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By the Numbers: Syracuse-UConn and Madison Square Garden
Syracuse faces UConn in a former Big East battle tonight at Madison Square Garden, or in other words, the ‚Äúmecca‚Äù of basketball. It‚Äôs safe to say the two squads are pretty fond of each other, having met a total of 94 times. 70 of those meetings were played as conference rivals in the Big East,…
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Syracuse Fans Must be Patient with Freshmen
All offseason, Syracuse fans have become increasingly excited about the potential of Jalen Carey and Buddy Boeheim. Two games into their respective careers, the freshmen have shown flashes of potential. However, they have also made mistakes common among young players. While Carey sat out preseason play due to injury, Boeheim was one of Syracuse‚Äôs top…
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Previewing Syracuse’s Opponents in the 2K Classic
This week‚Äôs 2K Classic renews a rivalry in its rightful venue. But Syracuse‚Äôs next opponent is going to feel a little out of place at Madison Square Garden. The Orange will play the team in the Oregon vs. Iowa matchup with the corresponding result of their own game. Regardless, there are opportunities for the Orange…
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Is Dino Babers the ACC Coach of the Year?
Imagine this. It‚Äôs Thursday, August 30th, 2018, one day before the season opener against Western Michigan. Expectations are a bit higher than last year‚Äôs 4-8 finish, but most don‚Äôt envision Syracuse being anything special in 2018. Then someone tells you that with two games left in the season, the Orange will be ranked 11th in…
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ESPN Drops the Ball, Snubs Syracuse and Notre Dame for College Gameday
Week 12 is shaping up to be one of the biggest snoozers of the college football season. Only two matchups feature a pair of ranked opponents on the field. Syracuse is one of them with the 13th ranked Orange (now 12th per the latest AP Poll) taking on No. 3 Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium.…
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Battle Breaks Out Of Slump In Win Over Morehead State
Tyus Battle was 0-6 from the field at one point, visibly frustrated with each miss. Including the exhibitions, the Orange’s leading scorer from a season ago was a combined 7-35 on the season. It wasn’t actually concerning, but it was certainly getting weird. By the end of the first half on Saturday, Battle began to…
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Syracuse Football’s Eighth Win: What Made this Night Special
The Eighth Win: Highlights of SU Football vs. Louisville For the second week in a row, Syracuse football started out slow. Then SU blocked a field goal and scored the first points of the game on that drive, owning the momentum from there. Penalties, missed opportunities and turnovers defined Louisville‚Äôs night as the…
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11/8 Pregame FizzCast: #13 Syracuse Football Home vs. Louisville: Oh, How the Roles Have Reversed
David Edelstein and Harrison Singer discuss how the roles have changed between Syracuse football and Louisville heading into their 7:00 p.m. Friday game. The two talk about one crucial mistake the Orange have to avoid. Also, what happened to Louisville’s season from the start? Which Cardinals players should SU watch out for and how does…
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Will Syracuse Cruise Past Louisville?
It may be a necessary change of pace for Syracuse on Friday. If you think about it, the last five games for the Orange have been pretty hectic. First, SU dropped two close road games in Clemson, and a shocker¬†in Pittsburgh. After that, the Orange came home for 1-4 North Carolina, but just barely escaped…
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The Fizz Predicts Syracuse and Louisville
The Fizz crew is rolling off a perfect week against Wake Forest. And another consensus panel arrives in game number 10. Tyler Aki (8-1): Syracuse 65, Louisville 24 Forget Rutgers. Forget Kansas. Louisville is the worst team in the Power Five. It‚Äôs to no fault of the talent. The Cardinals may actually have just as…
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Syracuse Football Week 11 Rooting Guide
If you had asked many people at the beginning of the season what bowl game Syracuse would be playing in come December or January, you probably would have gotten one of two reactions: ‚Äúsome terrible bowl that nobody wants like the Gasparilla or Independence Bowl‚Äù or ‚Äúwhat do you mean which bowl? SU isn‚Äôt even…
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Can SU Football Crack the Top 10 Next Week?
