My Take

[sutomcat]

Typing this on an iPhone, so it might come out a bit wacky.

Turned out when the crowds fully arrived that UM had a few more fans than MU. IU and SU had a close race for the most fans. IU might have had a few more. Props to them for showing up in big numbers.

Thought Miami was exposed in the first game. Wow, I can understand missing layups and struggling on offense but how does a team win the ACC playing defense like that? Give credit to MU for getting lots of transition points but they also killed the Cane half court defense. They are playing well right now...this will not be a cakewalk by any means.

Thought Crean botched this game pretty badly. You have to play Home Depot on MCW in man. He had him start off on JS instead. You can't use your best man defender on a jump shot specialist. That was a really bad call, especially given he used a smurf on Michael instead. Near the end of the first half he finally switched him to MCW bit the damage had been done.

 

[tbonezone]

it's nice to have multiple weapons. simple strategy really was to locate oladipo and attack elsewhere.

 

[bnoro]

Typing this on an iPhone, so it might come out a bit wacky.

Turned out when the crowds fully arrived that UM had a few more fans than MU. IU and SU had a close race for the most fans. IU might have had a few more. Props to them for showing up in big numbers.

Thought Miami was exposed in the first game. Wow, I can understand missing layups and struggling on offense but how does a team win the ACC playing defense like that? Give credit to MU for getting lots of transition points but they also killed the Cane half court defense. They are playing well right now...this will not be a cakewalk by any means.

Thought Crean botched this game pretty badly. You have to play Home Depot on MCW in man. He had him start off on JS instead. You can't use your best man defender on a jump shot specialist. That was a really bad call, especially given he used a smurf on Michael instead. Near the end of the first half he finally switched him to MCW bit the damage had been done.

Home Depot would have had a better game than Oladipo against MCW

 

[bballbeadle]

Miami's big center was out. That didn't help them.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Miami's big center was out. That didn't help them.

Agreed. Much like Fab made our defense look better last year because he could erase many mistakes, Miami just didn't have that big man inside who could stop the drives. Tough loss for them.

 

[CaptainJ]

I'm just finally glad to see I am not the only one who calls him Home Depot!!! Props to the OP!

 

[RoysRunts]

T.C. You Look Mar-ve-lous

Syracuse basketball fan Tom Ragonese (left) stands with former Syracuse star Derrick Coleman and Tom Holtsberry, another SU fan

 

[richard levy]

Miami's big center was out. That didn't help them.

Larkin was supposedly flu-ridden, as well, which is part of the hazard of one and done

 

[Fjoinkay]

As a fan and alum of SU and a native of Indiana growing up and grad school alum of IU, I was in a win-win last night viewing the game. Go Cuse! After Feb. 23rd most people never saw this coming, but you hung in!! Keep playing for team and just go for it!!!

 

[cliftonparksufan]

T.C. You Look Mar-ve-lous

Syracuse basketball fan Tom Ragonese (left) stands with former Syracuse star Derrick Coleman and Tom Holtsberry, another SU fan

Ragman looks pretty tall there. Not Derrick Coleman tall or even Jerami Grant tall, but tall enough for no one to give him for rocking the orange striped bow tie.

 

[HtownOrange]

Thanks, Tom. Always appreciate your recaps, whatever the sport.