Month: December 2011

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Orange Watch

Orange Watch: Syracuse needs to move to ACC ASAP

December 9, 2011 Brad Bierman

The faster the Big East and West Virginia settle their lawsuit with a monetary figure, the faster the Mountaineers are able to bolt to the Big 12 which they have already told the Big East in no uncertain terms that they intend to begin competing next year, with the domino effect that SU (and Pittsburgh) will know what the numbers are if they want to bolt prior to the 27 month period as stipulated in the league’s bylaws.

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Basketball

Orange’s defense is its only offense

December 7, 2011 Robbie Gillies

That was probably the most boring 6-point game I’ve ever watched Syracuse play. The Orange led wire-to-wire, it was never closer than 10 points from 14:23 in the first half until 4 minutes left in the second, and yet there was only a brief period where Syracuse actually executed well on offense. It has been the story of the season for Syracuse. The defense was tremendous but the offense had serious issues and the only thing that saved them was the points in transition, which of course, is a product of the defense.