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[OrangeXtreme]

Syracuse vs SMU
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 9:30* p.m.
ACC Tournament 2nd Round
Charlotte, NC

TV: ESPNU | Kevin Brown, Jon Crispin
Radio: TK99 (99.5 FM) / WAER (88.3 FM)

Orange, Mustangs To Meet Wednesday At ACC Tournament - Syracuse University Athletics

Coming off a victory over Florida State in last night's first round, No. 14 seed Syracuse (14-18) meets No. 6 seed SMU (22-9) on Wednesday night to close day...

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[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Chip]

Can’t win it all if you don’t win the second game.

 

[CuseFan]

this time let's not blow it in the end ! they are quite beatable.

 

[kcsu]

I expect to see more zone in order to give Eddie a rest

 

[Chip]

For a touch of optimism before we put a bow on this turd burger of a season.

The last 6 games, we've held a double digit lead in the 2nd half. Won by double digits at home, melted down on the road, and barely held on at neutral site.

I know, I know, look at the opponents, and I know, I know, good teams win those games. But we know we're not a good team. Terrible teams never even build those leads in the first place.

If we don't beat ourselves, we can win tonight and at least make things a little interesting.

Or we'll get crushed and I'll pretend I never wrote this.

 

[bballbeadle]

How will I be able to stay awake? I’m old! And you know it’s not going to start at 9:30. 10:00 if we’re lucky. Oy!

Well, dadgummit, I’ll do it! And I think we have a chance to win.

 

[tee1222]

LGO!
Feed the big guy but I agree he needs some rest tonight. We switched to the zone one play when Naheem came down from the Highlands and it flustered them! Same deal tonight and it starts with defense and rebounding on both ends.

 

[Niastri]

Cross post from FSU Post Game thread… it seems more appropriate here.

Syracuse brutally underused their number one transfer all season long. Lampkin is a physical mismatch against almost everybody in the NCAA. It’s another example of terrible offensive coaching that Lampkin is averaging only 8 shots a game.

Even against SMU, with their giant Turkish freshman, Lampkin is a physical mismatch and Yigitoglu fouled out in the first game.

After Yigitoglu, they have a bunch of shorter 235lb guys that should be no match for Lampkin. Yet Lampkin only took 4 shots, made three of them and took 6 FTs. Tonight he should take a lot more shots.

 

[kingtidge]

Here's a question...

Does Carlos do the job on Boopie again??

 

[orangecuse]

If history is made tonight (winning consecutive games in the ACC Tourney) well "I'll be dipped in chit!" And, I say, give that man (Red) an extension! I mean, regardless of the ACC being historically bad, Red would've accomplished in just year 2, what JB could never get accomplished in 11.

 

[LAorange44]

If history is made tonight (winning consecutive games in the ACC Tourney) well "I'll be dipped in chit!" And, I say, give that man (Red) an extension! I mean, regardless of the ACC being historically bad, Red would've accomplished in just year 2, what JB could never get accomplished in 11.

Did JB ever play on day one?

 

[phil77]

Did JB ever play on day one?

Semantics

 

[Orangezoo]

Zero expectations- SMU is a team we can beat based on the first matchup. Do that and maybe the basketball gods decide to favor us and weird things happen. Without some help beating SMU is most likely the best final ending this crew could manage.

 

[DPCuse]

Let's hope they loosened up the rims for today's games. Seemed a bit tight yesterday.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Bell with 5 to 9 threes tonight. Book it.

 

[crv1728]

Bell with 5 to 9 threes tonight. Book it.

I would be happy if the team made 5 to 9 threes. That might be enough.

 

[phil77]

Bell with 5 to 9 threes tonight. Book it.

I agree either him or Taylor will go off tonight maybe both.

 

[CuseFan]

Bell with 5 to 9 threes tonight. Book it.

I'm expecting a dramatic improvement in 3-balls tonight too !
7-9 going in please!

 

[Scooch]

For a touch of optimism before we put a bow on this turd burger of a season.

The last 6 games, we've held a double digit lead in the 2nd half. Won by double digits at home, melted down on the road, and barely held on at neutral site.

I know, I know, look at the opponents, and I know, I know, good teams win those games. But we know we're not a good team. Terrible teams never even build those leads in the first place.

If we don't beat ourselves, we can win tonight and at least make things a little interesting.

Or we'll get crushed and I'll pretend I never wrote this.

We're not a terrible team. That's Miami and BC. We're a bad team that has flashes of good play, long stretches of mediocrity, and just enough awfulness to lose more games than we win.

There's only 3 good teams in the ACC this season. We can hang with the rest of the vast sea of meh.

Knock down some 3s, play defense for a while, and hang on for dear life at the end. That's the way tonight.

 

[kcsu]

Bell with 5 to 9 threes tonight. Book it.

Would love to see him have a good game. I just want to see him play hard. Battle on D and most importantly mix it up and fight for rebounds.

 

[hungrychuck]

There’s nothing on TV.

I just want to watch SU basketball games all week.