Tremble In The Presence Of Syracuse Basketball
by Sean Keeley on Dec 14, 2009 12:34 PM EST
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The college basketball world was already aware that it had made a mistake in overlooking Syracuse in it's preseason rankings. Now it's beginning to realize just how horrible a mistake that was...considering The '09-'10 Syracuse Orange might just be the greatest collection of human beings ever to put on uniforms and play the game of basketball in a sanctioned, NCAA season.
First of all there are the numbers. Syracuse is No. 7 overall in RPI rankings, No. 1 overall in the Sagarin Rankings and No. 1 in something called the KRACH, which sounds naughty.
The weekly polls haven't come out yet but the Orange are sure to rise even further higher. Obviously they had two wins this past week, one of which was over the No. 10 team in the nation. Couple that with No. 3 Villanova's loss to Temple as well as the lame-ass schedules that Purdue and West Virginia have played, and you can easily see the Orange moving way up the charts...possibly even grabbing a few more first-place votes.
(Sure the rankings don't mean squat at the end of the year but they sure do help out in the recruiting department, not that we're hurting too much there either.)
Hell, we've even got the head coach of Kentucky allegedly scared of us.
And it's not just the men, mind you. The Syracuse women's basketball team is off to their best start since 1974. At 9-0, the Orange can match the best start in over 30 years with a win over Delaware State on December 22nd. Coach Q's girls are currently ranked No. 25 in the Coaches Poll and should keep moving up this week.
I have to say, it's just nice to be dominant again, even if its "just" December.
Update: Syracuse is No. 5 in the new Coaches Poll and also in the AP Poll. where they picked up a 2nd first-place vote. Who has joined Dick Weiss among the smart folks?
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After that Florida game
all I see in that picture is Jimmy B saying “Hey, look at my booger!”
by 'CuseRugby on Dec 14, 2009 12:41 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Calipari
said that because of how bad a matchup we are for him. Our zone neutralizes everything they do. Last year we beat his memphis squad with a weak zone. Wall cant blow by the zone. Patterson is good, but we have 2 huge guys. No one can match up with Wes when he is on. I think we match up well with the other top teams. Having played Kansas last year is a big help.
If anything, Nova scares me because they can shoot the lights out and their system attacks the zone really well.
I'm not afraid of Nova
Last year it was Cunningham that beat us mostly. He’s gone now and they have really no one down low that could keep shooting over AO and RJ.
Plus we will have a 6th man with a potential record breaking crowd, potential regular season title on the line, on a Saturday night, ESPN gameday, orange-out, and 2nd to last home game. Everything is lined up to make it a game to remember.
Still a long way to go with that game though.
What's this
Syracuse women’s basketball you speak of? Women on the court participating in structured roundball? No thanks, not in my lifetime. At least there is no professional league where women get paid to do this…Oh, wait.
Just checking out the Sagarin rankings.
Looking at SU’s “weak” schedule. The Orange are one of only 11 teams to have played 4 top 50 teams so far this year and the only team to have beaten more than two. The other teams are as follows:
UConn (blah): 2-2
UNC: 2-2
Texas A&M: 2-2
Butler: 1-3
Siena: 0-4
Boston College: 1-3
Oakland: 0-4 (soon to be 0-5)
St. Joe’s: 0-4
Miami (OH): 0-4
Boston U: 0-4
UMass: 04
Yeah but those don't count
One of those was at the Dome, two were at MSG which is basically on campus, and the fourth was at a neutral site. Obviously none of those wins were legit.
Syracuse '12
by blackknight76 on Dec 14, 2009 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
If we have to count MSG as a home game
then playing in Tampa against Florida counts as a road game.
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