SWC75
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JB vs. Bobby Knight:
3/30/87 NCAA title game. Syracuse 86 Indian 87
11/23/88 first ever Preseason NIT Syracuse 102 Indian 78 (the Sherman Douglas to Stevie Thompson hike assist)
11/25/90 Maui Classic title game Syracuse 77 Indiana 74
12/1/98 Maui Classic title game Syracuse 76 Indiana 63
11/17/05 2K Sports Classic, MSG Syracuse 81 Texas Tech 46
JB vs. Tom izzo:
3/23/00 NCAA Sweet 16 Syracuse 58 Michgian State 75 (we led 40-26 and then...)
11/21/01 Preseason NIT Syracuse 69 Michigan State 58
2/23/03 at MSU Syracuse 76 Michigan State 75 (Chris Hill hit 10 threes for the Spartans)
1/4/04 in the Dome Syracuse 96 Michigan State 83
12/7/11 Jimmy V Classic, MSG Syracuse 72 Michigan State 58
Both Knight and Izzo were fiery, man-to-man coaches whose teams often had the bulk of football teams. JB lost the most prominent game in each series, the first one, in the NCAAs to national championship teams. He then beat them 4 times in a row, three of them by decisive margins, one of them close. The second game in each was in the Big Apple NIT.
The Izzo series will now get another chapter so the comparison will begin to drift apart. But it's interesting to look at right now.
3/30/87 NCAA title game. Syracuse 86 Indian 87
11/23/88 first ever Preseason NIT Syracuse 102 Indian 78 (the Sherman Douglas to Stevie Thompson hike assist)
11/25/90 Maui Classic title game Syracuse 77 Indiana 74
12/1/98 Maui Classic title game Syracuse 76 Indiana 63
11/17/05 2K Sports Classic, MSG Syracuse 81 Texas Tech 46
JB vs. Tom izzo:
3/23/00 NCAA Sweet 16 Syracuse 58 Michgian State 75 (we led 40-26 and then...)
11/21/01 Preseason NIT Syracuse 69 Michigan State 58
2/23/03 at MSU Syracuse 76 Michigan State 75 (Chris Hill hit 10 threes for the Spartans)
1/4/04 in the Dome Syracuse 96 Michigan State 83
12/7/11 Jimmy V Classic, MSG Syracuse 72 Michigan State 58
Both Knight and Izzo were fiery, man-to-man coaches whose teams often had the bulk of football teams. JB lost the most prominent game in each series, the first one, in the NCAAs to national championship teams. He then beat them 4 times in a row, three of them by decisive margins, one of them close. The second game in each was in the Big Apple NIT.
The Izzo series will now get another chapter so the comparison will begin to drift apart. But it's interesting to look at right now.