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Syracuse hit 17 of 26 in the first half and 15 of 28 in the second to finish with 59.3 percent for the game.
"And if we shot a normal percentage, we would have lost," Boeheim said. "That's what would've happened."
Jim being nice yet he's not far from correct. For those who do not want to take anything positive out of yesterdays game just read that quote a couple of times. Our kids played so hard they were in the game despite the Orange having their best offensive game of the year. Of sourse there will be some who would love to say "well our 3 pt defense sucks" and "our guards go for too many steals" etc etc blah blah blah.......SU has scorers and very capable scorers. They are inconsistent but if on the same day they are making shots you're dead. The big difference also is depth...our guys were in foul trouble and were less apt to help on defense when the game was tight thus allowing Waiters and Jardine a couple easy lanes. The Cuse was in foul trouble but they have the horses on the bench so nothing changes on either end.
Truth be told if Andre doesn't roll his ankle and Scoop doesn't make those bombs we are in a battle to the bitter end despite their shooting prowess for the day. "If"s are something we as fans can build on but hopefully the players can also. I mean that's a talented team up there and our kids were gritty as hell, maybe even plucky (lol). AO in foul trouble, Andre missing 4-5 bunnies in the first half, Roscoe turning everything over, Orange missing nothing yet the kids were only down 2 late in the 2nd half at the Carrier Dome. What's not to like about the way they played? Expectations are very high as a Husky fan I know but for this team, we are not the Cuse this year. They have much higher aspirations and they should. If they can somehow bring this emotion, passion the remainder and go 4-2 and win a game or 2 in the BE tourney we get to see how they match up in the big dance. That's all a Husky fan can ask for now right?
"And if we shot a normal percentage, we would have lost," Boeheim said. "That's what would've happened."
Jim being nice yet he's not far from correct. For those who do not want to take anything positive out of yesterdays game just read that quote a couple of times. Our kids played so hard they were in the game despite the Orange having their best offensive game of the year. Of sourse there will be some who would love to say "well our 3 pt defense sucks" and "our guards go for too many steals" etc etc blah blah blah.......SU has scorers and very capable scorers. They are inconsistent but if on the same day they are making shots you're dead. The big difference also is depth...our guys were in foul trouble and were less apt to help on defense when the game was tight thus allowing Waiters and Jardine a couple easy lanes. The Cuse was in foul trouble but they have the horses on the bench so nothing changes on either end.
Truth be told if Andre doesn't roll his ankle and Scoop doesn't make those bombs we are in a battle to the bitter end despite their shooting prowess for the day. "If"s are something we as fans can build on but hopefully the players can also. I mean that's a talented team up there and our kids were gritty as hell, maybe even plucky (lol). AO in foul trouble, Andre missing 4-5 bunnies in the first half, Roscoe turning everything over, Orange missing nothing yet the kids were only down 2 late in the 2nd half at the Carrier Dome. What's not to like about the way they played? Expectations are very high as a Husky fan I know but for this team, we are not the Cuse this year. They have much higher aspirations and they should. If they can somehow bring this emotion, passion the remainder and go 4-2 and win a game or 2 in the BE tourney we get to see how they match up in the big dance. That's all a Husky fan can ask for now right?
