Hello, Syracuse basketball fans. I am a Carleton Ravens season ticket holder and I just registered to post on this forum. I thought that I would give you some comments from "north of the border" on the upcoming Carleton/Syracuse exhibition game at the Dome.
There will be a number of Ravens fans attending the game, but certainly nothing like the number of Orange fans at the game last year in Ottawa. It seemed like half of the crowd was wearing orange! That was an excellent game that ended with a Syracuse win in overtime. Carleton was up by 15 at one point in the second half but your stifling defence and your bigs under the baskets turned the game around. Not to mention that Tyler Ennis (from Canada) really put on a show.
Not sure exactly what to expect this year. The Ravens have lost three of our starters from last year. One of them, Tyson Hinz, was awarded the player of the week last week in Europe. I understand that the Orange have also lost three top players from last year's team. My feeling is that Syracuse has a wider recruiting presence to replace their lost starters. Hopefully, it will be an entertaining game and the Ravens can give the Orange a bit of opposition.
If any of you have any questions about the Ravens, please post here and I will do my best to answer them.
Looking forward to visiting the Dome for the first time and seeing a good game.