Syracuse Basketball

Syracuse Basketball Gets Run Over By Louisville In Rough Loss

... White missed a 3-pointer that could have trimmed the gap to just eight points. Louisville ran off six straight points and the Orange was done. Louisville used its defensive pressure to harass Syracuse into 10 first-half turnovers and take a 41-25 halftime lead. Louisville turned those 10 SU miscues into 18 points. Louisville jumped out to an early 11-2 lead, but Syracuse steadied itself. The Orange went on a 15-2 run to take a 17-13 lead at the midway point of the first half. Battle led the rally, scoring 12 points in the game's first 10 minutes. But the Cardinals had a run of their own in store. Louisville outscored Syracuse 23-4 over the next seven minutes. Mitchell's 3-pointer with just over three minutes left in the half gave the Cardinals a 36-21 lead. Battle and Lydon were the only Syracuse players who made a field goal in the game's first half. Battle went 5-of-12 from the field. He started the game 5-for-9. Lydon had ...

Where Would Syracuse Basketball Be Without John Gillon, Andrew White

... time and be embraced by the people," said Andrew White III earlier this week. "I'm so grateful for the opportunity to represent this school and this program.". "It's been a great experience, a humbling experience," said John Gillon III. "I'm very appreciative of the chance to help uphold the winning tradition here. If I could go back and do it again, I'd do the exact same thing.". They ambled along a circuitous route as they wended their way to Syracuse University and to those Orange uniforms they've worn during this 2016-'17 campaign. White traveled from his home in Richmond, Va., to Kansas to Nebraska to SU; Gillon left his friends and family in Houston, Tex., and headed to Arkansas-Little Rock and then to Colorado State before settling among us Central New York strangers. Fifth-year seniors, they are. Graduate students. Free agents. One-and-doners of a different kind with matching academic/behavioral miens and ...

Where Does Su Stand For Ncaa Bid

... the win wouldn’t give Syracuse a slight edge is some fashion. Our own Chris Dobbertean has Syracuse as the second to last team in and playing Xavier in the first four. Both teams would be No. 11 seeds with the winner advancing to play No. 6 seeded SMU. Duke is the No. 3 seed in that region. USA Today. USA Today also has Syracuse among its last four teams invited, also as a No. 11 seed but facing off against Illinois. The winner of that game would play No. 6 seeded Iowa State. Butler is the No. 3 seed in that region (2010 revenge?). I don’t think a bubble team has ever had this polarizing of a résumé and that includes last year’s Syracuse team. The parallels between last year’s Syracuse team and this year’s Syracuse team are astounding. The Orange were on the precipice of earning an NCAA Tournament bid ...

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

... magnified its tournament resume and could possibly have locked the Commodores 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 ...

Syracuse Basketball Players Can Only Wait For Selection Sunday

... be practicing after a day of. I'm going to get some treatment, make sure my body is fresh and be prepared to play wherever we're going to be for the rest of the postseason. I don't want to cut anything short at this point in my career.". Syracuse entered the game considered squarely on the NCAA Tournament bubble, with some pundits saying the Orange needed a win to erase worries it can't win outside the Carrier Dome. It was talk that Syracuse players said they somehow avoided. The locker room insisted it hasn't been following RPI trends or seed lines, or debating which bracketologist was off by the largest amount. Instead they focused on who they beat to fight out of that hole, one that had nearly everyone outside their locker room picking up shovels and making NIT reservations up (if that). They know they've beaten good teams, teams no one will want to play come Selection Sunday. In the Syracuse locker room, they still believe that no one wants to ...

Ex-syracuse Players Etan Thomas, Lawrence Moten To Play In New 3-on-3 League

... 3 will comprise eight teams of five players, one head coach and one assistant coach with games touring in 10 cities across the country. Moten played at Syracuse from 1991-95. Moten, known for playing with his socks pulled high as an Orangeman, is the all-time leading scorer in Syracuse history (2,334 points). Moten served as the head coach in 2014 of the Rochester Razor Sharks in the Premier Basketball League, guiding that team to a 17-1 record. He has also coached  Boeheim's Army , a team of mostly former Syracuse players who attempted to win $ 1 million in The Basketball Tournament , another summer league comprised of former college players. Thomas played at Syracuse from 1996-2000, scoring 1,340 career points. Thomas played in the NBA for the Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder and Atlanta Hawks. He has joined former Syracuse athletes like Jim Brown and Don Mc Pherson in speaking out for various social causes in recent years. BIG 3 has several former NBA and pro basketball stars signed on to coach or play in the ...

