First of all, let’s face it; Notre Dame and North Carolina are great lacrosse teams this season, talented, experienced, and deep. No shame to losing to either on their home field.
It’s a critical year for Shafer to bring upward movement to the program with a new athletic director on the horizon, and that essentially means the minimal goal is a bowl game invitation.
It’s been 36 years in which the building has served as a basketball facility, and while some of the recent criticism is warranted, for the most part the Dome has aged pretty well within the tight confines of its original architectural footprint.
Think you have had a busy month of March? The aforementioned list is only part of the schedule Carrier Dome managing director and interim athletic director Pete Sala has crossed off.
Unless a new-look Orange squad next season mirrors the 2011-12 Elite Eight team’s 34 win campaign, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will have to be on the bench for his 41st season in 2016-17 to hit the 1K mark.
Well, we know how year two in the ACC has played out with a self-imposed post-season ban and the season-ending injury to Chris McCullough not helping the team’s lack of depth.
If the Orange does not win at least one of the remaining games to be played in this season, it will mark the first five-game losing streak during Jim Boeheim’s 39 year career.