As we saw last week, Syracuse’s movement in the CFP Rankings has a lot to do with what teams do around it. Last week, the Orange moved up six spots from 19 to 13 after beating Wake Forest on the road.¬†SU leapfrogged Texas, Iowa, Utah, Penn State and Florida who somehow all lost their week…
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With Syracuse Football and Basketball Thriving, Whose Ranking Will Peak Higher?
It‚Äôs been quite some time since there was a sense of optimism this high for Syracuse athletics. In fact, you have to flash back to 2001 to find the last time both SU basketball and football were ranked teams. But after last week‚Äôs College Football Playoff reveal and the preseason AP basketball poll, both Orange…
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Syracuse Dominates Eastern Washington 66-34 in Season Opener
On paper, Syracuse’s offense should be much better this year than it was a season ago. With talented freshman like Buddy Boeheim and Jalen Carey, scoring should be less of a problem for the Orange. That wasn’t the case in the first half of Syracuse’s 66-34 win over Eastern Washington on Tuesday night. The fewest…
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Halftime Thoughts: SU Vs. Eastern Washington
In the Orange’s first game that matters in seven months, Syracuse has a 28-10 lead over Eastern Washington at halftime. Frank Howard is inactive tonight, but Jalen Carey and Howard Washington are both dressed for the first time all season. Here’s what we learned in the Orange’s first 20 minutes of their 2018-19 regular season.…
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Nazir Burnett De-Commits From Syracuse
Bishop McDevitt High School’s Nazir Burnett de-committed from Syracuse on Monday night. The three-star Class of 2019 receiver announced his decision on Twitter, calling it one of the toughest he‚Äôs ever made. https://twitter.com/Naz_717_/status/1059579553750892547 The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native committed to the Orange back on Aug. 3, but an impressive senior season for the Royal Lancers is…
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2018-19 Syracuse Basketball: Five Bold Predictions
Oshae Brissett Leads SU in Scoring Brissett is going to take a massive leap this year. He has improved his three-point shot and rounded out his offensive game. With all due respect to Tyus Battle, Brissett might be the best player on this team by the end of the year. Now, I still want…
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The Fizz’s Syracuse Basketball Season Crystal Ball
Tyler Aki: 23-8 (12-6) This year is going to feel like the Syracuse teams of old. There won‚Äôt be a limp into the tournament in 2019. The Orange rolls back all five starters from one of the best defenses in the country. Syracuse has a top 3 defense in the country coming into this season,…
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11/4 FizzCast: Syracuse=Football School and Quincy Guerrier Commits
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard return to break down Syracuse’s unheralded football success in 2018, what the future holds and analyze Quincy Guerrier’s commitment to SU basketball.
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FizzCast: The Comprehensive 2018-19 Fizz Basketball Preview Show
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard break down everything you know for the 2018-19 Syracuse season including a breakdown of this year’s roster, our favorite games of the season and what the ceiling for this year’s Orange squad is.
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Three Biggest Moments in SU’s Season So Far
It’s November 5th, 2018 and Syracuse is No. 13 in the nation in the AP poll. Like any season, there have been some critical moments that have pushed the Orange in both the right and wrong directions. I’ve always found it funny how sports work: the result of a single play can can totally change…
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Beating Wake Forest Was Dino Babers’ Most Underrated Win With Syracuse
Usually a win over a team that was 1-3 in conference and .500 overall isn‚Äôt one that particularly stands out. But for Dino Babers and the Orange, it certainly did. Nobody is going to look back on the 2018 Syracuse football season and remember this win, but it certainly is one that should be remembered…
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Quick Reactions to Syracuse Football’s Win Over Wake Forest
#22 Syracuse football did what it had to do on Saturday: win. As a ranked team for the first time in more than a decade, SU could not fall to a .500 team that lost its influential quarterback to graduation coming into 2018. The Orange has now exceeded the four-win threshold that is had been…
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Three Times National Media Looked Silly Discussing SU
Here at Orange Fizz, we like to dig deep. If you’d like to know, for example, which Dino Babers outfits lead to the most success, we have you covered. National media can’t do that. It needs to keep track of other schools, other conferences and in some cases professional sports. So it’s no surprise that…
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Is Syracuse Really the Second-Best Team in the ACC?
