Tag: 2019
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Four Reasons Syracuse Lost to Georgetown
A 12-2 Georgetown run at the end of the first half propelled the Hoyas to a 89-79 win over Syracuse at the Capital One Center in Washington, DC. The Hoyas run came directly after a moving screen call on Dolezaj as Hughes hit a would-be three. Besides that crucial sequence, these are four reasons SU…
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Is Syracuse the Youngest Team in the ACC?
Even after quality blowout victories, Jim Boeheim continues to harp on how young this SU team is. College sports often work in cycles. Bad teams are young, good teams are experienced. Once a few years go by and players graduate, the roles are reversed. The team that was young is suddenly seasoned and ready to…
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Syracuse Offense Historically Bad in Opener against Virginia
This was never an easy spot for Syracuse or Virginia. It‚Äôs a nice luxury to play some weaker teams at the start of the season in order to feel comfortable and gain confidence. Instead, the Orange and the Cavaliers were thrust into the bright lights and looked thoroughly unprepared. Virginia turned the ball over 10…
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This is Jim Boeheim’s Year
Too much isolation, not enough creative offense! These complaints loomed large throughout the last two seasons with Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett and Frank Howard at the core. The offense was truly stagnant with the trio. The 2017 sweet 16 run was on the shoulders of outstanding defense. They never meshed offensively. Sure, Jim Boeheim can…
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How Good Can SU’s Defense Be in 2019?
It‚Äôs not really a secret at this point that the calling card for Syracuse football in its three years under Dino Babers has been the high-flying, high-octane, don‚Äôt-let-the-defense-breathe offense. I mean, for goodness sakes, the hashtag surrounding the team for each of the past three years (#OITNF if you‚Äôve somehow forgotten) is all about just…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #2 Airon Servais
After a double-digit win season in 2018, the hype train for the upcoming season in Syracuse is packed to the brim. The Orange are less than a month away from beginning their most-anticipated season in recent memory. If SU wants to continue its rise to national prominence, a few players are going to need to thrive. Over…
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Three Freshmen That Could Make an Instant Impact for Syracuse This Fall
Lost in the shuffle of all the greatness that came with Syracuse football‚Äôs 2018 season (the program‚Äôs first ten win-season in nearly two decades and a Camping World Bowl victory over rival West Virginia come to mind) seems to be just how young some of the key members of the Orange were last season. Two…
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Who Could Break Out for Syracuse in 2019?
When the Orange heads back to camp to prepare for the 2019 season, it will do so without a number of primary contributors from last season. However, in some spots, SU brings back some key cogs, with a few potentially exciting players poised to fill new vacancies as well. With that said, there‚Äôs a good…
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Syracuse eyes quartet of pass catchers in 2020, 2021, 2022
The success of Syracuse‚Äôs wide receivers since Dino Babers became head coach prior to the 2016 season has been absolutely outstanding. Amba Etta-Tawo shattered all kinds of single-season records in Dino‚Äôs inaugural year. Steve Ishmael followed that up by breaking career program records in 2017 alongside the Robin to his Batman in Erv Philips. And…
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Tyus Battle Spurned by NBA Draft Combine
Exactly one year and two days ago, we were talking about what Tyus Battle had to prove at the NBA Draft combine, who he had to outperform and how his prospects looked after the combine was over. We won‚Äôt be talking about any of that this year. Battle and the rest of the college basketball/NBA…
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Syracuse’s Best Moments in Years of the Tiger
‚ÄúThe Return to Glory‚Äù Believe it or not, that‚Äôs not what was said when Syracuse football capped its off its first 10-win season since 2001 in December with a win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl. It was said, however, when Eldrick Tont Woods sank a bogey putt on the 18th hole at…
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Finding the First Round Upsets in the NCAA Tournament
Most observers agree, this year’s NCAA Tournament owns the haves and the have nots. There are the true power teams, the four 1-seeds. Then a slight drop off to the 2-seeds. And then it’s a bathtub of flawed schools all swimming around looking for a rubber duck to save them from drowning. With that in…
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West Coast Bias?: Syracuse basketball’s success west of the central time zone
