Tag: NCAA tournament
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Three Lessons Syracuse can Learn from National Champion North Carolina
North Carolina has won it all: the Tar Heels are the 2017 NCAA Tournament champions. It goes without saying that North Carolina played well this year, and from that there is a lot Syracuse can learn. Jim Boeheim court will don a different team than we saw this season come the fall. To improve its…
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Do SU Fans Really Have To Care About The NIT?
A little while ago, our very own¬†Logan Grossman told you why you should still care about Syracuse basketball even though the Orange missed the NCAA Tournament and is headed to the NIT.¬†Nothing Logan said is wrong, but I imagine much of Orange Nation is still having a hard time getting in the mood for some…
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Inconvenient Truth: Syracuse’s Biggest Problem Has Been Coaching
There is an uncomfortable wind blowing into Central New York¬†today, whipping around Orange Nation. Not only has the reality set in of no NCAA Tournament after the Selection Committee snubbed Syracuse last night, but that more egregiously this has become the new norm. We are one very gracious Selection Sunday away from three straight lonely…
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How Much Is Syracuse Sweating Today?
About a year ago today, the Orange was huddled at the Melo Center feeling anxious about whether Greg Gumbel would call its name into the field of 68. However, after countless hours of nail biting and a leaked bracket, Syracuse booked its flight to St. Louis for the start of one of the most improbable…
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How Did Saturday’s Conference Tournament Action Affect Syracuse’s Selection Sunday Hopes?
Championship Week was short-lived for Syracuse, but that didn‚Äôt give the Orange a license to ignore conference championships across the nation. Most league championships affect SU‚Äôs NCAA Tournament fate in one way or another ‚Äî bubble teams try to make one final positive impression and bid thieves potentially put a damper on the ‚ÄòCuse‚Äôs Big…
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Where Do The “Experts” Say Syracuse Stands?
By now, Syracuse has gotten comfortable playing on the bubble. When Syracuse’s season seemed to be over the Orange won five in a row. Once SU had beaten three top 10 teams, the Orange¬†lost¬†just enough to keep things interesting. That trend continued with another loss in the ACC Tournament to Miami Wednesday. Syracuse still hasn’t…
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Why Syracuse Is In The Tournament No Matter What
In what may end up being even a bigger roller coaster of a season than last year, Syracuse lost to No. 7 Louisville in a lopsided 88-68 game at the Yum! Center Saturday. The Orange has been flirting with the bubble ever since its five-game winning streak midseason, and as the season nears an end…
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No. 7 Louisville Incinerates Syracuse, 88-68
At the Carrier Dome, this year‚Äôs iteration of Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball can beat anyone. The Orange has proven that time and again, most recently with a miraculous win over one of the nation‚Äôs scariest squads. But for as dangerous as Jim Boeheim‚Äôs team has been inside the friendly confines of the Loud House, it has…
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The One Win Syracuse Needs to Make the NCAA Tournament
The countdown has started. Syracuse basketball is now counting down the three games left on its regular season schedule. Still with a mediocre r√©sum√© to show for a rollercoaster-like season, the Orange are in need of at least one more win to be safely in the NCAA Tournament. But it won‚Äôt be easy. The final…
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What does the SU Offense Have to Do to Finish the Season Strong?
With Syracuse basketball‚Äôs season fate still hanging in the air, there are plenty of questions to ask as the Orange finish up the last four games on the regular season schedule. SU has had a faltering defense this season, and Coach Boeheim summed it up in the postgame press conference after a tough 76-72 loss…
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Despite Loss To Pitt, Lunardi Still Has Orange In NCAA Tournament
Apparently, five wins in a row can cover up the mistakes made in Syracuse’s loss to Pitt over the weekend. After the Orange’s win streak was snapped by Pittsburgh (who was 2-9 in conference play going into the game), much of Orange Nation thought the experts would stick Syracuse back on the outside looking in…
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Previewing Pitt: What the Orange Should Know Before Saturday’s Game
Still on a high from Tyus Battle‚Äôs game-winning, buzzer-beater, three-point shot that secured the win for Syracuse over Clemson on Tuesday night, the Orange is once again looking like its old self. Now on a five-game win streak, SU’s tournament hopes are back in conversation. But before we get carried away in the moment, let‚Äôs…
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What is Syracuse’s Path to the NCAA Tournament?
The Orange‚Äôs thriller over Clemson was vital. So much so¬†that it elevated Syracuse into fourth place in the ACC standings, meaning if the season ended today, SU would get a double bye in the conference tournament. Along with that, the Orange sits just half a game back of second place, and holds the tiebreaker over…
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Has Syracuse Done Enough to Make the Tournament Yet?
Syracuse has risen from the dead and is inching closer to an NCAA tournament spot.
