Tag: NCAA tournament
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Is Syracuse Lacrosse Capable Of Winning A National Title?
They don’t call them Cardiac ‘Cuse for nothing. After an insane 13-12 comeback win in overtime over Harvard last night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, six-seeded Syracuse lacrosse is poised for championship weekend in Foxborough. But before any travel plans can be made for the Orange, it has one more hoop to…
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Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse Draws Harvard for First Round of NCAA Tournament
It’s been a rollarcoaster few days for Syracuse Men’s Lacrosse. On Thursday, it seemed like SU may have a chance of not even making the tournament, a result that would have devastated a team that started the season preseason #2. Then a win against Notre Dame in the ACC Semifinals Friday meant that SU was…
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Jim Boeheim Talks About Former Syracuse Guard Kadary Richmond
When Syracuse made the Sweet 16 in 2021, a big reason for it besides Buddy Boeheim shooting the lights out was the play of freshman guard Kadary Richmond. Joe Girard III started every game for the Orange, but Richmond’s size, defense, and playmaking were huge reasons why SU made a surprise run to the second…
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Is Syracuse A Lucky Team?
If you hate advanced analytics and everything about them, this might just be the article for you. As Syracuse attempts to stampede its way into March Madness, rankings by way of the NCAA’s NET system and KenPom have had Orange fans going berserk. Why SU sits behind both Pitt and NC State in the NET…
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How Many ACC Teams Will Make the NCAA Tournament?
With under three weeks remaining until Selection Sunday, it’s time to reevaluate where the ACC stands. It’s been a divisive year for the conference. ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi is very down on the ACC this year, with just four teams in his current projected field: North Carolina, Duke, Clemson, and Virginia. If that prediction holds…
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What Can Syracuse Do To Be On The Bubble?
The Syracuse Men’s Basketball team has had a really interesting season so far. The ‘Cuse has had its fair share of ups and downs yet somehow it is still just mid-January. The Orange currently sit at 13-5, a record that looks really solid from the outside. Considering there are currently three teams in the top…
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Syracuse Must Win Tomorrow To Be Taken Seriously
Syracuse currently sits at 12-5 overall and 3-3 in ACC play. If you want to dive even deeper, the Orange are 0-5 in Quad 1 games and 12-0 in everything else. Hate to break it to you, but that will not move the needle if SU wants to seriously be considered for the NCAA Tournament…
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Syracuse Basketball Predictions Are All Over the Place
It seems like every year in recent memory, nobody has known quite how to make Syracuse basketball predictions. However, none of that uncertainty compares to endless possibilities of this season for the Orange. The possibilities range from an upper seed in the NCAA Tournament to missing even the NIT. Let’s take a look at SU’s…
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Which ACC Team Makes a Deep March Run?
March Madness starts today. Brackets will be busted, Cinderella runs started and a champion crowned. Will that winner be from the ACC? Nobody really knows right now, but there are certainly a couple of teams who have the potential to parade to the second weekend. Let’s check ’em out. South Region Virginia (No. 4 Seed)…
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The Sweet 16 Run in 2021 May Have Been a Net Negative
The old saying “defense wins championships” is a popular one, and it’s something Syracuse Men’s Basketball held dear on its run to the Sweet Sixteen two years ago. Jim Boeheim’s famed 2-3 zone left San Diego State and West Virginia flustered, and it was the talk of the town among the national media. Fast forward…
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Judah Mintz is the Reason Syracuse is in Position to be in Position
Each game has built on the previous one. It’s like a step ladder, and Judah Mintz continues to take one, sometimes two steps up each game. Syracuse is now 16-10 overall and 9-6 in the ACC thanks in large part to Mintz’s play. He was key in the Orange’s 75-72 win over No. 23 NC…
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Is Syracuse Really “Good” at Closing Out Games?
Two days after the whole Boeheim presser fiasco, we have a response. If you missed the original tiff between Jim Boeheim and John Eads, here you go. This all comes from a tough but fair question about losing close games. Now, Boeheim might have one perspective, but the eye test this season would tell a…
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How Does Kansas Winning the Title Affect Syracuse?
