Syracuse Blog

[John]

At least their coach doesn't pick his nose during the game...oh wait...

never mind

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Anything wafting from Cuse's direction always reminds me of this famous sports quote:

I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.

 

[sjoseph2000]

Hey guys i'm new to the boneyard. UCONN class of 2008. I love this post and to add I think Cuse has the the most delusional and overrated program. I don't think they are even the 2nd best program in the old big east.

 

[upstater]

I dislike Cuse fans as much as most, but they have a solid team this year. They will beat a lot of high major teams with their zone and frontcourt depth. The low-major teams they will beat with their press. They will have trouble against a more mature team who can shoot.

IU was a fantastic matchup for them. Team with one shooter who is also the PG, whose strength is rebounding with athleticism and not height. Not to mention a very young team.

UConn would appear to be a tougher matchup, shooters from 4-5 positions on the floor at all times. 2-3 competent ball handlers to negate the press, and a more mature team. It's one of the reasons UConn tooled them last year. The difference this year is that Ennis is much less of a gambler than the thief and it appears they are getting better production from Cooney and their bigs.

Their biggest flaw is their lack of PG depth, but they play a zone which makes it a bit easier on the legs for 49 minutes a night. If Ennis gets injured, they are screwed.

They lost MCW and their center, and UConn took them to the cleaners last year by shooting right over that zone.

 

[upstater]

How the heck is that assistant going to recruit players to that tundra in CNY? They will fall behind soon, esp. in the ACC which is like death to former BE schools.

TGFO (FO = for Ollie). He is bringing in some recruits the next few years in Ali, Hamilton, Purvis and Cassell, and with success, kids are going to lineup to play for a player's coach who has NBA credentials.

As moribund as the UConn fans are when not playing elite competition, I couldn't help but note the stark difference in the enthusiasm of the students and crowd at Gampel as opposed to the Carrier Dome when the teams played Florida and Indiana. Getting 20k for basketball consistently is very impressive--very few can do it (then again, living in Syracuse there's little else there)--but the place itself is sterile.

 

[Penfield]

 

[caw]

They lost MCW and their center, and UConn took them to the cleaners last year by shooting right over that zone.

They lost the thief, Southerland and Triche. They returned all three centers, two of which look improved.

 

[Inyatkin]

They lost the thief, Southerland and Triche. They returned all three centers, two of which look improved.

Improved for a Syracuse center is a relative term, though. It's crazy how they have guys on the inside who can play 25-30 minutes and you basically never hear their name called. Their job is to clog up space. Really weird why a top big guy prospect would want to go there.

 

[Dove]

Their spiedie sauce is better than ours. That's about it, tho.

Looks like they take a lot of pride in that win ticker alone.

 

[caw]

Improved for a Syracuse center is a relative term, though. It's crazy how they have guys on the inside who can play 25-30 minutes and you basically never hear their name called. Their job is to clog up space. Really weird why a top big guy prospect would want to go there.

I don't disagree.

Coleman was a McDAA who was out of shape his entire freshman year, couldn't even play the center of the zone and couldn't run the floor. Now he can play some defense (not great but not horrible) and is in better shape (he's not Josh Smith anymore).

Christmas was also a McDAA, I believe. ExCuse fans have been saying he's NBA talent for years, he has gone from poor to mediocre.

Keita was the lowest ranked of the three, he is about the same. Solid defense, horrid offense (air balling layups on the regular).

Their centers are by no means the stars for their team, but they are better than last year.

Cooley has been surprisingly solid also.

Like I said, their fans are morons, but they have a decent squad this year and no one I hate (unlike other years).

MCW is a very talented player but he was also a bit of an idiot and a bad shooter, Ennis has been very good for them so far.

I do like UConns matchup with them, their bigs aren't a big enough threat to worry to much about, unless Coleman or Chrstmas makes a leap.

 

[LIuconn]

Carmelo Anthony personifies Syracuse -- thought of as talented yet extremely overrated. If you keep telling a lie, eventually it becomes true?

