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General Discussions => No Glove No Love => Topic started by: Yoda on November 04, 2009, 09:05:53 am
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So let\'s start this off right...
Syracuse loses to Division II Le Moyne 82-79...
Oh, and KU is ranked #1 in both polls...
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Syracuse loses to Division II Le Moyne 82-79...
HaHa! Boozetraveler is pissed!
\'09-\'10...chip\'d
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Le Moyne is a very well-coached team with a monster in the paint named Laurence Ekperigin. I saw him as a sophomore (2007-08) and said that he would be a two-time Northeast-10 Player of the Year when all was said and done. He won it last year, and 20 points and 11 rebounds in the Carrier Dome seems like a good sign for this year.
The Northeast-10 Conference produces excellent Division II men\'s basketball every year. It generally has two or three nationally-ranked teams at any given time, and Bentley went into the Final Four as the undefeated No. 1 ranked team in the country in both 2006-07 and 2007-08. Now if only SCSU and UNH could compete, we would have decent, usually free, college basketball in New Haven two or three nights a week from November to February.
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You\'re missing the point that the #25 team in the ESPN poll who advanced to the Sweet 16 last year lost to a D2 school that went 20-11 last year... Pretty embarassing...
Does SCSU care about any sport other than soccer these days? That was the only real sport when I was there...
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Le Moyne is a very well-coached team with a monster in the paint named Laurence Ekperigin. I saw him as a sophomore (2007-08) and said that he would be a two-time Northeast-10 Player of the Year when all was said and done. He won it last year, and 20 points and 11 rebounds in the Carrier Dome seems like a good sign for this year.
The Northeast-10 Conference produces excellent Division II men\'s basketball every year. It generally has two or three nationally-ranked teams at any given time, and Bentley went into the Final Four as the undefeated No. 1 ranked team in the country in both 2006-07 and 2007-08. Now if only SCSU and UNH could compete, we would have decent, usually free, college basketball in New Haven two or three nights a week from November to February.
And if that gets boring maybe you can go check out some minor league hockey or some WNBA. Their fundamentals are out of this world!
Big East teams should not be losing to D-II teams, let alone top 25 teams!
Appalachain State\'d
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Don\'t get me wrong, it\'s a pretty big upset. I\'m just saying that Le Moyne may be Division II, but they aren\'t the East Syracuse School for the Blind.
Does SCSU care about any sport other than soccer these days? That was the only real sport when I was there...
On the national level, soccer is about it for SCSU teams... though occasionally an athlete in track & field or swimming & diving will win a national title.
SCSU football is annually one of the best D-II schools in the region... unfortunately it\'s one of the weakest regions in the country.
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Suck it haters.
(http://media.syracuse.com/post-standard/photo/-95da1aab01bc2952_large.jpg)
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It\'s even sweeter when you\'re ranked #1 like KU...
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URADICK
Cuse is a rockin!!
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Yeah, cause they\'ve really earned it. Look at all those ranked teams they\'ve beaten!
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Cuse has beaten plenty of ranked teams, with authority I might add!
They really are a joy to watch this year. The zone is a monster, and the offense is much more balanced.
Wes Johnson - forget about it, this kid is something else!
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Don\'t get all high and mighty on Syracuse, lest we forget their loss to Division II Le Moyne 82-79 earlier this year...
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Don\'t get all high and mighty on Syracuse, lest we forget their loss to Division II Le Moyne 82-79 earlier this year...
In sports, its not how you start, its how you finish. If Syracuse is steamrolling through teams ain\'t nobody but Le Moyne and you going to give a fuck about the first exhibition game of the year.
According to ESPN, this is their record/schedule:
November 9 Albany W 75-43 1-0
November 11 Robert Morris W 100-60 2-0
November 19 vs. No. 12 California* W 95-73 3-0
November 20 at No. 4 North Carolina W 87-71 4-0
November 24 Cornell W 88-73 5-0
November 27 Columbia W 85-60 6-0
November 30 Colgate W 92-58 7-0
December 5 Maine W 101-55 8-0
December 10 vs. No. 11 Florida* W 85-73 9-0
December 13 St. Francis (NY) W 75-51 10-0
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I do, because if you can lose to a D2 non-ranked team you can lose to anyone...
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I do, because if you can lose to a D2 non-ranked team you can lose to anyone...
If you beat a D2 non-ranked team you can lost to anyone. Whats your point?
Especially in college sports, any team can win at any time.
