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Syracuse Orangeman Quotes
Jim Boeheim
On Rakims PT
"Rak would've played a little more tonight," Boeheim said. "He was sick today."
On Southerland
“James, I thought, was going to have a big night,” SU coach Jim Boeheim said. “He had some open looks. He can really shoot the ball.”
On Dion's Improvement
“I think he lost some weight and started working harder,” Boeheim said of Waiters. “The freshman year is always an adjustment for kids coming from high school, how much harder you have to work. His conditioning level wasn’t where it needed to be. He didn’t understand what his role was.
“Now he’s playing the same minutes now as he did last year but he’s accepted it and he’s understanding what we’re trying to do.”
On The Team
“People always get ready for us. We come in with a good record and a good team.
“After a couple of minutes, the team that plays the best that night wins. It doesn't really matter who wants to win. That's clearly irrelevant.”
James Southerland
His relationship with Autry, Southerland said, has lifted his spirits.
“He’s a cool guy, a great guy,” Southerland said. “I feel like he sees a lot of talent in me, a lot of potential. And it’s basically staying focused and doing what I need to do mentally.”
“Syracuse is a program,” he said, “where everybody is going to get their shot. I’ve never seen anybody come in here and not get a chance to show what they can do. We’re all good players. The game is simple. It’s just staying focused and playing your best.”
Dion Waiter's
On Coming Home
"It was great coming back to the city where you were born," Waiters said. "All my family and friends were here. It was priceless."
Priceless — and perfect. "I wanted to win, that was first and foremost," Waiters said. "But I was excited that everybody was here to see me play."
On the loss of family members
“There are some things I have been through, some family tragedies, that is why I play the way I play, I just leave it all out there,” Waiters said. “I know my cousins and best friend are watching me. I think about them a lot.
“I was really close to those guys, they were like my big brothers. It was crushing.”
“My men above are praying for me,” Waiters said.
On The Help He Received at Life Center Academy
I don’t have the words to express what they have done for me and how they have changed my life,” he said about the help he received at Life Center, “because I didn’t really trust a lot of people, I’d been through so much and I had been tired of being hurt, and they really opened me up and got me to where I could trust people who wanted to be there for me.”
On The Fine Mess
When asked about the scandal
“It made our family bond that much more tighter … just to focus on Syracuse basketball and not that other stuff.”
On Going To Syracuse
So why is a Philly kid way up near Canada instead of staying in one of the great basketball cities in America?
"If I could do it all over again," Waiters began, before stopping that train of thought in its tracks. "I'm happy where I'm at. I committed to Syracuse when I was in eighth, ninth grade. It happened so fast. It's always good to play for your city, to try to put your city on the map. Syracuse was my pick, and I'm happy with the choice I went with."
On Thoughts Of Leaving SU
His mother, Monique Brown, made the decision for him. “She told me, ‘I didn’t raise no quitter,” Waiters said. “That coming from your mom, that’s powerful words. That’s all I needed to hear. That just drove me. I just took it in and ran with it.”
Some jabbing from JB
As a large group of media members assembled around Dion Waiters, Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim walked by and took a jab at his sophomore guard.
“Tell ’em about your defense, will ya?” Boeheim said.
Waiters shook his head and smiled.
“See what I gotta go through, even for interviews?” he said.
Scoop Jardine
On Syracuse Fans
"Our Cuse nation is really deep," Jardine said. "We're in every arena. And being able to do that and play in front of fans that really appreciate you and appreciate your entertainment, I'm happy to be a part of that."
On growing up in Philly
"I used to sit up there and wait for Allen Iverson to come out and get into his car in the same parking lot," Jardine said. "The kids who stand out there and say hello to all of (the players), that used to be me."
On Going To Syracuse
"It's been a great home for us," Jardine said. "They welcomed us with open arms. Not only did we go up there and play for them, but Rick and me, we graduated. Villanova is a great school, too. I'm sure if I'd gone there, I would have had a great career."
Fab Melo
On That Call
As the Syracuse center turned to hand the ball off, the whistle blew. The Orange sophomore said after the game that he was told he moved his body into his defender as he gave the ball to a teammate. After the game, he laughed about the call.
"The one that I don't know what the ref was calling, I can't avoid that," Melo said. “I just say, ‘OK.’”
Syracuse Fan Road Warriors
A large pocket of the 14,877 fans, wearing Syracuse colors, loved every second of it, out-shouting Nova fans with their patented, “Let’s go Orange” cheers.
Also not so shocking was that the Syracuse fans in the building were on display more vocally and visually than for Villanova. The AP report on the game said there was so much Orange in the building it looked like a Flyers game.
Humor
"Normally when you have the runs it is a bad thing".
The Syracuse Weather
Gary Anderson, a star soccer player growing up in South Africa, went to Syracuse University on a football scholarship to be a kicker when he first saw snow. It was late October, he said, when the white stuff started dropping. Amazed, he asked his roommate, who was from Syracuse, how long it would snow?
His roommate replied, “for six more months.”
