Tag: free throws
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Charity Stripe Chaos: How Syracuse’s Free Throw Shooting Isn’t All That Free
The free throw line. The charity stripe. The bonus. Freebies. Simply from names associated with the shot, it‚Äôs pretty easy to tell that the entire point of a free throw is to give a team that is wronged in one way or another an opportunity to pick up free and easy points on what many…
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Kiss the Rankings Goodbye: No. 25 Syracuse Upset at Home by Old Dominion
There‚Äôs really no word more fitting than ‚Äúdisappointing‚Äù to describe this one, after Syracuse came up short to Old Dominion 68-62 on Saturday. ODU was in it throughout, yet it seemed that the common belief inside the Carrier Dome was that the Orange would eventually pull away. That certainly looked to be the case when…
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Free Throws Can Make a Big Difference for Syracuse
While they might seem small at just one point each, free throws are actually worth a lot. It‚Äôs like shopping at Five Below: each item seems so cheap, so you throw them all in your cart, and when you checkout at the register, they run up a large total bill. That is the story for…
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Syracuse Stumbles Against South Carolina, 64-50
The defining stretch of Saturday‚Äôs game between Syracuse and South Carolina came in the first few minutes. Roughly 90 seconds in, after the Gamecocks opened the matinee matchup with back-to-back three-pointers, SU head coach Jim Boeheim yanked his starting point guard, Franklin Howard, and replaced him with John Gillon. Then, exactly one minute later, Boeheim…
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Best in the Big East: Syracuse’s Latest Win Gives Orange League Lead
A terrific night at the free throw line is exactly what the doctor ordered.
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Juli Does What Arinze Doesn’t.
If it comes down to free throws, it might be a better idea to put the game in Julie Boeheim’s hands.
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