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More on Chris Jones Suspension as UL Faces Syracuse (courier-journal.com; Greer)
Jones leads UL in assists, is second in minutes played and is second in 3 point shooting percentage for the Cardinals.
As the University of Louisville prepares to renew its Big East rivalry with Syracuse, it will do so without starting point guard Chris Jones.
Jones was suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules. U of L coach Rick Pitino said he could not comment on the matter, and freshman Quentin Snider is expected to start in Jones's place.
Jones is a key cog in Louisville's rotation and averages 13.6 points per game. His suspension, for now, is one game.
The last time the University of Louisville and Syracuse squared off, it was a significant part of Louisville's run to the 2013 national title.
U of L, then on a nine-game winning streak, routed Syracuse on national television in the Big East tournament championship game at Madison Square Garden. From there, the Cardinals won six more games and captured coach Rick Pitino his second NCAA crown.
Wednesday's meeting between the teams is nowhere close to that level of importance, but it rekindles the fierce rivalry that once existed between two of modern college basketball's powerhouses. It also brings back memories, many good and some bad, for Pitino.
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Syracuse Looks to Tighten Up Zone Against UL After Duke Game (DO; Dougherty)
Duke guard Matt Jones knifed into the teeth of the Syracuse zone, forced Rakeem Christmas to step up in the paint and dropped in a bounce pass for a Jahlil Okafor uncontested dunk.
The play came 47 seconds into the second half and cut the Orange’s lead over the Blue Devils to one. But more importantly, it laid the groundwork for a half in which Duke shrunk its lineup and deconstructed the zone at the seams.
While many Atlantic Coast Conference teams have tried to shoot over top of SU’s 2-3 zone, the No. 4 Blue Devils rode the opposite approach to an eight-point win in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Syracuse (16-9, 7-5 ACC) now pivots to host No. 12 Louisville (20-5, 8-4) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and the Cardinals — who will be shorthanded after the indefinite suspension of starting point guard Chris Jones — would be smart to attack Jim Boeheim’s patented defense in a similar way.
“I think at the start we were a little shook up by the 2-3 and stuff like that, but once we got rolling we were comfortable,” Matt Jones said after Saturday’s game. “… We had to drive into the zone and create space in it and that was key for us.”
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UL's Onuaku Learns From Arinze, Develops as Forward for Cardinals (DO; Hyber)
When Arinze Onuaku played center for Syracuse from 2005–10, his younger brother Chinanu aspired to follow in his footsteps.
Though Chinanu never attended a game at the Carrier Dome, he remembers watching SU games on television and seeing rowdy, sellout crowds. He cheered for his brother’s team whether he watched from their family home in Lanham, Maryland, or in person at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., whenever SU played Georgetown.
Chinanu’s not sure where his Syracuse apparel went, but at one point he had some of his own.
Five years later, after not being recruited by his brother’s alma mater, Chinanu will come to the Carrier Dome on Wednesday as a member of No. 12 Louisville (20-5, 8-4 Atlantic Coast) for a 7 p.m. tipoff with SU (16-9, 7-5). The freshman center has started 19 of the Cardinals’ 25 games this season and averages 3.2 points and 4.7 rebounds a game.
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UConn Twitter Trolls Syracuse (nbcsports.com; Phillips)
In case you haven’t noticed, defending champion UConn is having a sluggish title defense as they’re 14-10 and fighting just to make a run at a postseason bid. But the Huskies still had time to have some fun with former Big East rival Syracuse on Twitter on Tuesday. Now in the ACC, the Orange and UConn don’t get to play basketball nearly as often anymore.
They’re still major rivals though.
UConn fired the first shot on Twitter using a fake “Motivation” poster:
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More on Chris Jones Suspension as UL Faces Syracuse (courier-journal.com; Greer)
Jones leads UL in assists, is second in minutes played and is second in 3 point shooting percentage for the Cardinals.
As the University of Louisville prepares to renew its Big East rivalry with Syracuse, it will do so without starting point guard Chris Jones.
Jones was suspended for an unspecified violation of team rules. U of L coach Rick Pitino said he could not comment on the matter, and freshman Quentin Snider is expected to start in Jones's place.
Jones is a key cog in Louisville's rotation and averages 13.6 points per game. His suspension, for now, is one game.
The last time the University of Louisville and Syracuse squared off, it was a significant part of Louisville's run to the 2013 national title.
U of L, then on a nine-game winning streak, routed Syracuse on national television in the Big East tournament championship game at Madison Square Garden. From there, the Cardinals won six more games and captured coach Rick Pitino his second NCAA crown.
Wednesday's meeting between the teams is nowhere close to that level of importance, but it rekindles the fierce rivalry that once existed between two of modern college basketball's powerhouses. It also brings back memories, many good and some bad, for Pitino.
...
Syracuse Looks to Tighten Up Zone Against UL After Duke Game (DO; Dougherty)
Duke guard Matt Jones knifed into the teeth of the Syracuse zone, forced Rakeem Christmas to step up in the paint and dropped in a bounce pass for a Jahlil Okafor uncontested dunk.
The play came 47 seconds into the second half and cut the Orange’s lead over the Blue Devils to one. But more importantly, it laid the groundwork for a half in which Duke shrunk its lineup and deconstructed the zone at the seams.
While many Atlantic Coast Conference teams have tried to shoot over top of SU’s 2-3 zone, the No. 4 Blue Devils rode the opposite approach to an eight-point win in the Carrier Dome on Saturday. Syracuse (16-9, 7-5 ACC) now pivots to host No. 12 Louisville (20-5, 8-4) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and the Cardinals — who will be shorthanded after the indefinite suspension of starting point guard Chris Jones — would be smart to attack Jim Boeheim’s patented defense in a similar way.
“I think at the start we were a little shook up by the 2-3 and stuff like that, but once we got rolling we were comfortable,” Matt Jones said after Saturday’s game. “… We had to drive into the zone and create space in it and that was key for us.”
...
UL's Onuaku Learns From Arinze, Develops as Forward for Cardinals (DO; Hyber)
When Arinze Onuaku played center for Syracuse from 2005–10, his younger brother Chinanu aspired to follow in his footsteps.
Though Chinanu never attended a game at the Carrier Dome, he remembers watching SU games on television and seeing rowdy, sellout crowds. He cheered for his brother’s team whether he watched from their family home in Lanham, Maryland, or in person at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., whenever SU played Georgetown.
Chinanu’s not sure where his Syracuse apparel went, but at one point he had some of his own.
Five years later, after not being recruited by his brother’s alma mater, Chinanu will come to the Carrier Dome on Wednesday as a member of No. 12 Louisville (20-5, 8-4 Atlantic Coast) for a 7 p.m. tipoff with SU (16-9, 7-5). The freshman center has started 19 of the Cardinals’ 25 games this season and averages 3.2 points and 4.7 rebounds a game.
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UConn Twitter Trolls Syracuse (nbcsports.com; Phillips)
In case you haven’t noticed, defending champion UConn is having a sluggish title defense as they’re 14-10 and fighting just to make a run at a postseason bid. But the Huskies still had time to have some fun with former Big East rival Syracuse on Twitter on Tuesday. Now in the ACC, the Orange and UConn don’t get to play basketball nearly as often anymore.
They’re still major rivals though.
UConn fired the first shot on Twitter using a fake “Motivation” poster:
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