Odds and ends from yesterday's game...

[cto]

Don't know how Tomcat missed it, but SSS had FIVE tubas yesterday. A possible new record.

Whoever made the decision to dress the cheerleaders in neon green t-shirts deserves a "" in marketing. I realize the shirts were to support "Say Yes to Education," but why were they not ORANGE? We get a national audience on CBS.... and the cheerleaders for a team called "the Orange" are wearing neon green?!?!?!? I have seen some dumb "promotion" gimmicks in my life, but that was probably the dumbest.

Oh, and there was something else that annoyed me. Why didn't the two senior walk-ons get in at the end of the game when the outcome was no longer in doubt. As I have posted many times, I love Nick Resavy, and I was yelling for him to get in yesterday. That young man has worked so hard as, first, a student manager and then as a walk-on -- and also as a "coach-in-training." And the way he has "adopted" Baye the past two years (mentoring him, making him comfortable at social events, taking him home for holidays so he doesnt have to stay alone on campus, etc) is one of my favorite stories about this year's team. It is fun to watch -- how little Nick has become a "big brother" to tall Baye.

Enough nitpicking on my part ... It was, as I am sure all have said, a great game played in unbelievable weather, that made a very special team even more special. Brandon's re-emergence ... at exactly the right time .. was a wonderful, happy surprise

Stu Jackson (head of basketball operations in NBA), the head of NBA Africa, some senior NBA International people and the man who runs the program to bring promising Senegalese players to the US were all at the game. I was briefly at a small post-game party with them. A very nice group. Baye, who was there for a while, was as relaxed as I have ever seen him. His smile is as engaging as Scoop's; I hope we see more of it on the court in the future.

Now, it's off to the Hardwood Club dinner where more than 1000 fans will get one more chance to thank the team and wish them well as they go off to begin the post-season. I want this ride to continue to April 3. And I hope to be along for every step of it.

 

[310Pigpen]

Whoever made the decision to dress the cheerleaders in neon green t-shirts deserves a "" in marketing. I realize the shirts were to support "Say Yes to Education," but why were they not ORANGE? We get a national audience on CBS.... and our the cheerleaders for a team called "the Orange" are wearing neon green?!?!?!? I have seen some dumb "promotion" gimmicks in my life, but that was probably the dumbest.

Oh, and there was something else that annoyed me. Why didn't the two senior walk-ons get in at the end of the game when the outcome was no longer in doubt. As I have posted many times, I love Nick Resavy, and I was yelling for him to get in yesterday. That young man has worked so hard as, first, a student manager and then as a walk-on -- and also as a "coach-in-training." And the way he has "adopted" Baye the past two years (mentoring him, making him comfortable at social events, taking him home for holidays so he doesnt have to stay alone on campus, etc) is one of my favorite stories about this year's team. It is fun to watch -- how little Nick has become a "big brother" to tall Baye.

Agree with the green shirts they were hideous and made me not even want to pay attention to them. Love hearing how Nick Resavy has been a bigger brother to Keita and that his family has welcomed Keita into there home with open arms.

 

[skurey]

Never in doubt with a post by cto

 

[kingottoiii]

Agree with the ugly neon shirts.

Does anyone know why the dance team wasn't there?

 

[bnoro]

Nick's coming back next year, Joyce. He was a manager his freshman year and plans on coming back from what he last told me. And yes, him and Baye are very close and it would be a nice piece for someone like Donna or Mike Waters to write about.

Nick will be a coach at the Division 1 or NBA level within 3 years of graduation. I guarantee it. Kid's the hardest worker on that team.

 

[Rossco123]

Thank you Joyce. The the story with Baye is the kind of thing that makes a team special. It is as important as wins and loses to those that love the game. This human thing is what made the 2010 team so special to most here.

 

[bballbeadle]

Please give us a full report about the dinner. Thanks!

 

[Jake]

Then the marketing genius decided it was a good idea to have the crowd chant "say yes" during a time out. I bet 32,000 people in the dome have never heard of the program, and still don't know what it's about. Stupidest thing I've ever seen.

 

[Hoov50]

Then the marketing genius decided it was a good idea to have the crowd chant "say yes" during a time out. I bet 32,000 people in the dome have never heard of the program, and still don't know what it's about. Stupidest thing I've ever seen.

At least the signs were grammatically correct unlike the "Who's House?" signs from a few years back!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Agree with the ugly neon shirts.

Does anyone know why the dance team wasn't there?

Women's BET.

 

[alibrat66]

That pale green or chartruese or whatever was unsightly all the way to the Middle East. Someone wasn't paying attention when they commissioned that gig.

 

[jekelish]

That's awesome about Resavy, I hadn't heard that. It really would make for a great human interest story for either the local paper or one of the networks (they always put together uplifting/sappy pieces during March Madness).

Hopefully word gets around about that.

 

[TheOrangeBuddha]

Then the marketing genius decided it was a good idea to have the crowd chant "say yes" during a time out. I bet 32,000 people in the dome have never heard of the program, and still don't know what it's about. Stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Isn't the SU Athletic Department marketing guru somehow related to our athletic director?

 

[cto]

Isn't the SU Athletic Department marketing guru somehow related to our athletic director?

Those shirts had nothing to do with the Athletic Department. They were promoting "Say Yes to Education" (which by the way is a very good cause). The "Say Yes" people held a pre-game reception and were given permission to have the cheerleaders wear their tee shirts at the game.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Those shirts had nothing to do with the Athletic Department. They were promoting "Say Yes to Education" (which by the way is a very good cause). The "Say Yes" people held a pre-game reception and were given permission to have the cheerleaders wear their tee shirts at the game.

It's crazy that someone signed off on the approval. The only color that could have been worse if it was Cardinal red. It was such a fish out of water. I felt bad for the cheerleaders.

 

[maxxyz]

Then the marketing genius decided it was a good idea to have the crowd chant "say yes" during a time out. I bet 32,000 people in the dome have never heard of the program, and still don't know what it's about. Stupidest thing I've ever seen.

If you're a city of Syracuse resident with school age children you absolutely have heard of the Say Yes program. It's one of the most controversial school programs of the last 15 years. The ideas are wonderful. The implementation leaves alot to be desired.

 

[strumpfasaurus]

If you're a city of Syracuse resident with school age children you absolutely have heard of the Say Yes program. It's one of the most controversial school programs of the last 15 years. The ideas are wonderful. The implementation leaves alot to be desired.

This is why I am not the biggest Nancy Cantor fan. Seems like a great person with great ideas, but too much of an idealist and not enough of a realist. I think since she's gotten here the school ranking has dropped like 20 from mid 40's to somewhere in the low 60's.