Syracuse
Trevor Cooney torching nets, Syracuse opponents
When Trevor Cooney, and his in-the-gym range from beyond the arc, first committed to play for Syracuse in February 2010, the comparisons were obvious and expected. Former Orange legend, and current assistant coach, Gerry McNamara. Cooney hadn’t even graduated from high school and was already being anointed as the next great Syracuse sharp-shooter.
Syracuse 93, Binghamton 65 — What we learned
Despite Coach Boeheim’s pessimistic comments, there is something to be said for a team with top 10 expectations that has remained stoic game in and game out when other teams have faltered. Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan State and Michigan have all lost early season games to lesser opponents.
Syracuse Orange roll past Binghamgton Bearcats
After a slow start in the game’s opening minutes, #4 Syracuse blitzed Binghamton, ripping off 18 straight points to turn the game on its head and trigger a 93-65 victory at the Carrier Dome. The Orange (9-0) also tacked on three additional runs of at least seven points and led by as many as 37 points late in the game.
Orange Watch: Syracuse basketball will never lose to Indiana again
Of course we know nothing compares to losing a NCAA Championship game, but there’s something we find uniquely poetic about the fact that since the Orange lost late to Bob Knight and his ’87 Indiana team in New Orleans, Jim Boeheim has not only gone 5-0 against the storied Hoosiers in the subsequent meetings, but three of the five were one-sided Orange domination.