The College Football Playoff Rankings came out Tuesday, and at No. 19, Syracuse (6-2, 3-2) is the second-highest ranked team in the ACC‚Ķ not too shabby. The only ACC team ranked ahead of the Orange is Clemson, but there are three others behind: No. 21 NC State (5-2, 2-2) No. 22 Boston College (6-2, 3-1)…
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Got Him! Four-Star Recruit Quincy Guerrier Commits to Syracuse
Reporting by Tyler Aki Syracuse got more treats than tricks on Halloween today. Four star recruit Quincy Guerrier announced he‚Äôs coming to play for the Orange in 2019. He made his announcement at halftime of the Pacers and Knicks game on the RDS 2 feed, a sister channel of TSN. This is similar to what…
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Syracuse Downs Le Moyne 89-52 in Exhibition #2
Syracuse again walked away victorious in its second exhibition game on Wednesday. The Orange handily took care of Le Moyne 89-52 in its final tune-up before the 2K Classic begins on Nov. 6. Anytime you win by over 35 points, there‚Äôs usually a lot more to be encouraged about than discouraged. Fortunately for Orange, that…
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Eric Dungey Isn’t Just Good, He’s Big-Time
Syracuse proved that it‚Äôs capable of beating a quality opponent on Saturday, but that‚Äôs not all it showed. If you watched the Orange down NC State, you would‚Äôve seen that Syracuse has a big-time player in quarterback Eric Dungey. Not just a talented, effective or impressive player, but a big-time one. Dungey was named ACC…
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STOCK WATCH: Who’s Up and Who’s Down After NC State
After a mostly dominant 51-41 win over NC State on Saturday, SU football is officially on the up and up. The anticipation and excitement surrounding this team is as high as it‚Äôs been in years and for good reason. The Orange is ranked for the first time in almost two decades (last ranked in 2001)…
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Likely Bowl Games For Syracuse Football
SU football is bowl eligible for the first time since 2013. You‚Äôve probably already seen that same exact sentence like 20 times in the past couple days and already know that but it‚Äôs just fun to type so I did it again. Now let‚Äôs have some fun. Let‚Äôs figure out just what bowl SU could…
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With Syracuse in the Rankings, What’s Next For the Orange?
It happened, Orange Nation. It finally happened. For the first time since 2001, Syracuse is ranked in the national polls. The Orange check in at 22nd in the AP Poll and 24th in the Coaches Poll. Not only is Syracuse in the rankings, but it is the second highest rated ACC team in the AP…
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Let’s Go Bowling: Syracuse Tops NC State 51-41
Syracuse football is bowl eligible for the first time since 2013 and they‚Äôve only played 8 games. Man that feels good to type. SU outlasted NC State in a shootout 51-41 Saturday night in the dome. Say what you want about this season so far. It‚Äôs been a weird one. Lots of twists and turns…
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10/27 Pregame FizzCast: Fetching the Sixth Win, Syracuse Football vs. the Wolfpack
David Edelstein previews Syracuse Football’s game against NC State. What is the importance of this game? What are the various connections to 2013? What is SU’s two-quarterback situation? Listen: Published: David Edelstein
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It’s Time to Start Appreciating Oshae Brissett Just A Little Bit More
Two big storylines emerged from SU‚Äôs 80-49 exhibition win over The College of Saint Rose on Thursday. The first was the shining debuts of Buddy Boeheim and Elijah Hughes. Each newcomer went for 19 points and shot over 40% from beyond the arc to get their Syracuse careers ‚Äúofficially‚Äù underway. The other big plot line…
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The Fizz Predicts Syracuse and NC State
After a clean sweep for the Fizz Staff against UNC, half of the crew will go home with a loss this week in a pivotal game on the Orange‚Äôs slate. Tyler Aki (6-1): Syracuse 37, NC State 30 It seems like Syracuse is a shoe-in for a ranked victory, and all signs point to this…
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Boeheim Shines in St. Rose Exhibition Win
We’ve heard the warnings. We’ve heard basketball minds tell us, “this kid is good.” But for some reason, many, including myself, were skeptical of how Buddy Boeheim’s game would translate to the NCAA. It’s incredibly early, but Boeheim proved the doubters wrong in the Orange’s 80-49 win over St. Rose on Thursday night in the…
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