Quint: Face-Off Specialists Can Clamp Title Plans

[OrangeXtreme]

Ben Williams, Syracuse
The senior transfer from Holy Cross is a freakish athlete who has gathered more grounders than any player in Syracuse history. "The greatest challenge for me is getting through warmups," said Williams who can be seen pregame pacing on the sideline. "After that it's all about competing and having fun for 60 minutes."

Williams (57 percent) rarely falls and is speedy in space. Coach John Desko insists that Williams could handle a normal midfield shift if asked. The Minnesota native won 10 straight face-offs in a recent Syracuse win over Cornell and has taken over 1,300 in his career.

"Our unit's mindset regarding 50/50 groundballs is just to pick the ball up and get it to our offense as fast as possible. Simple," Williams said. The Orange's lone loss was when Williams was out of the lineup with an injury. No. 1 Syracuse (10-1) hosts Binghamton on Saturday.


Quint: Face-Off Specialists Can Clamp Title Plans

 

[orangefog]

Why does he ALWAYS mention that he is a transfer. He was there one year, right? He has been as Syracuse far longer. Does he do that for other teams?

 

[creatorsgam]

Why does he ALWAYS mention that he is a transfer. He was there one year, right? He has been as Syracuse far longer. Does he do that for other teams?

Like Silent G in hoops. Not "Syracuse guard Mike Gbinije," he was always "Duke transfer Mike Gbinije." A talking point for the lazy media types to fill air or paper.

 

[orangefog]

Like Silent G in hoops. Not "Syracuse guard Mike Gbinije," he was always "Duke transfer Mike Gbinije." A talking point for the lazy media types to fill air or paper.

Yeah, for me, when a guy is at his new school longer than his first, then he is 100% the new school. Grad transfers and guys like that, who have spent more time at another school, that's fair game. But Quint harping on the transfer BS is pathetic.