Providence head coach Ed Cooley and his whole staff were on hand Sunday night at the Hoophall Classic to watch Donovan Mitchell, a 6-foot-3 2015 combo guard from Brewster (N.H.) Academy.
Christmas’s offensive stats are way up. He’s shooting an absurd 74% from the field compared to 53% last year. His rebounding and blocks are slightly down, but he’s more than making up for that with his efficiency at the offensive end.
Syracuse and the rest of the ACC will discuss various models of adjustments to its football division alignment and future scheduling at the league’s upcoming winter meetings.
After leading for most of the day, #2 Syracuse needed to close the game with a 10-2 run to pull out a hard-fought 59-54 win over #22 Pittsburgh at the Carrier Dome.
In what can only be described as a classic Big East game played in the ACC, Pittsburgh and Syracuse played a low-scoring, toughly contested defensive battle to the bitter end.
Ever since the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season basketball schedules were released, January 11th was a day for which Syracuse hoops fans had longed. It would be the day the Orange officially arrived in the ACC.