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Evaluating Syracuse’s NCAA Tournament Chances After Toppling Virginia
In hindsight, we probably should have seen this coming. This year‚Äôs iteration of Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball was always far too talented to remain in the dregs of the ACC. Grad transfers Andrew White III and John Gillon accompanied a solid incoming freshman class, joining forces with Tyler Lydon, one of the nation‚Äôs most promising returning…
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The Final Four Trajectory: What do 2013 and 2016 Say About a 2017 Run?
Among any concerns about how the Syracuse basketball team is playing in the current moment, we have to realize that the Syracuse basketball program has been largely successful over the past few years. The Orange‚Äôs success is specifically evident over the past four years, where SU is one of just four teams to make it…
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New Year’s Resolutions for Syracuse Basketball
2016 was a roller coaster of a year for Syracuse basketball. It began with a 64-51 loss to Pittsburgh, the second of four consecutive losses to open the ACC slate. The Orange‚Äôs season realistically should have ended in early March, when another loss to those Panthers eliminated SU in the first round of the conference…
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Syracuse Basketball Simply Can’t Afford Another Embarrassing Loss
Tuesday is absolutely, positively a must-win for the Orange.
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Can Syracuse Salvage Its Season and Make the NCAA Tournament?
The Grinch came early this year for Syracuse basketball. The Orange was thoroughly embarrassed in the Carrier Dome Wednesday night, rolling over as a mediocre-at-best St. John‚Äôs team cruised to a 93-60 obliteration. It was the most lopsided home defeat Jim Boeheim has suffered during his four-plus decades as SU head coach. That certainly looks…
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Syracuse Can Thank Last Year’s Post-Season Ban For This Year’s Tournament Run
Syracuse can thank last year’s ban for being post-season eligible this year.
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Keys to Surviving Middle Tennessee’s Cinderella Momentum
The giant killers are back, and this time Middle Tennessee‚Äôs sights are set on a sweet 16 date with Gonzaga.¬† The only problem?¬† SU is barreling headfirst towards the exact same thing.¬† The Blue Raiders shocked the world and destroyed brackets across the country when it did the seemingly impossible and knocked off Michigan State…
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Syracuse Avenges 2014 Loss to Dayton Behind Malachi Richardson and Tyler Roberson
Syracuse cruised past Dayton to advance to the 2nd Round of the NCAA tournament.
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Let’s Face It: Syracuse Doesn’t Deserve A Tournament Bid
The Orange had multiple chances at the end of the season to solidify its case for the NCAA Tournament. Two chances, against Pitt and Florida State, to get that 20th win and 10th win in the ACC that would make the SU resum√© look stronger. Multiple chances to push its conference record over .500 in…
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What Does Syracuse Need to Do to Wrap Up a Tourney Bid?
Even after a two game losing streak, with losses to Louisville and Pitt, it still looked like the Orange would make the NCAA Tournament. And then SU went on to pick up a huge win over NC State, not that this was a win that would get Syracuse in, but it was a potential loss…
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Why the N.C. State Game Has Become a Must-Win For Syracuse
The Orange need to respond against NC State.
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Is Syracuse Basketball Really On The Bubble?
The word surrounding Syracuse basketball this year has been ‚Äúbubble‚Äù more so than anything else. For a while, we got away from the bubble talk as the Orange entered the top 25 following the Battle 4 Atlantis, but after struggles and Jim Boeheim‚Äôs suspension, the Orange went right back on the bubble. And have stayed…
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Familiar Faces to Appear in the Dome in Sweet Sixteen
This weekend, the Carrier Dome certainly will not be rocking with the Orange that Central New Yorkers have become accustomed to since it opened in 1980.¬† Instead, four teams will be playing for a right to travel to Indianapolis, and two of the four teams are very familiar foes. On Friday, Rick Pitino and the…
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Orange Women To Play Nebraska in First Round of NCAA Tournament
2014-15 marks the third straight year the Orange go dancing.
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Is it important for Syracuse to still be a “tournament team” despite ban?
It is something that the Syracuse basketball team has been talking about for the last couple of weeks, and really ever since the self-imposed ban was put in place. The Orange wanted to prove that it would be a tournament team even though it would not be allowed to play in the NCAA Tournament. At…
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Jump On the Bandwagon: Syracuse Women’s Lax to the NCAA Championship Game
The Syracuse women’s lacrosse team is off to the national championship for a third showdown with Maryland.
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Why This Year’s Syracuse Hoops Squad Fell Short of Another Final Four Run
Senior leadership, and some sloppy shooting, separates this year’s Orange team from last year’s.
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Shooting Woes are the Nail in the Coffin for the 2013-2014 Syracuse Orange
The main takeaway this year: shooting was bad.
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Syracuse’s Season Ends with 53-55 Loss to Dayton in Third Round
Syracuse’s record 25-0 start, 28-6 overall season ends with a 53-55 loss to Dayton.
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“Non-Conference” Trevor Cooney Leads Syracuse into Matchup vs. Dayton
Cooney plays a big part in Syracuse’s second-round win to advance in the tournament.
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