Florida, We Meet Again

by Sean Keeley on Apr 22, 2009 12:31 PM EDT

This past season, Florida was part of Syracuse's strongest OOC schedule in years. The Orange defeated the Gators 89-83 at the College Basketball Experience in Kansas City en route to winning the whole ~~tournament~~, um, experience.

Looks like we're due for an encore. According to Jerry Tipton on the Lexington Herald-Ledger (and via the DO), the Orange and Gators will tangle again in 2009, this time as part of the Big East-SEC Challenge. The game will be played in Tampa. I'm sure the University of South Florida isn't offended at all...

The other match-ups in the Challenge include UConn vs. Kentucky, St. John's vs. Georgia and DePaul vs. Mississippi State.

The Orange's OOC schedule is once again shaping up to be a solid one. Along with Florida, the Orange will also host Memphis in the Dome. As part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in November, which also included Ohio State, Cal and defending national champion North Carolina, the Orange will play two of those teams as well.

Expect to see the schedule filled in with the usual suspects from here on out but the schedule should be more than enough to quiet critics for another season. Winning all of the games, of course, is another story.

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Sorry, but

Memphis is not going to be a marquee matchup next year, since their team basically sucks without Evans or any of their recruits that were heading there and decided not to once Calipari left…

by noro on Apr 22, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions

Will still look better

than a LeMoyne-type game that would there otherwise.

by Sean Keeley on Apr 22, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Last I knew

Evans had yet to hire an agent.

Could you imagine of Johnny did that to us? As much as I miss him, dragging out a seperation only makes it hurt more (Donte).

by ryanwk628 on Apr 22, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

The reason the move was dumb

And by that I mean hiring an agent, is what happens if you get an injury while working out? I am a Tar Heel, and while I was so grateful the trio of Lawson/Ellington/Green came back, both Lawson and Green came back (in part) due to small injuries that made them stop going to work outs.

Do I think Flynn should have jumped? Yes. Do I think he should have waited to sign? Yes. The difference between being pick 15th and 25th (as most mocks have him going) is over a half of million dollars, my feeling is that while heart wrenching as it can be for a fan, for the player it would be a lot smarter to go through the process and then get an agent.

For those that say that having an agent shows full commitment, I don’t buy that. The three from UNC didn’t have one and all got the looks by the NBA teams (all were scheduled to work out with over 10 teams).

AEM

"If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot." - Dean Smith

by AEM on Apr 22, 2009 5:44 PM EDT reply actions