Eight cities across the country are getting set to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend. Only two of them lie further west than the central time zone: San Jose, CA and Salt Lake City, UT. Both of those locations are more than 2,000 miles away from Syracuse, but because of…
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Reacting to the first Syracuse football depth chart of 2019
Nearly all of the attention that Syracuse fans have to spare is currently focused solely on SU basketball and for good reason. The Orange have put themselves in a great spot to make the NCAA Tournament and are coming off a dominant win over Wake Forest, before welcoming No. 2 Virginia to the Dome on…
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Four Key Messages We Learned from Dino Babers on National Signing Day
Although Syracuse football head coach Dino Babers said most of the Orange‚Äôs recruiting class signed on Early National Signing Day in December, today‚Äôs National Signing Day was full of impactful moments. The ‚Äúfine tuning‚Äù of the signing class today, as Babers put it, includes quarterback David Summers, running back Garrison Johnson, defensive tackle Jason…
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Complete Guide to SU Football’s 2019 Class
Syracuse added four signees on National Signing Day, rounding off the class at 21 players. For details on the new commits, check out this piece. Time to break down the 2019 class in full. By Position: Defense: 13 Six DLs ¬†Four DBs Three LBs Offense: 8 Three OLs Two RBs One QB One TE One…
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SU Dominated by Nightmare Matchup Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech is the best three-pointing team in the ACC. Four of their five starters can hit from deep with regularity. But they don’t just play on the perimeter. They know how to work the high post, cut back door, find open kick outs and make the extra pass. It all materializes in an ACC-best…
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Five-star center Isaiah Stewart spurns Syracuse, headed to Washington
One of the biggest narratives surrounding Syracuse basketball this season has been the Orange‚Äôs inability to get production from the center spot. Paschal Chukwu and Marek Dolezaj have improved their games a touch over the last week or so, but still, Syracuse hasn‚Äôt had a standout center since Rakeem Christmas in the 2014-2015 season. Unfortunately…
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Evaluating Syracuse’s 2019 Football Schedule
Syracuse‚Äôs schedule for the 2019 football season was released today and there are plenty of interesting takeaways. All of the opponents and locations of the games were known prior to today, the only true ‚Äúrelease‚Äù was the skeleton of the schedule. Tough Opening Stretch While the opponents aren‚Äôt particularly imposing from the jump, the challenges…
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Don’t Sleep on Chance Amie in 2019
There‚Äôs certainly plenty to get excited about for Syracuse football heading into 2019. Several key pieces return, including head coach Dino Babers on a new contract. Uncontrollably, however, there will be some departures as well, most obviously that of quarterback Eric Dungey, who graduates after setting 20 individual school records. This yields some question surrounding…
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It’s early, but here’s what you can already get excited about for 2019
2018 was obviously a year of triumph for Syracuse football, and its victory over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl was a perfect way to cap it off. Even if the Mountaineers were missing some key pieces. SU‚Äôs win over WVU was a tremendous accomplishment for the 2018 squad, which cracked the rankings and…
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Syracuse bolsters secondary with three-stars Cole, Greenwood
For the first time in a couple of months, Syracuse football finally has some down time. SU won‚Äôt find out its bowl opponent until Sunday and even after that will have at least three more weeks until it plays another game. But don‚Äôt let that down time fool you, the Orange were still very active…
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Syracuse Lands Four-Star Linebacker Lee Kpogba
What? Dino Babers has his signature recruit for the 2019 class. Who? Lee Kpogba is a three-star on 247Sports.com but a four-star and the 6th ranked outside linebacker in the country by Rivals.com. He’s 6′ 2″ 210 lbs. out of Winston Salem, North Carolina. Florida State, Duke and Tennessee were among his offers. Kpogba was…
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Syracuse Football Gets First 2019 Commit
Syracuse football received its first commitment from the Class of 2019 on Friday when athlete Courtney Jackson announced he would be joining the Orange for his college playing career. The three-star player is a Monroeville, Pennsylvania native, currently finishing his junior year at Gateway Senior High School. 247Sports currently has the 5-foot-11-inch…
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