Wes has worked for Rivals.com covering the New York Knicks, as well as for Scout.com covering Syracuse athletics. Wes has also been a contributing writer for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), for SportsNet New York (SNY) as a news desk writer covering all of New York professional sports, and reported on the NBA and MLB for the New York Sportscene. A native of Long Island, New York, Wes graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a degree in journalism. Contact him at wes[at]sujuiceonline.com.
Allen Crabbe could not have had a worse night. The reigning Pac 12 player of the year had a critical turnover with 1:44 left when he stepped out of bounds, and was just 3-8 from the field for 8 points.
Syracuse may be wearing their home white uniforms when they play Cal on Saturday night in the third round of the NCAA tournament, but they will only be the home team by name.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called a CBS Sports report about an NCAA investigation against the Orange a repeat of previous stories during his press conference Wednesday evening.
Will the Syracuse team that shows up next week be the one that looked like a juggernaut in the pre-conference season, or the one later in the year that looked completely inept against zone defenses?