Colgate Red Raiders @ Syracuse Orange GameThread, Nov 30, 2009 7:00 PM EST

Colgate Raiders (0-5) @ No. 7 Syracuse Orange (6-0) GameThread

by Sean Keeley on Nov 30, 2009 6:00 PM EST Comment 40 comments

Colgate Red Raiders at Syracuse Orange, Nov 30, 2009 7:00 PM EST

Tonight's game against Colgate is great chance for the Orange to "brush up." Ugh, sorry.

Long story short, if you thought Columbia was a cupcake, wait til you get a load of the winless Raiders. Colgate is coming off a buzzer-beater loss to St. Francis and its been one of those years for them so far. The year began with a loss to UConn and has trickled down ever since.

If you need some players to fear on the Colgate roster because it makes you feel better, I'll give you two:

Senior Kyle Roemer (18.4 ppg) and sophomore Yaw Gyawu (15.8 ppg) are Colgate’s two top scorers. They have combined to lead the team in scoring in four of the team’s five games. Gyawu has two 20-point performances on his resume this season, including 22 in the St. Francis loss.

According to CuseOrange, the Syracuse big men should shine this evening...

The Raiders won’t overwhelm you with scoring, nor will they with their size. Their leading rebounders average 4.4 boards a game and haven’t had a player taller than 6′6″ start a game. One of the most frustrating things about this SU team, for all their defensive dominance and balanced scoring, has been how bad they’ve looked on the glass at times. The team’s center, Arinze Onuaku is averaging only 3.8 rebounds per game, and the team hasn’t dominated the category in a game like most of us hoped (or assumed) it would. This is an opportunity on a silver platter to right that ship and assert its inside dominance.

Brian over at Orange44 puts it in much more eloquent terms:

The simple facts are that Colgate is a bunch of somewhat tall white guys who played basketball in high school and somehow got offered a scholarship. They haven’t won against Syracuse in like 40 years.

1962 was the last time Colgate won (Jim Boeheim was in high school) and Syracuse leads the all-time series 116-45. No reason to think things don't continue this way. The real question is, who'll be the stat king tonight?

Leave your pre-, in- and post-game comments below. G'Orange!

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Anybody know of a place to watch the game online for free?

Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams

by BleedBlackNOrange on Nov 30, 2009 7:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

espn360

by Moiso13 on Nov 30, 2009 7:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I hate Qwest

Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams

by BleedBlackNOrange on Nov 30, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

watching on there

Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.

by Sean Keeley on Nov 30, 2009 7:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

anywhere else?

i have time warner and we’re not an affiliate!

www.FIREDICKNOW.com

by BenAllen on Nov 30, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been looking everywhere and can’t find any streams.

Eli Whiteside : Catching no-no's and hitting grand slams

by BleedBlackNOrange on Nov 30, 2009 7:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Did that guy's shirt read

“I’ve been to Syracuse”?

Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.

by Sean Keeley on Nov 30, 2009 7:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

yea its a popular shirt

On the back it says… and the dome was great

CUSE '13

by bspaul11 on Nov 30, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rountins

Rountins is just not as fluid with the ball as other players

by Josh in Syracuse on Nov 30, 2009 7:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Who?

by Orange22 on Nov 30, 2009 11:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Wes Johnson

just got me pregnant.

Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.

by Sean Keeley on Nov 30, 2009 7:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

That will happen

He is crazy..

by Josh in Syracuse on Nov 30, 2009 7:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

by bobertfishbone on Nov 30, 2009 7:32 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

haha nice

by Josh in Syracuse on Nov 30, 2009 7:34 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Daaaaaaaaamn

by Bernie Fine is the Man on Nov 30, 2009 7:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

wow

wow
wow
wow

by Russianator on Nov 30, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice!

Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.

by Sean Keeley on Nov 30, 2009 8:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

the alley-ooop is back

The first one he had was worthy of a highlight reel. This one is THE top play of the day.

by nc44 on Nov 30, 2009 8:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Like Grant Hill but taller..

and a better shooter…and a better shot blocker…in other words. A more keyed up Grant Hill. Which by the way is a HUGE compliment as Grant was a great player. But to keep my rep….F*ck Duke

by Mike Will is DoubleDown on Dec 1, 2009 12:24 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess except for those crazy passes haha

Spoke too soon

by Josh in Syracuse on Nov 30, 2009 7:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

From HoyaSuxa

Colgate’s biggest problem tonight is that it’s terrible at basketball.

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by Sean Keeley on Nov 30, 2009 7:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wes Johnson leads Colgate 17-16

- Per Syracuse.com

by Josh in Syracuse on Nov 30, 2009 7:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

just watching this on replay

47-16 at the half. First of all, the disparity between the 2 teams from a talent standpoint is tremendous.

But it’s more than that. This team is enjoying playing tough defense (with very few exceptions). That’s why they had a 31 point lead at the half. The talent gap is good for a 10-15 point lead with a don’t-care defense. But 31 is a testament to their defensive mindset.

Oh, and that Rautins to Johnson alley-oop was ridiculous. I see someone already made a .gif out of it.

by MrPlow99 on Nov 30, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs