged after that run. Syracuse freshman Tyus Battle scored 22 points for the Orange. Syracuse took a 38-26 halftime lead thanks to its hot shooting. The Orange made 56 percent (13 out of 23) of its field-goal attempts in the first half. The Orange went 5-for-10 on 3-pointers in the opening half. But Georgia Tech went on a 13-0 run that spanned the last minute of the first half and the first three minutes of the second half to cut Syracuse's lead down to five points. Josh Okogie's bucket with 17:36 left in the game made the score 38-33. Syracuse jumped out to a 16-4 early lead. The Orange hit its first five shots of the game. Tyus Battle connected on his first three attempts from 3-point range. Even Syracuse center Taurean ...

Six Reasons Syracuse Basketball Deserves To Make Ncaa Tournament

... event. The best wins: Quality wins have been king in recent years and nobody on the bubble has beaten as many Top 25 teams as Syracuse. Heck, only 23 teams in the country have beaten that many. So what is all of the Orange's came inside the Carrier Dome? Do you really think any other bubble team is capable of beating Duke, Florida State and Virginia on any court? I don't. Thanks, ACC: The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee does not hand out bids by league strength  but when it met for a Feb. 11 reveal of top seeds, it included five ACC teams among the country's 16 best teams. The ACC is the best conference in college basketball this season and, perhaps, in the history of the sport. Syracuse finished over.500 in that league. The conversation for much of the year was whether the league would get 11 tournament spots. The Orange only needs it to be 9 or 10. Playing that type of schedule is going to going to make it hard to win on the road and generate a decent number of losses, two of the arguments against SU. Getting better: Syracuse's current team is good enough to ...