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All hoops for me. 1. Hak's block to seal the national championship 2. Al McGuire dancing with the 1996 Final Four team. The Cuse is in the House! Oh my God! Oh my God! 3. The Pearl tossing in a game winner in from halfcourt against BC and promptly running into the locker room. 4. JB ripping off...

Oh and I almost forgot. Mark Mitchell is apparently the greatest basketball player of all time.

Could not agree more. ESPN continues its descent into wall-to-wall garbage. I though Jay Williams was horrible in the studio. Little did I know he's even worse doing a game. Really enjoyed how he referenced himself as "two-time player of the year" in case anyone had forgotten. Also really liked...

Can someone enlighten me on what Autry said? I can't access the article.

Thanks so much for sharing. This is beyond impressive. What a fine young man.

On this topic, I would really appreciate input on the best way to watch the majority of the SU basketball games. I live in Maryland and subscribe to YouTube TV which carries the ACC network but I would gladly subscribe to a channel where I could watch non-conference and low radar conference...

So, for example, can you watch tonight's Morehead State game on it?

I'm going to apologize in advance for my lack of expertise on a subject that's probably been covered to death. I'm going to blame it on my advanced age of 50! But with that said, I'm looking for a better monthly TV subscription and ultimately, I just want to watch as many Syracuse games on TV as...

I'm with you on that. ESPN is simply the worst. Also did not enjoy the football special between two basketball games. And I almost forgot the five minute long interview with Tyus Jones DURING THE FREAKING GAME! It reminded of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball when the camera is on ARod for 10 minutes...

"...blistering, cold winters of central New York." How can cold winters be blistering?

Funny, both Marcus Williams and Kendall Marshall would be at the top of my list as well. They both looked like quality NBA point guards to me. Makes me wonder if Tyler Ennis is heading down the same career path.

It's funny because after their first game, I would have said Villanova. Now, I'll second the opinion on Gonzaga. They seem to have the right kind of player at each spot on the floor. They have a legitimate point guard, a guy who can throw 30 up on you, and I really like the high-low passing...

Couldn't come up with Paul Harris or Damone Brown. Mildly embarrassing.

This is a really good post. I've always been vocal on the same topic. When I was playing basketball, I didn't find motivation in getting screamed at by some middle-aged man. It's interesting to me that the angriest coaches seem to get the most recognition, especially from broadcasters. They're...

Thanks for all the input. I suppose what was driving my initial question is pure fear. I'm really holding out hope that we're going to have a significant talent upgrade at a few spots on the floor next year but that's going to be really difficult to do while losing our two best players in...

Watching the game on Sunday, the possibility occurred to me that the majority of the players on this team may be seeing more meaningful minutes this year than they will moving forward. Obviously, we lose Christmas and it seems a foregone conclusion that McCullough will be gone as well. With the...

I basically agree with every sentence of this post. Just like the most popular athlete in every NFL city is the backup quarterback, there will always be those who insist the guys at the end of the bench should play more than the starters independent of reality. The reality is this. We have two...

I think we all know by now that it doesn't matter how much UConn sucks. Every few years, they'll suck their way all the way to a national championship regardless. I'm resigned to the fact that UConn was put on this earth by God to spite me and no matter how bleak their future appears, it just...

It's really a shame that Grant and Ennis left and I have to admit it's had an effect on my excitement for this year's team. We would be really, really good if they were both on this team and I find very discouraging that neither will be. Especially in light of the fact that Grant in particular...

Getting to 20 wins is not what it used to be. We play 7-10 patsies before the ACC even starts. That means we only need 10-13 other wins all year. Man, if that doesn't happen, I would be positively stunned.

With you on this. I love "Highly Questionable." I would watch it every day with PTI if it swapped places with the awful, awful "Around the Horn." His father's act is the greatest thing in the history of sports broadcasting. I'm literally entertained by every single thing that guy says.

After watching the following players play just once, I immediately knew they were not going to amount to much in Orange: Louie McCroskey, Mookie Jones, and DeSean Williams. Unfortunately, I feel the same way about Ron Patterson. I hope I'm wrong.