 

[CTBasketball]

Guys let's be considerate here. They won 2 Helms National Championships. You know, when the game was played with a leather jacket rolled up into a ball-like object. That has to at least count for 1/10000 of a national championship of today's standards.

 

[Pudge]

I'm just thrilled to death that they stumbled into that one championship. You don't get the chance to say "Syracuse" and "champion" in the same sentence all that often.

They weren't very good - hell, if you tried to name the last ten or fifteen champions, you'd probably forget that team all together - but they had pluck.

And with pluck and a ridiculously favorable NCAA draw, even a marginal bunch can do great things.

Well, maybe not great exactly, but good enough.

I went to their Albany regional games. I remain SHOCKED that B12 Teams played like they had no clue how to attack a Zone. The Coaches need to be permanently unemployed. One after another ... after another. Yes ... just not that great a Team in the context of 34 years since Magic v Bird.

(I'm not engaging in any discussion of Marty Headd)

 

[OkaForPrez]

I'm just thrilled to death that they stumbled into that one championship. You don't get the chance to say "Syracuse" and "champion" in the same sentence all that often.

They weren't very good - hell, if you tried to name the last ten or fifteen champions, you'd probably forget that team all together - but they had pluck.

And with pluck and a ridiculously favorable NCAA draw, even a marginal bunch can do great things.

Well, maybe not great exactly, but good enough.

This is Genius Trolling. Take one of their arguments, turn it on them in a completely irrational way, and leave it here for them to take back and bat around. The fact they can't see it for what it is says everything you need to know about them.

We're beneath them and not rivals, but they can't wait to take the bait fishy laid out there and go ape over it.

Uconn gets 10x the traffic Gtown does on the other side of the fence. Duke? That's just a T shirt.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Anything wafting from Cuse's direction always reminds me of this famous sports quote:

I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I've got my two Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears.

One big problem with this post.

Where does our 3rd ring go?

 

[pepband99]

Since all those blowhards are reading this....

STUPID T SHIRTS

BERNIE FINE


Anything else?

 

[uconnforlife]

I kid you not, someone on their board just said that saying UConn's 3 championships are better than Syracuse's 1 would be like saying Robert Horry's 7 championships makes him better than Jordan's 6

 

[nomar]

I kid you not, someone on their board just said that saying UConn's 3 championships are better than Syracuse's 1 would be like saying Robert Horry's 7 championships makes him better than Jordan's 6

Amazing. Cognitive dissonance. Wackos.

 

[caw]

Like I said, morons.

EDIT: I remember once getting temporarily banned for telling them, about a year ago, that Briscoe wasn't a Cuse lock. They assured me he would commit shortly and then banned me. I am still awaiting the commitment.

 

[tcf15]

I kid you not, someone on their board just said that saying UConn's 3 championships are better than Syracuse's 1 would be like saying Robert Horry's 7 championships makes him better than Jordan's 6

Saw that...

Pretty sure Jim Boeheim feels the same exact way- why would they want 3 national championship trophies anyways?

 

[pepband99]

I also take special joy in them having fun with our opponents in 2011 championship run.

Hey idiots - you had to play all those 1's and 2's because your crappy cornrowed basketball succubus team-killing ballhog chucker Melo guided them to 5 regular season losses, and an all-too-typical flameout in the BET. Oh, and he still couldn't beat us in 2 tries that year (including said flameout - oops!).

They're using the "BC Bowl defense" for themselves (BC gushing about a bowl winning streak which only exists because they get sent to siberia to play E Buttmunch St - yahoo!).

 

[Penfield]

 

[OkaForPrez]

I really enjoy when they say we think basketball started in 1990. As if 23 years of success is a small sample size.

The modern game of college basketball changed forever with the introduction of the three point line in 86' 87'. There wasn't even a shot clock until 85' 86.

You can basically say we've been on the national map for 23 of the 28 years of the modern era. Before that it might as well have been a different game.

Man we sucked at 4 corners.

 

[Penfield]

 

[John]

He's wearing these shoes, right?

 

[tcf15]