Syracuse Game Thread

We played poorly. Deserved to lose. Full squad I think we can take them but it seemed liked we played just hoping not to get blown out. We need to play with more attitude.

College game you have to hit from outside. We can make a run this year but they all need to realize the importance of borgault. Going forward Lavin better get shooters.

What does greene bring to the team?
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Greene has played very well since the Notre dame game and was our second best player today and he's playing injured.
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Maybe in 1st half.
Too bad he had a whopping 2 pts in the 2nd half.
 
man this is getting old. blowouts every year to the Cuse.
Dakich doesn't believe Johnnie's are a tournament team despite Lundardi's claim
This game hurts Johnnies. They could not keep it close and have no
attack against a zone.
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It was a 10pt game with 3mins to go. I would say that is keeping it close, or at least not as big a blowout as the final score suggests. It ended up being a 19pt game because of pts during garbage time...
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Yeah, but next year when they show the socres it will look like a blowdout and no one will remember especially guys like Dakich. He stated after the game that the Cuse could have blown the Johnnie's out at any time but started taking quick bad shots.It will still show SJU as not having won up there in 14 years.. WOW
And I remember when the Johnnie's were on equal footing with Cuse but Looie could not be here forever and Boeheim had no other asperations than to live up state and be a coach of Syracuse. Teams that have that have a great advantage. Look what the St John's administration did to this program when presented with having to replace a coach 3 straight failures will bury your program.
 
Today is the last time these guys ever blow us out. That's all I have to say.
 
One of the worst called games I've ever seen by a broadcasting team. Totally biased for Syracuse. Dakich was a disgrace. Not that we looked all that great nor was I looking for them to make excuses for us, but I just felt like I was watching it on the Syracuse TV network.
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I agree. He also started talking about Miami and other teams while the game was beeing played. I was hoping he would shut up a just announce the game.
 
One of the worst called games I've ever seen by a broadcasting team. Totally biased for Syracuse. Dakich was a disgrace. Not that we looked all that great nor was I looking for them to make excuses for us, but I just felt like I was watching it on the Syracuse TV network.
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I agree. He also started talking about Miami and other teams while the game was beeing played. I was hoping he would shut up a just announce the game.
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What got me was the most was during the postgame interview with Fair; Dakich was gushing and mentioned the dunk and said it didnt look like there was any contact with Pointer on the charge. Give me a break...
 
One of the worst called games I've ever seen by a broadcasting team. Totally biased for Syracuse. Dakich was a disgrace. Not that we looked all that great nor was I looking for them to make excuses for us, but I just felt like I was watching it on the Syracuse TV network.
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I agree. He also started talking about Miami and other teams while the game was beeing played. I was hoping he would shut up a just announce the game.
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I loved how Dave Pasch at halftime pretty much said the game was over. Pretty sure he's an Orange ball graduate. I think he actually was the Orange ball during his Jr year.
 
Cuse never worries about loosing guys to the pros. They always have 5 more guys coming including next years class.
 
Point guard? Sir dom was bringing the ball up and phil doesn't even acknowledge Borgault.

3 turnovers 1 assist. 30fgp for the year. What am I missing?
 
D-Lo can shoot three's when his head is on straight, Borgualt can shoot three's if they get him into the flow of the game and his teamates look for him, Hooper I heard can stroke from anywhere and I expect Greene and Branch to improve on their three point shooting in the offseason. Add Gift and I expect Obepka to improve his offensive game. This team is not that far off if everyone stays.
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They are a top 15 team next year if everyone stays. I know that is a big if but Jakarr and DLo are nuts if they think they are ready for the pros. They would have been a top 15 team this year if Mo stayed and Sanchez was eligible. Mo was ready for the NBA though, Jakarr has potential but he is no Mo at this point.
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I love your enthusiasm, but I have to disagree. With no big time recruits coming in (so far), it is only realistic to expect so much improvement. Obekpa won't gain 30 lbs of muscle, Amir, Pointer, Greene, et al, are what they are. There will be some gains made, but I wouldn't expect too much
 
I know that Syracuse shot the ball a lot better than us...

