Week in Review Archives - The Juice Online

Week in review (4/24): Going back to 1989

April 24, 2011 Wes Cheng

Check out the 1989 title game between Syracuse and Johns Hopkins that was recently released in eight different parts by iLacrosse.

Week in review (4/17): Dion wouldn’t be alone

April 17, 2011 Wes Cheng

If Waiters were to transfer, he would follow this long line of Orange players in the past decade to transfer to another school.

Week in review (4/3): The legend of Joe Pearlman dies

April 3, 2011 Wes Cheng

You were one of only two people out of nearly six million in the ESPN Tournament Challenge to correctly pick all Final Four teams. Out of those six million brackets, 70.3 percent of those brackets didn’t pick a single Final Four team (including yours truly). On top of that, only 0.6 called the Bulldogs and 0.1 had VCU.

Week in review (3/27): End of hoops season got you down?

March 27, 2011 Wes Cheng

Bummed about another Syracuse season ending before it should have? Here’s something to make you feel better.

Week in review (3/20): Tracing the origins of 3-goggles

March 20, 2011 Wes Cheng

The 3-goggles have been ubiquitous throughout the beginning of the NCAA tournament, as players across the country are holding an OK sign up to their eyes and looking through the circle created by the thumb and index finger after a successful 3-point shot.

Week in review (3/13): Producing the Big East championship

March 13, 2011 Wes Cheng

Bo Garrett is currently a producer at ESPN where he has produced some of the hallmark moments in recent Big East Tournament history. Garrett was on hand for Syracuse’s six overtime victory over Connecticut in 2009, as well as Gerry McNamara’s run in the 2006 tournament as Syracuse captured the Big East championship. He recently spoke to me about his experiences as an ESPN producer.

Week in review (3/6): Big East awards

March 6, 2011 Wes Cheng

With the Big East Player of the Year and the rest of the Big East awards to come out today, I figured this would be a good time to give out my conference awards.

Week in review (2/27): Carmelo trade a good one for Knicks

February 27, 2011 Wes Cheng

I’ve read that the Knicks “gave up too much” to acquire Anthony, one of the best pure scorers in the NBA and an above-average rebounder for his position. But if you break down this deal piece by piece, I don’t think the Knicks really gave up that much, at all.

Week in review (2/20): Boeheim’s other rants

February 20, 2011 Wes Cheng

In the past week, there has been a lot made out of Jim Boeheim’s rant following Monday’s 63-52 win over West Virginia. But as my friend and colleague Matt Dagostino pointed out in his column earlier in the week, “as Boeheim rants are concerned, that was pretty mild.”

Week in review (2/13): Does SU love us?

February 13, 2011 Wes Cheng

Valentine’s Day is supposed to be a day celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. But this Monday will be about affection between the Syracuse Orange and us, the fans.