honest to god

[pearl31]

how in the fff did that just happen?

 

[sherrillcuse]

Was Beautiful!

 

[Ghost]

We finally unleashed our walk-ons!

 

[pearl31]

without a doubt the most unlikely Syracuse win I've ever witnessed

 

[Toga]

Seriously - 2 minutes into the game I felt MSU knew exactly how to attack the zone and had the players to do it.

 

[GooseMutt]

Orange zone crush

 

[DoctorBombay]

How in the name of everything holy, are they doing this?
You got a walk-on named after an aspirin making two HUGE defensive plays...Bayer? Seriously?
:bat:

 

[jdubs30]

Bayer didn't look great in the zone , but got 2 tie ups and a great contest late in the game

 

[Lucid]

Seriously - 2 minutes into the game I felt MSU knew exactly how to attack the zone and had the players to do it.

That's weird, I felt exactly the opposite. I just didn't think we'd be able to score enough points. I never doubted the defense.

 

[Fly Rodder]

how in the fff did that just happen?

The lord taketh away and sometimes the lord giveth.

SU has been on the receiving end of enough heartbreaking losses. Turnabout is fair play.

 

[SUalldway]

Bayer didn't look great in the zone , but got 2 tie ups and a great contest late in the game

That rebound Bayer contested at the end, when he was in amongst the tall trees, was huge!

 

[Ajflood12]

how in the fff did that just happen?

Out rebounded 51-30 and 29-7 on offensive boards. Honestly no clue.

 

[Entropic]

Bayer didn't look great in the zone , but got 2 tie ups and a great contest late in the game

I thought he read the zone just as well as Frank. Just somehow he looked tiny out there. According to the roster he is only an inch shorter than Frank.

 

[pearl31]

Out rebounded 51-30 and 29-7 on offensive boards. Honestly no clue.

1 made three. walk-on playing last 7 minutes. both our centers w 4 fouls most of 2nd half...

 

[grant]

Our team has the biggest stones in America. I am going to be 100% honest, when Frank went out I thought that was game. Bayer and the rest of the guys fought like he'll and finished the game out strong. I have never been more proud of a team and a group of guys before in my life. This game just became my all time favorite game in Cuse history due to how hard we fought. I love this team and this fanbase! Lets keep it rolling boys!!

 

[realorange]

without a doubt the most unlikely Syracuse win I've ever witnessed

With the most unlikely team.

 

[br801]

without a doubt the most unlikely Syracuse win I've ever witnessed

Michigan State seemed to have good fortune on its side with two banked threes, along with various other good breaks, all of SU's bigs were on the verge of fouling out, Frank is holding things together and then fouls out in the blink of an eye, and THEN this team puts Sparty on its heels, claws back and grabs the game away.

Just another ugly victory for the good guys.

 

[Lucid]

Out rebounded 51-30 and 29-7 on offensive boards. Honestly no clue.

Our zone defense has a name. It's called TOTAL ABSOLUTE CONFUSION.

 

[Lucid]

Two Sweet 16 teams in 3 years with ALL of the friggin' handicaps we've had... but Boeheim can't coach and needs to retire. The game has passed him by.

 

[OrangeFoo]

Seriously - 2 minutes into the game I felt MSU knew exactly how to attack the zone and had the players to do it.

They had no clue how to attack the zone... their whole strategy was throw it at the rim and get the board. They were Oklahoma and Indiana level of bad against the zone. If we had any sort of offense it would have been a blow out.

 

[Cheriehoop]

If they say we can’t shoot - how horrible is MSU’s shooting?

 

[bevosu]

This is one of the things that makes life worth living.

 

[Toga]

They had no clue how to attack the zone... their whole strategy was throw it at the rim and get the board. They were Oklahoma and Indiana level of bad against the zone. If we had any sort of offense it would have been a blow out.

Not so in the first 2 minutes when they flashed a guy to the lane (something TCU rarely did) and acted confidently with the rock.

 

[OburgOrange]

This team has the heart of a lion

 

[br801]

They had no clue how to attack the zone... their whole strategy was throw it at the rim and get the board. They were Oklahoma and Indiana level of bad against the zone. If we had any sort of offense it would have been a blow out.

Without the two banked threes, and with any kind of defensive rebounding, it might have been a blowout. Or if the officials didn't allow so much contact against Battle and Brissett, it might have been a blowout.

But the better (and more deserving) team won today, so none of that matters.