The Media
Dion's play prompted ESPN's Fran Frashilla to call him "the most underrated player in America" four different times during the ESPN2 broadcast while also maintaining he is in the Big East player of the year discussion right now.
Future Opponent
"Our students are proving to the nation why they are some of the best fans in the country," said Mick Cronin
For the Syracuse game, all fans are asked to wear WHITE as the Bearcats will be hosting a White Out on ESPN. Students will receive a special edition white t-shirt for attending the game.
Villanova Wildcat Quotes
Maalik Wayns
The Eating Crow Award Winner
Pregame: Maalik Wayns, "I'm not in awe of Syracuse"
Post Game: Wayns was not available for comment after the game, he appeared to feel pressure to make something happen at times. He forced up a couple contested jumpers and got lucky when Triche fouled him on a 3 to ultimately provide him his only scoring in the game.
Even when he made a nice move at the end of the game to split a couple defenders, that play ended disastrously for the junior guard.
"Toward the end of the game," Wright said, "he finally said, ‘All right, let me just try to get to the rim.' And he got a charge."(Syracuse) did a great job on Wayns." Maalik Wayns, Villanova's leading scorer at 17.4 points per game, was held to just three points tonight.
Jay Wright
On This Syracuse Team
“We’ve played a lot of great Syracuse teams,” Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. “Even back when I was an assistant, they had Sherman Douglas and Billy Owens and [Ronny] Seikaly. This reminds me a lot of their very good teams. But I don’t remember them having a team with this kind of depth. … It's a really special team."
“When you play a team like that,” Wright said, “you can’t make the mistakes we made. And you gotta make shots.”
“They’re just a little more physically mature, to be honest,” Wright said. “We’re there, they’re there and they come up with [the ball]. They have physically stronger players.”
"To me, that's what makes them a special team," Wright said. "You could argue that Waiters, (C.J.) and Southerland are good enough to start. What you can't argue is how unselfish they are. They play their roles and bring great energy."
“We're a decent-sized team. But just their anticipation. They're out smackin' at the ball. And if you don't face that every day, it's hard to get used to it. … It's almost impossible to simulate in practice.”
Trying To Find Something Nice To Say
"We didn't quit, which is a positive," Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. "But as we've said before, if that's your positive, it's not a good sign."
Jay's Best Quote Of The Night
Villanova's Jay Wright on Jim Boeheim before the game...
"Jim Boeheim is the Mick Jagger of college basketball. He gets cooler as he gets older"
*Folks if you like this feature which I compiled from all of the articles, let me know so that in the future, if I have the time, I'll do it again. What was your favorite quote of the night? What did you learn?
Jim Boeheim
On Rakims PT
"Rak would've played a little more tonight," Boeheim said. "He was sick today."
On Southerland
“James, I thought, was going to have a big night,” SU coach Jim Boeheim said. “He had some open looks. He can really shoot the ball.”
On Dion's Improvement
“I think he lost some weight and started working harder,” Boeheim said of Waiters. “The freshman year is always an adjustment for kids coming from high school, how much harder you have to work. His conditioning level wasn’t where it needed to be. He didn’t understand what his role was.
“Now he’s playing the same minutes now as he did last year but he’s accepted it and he’s understanding what we’re trying to do.”
On The Team
“People always get ready for us. We come in with a good record and a good team.
“After a couple of minutes, the team that plays the best that night wins. It doesn't really matter who wants to win. That's clearly irrelevant.”
James Southerland
His relationship with Autry, Southerland said, has lifted his spirits.
“He’s a cool guy, a great guy,” Southerland said. “I feel like he sees a lot of talent in me, a lot of potential. And it’s basically staying focused and doing what I need to do mentally.”
“Syracuse is a program,” he said, “where everybody is going to get their shot. I’ve never seen anybody come in here and not get a chance to show what they can do. We’re all good players. The game is simple. It’s just staying focused and playing your best.”
Dion Waiter's
On Coming Home
"It was great coming back to the city where you were born," Waiters said. "All my family and friends were here. It was priceless."
Priceless — and perfect. "I wanted to win, that was first and foremost," Waiters said. "But I was excited that everybody was here to see me play."
On the loss of family members
“There are some things I have been through, some family tragedies, that is why I play the way I play, I just leave it all out there,” Waiters said. “I know my cousins and best friend are watching me. I think about them a lot.
“I was really close to those guys, they were like my big brothers. It was crushing.”
“My men above are praying for me,” Waiters said.
On The Help He Received at Life Center Academy
I don’t have the words to express what they have done for me and how they have changed my life,” he said about the help he received at Life Center, “because I didn’t really trust a lot of people, I’d been through so much and I had been tired of being hurt, and they really opened me up and got me to where I could trust people who wanted to be there for me.”
On The Fine Mess
When asked about the scandal
“It made our family bond that much more tighter … just to focus on Syracuse basketball and not that other stuff.”
On Going To Syracuse
So why is a Philly kid way up near Canada instead of staying in one of the great basketball cities in America?