6 Reasons Orange Rebounded After Disastrous Start

... that's playing at a level well above its November and December version. There are road losses to North Carolina, Notre Dame, and Louisville which are a combined 48-3 at home this season. There was an overtime loss to Louisville. A loss at Georgia Tech when Syracuse had the ball down two points only to have a highly questionable illegal screen call rob it of a chance to win or tie. "We started out and we were 8-6,' Boeheim said. "We were 0-1 in the league and we got whipped up at Boston College coming off the St. John's game. From that moment on we've been 10-7 in the toughest, hardest conference in the country.'. So what caused Syracuse's dramatic turnaround? How did the Orange go from a team that appeared destined for the worst record in Boeheim's 41-year tenure at Syracuse to a team capable of regularly beating top 10 opponents. Interviews with several players and coaches identified six major reasons for the Cardiac Cuse's biggest comeback in a season filled with come-from-behind wins. Syracuse's Frank Howard and John Gillon talk during a game against Eastern Michigan on Monday, Dec.19, 2016, at the Carrier Dome. Stephen D. Cannerelli | __link__. ...

Sometimes You Get A Banana, Sometimes You Get A Star

... me a rather embarrassing sense of accomplishment. Ain’t no way I was going to fall for any distractions at that point, plus I needed his full attention if we were going to finish out the other races of the cup. Secondly, I couldn’t have my son just give up when shit got tough. It’s something we all have to learn one way or another. That life, be it in sports or school or with love, is going to go badly for a period of time. The key is to not think the world is ending every time plans don’t go as hoped. I learned it as a little kid watching Syracuse play. When SU would start falling apart, and I would be gathering the proper amount of anger and rage to make a perfect temper tantrum, my dad or mom would say something to calm me down. “It’s basketball, everyone makes a run. They’ll get back in it.” And sure enough, the Orangemen would make a comeback. Obviously, that effort to get back into a game didn’t mean SU would always win, but I learned fairly young that a game wasn’t over until either it was over, or ...

Losses By Houston, California Help Syracuse Basketball March 3

... resume as MTSU, but an at-large bid is still a remote possibility. The Sun Belt tournament begins next week. Friday's Games of Note. Evansville vs. Illinois State (1 p.m., ESPN 3) Syracuse fans are going to keep a sharp eye on the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. In today's first quarterfinal, Illinois State faces Evansville. Illinois State (25-5, 17-1) is projected as a No. 12 seed on Bracket Matrix. Syracuse fans will root against Illinois State because Wichita State has a stronger resume and sits on the other side of the MVC's bracket. Niagara at Monmouth (7 p.m., ESPN 3) No, Monmouth's resume doesn't look as good as it did last year when the Hawks were left out of the NCAA tournament. But could Monmouth generate some sympathy if it gets on a roll but loses in the Metro Atlantic's finals. Monmouth faces Niagara in the MAAC quarterfinals tonight. Bradley vs. Wichita State (7 p.m, ESPN 3) Wichita State is projected as a No. 9 seed on Bracket Matrix, but Palm and Lunardi disagree. Palm has Wichita State among his First Four Out. Lunardi has Wichita State as a 7-seed. Go figure. The safe bet for Syracuse fans is to hope ...

Lydon Drops, White Rises In Updated Nba Mock Draft

... Raptors at No. 22. Lydon is averaging 13.4 points and 8.3 rebounds per game this season. Andrew White, the fifth-year graduate transfer from Nebraska, went for a career-high 40 points on Saturday against Georgia Tech and now has found himself in the newest mock draft. White, who hasn’t been featured on a Draft Express mock yet this season, came into the March 6 edition at No. 59 overall to the San Antonio Spurs. He’s averaging a team-best 17.9 points per game this season for the Orange. Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports. Also making his first appearance is freshman Tyus Battle, who has been a consistent scorer all season for the Orange this season. Although he’s not projected to be picked in the 2017 draft, Battle comes in at No. 38 overall in the 2018 NBA draft. Battle’s recent surge has given the worry to some fans that he could bolt after this season — similar to Malachi Richardson last year. Tyus reportedly said after Saturday’s game he’s coming back next season , but Malachi said similar things at this time last year, too. For Richardson, it was his ...

With Ncaa Tournament Hopes At Stake, Syracuse Basketball Delivers With Big Win

... nine field-goal attempts overall) during that stretch, on his way to 40 total points - this, with his beaming mom (Sheryl) and proud dad (Andrew Jr.) up there in the stands on Senior Day - in leading the locals to their eventual 90-61 blowout of the Yellow Jackets. Thus, as he dropped three after three on the visitors' heads, as the crowd howled rather than worried, White became his own best oracle. "We've faced and have heard the criticism from national people and from Syracuse people and from the fans," he'd said before Saturday's game. "I think we're mentally prepared for what we're getting into because we've had a small taste all year. "As high stakes as Georgia Tech is, I think we're pretty loose. Only time will tell, but I think all the criticism and taking some tough losses will have prepared us for this game.". As White is already a college grad, he's a smart guy. And he was right as rain on Saturday, particularly when SU - which shot 77 percent from the free-throw line, 65% from afar. and, oddly, ...