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Orange Watch: ACC TV contract makes it hard at times to follow Syracuse basketball, football

February 2, 2015 Brad Bierman

Philadelphia, for example, is known as a professional sports town with only a sprinkle of interest in Penn State and Rutgers football (Big Ten) and Big Five basketball, and as such creates a huge void in the northeast TV map.

It’s possible Syracuse basketball could miss the postseason

January 29, 2015 Matt Goodman

At this point the expectations are so diminished for the Syracuse basketball squad, I’d be beyond cliché if this column simply harped on the Orange’s odds of missing the NCAA tournament.

Orange Watch: Could Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim be in for first losing season?

January 28, 2015 Brad Bierman

With an unusually long eight day, mid-season layoff until Virginia Tech comes into the Dome Feb. 3, it will be back to the business at hand which for this gritty and determined, if not undermanned, team.

North Carolina sends reeling Syracuse to third loss in four games

January 27, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

For 36 minutes and change, Syracuse played #13 North Carolina tightly, but wilted late as the Tar Heels closed the game by outscoring the Orange 19-11 in the final 3:29 to pull away for a 91-83 win in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Instant Juice: Syracuse 83, North Carolina 93

January 26, 2015 Charles Kang

A 7-0 run midway through the second half turned a one point deficit for North Carolina into a 68-62 lead with 7:13 left.

Erratic Syracuse lingers around NCAA Tournament bubble

January 26, 2015 John Zych

There’s a lot of season to play, starting with the visit to the 15th-ranked Tar Heels, who beat Florida State on Saturday.

Syracuse pays for failure to make free throws against Miami

January 25, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Syracuse did not hold the lead in the final 38 minutes of the game and still had a chance to win in the end, but failed to, in large part because they once again could not make free throws.

Instant Juice: Syracuse 62, Miami 66

January 24, 2015 Charles Kang

Syracuse can point to two statistical categories for why it fell short: Free throws and turnovers.

What will Syracuse basketball look like next year and going forward?

January 23, 2015 Jeff Irvine

But let’s assume that no one on the current team leaves, and Syracuse is unable to land Bryant. Kentucky, always a hot destination for recruits, has been giving Syracuse a run for Bryant recently, anyway. What then?

Mercurial Kaleb Joseph showing signs of improvement for Syracuse

January 22, 2015 Jim Stechschulte

Freshman point guard Kaleb Joseph came into the season with high expectations. The two young men who played the point before him for Syracuse both left early after just one season of starting for the Orange and both were first round picks in the NBA draft.