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Syracuse completes turnaround

December 26, 2010 Wes Cheng

It was Nov. 15, roughly six weeks ago, when Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim went on a rant that has come to define the Syracuse season. Six weeks later, Boeheim sounds completely different when talking about his team.

Week in review: Christmas edition – 12/19 – 12/25

December 25, 2010 Wes Cheng

Bets. Suspensions. Recruiting. Transfers. Hoops. Thank yous. All of that in this edition of the Week in review.

Top five moments of 2010

December 24, 2010 Micah Tannenbaum

What a year for Syracuse athletics. Between the basketball team’s rise to the No. 1 team in the country, to the football team’s return to relevance with a bid to the Pinstripe Bowl and lacrosse’s dominant regular season, there has been no shortages of stories. These are the top five.

Triche returns to form after slump

December 24, 2010 Wes Cheng

Over the past few games, Triche has been shooting the ball well and getting those kinds of shooter’s rolls. That couldn’t be said during the first half of Syracuse’s nonconference schedule, when those kinds of shots weren’t falling.

Bowl Season: The most wonderful time of the year

December 23, 2010 Mark Porter

Mark Porter weighs in on the excitement of the upcoming Pinstripe Bowl: I don’t get it. I love college football. You know what’s better than college football? More college football. It’s like getting a steak dinner and after finishing it, being rewarded with free pie.

Overrated no longer

December 23, 2010 Robbie Gillies

In late November, Jim Boeheim called this team “the most overrated team I’ve ever coached.” At the time, I completely agreed with him. I had watched the games. I had seen the team’s shooting troubles, defensive lapses and very close games against subpar competition (a 63-60 win over William & Mary??). Now, though? Now, you have to really nitpick to find flaws. The Orange is improving by leaps and bounds, and after a 93-65 beating of a good Drexel team, I’m finally ready to no longer call this team overrated.

Joseph scores career high, Orange tops Drexel

December 22, 2010 Wes Cheng

Kris Joseph scored a career high 25 points and Rick Jackson recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds as Syracuse finished its non-conference schedule with a convincing 93-65 win over Drexel.

Marrone deserved Big East recognition

December 22, 2010 Dan Brannigan

Doug Marrone got snubbed. He deserves better. He deserves recognition for turning a moribund Syracuse football program around in two years and leading the Orange to its best record—and first winning campaign— since 2001.

Drexel Dragons Preview

December 22, 2010 Wes Cheng

Syracuse will play its final game of its non-conference schedule when it hosts Drexel on Wednesday night.

What will keep Southerland on the court?

December 21, 2010 Jeff Irvine

In Syracuse’s romp over Morgan State on Monday night, the story of the game was James Southerland’s shot. “He’s back,” The Post-Standard declared. But while the sophomore’s sweet stroke and 18 points deserved the limelight on that night, his rebounding and defense will keep him on the floor when Big East play begins next week.