January 2011 - Page 5 of 6 - The Juice Online

SU prepared for close game against St. John’s

January 11, 2011 Wes Cheng

No. 4 Syracuse (16-0, 3-0 Big East) will travel to Madison Square Garden to play the resurgent St. John’s (10-4, 3-1) Red Storm on Wednesday. Although St. John’s is coming off a 76-61 loss to Notre Dame, the Red Storm is off to its best start in 11 years in Big East play.

SU’s freshmen centers struggle

January 10, 2011 Wes Cheng

In Saturday’s game against Seton Hall, Keita and Melo played limited minutes for the second straight game as Syracuse hung on for a 61-56 win over the Pirates. Neither center played in the second half of Syracuse’s 70-58 win against Notre Dame on Jan. 1.

Orange doesn’t travel far, neither does anyone else

January 10, 2011 Micah Tannenbaum

Jim Boeheim and his team have become the punching bag for not playing on the road during the non-conference slate. Vitale even asked Santa to give the coach some frequent flier miles for the holidays so his team can take some trips outside of the New York-New Jersey area next year. Pundits seem to think Madison Square Garden is located at the corner of Marshall Street and University Avenue. Vitale’s latest argument redefines state lines.

Typical weaknesses resurface

January 9, 2011 Robbie Gillies

After Syracuse beat Drexel in late December I wrote, “Recently, this team has shown no signs the normal weak spots Syracuse teams struggle with. Bad free throw shooting? … Poor three-point shooting? … Careless with the ball?” They had exhibited none of those normal weaknesses. But they reverted to those typical Syracuse flaws and then some against Seton Hall on Saturday. They wound up winning, 61-56 but it should’ve never been that close.

Boeheim fields question about Duke

January 9, 2011 Wes Cheng

A reporter asked a question about top ranked Duke losing freshman Kyrie Irving to a right foot injury. “That has nothing to do with what we’re doing here, but I’ll give you an answer,” Boeheim said.

All Boeheim’s teams do is win games

January 9, 2011 Brad Bierman

He may have not imagined that long of a career, but coming off his second 30-win season of the 2000s, it’s looking likely that Boeheim will glide past legendary coach Adolf Rupp’s numbers in less than 41 years.

Week in Review (1/9): You buy wadded-up paper now

January 9, 2011 Wes Cheng

End Zone Freezed Dired Sod? Aren’t you talking about a clump of dirt that’s put in a fancy glass case?

Triche, Orange survive sloppy play to top Seton Hall

January 8, 2011 Wes Cheng

Triche scored 15 second-half points as Syracuse (16-0, 3-0 Big East) survived an overall sloppy performance to defeat Seton Hall (7-9, 1-3) 61-56 at the Prudential Center.

Syracuse’s smaller lineup coming up big

January 7, 2011 Wes Cheng

The Orange will travel to the Prudential Center for its first true road game of the season to face Seton Hall (7-8, 1-2 Big East). The Pirates are coming off back-to-back losses to No. 25 Cincinnati (70-53) and No. 23 Louisville (73-54).

National Basketball Notebook: Pac-10 hoops overview

January 6, 2011 Scott Jamieson

For a conference that has traditional basketball powers like UCLA, Arizona and USC, the fact that the conference only got two NCAA Tournament bids last year is an embarrassment. What could be more embarrassing? The Pac-10 may only get two teams again this year.