A 1996 graduate of Syracuse University, Jim has reported on Syracuse sports for the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Southern California on nearly a decade. He has also written a fantasy basketball column published by NBA.com. He currently resides in Syracuse.
Saturday afternoon at the Carrier Dome, No. 5 Syracuse extended their dominance over Colgate, rolling to their Division I-record 46th consecutive win over their in-state rivals Colgate, 92-47.
#5 Syracuse showed its depth again on Tuesday night, as Jim Boeheim gave at least 14 minutes of action to ten different players in a 98-74 win over Albany at the Carrier Dome.
An aggressive man-to-man defense and a full court press? For large portions of their game against Manhattan on Tuesday night, #5 Syracuse used both of these tactics with impressive results, cruising to a 92-56 victory at the Carrier Dome in the first game of the NIT Season Tipoff
Syracuse opened their basketball season on Saturday by cruising to a 78-53 victory over Fordham at the Carrier Dome. The Orange (1-0) trailed for less than a minute in the early goings before quickly gaining control of the Rams (0-1).
In Jim Boeheim’s previous 35 seasons as the head coach at Syracuse University, he has undoubtedly had many talented rosters with which to work. The 2011-2012 team is one of them.
One week after securing one of their biggest wins in recent years in knocking off West Virginia, Syracuse undid a lot of their good work on Saturday by being dominated at Louisville, 27-10.
For the second consecutive season, the Orange (5-2, 1-1 Big East) secured the trophy that goes to the winner of this rivalry game with an impressive performance, this time manhandling the Mountaineers (5-2, 1-1), 49-23.
Saturday night in New Orleans, Syracuse started their game at Tulane as if “The Big Easy” would be the theme, but faltered after a hot start and needed a field goal on the final play of the contest to pull out a 37-34 victory.