SWC75
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_ I felt all week that we were going to lose this one and the #1 ranking with it. They’d say we never deserved it. It was a roller coaster game, the type many a Syracuse team, (including last year’s) would have lost. But we won this one going away. We’ve not got three straight homes games and road games against Providence and DePaul before a game we’ve had circled on the calendar for a year: Marquette in the Dome. So I think we’ll get a chance to enjoy this #1 ranking for a while.
- The 23-0 run was awesome, the longest shut-out run I can recall in and SU game. We were 9 for 14 during that stretch while the Wolfpack was 0 for 6 with 7 turnovers. We utterly silenced a home crowd that was expecting an upset.
- But I was more impressed with the way we took over the game down the stretch after losing the big lead. In the least 11 minutes of the game we made 12 of 14 shots, including 9 in a row. We hadn’t been running our offense well at all and suddenly we were running it perfection. They burned us early with treys but the their second half run was fueled by getting the ball to the top of the key. But we calmed down and adjusted on both ends of the court and dominated when it counted and sent the fans home early. That’s what #1 teams do.
- This team is like a bank of 10 elevators. As long as 5 of them are going up, we'll be fine.
- Dion Waiters continued his rise to stardom. He found his outside shooting touch with 3 treys but was 6 for 8 inside the arc as well for a team-leading 22 points. We went 5:28 without a field goal after building up the 46-29 lead. Dion was the guy who hit the last field goal and he was the guy who hit the next one, just when we needed to stop the bleeding. They never did take the lead in that second half run and that was big.
- Someone in the chat room said early in the game that we were better off without Scoop Jardine. Scoop blows hot and cold but we wouldn’t have beaten Florida without him and we wouldn’t have won this one, either. He had 16 points on 7 for 9 shooting.
- James Southerland channeled the confident young kid who hit 5 three pointers in his first exhibition game against Cal State LA two years ago and suddenly erupted for three huge treys the triggered the great run. It was a big game against a tough opponent on the road and he shot the ball the way he know he can do it. We aren’t going to lose games where he finds the range like he did tonight.
- We are a very good team but hitting 11 treys takes us to another level. We’d been 10 for 43 in the last three games.
- CJ Fair, who has been in low gear in recent games, quietly scored 11 points. He still could have rebounded better, (3 in 29 minutes), but it’s nice to see him making a contribution again.
- We wanted to take Scott Wood, who had 6 three pointers against us last year, out of the game and we did, holding him to two treys and 8 points, (his one two pointer was their last points for 6 minutes and 21 seconds). We rarely seem to do that- take away the other team’s leading scoring threat, often guarding every guy equally. It’s good to see we can do this.
- We are now a 70 foot shot away from being 48-0 in pre-Big East games the last four years. We are the first #1 team this year to win it’s next true road game- the other four all went down. Matt Park said we’ve won our last 9 non conference true road games.
- Are we the best team in the country? No idea. Are we #1? You betcha!
- The 23-0 run was awesome, the longest shut-out run I can recall in and SU game. We were 9 for 14 during that stretch while the Wolfpack was 0 for 6 with 7 turnovers. We utterly silenced a home crowd that was expecting an upset.
- But I was more impressed with the way we took over the game down the stretch after losing the big lead. In the least 11 minutes of the game we made 12 of 14 shots, including 9 in a row. We hadn’t been running our offense well at all and suddenly we were running it perfection. They burned us early with treys but the their second half run was fueled by getting the ball to the top of the key. But we calmed down and adjusted on both ends of the court and dominated when it counted and sent the fans home early. That’s what #1 teams do.
- This team is like a bank of 10 elevators. As long as 5 of them are going up, we'll be fine.
- Dion Waiters continued his rise to stardom. He found his outside shooting touch with 3 treys but was 6 for 8 inside the arc as well for a team-leading 22 points. We went 5:28 without a field goal after building up the 46-29 lead. Dion was the guy who hit the last field goal and he was the guy who hit the next one, just when we needed to stop the bleeding. They never did take the lead in that second half run and that was big.
- Someone in the chat room said early in the game that we were better off without Scoop Jardine. Scoop blows hot and cold but we wouldn’t have beaten Florida without him and we wouldn’t have won this one, either. He had 16 points on 7 for 9 shooting.
- James Southerland channeled the confident young kid who hit 5 three pointers in his first exhibition game against Cal State LA two years ago and suddenly erupted for three huge treys the triggered the great run. It was a big game against a tough opponent on the road and he shot the ball the way he know he can do it. We aren’t going to lose games where he finds the range like he did tonight.
- We are a very good team but hitting 11 treys takes us to another level. We’d been 10 for 43 in the last three games.
- CJ Fair, who has been in low gear in recent games, quietly scored 11 points. He still could have rebounded better, (3 in 29 minutes), but it’s nice to see him making a contribution again.
- We wanted to take Scott Wood, who had 6 three pointers against us last year, out of the game and we did, holding him to two treys and 8 points, (his one two pointer was their last points for 6 minutes and 21 seconds). We rarely seem to do that- take away the other team’s leading scoring threat, often guarding every guy equally. It’s good to see we can do this.
- We are now a 70 foot shot away from being 48-0 in pre-Big East games the last four years. We are the first #1 team this year to win it’s next true road game- the other four all went down. Matt Park said we’ve won our last 9 non conference true road games.
- Are we the best team in the country? No idea. Are we #1? You betcha!
