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.
The Orange, who has always struggled rebounding the ball because of its reliance on the zone, is 9th in the NCAA in rebounds per game, averaging 47.0 boards per contest.
As a Syracuse fan, who isn’t at least a little worried that, just when SU thought it had a seat in the musical chairs game of conference realignment, that the music might stop, and the Orange don’t have a conference to call home?
With the news of the defections of Maryland (and also likely Rutgers) to the Big 10 conference, the ACC has some options to replace the Terps should they decide to expand again.
Alec Lemon caught a touchdown pass to put Syracuse up 31-27 with 20 seconds left, as Syracuse completed a 7 play 81 yard drive in 1:32 seconds for a dramatic comeback win.
Syracuse will win its last two games of the regular season and head to a bowl game, former Syracuse quarterback and current SNY football analyst Don McPherson said on The Juice on the Cuse podcast on Thursday.