Let's Not Be Cavalier About This

by Sean Keeley on Nov 28, 2008 7:00 PM EST

Virginia Cavaliers at Syracuse Orange, Nov 28, 2008 7:00 PM EST

The Orange, excuse me, the 5-0 Orange, excuse me, the College Basketball Experience Champion Orange take on the 3-1 Virginia Cavaliers tonight at 7pm EST. The Cavs are coming off a loss to Liberty, or maybe it's The Liberty, I'm not exactly sure. Still, all the more reason for the Orange to step on the throat early. Otherwise, this has trap game written all over it.

Leave your in-game comments below or swing by one of the many SU blogs to see if anyone is live-blogging. G'Orange.

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f the acc stupid 3 point shooters

by Moiso13 on Nov 28, 2008 7:16 PM EST reply actions

and we are getting

out hussled

by Moiso13 on Nov 28, 2008 7:17 PM EST reply actions

What is Happening?

I can’t watch the game all I see is the score, what the f!!?

by Orange52350 on Nov 28, 2008 7:28 PM EST reply actions

Are they playing man or zone?

by Orange52350 on Nov 28, 2008 7:32 PM EST reply actions

playing both man and zone switching but just too many turnovers and AO and Rick the stick are both in foul trouble early with 2

by Moiso13 on Nov 28, 2008 7:49 PM EST reply actions

we have like 12 first half turnovers

miserable

by Moiso13 on Nov 28, 2008 7:53 PM EST reply actions

In a weird way...

I wasn’t surprised when I saw the halftime score. I thought “of course we’re losing by double-digits”. And then I remembered it wasnt 2006 and now I’m confused.

by Sean Keeley on Nov 28, 2008 8:00 PM EST up reply actions

I gasped...

…and then I realized that this is actually what I expected deep down inside.

But I’m hoping that in an hour we’ll be saying, “Last year, this team wouldn’t have made that come back.” We shall see…

by voteprime on Nov 28, 2008 8:13 PM EST up reply actions

Any luck in finding a video stream online?

The bar i went to doesnt have full court like they did last year :(

Maybe its a good thing

by brendoh on Nov 28, 2008 8:14 PM EST reply actions

i went to a bar with full court

And they told me it was still blacked out. Very weird.

by voteprime on Nov 28, 2008 8:18 PM EST up reply actions

I have a fever

and the only prescription is Jonny Flynn taking over this game.

by voteprime on Nov 28, 2008 8:19 PM EST reply actions

3 point game.

by brendoh on Nov 28, 2008 8:40 PM EST reply actions

31 total fouls so far.

This is shaping up to be a body bag game.

by Hoya Suxa on Nov 28, 2008 8:43 PM EST reply actions

Sweep the leg, KO

by MrPlow99 on Nov 28, 2008 8:47 PM EST up reply actions

have you seen this video?

Featuring “Johnny” and Mr. Belding?
Sweep the Leg

by voteprime on Nov 28, 2008 8:50 PM EST up reply actions

wow we are winning

by brendoh on Nov 28, 2008 8:45 PM EST reply actions

man, all rautins has to do is run around

and he winds up on the line. now if he could make FTs…

by MrPlow99 on Nov 28, 2008 8:49 PM EST reply actions

gg cavs

epic choke

ship the top 25 ranking

by brendoh on Nov 28, 2008 9:06 PM EST reply actions

is it over?

yahoo says they’re up 3 with 19 seconds left

by rs27 on Nov 28, 2008 9:08 PM EST up reply actions

Rautins

3-7 from the line..nice job andy

by rs27 on Nov 28, 2008 9:12 PM EST reply actions

that was way too close

but good come back

by sportzbelle on Nov 28, 2008 9:13 PM EST reply actions

BTW Rautins

How the fk is he not automatic from the line being that he is our token white guy shooter???

heads explodes

by brendoh on Nov 28, 2008 9:13 PM EST reply actions

he did have all last year to practice

by sportzbelle on Nov 28, 2008 9:14 PM EST up reply actions

Some of those guys that

only shoot 3s lose all kind of perception at the line..

Virginia took almost 20 more shots than SU. They would have lost to any decent team with that kind of discrepancy. How many turnovers did they have? Geez.

by rs27 on Nov 28, 2008 9:15 PM EST up reply actions

from the online updates it looked like they crushed us on the offensive glass.

by brendoh on Nov 28, 2008 9:18 PM EST up reply actions

Well we did take 21 more FT’s than they did…..

by Kurupt on Nov 29, 2008 1:40 AM EST up reply actions

Upside/Downside

Upside
Still undefeated. Et tu, Georgetown?

Downside
I’m rationalizing SU’s performance by playing the “still undefeated” card.

by Hoya Suxa on Nov 28, 2008 9:29 PM EST reply actions

Give em a Break

3 games in 5 days with Thanksgiving in between! They looked flat, they are tired.

Good thing the Crowd got into this game, i dont know if they would have come back with out the crowd.
Good thing they got Colgate next, they need an easy win.

by Earlwolf on Nov 29, 2008 5:44 AM EST up reply actions

I agree

Two games out of New York before December, both of them to opponents who should be in the tournament, one of them very physically and emotionally draining, and an overtime game at that. one day off, Thanksgving, then another game against a shitty opponent. I’ll take this win. The FT will eventually bite them in the ass if that doesn’t improve, but this really is a game I see us losing last year.

Now if Colgate is close, we have problems.

by Mokers on Nov 29, 2008 10:33 AM EST up reply actions