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I know I posted it last year but it\'s easily one of the greatest blocks in college basketball history:
(http://www.orangehoops.org/photos/theblock_animated.gif)
And from another angle:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a90eaF7RHzw/SdLKVaFZUkI/AAAAAAAAAKk/rS1Wsg8a1Tw/s320/warrick.bmp)
Here is the SI spread, which is my favorite angle:
(http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/81347876.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934B869679A269F9CC0BD3DE0904EB6BFC26FD13ED7B73D4BC)
If that\'s going back too far remind yourself when Syracuse and Kansas played in Kansas City last year.
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The point is he has no point and is a complete idiot who has to comment on every thread because he obviously has nothing better to do all day.
Nice work booz, beautiful memories indeed!
This team is so much more fun to watch than Kansas. That\'s what it\'s about for me, the winning is just icing on the cake!
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Blow me Mark... You like a team that\'s interesting to watch rather than win - "the winning is just icing on the cake!... If you\'re still enjoying that icing from \'03, it must be pretty stale... You can all have Syrexcuse...
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You\'re still enjoying Robbie Krieger from 10 years ago, talk about stale....
This is some of the fresh tasting icing I\'m talkin about:
December 10 vs. No. 11 Florida* W 85-73 9-0
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Just got 9 tickets to the Syracuse @ West Virginia game in January for our annual bball road trip. If they both keep up the pace it\'ll be a top ten team battle. I\'d love to get down to CT or RI for a game but they never seem to play there on the weekends.
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Just scored Pru Center vs. Seton Hall.
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these games are so fun to watch...so much better than nba. i cant believe they play in the cowboys stadium
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Not much chatter around here. Might be due to the fact the Huskies are TERRIBLE this year. Weren\'t you a #1 seed last year? Oh, but we lost some starters! Well, Syracuse lost 3 starters from last year and look where they are now. Good luck in the NIT.
Syracuse is looking solid! Only one loss to Pitt who always seems to exploit the zone. Tight race atop the Big East, which is yet again the best conference in the country. The Syracuse vs Villanova game in a few weeks has officially sold out. 34,616 will be in attendance that night. It\'s going to be a loud booz fueled crowd given it\'s 9pm start time on a Saturday. I hope they don\'t run out of beer before halftime.
Seems like everyone still has a chub for Kentucky and Kansas. They are good teams, but they\'re not invincible as everyone makes them out to be. Kansas barely escaped Cornell, Kansas St. and Colorado. Kentucky has struggled with the middle of the pack SEC teams, which is prety bad considering how weak that conference is. Ill admit Syracuse has had their struggles too but outside of the DePaul road game Syracuse battled back quickly and converted most of those games into decisive wins.
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Not much chatter around here. Might be due to the fact the Huskies are TERRIBLE this year. Weren\'t you a #1 seed last year? Oh, but we lost some starters! Well, Syracuse lost 3 starters from last year and look where they are now. Good luck in the NIT.
Syracuse is looking solid! Only one loss to Pitt who always seems to exploit the zone. Tight race atop the Big East, which is yet again the best conference in the country. The Syracuse vs Villanova game in a few weeks has officially sold out. 34,616 will be in attendance that night. It\'s going to be a loud booz fueled crowd given it\'s 9pm start time on a Saturday. I hope they don\'t run out of beer before halftime.
Seems like everyone still has a chub for Kentucky and Kansas. They are good teams, but they\'re not invincible as everyone makes them out to be. Kansas barely escaped Cornell, Kansas St. and Colorado. Kentucky has struggled with the middle of the pack SEC teams, which is prety bad considering how weak that conference is. Ill admit Syracuse has had their struggles too but outside of the DePaul road game Syracuse battled back quickly and converted most of those games into decisive wins.
Syracuse might have the best starting 5 in college basketball...they should be playing this well.
Yes, the Huskies are underacheiving. They have some talent, but clearly are a different team without Price and Adrien. Jim Calhoun missing from the helm doesn\'t help our cause either. This team still has the talent to make the NCAA tournament, but they need a serious February turn-around and a good Big East Tournament (thank god they allow all the teams in this year). I don\'t even think we have a true road win this year.
Congrats Syracuse, but nothing as been won yet. I\'ve seen some very good \'Cuse teams struggle come the NCAA tournament.
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Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!
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i think syracuse players should be commended for not beating any women (yet) this year. fantastic job guys!
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Yeah, they moved on to stealing laptops from students this season.
UConn gave Cuse a good run but didn\'t have enough to overcome their lack of an outside game.
