Sports in Perspective
For anyone that watched the “Signing Day Special” on ESPNU, which if you didn’t you can check it out on ESPN3, saw that the top prospect Nerlens Noel decided to head to Kentucky over Syracuse or Georgetown. Losing a prospect is not a big thing, any head coach that has been at the helm of [...]
UPDATE: Noel announced he will play at Kentucky next year While the rest of the college basketball world waits for their recruits to come on to campus next fall for the Syracuse Basketball program they are still in the recruiting frenzy and it’s a “wait and see” until tomorrow night when the top recruit in [...]
Mizzou’s Frank Haith explained the Tigers’ first-round loss to Norfolk State saying they had not looked at film. Coach K of Duke said they lost because they didn’t know what a Mountain Hawk was. Other coaches also explained their losses in the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in this candid, yet not real, interview with coaches.
After having lost in the Elite Eight to Ohio State it seems that Syracuse is once again losing, this time a key member of their team from this record breaking season. Sophomore guard Dion Waiters, who was voted the Big East’s Sixth Man this year, has decided to move on and enter the NBA draft. [...]
For most of the fan base the thought of anything but a Final Four was out of the question for a team, who started in the Top 5 this year in the polls, stayed there all season long, including a six week stretch where they were No. 1, that seemed to find a way to [...]
It had been since SU had won the title that the squad had advanced past the Sweet Sixteen, but last night with top seed Syracuse (34-2 ~ 17-1 in the Big East) taking down No. 4 Wisconsin (26-10 ~ 12-6 in the Big Ten) by the final of 64-63, the Orange did just that, breaking [...]
As much as SU was out of sync on Thursday in their first game of the Big Dance was top seed Syracuse (33-2 ~ 17-1 in the Big East) in gear from the get go against No. 8 Kansas State (22-11 ~ 10-8 in the Big 12), as they dominated for most of the game [...]
After a way too close first round win against UNC-Asheville SU will be once again in action at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, PA. for the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The game tipping off at 12:15 p.m. EST and being televised on CBS. This time East’s region top seed Syracuse (32-2 ~ [...]
There is an old saying when it comes to the “one and done” type tournaments: survive and advance. That is exactly what top seed Syracuse (32-2) did against No. 16 UNC-Ashevilla (24-10) as they rode the storm and pulled out a 72 to 65 victory after being down 34 to 30 at the half. And [...]
For East Region top seed Syracuse (31-2 ~ 17-1 in the Big East), who takes on No. 16 UNC-Ashville today (24-9 ~ 16-2 in the Big South) in the first err second round of the NCAA Tournament, this will be the fourth game without their starting center Fab Melo, who missed three games early in [...]