But am I kookoo in thinking that Syracuse wasn't athletically superior to us? They had a point guard that distributed well, and they just flat out shot it better than us. And that was the difference in the game. Hopefully our point guard (Branch) will be a good distributor next year as he gets his sea-legs underneath him.

But if our guys can somehow work like crazy in the off-season to increase their shooting % that could put us over the top in being more consistent team and making the tournament.... We're so close to being the team we want to be! We need to shoot the ball better even more than we need an interior post presence on offense.
 
Point guard? Sir dom was bringing the ball up and phil doesn't even acknowledge Borgault.

3 turnovers 1 assist. 30fgp for the year. What am I missing?
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I'm glad that other fans are noticing that too. I feel like Borgault must've kicked Greene's dog or something. I don't think he has attempted to pass the ball to Marco once this season.
 
Point guard? Sir dom was bringing the ball up and phil doesn't even acknowledge Borgault.

3 turnovers 1 assist. 30fgp for the year. What am I missing?
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I'm glad that other fans are noticing that too. I feel like Borgault must've kicked Greene's dog or something. I don't think he has attempted to pass the ball to Marco once this season.
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Because if he passes the ball it will be a turnover. He is holding the ball so he doesn't commit turnovers and they can recite some pointless stat about how good care he takes of the ball

Duh

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No X Cuse......our bumbling guard duo handed this game to Cuse on a silver platter!
So much for the bombastic comment by Harrison that he and Greene were going to be the best backcourt in the Big East.  Forget the points that
 Harrison monopolizes on chucking bad shot after bad shot, his decision making has to rank as one of the worst in the Big East. Both he and Greene spend so much time looking for their own shot that timeouts have to be burned just to remind these knuckleheads that a guy named Jakarr Sampson is the go-to guy on this team. 
Any surprise that Southerland was ruled eligible right before game time?
Syracuse played its usual zone and since our outside game reeks of Harrison/Greene prayers our fate was sealed when Marc-Antoine starting missing all his shots. Chalk that up to field of vision issues for the Frenchman by playing in the most "unbasketball" football arena in college ball.  Build a real basketball arena for heaven's sake! 
St. John's with real guards (see Syracuse) could have won this game, even with Cuse bringing in a ringer in Southerland to insure a win with Coleman out and Rakeem Christmas underwhelming in the middle.
In fact, had our  guards , and a pointless Pointer, recognized that Christmas was in serious foul trouble earlier, they would have pounded the ball inside but to no surprise, they did their usual perimeter mombo dancing and bumbling and stumbling with the ball, rather than look for Karr or Obekpa.
In the end, it was a Syracuse team of talented players at 4 of 5 positions outplaying our team of one ..... Jakarr .... All looking to dribble or penetrate when they should pass and looking like a team without a coach on the bench.
I sure hope Lavin signs TWO guards in the Spring as I do not think I can take another season of Harrison and Greene in the backcourt.
 
Point guard? Sir dom was bringing the ball up and phil doesn't even acknowledge Borgault.

3 turnovers 1 assist. 30fgp for the year. What am I missing?
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I'm glad that other fans are noticing that too. I feel like Borgault must've kicked Greene's dog or something. I don't think he has attempted to pass the ball to Marco once this season.
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Because if he passes the ball it will be a turnover. He is holding the ball so he doesn't commit turnovers and they can recite some pointless stat about how good care he takes of the ball

Duh

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Right Moose, worst movement against a zone I've seen. But the guy is not a point guard.
 
syracuse wins with an assist from the ncaa. they fast-tracked southerland because teams like syracuse are their bread and butter. meanwhile, sanchez...who reads and writes in at least two languages...sits and waits.

i'd like to think it'll get better...and if everyone stays, it will. if sampson leaves, next year will be a clone of this one.
 
syracuse wins with an assist from the ncaa. they fast-tracked southerland because teams like syracuse are their bread and butter. meanwhile, sanchez...who reads and writes in at least two languages...sits and waits.

i'd like to think it'll get better...and if everyone stays, it will. if sampson leaves, next year will be a clone of this one.
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That's the scary part. You need to have replacements ready every year like Syracuse. That is why they are pernnial top 10.
Haters can only hope that it will change when Boeheims goes which is not anytime soon.
 
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