Rough one yesterday in the Dome. Petino went to full court press and Boeheim decided against keeping both the big men in, killing their chances to maintain the inside dominance seen in the first 10-12 minutes of the game. A couple costly turnovers and a questionable intentional foul call at the end (by that piece of shit Higgins) and Cuse gets their second loss of the season. Tough stretch coming up with @ Georgetown, @ Providence and Villanova. Can\'t wait for the Villanova game!
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Huge game tonight for The Huskies!
UCONN is 16-11 with 2 road wins on the season. They currently sit in a 4 way tie for 8th place. They only have 2 quality wins on the season...granted against (1) Texas and (3) Villanova, but c\'mon... A win today against (8) W. Virginia would hardly lock up anything, but would certainly be a big step toward the NCAA Tournament. I don\'t think the Huskies are going to guarantee a NCAA tournament birth unless they win out or win at least 3 of their last 4 (including beating Louisville at home on Sunday) and 2 Big East Tournament Games.
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Huge game tonight for The Huskies!
UCONN is 16-11 with 2 road wins on the season. They currently sit in a 4 way tie for 8th place. They only have 2 quality wins on the season...granted against (1) Texas and (3) Villanova, but c\'mon... A win today against (8) W. Virginia would hardly lock up anything, but would certainly be a big step toward the NCAA Tournament. I don\'t think the Huskies are going to guarantee a NCAA tournament birth unless they win out or win at least 3 of their last 4 (including beating Louisville at home on Sunday) and 2 Big East Tournament Games.
Spell it with me "N" "I" "T"... What\'s that spell? Go Usuck...
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not a pretty game last night, but i\'ll take another win over a top-10 team. i really do feel like this uconn team can beat anybody else in the country. unfortunately, i feel like they can lose to any team in the country also. just one of those years. one thing you rarely hear announcers say about this team: "wow! what a smart play!" i hear a lot about the athleticism and the talent, but they rarely make heady plays...i guess that explains the constant turnovers. oh well. a win\'s a win. go uconn
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not a pretty game last night, but i\'ll take another win over a top-10 team. i really do feel like this uconn team can beat anybody else in the country. unfortunately, i feel like they can lose to any team in the country also. just one of those years. one thing you rarely hear announcers say about this team: "wow! what a smart play!" i hear a lot about the athleticism and the talent, but they rarely make heady plays...i guess that explains the constant turnovers. oh well. a win\'s a win. go uconn
I agree. It seems like over the last 3 games (@(3)Villanova, @Rutgers, vs.(7)WV) we have looked like a team playing to our potential. I think that we finally discovered that we are not the same run and gun offense that we have been in the past. We have the athleticism to run the court, but more often than not it leads to turnovers. We average 15 turnovers a game, and the turnovers is what have killed us this season. Kentucky, Syracuse, and Georgetown were all winable games decided by only a few points. When you turn the ball over 5-10 times less a game those close losses become victories. If we continue to play a game that suits our style, we can compete with any team in the Big East...but like Zuke said, this is also a team that can lose to any team in the country. I would like to see us continue our consistent play leading up to the Big East Tournament.
Also...after last night\'s game, Joe Lunardi has UCONN as one of his "last 4 in" for the NCAA Tournament.
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I agree. It seems like over the last 3 games (@(3)Villanova, @Rutgers, vs.(7)WV) we have looked like a team playing to our potential. I think that we finally discovered that we are not the same run and gun offense that we have been in the past. We have the athleticism to run the court, but more often than not it leads to turnovers.
I think Connecticut\'s half-court offense is crap, and they HAVE to run and gun. Turnovers are not as static a number as people think. 15 turnovers are high, but 15 turnovers to a methodical (Big Ten-esque) team that wins 54-46 are way more damaging than 15 turnovers to a Connecticut team that wants to take 80 shots in 40 minutes. Also, let\'s not forget than offensive fouls are also turnovers, and the Huskies commit a lot of those just by being aggressive.
The only way the Huskies can beat a good team in the half court is when they clear out and let Walker or Dyson create (essentially turning a half-court offense into a running offense) and hope that the whistles are warmed up. Even the best teams that try to run with Connecticut are going to get beat (Texas), or at least challenged way more than they should (Kentucky), while mediocre teams that can control the tempo (Michigan, Cincinnati) can turn the Huskies into a jumper and post-play team. And if a team like Connecticut beats you with jumpers and post play, it\'s just not your day.
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\'CUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#1!!!