Orange Watch Archives - Page 18 of 18

A rare conference game in the NCAA tournament

March 19, 2011 Brad Bierman

The format worked great with 65 teams. It was always fun to see which coaches would be pleading their case after being left out on Selection Sunday night, and usually, but not always, all one had to do was check that team’s early-season schedule strength to see why.

More great NCAA tournament games on the horizon?

March 14, 2011 Brad Bierman

SU will begin with a weekend trip to Cleveland to face an Indiana State team that finished third in the Missouri Valley Conference season and then won the conference tournament on its home court in the championship game against Missouri State.

Louisville’s Yum Center is SU’s dream

February 14, 2011 Brad Bierman

I’ve seen the (wishful) crystal ball of SU’s home basketball facility one day down the road when the 32-year-old Carrier Dome becomes obsolete and outdated.

“L” word a foreign one in recent hoops history

January 31, 2011 Brad Bierman

On route to the last losing season in SU basketball’s glorious almost-50-year run since Dave Bing set foot on campus, the 1968-69 squad had not one, but two five-game losing streaks. In fact, the team lost six straight on route to a 9-16 finish.

Orange Watch: A word about bits of SU Athletics

January 15, 2011 Brad Bierman

A little bit of this and that with an Orange tint as we are warmed up in a cold winter by a top five basketball team prior to its regular season showdown with conference nemesis Pittsburgh.

All Boeheim’s teams do is win games

January 9, 2011 Brad Bierman

He may have not imagined that long of a career, but coming off his second 30-win season of the 2000s, it’s looking likely that Boeheim will glide past legendary coach Adolf Rupp’s numbers in less than 41 years.

Pinstripe victory: What it means

December 31, 2010 Brad Bierman

There was so much gained from SU’s performance in the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl that wasn’t evident from the final digits that illuminated loudly on the state-of-the-art Yankee Stadium scoreboards.