ESPN Hearts Syracuse
by Sean Keeley on Dec 15, 2009 1:37 PM EST
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If you've been looking for the kiss of death now that Syracuse basketball is getting more hype than Balloon Boy, look no further than the fact that ESPN has officially taken hold of the reigns on the SU Bandwagon.
First up, Joe Lunardi has updated his Bracketology and look who went from 10-seed from 1-seed. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the fact that he has us playing the winner of the opening-round game means we're his top overall team. Oh boy. Though the fact that we're in the West Region instead of the East leads to believe that's not true. What the hell do I know... (Ed. Note - East Regional in Syracuse, so we can't play there. Got it!)
And then of course, there's the piece de resistance in knowing that any college basketball topic is mainstream...Dick Vitale's interns are writing about it.
Syracuse has demonstrated that it will be legit power in the Big East this season.
Let's go learn something from Dick.
Think about it, the Orange were picked sixth in the Big East preseason poll after losing Jonny Flynn, Paul Harris and Eric Devendorf. Jim Boeheim has a team that has physicality in Arinze Onuaku and Rick Jackson, and versatility in All-Marco Polo Wesley Johnson.
Think about it? Think about what? This sentence is not an answer to a question you posed in the first one. It's a statement of facts following a separate statement of fact. There is nothing to think about nor did you imply that I needed to think about anything. ARGGGGG.
The former Iowa State star has been a prime-time performer (PTP'er) and combined with outstanding guard play from three-point shooting wiz Andy Rautins and solid point guard ability from Brandon Triche and Scoop Jardine, they have proven they can compete with the best.
I love that in this paragraph he goes to the trouble of denoting what PTP'er stands for just after calling someone All-Marco Polo in the previous sentane and providing no frame of reference for that at all. Not that I don't know what he means because it's been burrowed into my skull ad nauseum, but either this is written for Vitale Junkies (ugh) or its not.
Am I being harsh on Dick? Absolutely. But tell me what you learned there? Anything? Was that worth spending the time to read? No, right? That's pretty much the same feeling you have when you listen to Vitale call a game too, isn't it?
Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate...
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Jersey Shore is good for drinking games, at least.
But then again, I bet a good drinking game could be created when Vitale is calling a game.
Trying to hit off me is like trying to eat soup with chopsticks.
-Ryohei Tanaka, with AA Bowie
We Cant Play in the East
Its in Syracuse.
And our first round games would be in Buffalo according to Lunardi, so I think we are his #1 overall seed.
pod system
would put us in Buffalo as long as we’re a “protected” (i.e. top-3 seed), and there aren’t 2 teams rated higher than us that make geographical sense to play there. Since the teams ahead of us, in theory, are currently limited to KU, UK, and UT, none of whom would get placed in Buffalo, it’s all ours. #2 seed WVa also gets Buffalo according to Lunardi’s current projections. If we finish a top-2 (or perhaps even top-3) seed, we’ll most likely get to go to Buffalo.
We can't
Play in the East Regional this year b/c the Regional is being held in the dome and the committee won’t give us Dome Court advantage.
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
We actually may not be the #1 overall seed.
I am pretty sure that the play-in game winner has to play on a Fri-Sun 1st round site so they dont have an unfair position of playing 2 days later when the team they are playing played their last game on Sunday at the latest…and the other 3 #1’s are all placed in Thurs-Sat 1st round sites.
I guess that's supposed to be a glass slipper.
But it looks like Dickie V is holding a dildo in his left hand.
by voteprime on Dec 15, 2009 2:18 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Just like the old days!
Seemed like the media was always on the Syracuse bandwagon in the 90s. Unfortunately, that meant we were usually over-ranked to start the season, getting my expectations way up before reality inevitably set in.
I used to think we were always over-ranked because so many prominent media members went to SU, but then everything changed this decade and we became the team everyone loved to pick on. Of course, I’m sure it’s pure coincidence that Douche Bagglieb graduated in 2000. (It would’ve been 1999 but he had to sit out a year to learn his lesson that we don’t use credit cards that don’t belong to us).
That picture
Is the most disturbing thing I’ve seen in agood while
I loathe Dick Vitale
He is awful. I am not kidding, I will mute a game if he is yapping. And it’s too bad because he is usually paired with Dan Shulman, who is pretty good.
He has NOTHING insightful to say. I know he used to be a coach many years ago…but he seems to know absolutely nothing technical about basketball. I don’t understand it. All he does is recite famous UNC and Duke alums like he’s a 3rd grader reciting the 50 states.
He states facts
and says everyone is great. I can watch a game with my grandfather anytime I want, don’t need to be forced to.
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.
Replace Him with Bob Knight
I love listening to Bob Knight do the color on games (even if he doesnt know any player names). He teaches and actually tells you stuff that the average or even expert basketball fan probably didnt see or notice.
I would pay good money to have him replace vitale
I'm still waiting
for a supercrew of Vitale, Rafftery, and Gus Johnson. The entire broadcast would only consist of unintelligible excited screaming
Syracuse '12
From the article linked to in the sidebar....
Of course that would also unleash Dick Vitale on the Final Four. Govern yourselves accordingly.
I think I would boycott the NCAAs if I had to have THAT……
Joe Thinks Syracuse will not be the Big East Champion but is #1?
Did anyone notice that Joe doesn’t think that Syracuse will win the Big East Championship? Look at West Virginia. They’re all CAPS, but Syracuse isn’t.
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