Now in his sixth decade of covering SU sports, Brad was sports director of WSYR radio for eight years into the early 1990s, then wrote the Orange Watch column for The Big Orange/The Juice print publication for 18 years. A Syracuse University graduate, Brad currently runs his own media consulting business in the Philadelphia suburbs. Follow him on Twitter @BradBierman.
JayVaughn Pinkston had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Darrun Hilliard scored 23 points, keeping No. 7 Villanova undefeated with an 82-77 overtime win over Syracuse on Saturday.
Boeheim’s pessimism aside, the current record stands at 6-3 and not the more disastrous 5-4 which would have meant watching La. Tech complete its comeback from 10 points down with 4:00 to play.
SU safety Durrell Eskridge has informed head coach Scott Shafer that he’s giving up his final year of collegiate eligibility and applying for the NFL draft.
Incredulously, we saw the many tweets from media and fans following Syracuse’s first loss of the season against California last Thursday that the Orange will be NIT-bound come tournament time.