WASHINGTON, D.C. — A quick take on Syracuse’s 61-39 embarrassing loss to Georgetown in the Orange’s final Big East regular season game after 34-seasons in the league, before a raucous, record sell-out crowd of 20,972 at the Verizon Center on a lovely, spring-like Saturday afternoon in the nation’s capital.
WHAT HAPPENED: Syracuse (23-8) failed to take any momentum away from Wednesday’s win over DePaul, and instead goes into the post-season having dropped four of its last five regular season games and 5-5 in its last 10 contests, finishing 11-7 and in the middle of the pack of the conference, playing some of its poorest basketball (total game points more like what SU scores in one half, 33-percent shooting, 13 turnovers, and being out-rebounded by nearly double-digits) of the entire season on this day.
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ANALYSIS: Down by seven at halftime, and having scored just 18-points due to poor shooting and sloppy play (eight turnovers), SU could not contain the Hoyas (24-5) three-point shooting in the second-half, especially by guards Markel Starks and D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (combined 34-points), as Georgetown stayed comfortably in front by double-digits throughout the final 20 minutes.
HERO: Stretching the definition here, but perhaps the thousands of orange-clad ‘Cuse fans, many of whom paying big bucks for the privilege to sit in on the final game in this rivalry, had to endure a one-sided affair and a loud celebration of all things Georgetown basketball.
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ZERO: A lot to choose from among the orange-clad team members, let’s just say SU fans hope to see a completely reinvigorated squad come next week as “New York’s College Team” plays in the Big Apple.
WHAT’S NEXT: As the 5th seed in its final Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York, Syracuse opens up play Wed. Mar. 13 against the winner of Tuesday’s #12 Seton Hall/#13 South Florida match-up, in the second game of the Wed. afternoon session of the second-round. The ‘Cuse beat both the Pirates and Bulls by 11-points on the road in the regular season meetings. Approximate Time: 2:30 TV: ESPN
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