The best part of the pre-game buildup was Lebron's continual references to how "history is made to be broken."

Yes.

To Whom It May Concern, As the presiding physician at the James Naismith Convalescent Home for the Criminally Insane for a patient known on this board as "djdan", I’ve been asked by his family to update you with news on his condition following the crowning of last night's national champion...

At the risk of jinxing them, I'm all in on the Badgers.

Kidding aside, I live in the Washington area and have had an overload of Feinstein over the years but he's a great guest on Kornheiser's show so I should give his show the benefit of the doubt. With that said, I've always felt he's the move overrated writer in the sports genre. Even more so than...

Not trying to sound like a jerk about this. I read the original question as "when was the last time we improved over the course of the season" and despite not playing well at the end of conference play, we then went on to the Big East championship game and ultimately the Final Four. To me, that...

It's just too bad that John Feinstein hosts it.

God's not listening to me.

Um, last year.

Not trying to pick a fight with you but these "I told you so" posts make me head hurt. If you feel strongly that the season would not have ended the way it did had we given the freshmen more minutes, than we see things very differently.

Ultimate nightmare scenario: UConn Nearly as bone-chilling: Kentucky I would have no problem with Izzo winning his second. I would prefer that Pitino doesn't get his third although I'm starting to think that's going to happen. Would love to see Creighton take it. No problem with UVA and Tony...

Syracuse (should take Florida but I just can't) Iowa State Creighton (putting all my chips on Dougie Buckets even though I shouldn't) Can't choose between Duke and Louisville

You're right. It would be nice if Patterson, having not played in a game since December, was able to come in and make 3-point shots. That would be amazing.

At the risk of being annoying by bumping my own thread, I thought it might be interesting to revisit some predictions about our offense from the preseason. While this certainly seemed offbase in the non-conference portion of our schedule, many of my concerns about our offensive production have...

There is no way in hell Duke will be ranked ahead of us tomorrow. We've split with them. They've lost 5 other games. We've lost 1. We'll be #4 behind Florida, Wichita State, and Arizona.

Not trying to compare their overall skill sets, but McDermott's little step back jumper is positively Nowitskian.

I also enjoyed the five minute delay when the clock stopped at 43.5 seconds. Thought it was very telling that Dixon was frantically yelling instructions at his team the whole time while Jimmy B was just chilling.

It seems odd to me that the comments (or shrieks) from the Pitt fans are so audible on the ESPN broadcasts from the Pete. Surely it can't be the only venue where the crowd sits closely to the broadcast team. You can hear stuff from the fans all game long, word for word. Like the "are you gonna...

The things that really separated the officiating last night were the almost reversed charge call when Grant was literally run over and the phantom offensive foul on Cooney. If they had reversed that Pittsburgh charge, I seriously would have lost my mind. I rarely feel like officiating is the...

This is a great post. I agree with every word. CJ Fair is literally my favorite Orangeman of all-time. He's not the best player we've ever had, just my favorite. Thank God he came back to school this year.

This made me laugh out loud.

Having a hard time believing that San Diego State is going to fall to the 3 line - are you thinking they're going to lose 2-3 more games?

It seems crazy that ESPN.com doesn't offer an archive of interviews like this. I can't seem to find a link to this anywhere. But then again, I'm not terribly bright.

I hesitate to even write this because I enjoy these recaps so much but I was surprised to see that you thought Roberson played well. I really like him and think he gets significant minutes on just about every other Orange team of the last 15 years but without any consistency in playing time, he...

I thought Vitale calling the game added an additional element of fun. I also enjoyed his pitch for "National Autistic Day."

Duke will be a #2 seed at worst when it's all said and done.

Not trying to be confrontational, but wha??!! I'm not an enormous fan of conducting experiments with the guys at the end of the bench, and thank God, neither is Boeheim. It's like they always say, the most popular athlete in every city is the backup quarterback. I want to see Patterson and BJ in...