"If I could do it all over again," Waiters began, before stopping that train of thought in its tracks. "I'm happy where I'm at. I committed to Syracuse when I was in eighth, ninth grade. It happened so fast. It's always good to play for your city, to try to put your city on the map. Syracuse was my pick, and I'm happy with the choice I went with."
On Thoughts Of Leaving SU
His mother, Monique Brown, made the decision for him. “She told me, ‘I didn’t raise no quitter,” Waiters said. “That coming from your mom, that’s powerful words. That’s all I needed to hear. That just drove me. I just took it in and ran with it.”
Some jabbing from JB
As a large group of media members assembled around Dion Waiters, Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim walked by and took a jab at his sophomore guard.
“Tell ’em about your defense, will ya?” Boeheim said.
Waiters shook his head and smiled.
“See what I gotta go through, even for interviews?” he said.
Scoop Jardine
On Syracuse Fans
"Our Cuse nation is really deep," Jardine said. "We're in every arena. And being able to do that and play in front of fans that really appreciate you and appreciate your entertainment, I'm happy to be a part of that."
On growing up in Philly
"I used to sit up there and wait for Allen Iverson to come out and get into his car in the same parking lot," Jardine said. "The kids who stand out there and say hello to all of (the players), that used to be me."
On Going To Syracuse
"It's been a great home for us," Jardine said. "They welcomed us with open arms. Not only did we go up there and play for them, but Rick and me, we graduated. Villanova is a great school, too. I'm sure if I'd gone there, I would have had a great career."
Fab Melo
On That Call
As the Syracuse center turned to hand the ball off, the whistle blew. The Orange sophomore said after the game that he was told he moved his body into his defender as he gave the ball to a teammate. After the game, he laughed about the call.
"The one that I don't know what the ref was calling, I can't avoid that," Melo said. “I just say, ‘OK.’”
Syracuse Fan Road Warriors
A large pocket of the 14,877 fans, wearing Syracuse colors, loved every second of it, out-shouting Nova fans with their patented, “Let’s go Orange” cheers.
Also not so shocking was that the Syracuse fans in the building were on display more vocally and visually than for Villanova. The AP report on the game said there was so much Orange in the building it looked like a Flyers game.
Humor
"Normally when you have the runs it is a bad thing".
The Syracuse Weather
Gary Anderson, a star soccer player growing up in South Africa, went to Syracuse University on a football scholarship to be a kicker when he first saw snow. It was late October, he said, when the white stuff started dropping. Amazed, he asked his roommate, who was from Syracuse, how long it would snow?
His roommate replied, “for six more months.”
The Media
Dion's play prompted ESPN's Fran Frashilla to call him "the most underrated player in America" four different times during the ESPN2 broadcast while also maintaining he is in the Big East player of the year discussion right now.
Future Opponent
"Our students are proving to the nation why they are some of the best fans in the country," said Mick Cronin
For the Syracuse game, all fans are asked to wear WHITE as the Bearcats will be hosting a White Out on ESPN. Students will receive a special edition white t-shirt for attending the game.
Villanova Wildcat Quotes
Maalik Wayns
The Eating Crow Award Winner
Pregame: Maalik Wayns, "I'm not in awe of Syracuse"
Post Game: Wayns was not available for comment after the game, he appeared to feel pressure to make something happen at times. He forced up a couple contested jumpers and got lucky when Triche fouled him on a 3 to ultimately provide him his only scoring in the game.
Even when he made a nice move at the end of the game to split a couple defenders, that play ended disastrously for the junior guard.
"Toward the end of the game," Wright said, "he finally said, ‘All right, let me just try to get to the rim.' And he got a charge."(Syracuse) did a great job on Wayns." Maalik Wayns, Villanova's leading scorer at 17.4 points per game, was held to just three points tonight.
Jay Wright
On This Syracuse Team
“We’ve played a lot of great Syracuse teams,” Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. “Even back when I was an assistant, they had Sherman Douglas and Billy Owens and [Ronny] Seikaly. This reminds me a lot of their very good teams. But I don’t remember them having a team with this kind of depth. … It's a really special team."
“When you play a team like that,” Wright said, “you can’t make the mistakes we made. And you gotta make shots.”
“They’re just a little more physically mature, to be honest,” Wright said. “We’re there, they’re there and they come up with [the ball]. They have physically stronger players.”
"To me, that's what makes them a special team," Wright said. "You could argue that Waiters, (C.J.) and Southerland are good enough to start. What you can't argue is how unselfish they are. They play their roles and bring great energy."
“We're a decent-sized team. But just their anticipation. They're out smackin' at the ball. And if you don't face that every day, it's hard to get used to it. … It's almost impossible to simulate in practice.”
Trying To Find Something Nice To Say
"We didn't quit, which is a positive," Villanova head coach Jay Wright said. "But as we've said before, if that's your positive, it's not a good sign."
Jay's Best Quote Of The Night
Villanova's Jay Wright on Jim Boeheim before the game...
"Jim Boeheim is the Mick Jagger of college basketball. He gets cooler as he gets older"
*Folks if you like this feature which I compiled from all of the articles, let me know so that in the future, if I have the time, I'll do it again. What was your favorite quote of the night? What did you learn?