The Kansas Jayhawks are infamous in Syracuse for one reason, and one reason only. The picture above was in the forefront, while the 2003 Jayhawks walked off in the court without any extra baggage to take back to Lawrence. But after last night, Kansas leaves the New Orleans with a piece of hardware at the…
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Bracketology – Syracuse Not Projected to Even Make the NIT
Syracuse basketball isn‚Äôt having its best season, to say the least. The Orange sit at just 14-12 with five games remaining. According to KenPom, they are expected to lose three of them, but it could very well be four or even five. It‚Äôs officially not a bold take to say SU will need to run…
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ESPN’s Lunardi: SU Hoops Could Still Make Tournament
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was published just 13 minutes before Syracuse University formally announced center Jesse Edwards’ season-ending wrist injury. The other day, we wrote that SU‚Äôs next four games were must-wins following the team‚Äôs destruction of Louisville last Saturday. Game number one occurred Tuesday, and the Orange labored to a 73-64 win in Chestnut…
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Revisiting Our Bold Predictions for Syracuse Basketball
Before the season began I took my shot. I went out on a limb and made three bold predictions. Now that Syracuse Men‚Äôs Basketball is more than halfway through its season, let‚Äôs revisit those claims to see how realistic they are coming to fruition. Prediction 1 – Buddy Boeheim Wins ACC Player of the Year…
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What Syracuse Needs To Do To Make The Tournament
Let‚Äôs be honest here — things are bleak in Syracuse right now. The Orange are below .500 more than halfway through the season. This is just not the SU way. Jim Boeheim has created a winning culture where you expect to make the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse has made the tourney in four of the last…
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A Not Too Early Look At Syracuse Basketball’s Tournament Resume
If you asked any Syracuse Basketball fan before the season began what they thought the Orange‚Äôs record would be after ten games, they wouldn‚Äôt have said 5-5. Yet, that is where SU is. After some disappointing losses, namely to Colgate, Georgetown and VCU, Syracuse‚Äôs NCAA Tournament resume is already hurting. Yes, it is only December,…
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Have Expectations Changed After Syracuse’s Transfer Trials?
After a (surprise) Sweet 16 run last season, Syracuse was in everyone’s “way-too-early top 25.” The Orange had plenty of youth, fueled by the sweet-shooting of Buddy Boeheim, and the father-son/coach-player dynamic quickly became one of the nation’s favorite storylines. However, after a rollercoaster of a couple of weeks that saw five players enter the…
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Syracuse Women’s Lacrosse Is On the Verge of History, and It Needs More Recognition
Syracuse buzz always finds a way to circulate around football, men‚Äôs and women‚Äôs basketball, and especially this season, men‚Äôs lacrosse. While the word around the street is focused elsewhere, a certain group on campus is letting its successes do the talking. The SU women‚Äôs lacrosse team has had one heck of a season filled with…
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What Went Wrong for SU Men’s Lacrosse This Year?
Last night‚Äôs Syracuse-Georgetown tournament game will probably go down as one of the most embarrassing chapters in Syracuse athletics history, much less men‚Äôs lacrosse history. The Orange were humiliated 18-8 on national TV by an old Big East rival and totally lost their collective cool while doing it. In some ways, it was a fitting…
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How Good Will Buddy Boeheim Be Next Year?
Buddy Boeheim caught the eyes of America in the NCAA Tournament this past season, dragging Syracuse into the Sweet 16. The coach‚Äôs son was shooting the lights out the entire month of March. In March, Boeheim averaged 24 points on 63% field goal shooting and 44% 3-point shooting. #35 was on another planet. He wasn‚Äôt…
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Syracuse Gets Rewarded by Committee, Pulls Georgetown in NCAA Tournament
There’s been plenty of concern over Syracuse’s up-and-down season. The four blowout losses have been embarrassing to a program that has been one of the best in the sport’s history. But the NCAA Committee gave SU more credit than that, pitting them against 5-seed Georgetown in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday at…
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Will Alan Griffin Transfer From Syracuse?
Syracuse has had a busy offseason with recent departures of Kadary Richmond, John Bol Ajak and Robert Braswell, as well as new arrivals in Symir Torrence and Cole Swider. But the biggest decision has yet to come.¬† What‚Äôs the fate of Alan Griffin in an Orange uniform? The odds of a player transferring twice in…
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Fizz in Indy: Day 12 “Final”
It‚Äôs been nearly two weeks for me in Indianapolis, I‚Äôve enjoyed every second. Covering Syracuse in the NCAA tournament this season has been nothing short of special. Gill Gross and I just finished recording our final FizzCast, make sure you give it a listen, we discussed the loss and the season as a whole: If…
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FizzCast: SU’s Loss to Houston, Season Autopsy
Matt Bonaparte and Gill Gross sit down for one final time from Indianapolis to discuss the run and the season the Orange had. https://soundcloud.com/fizzradio/fizzcast-reactions-to-the-syracuse-loss-to-houston
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