Daily Links - Andy Rautins: Leader

For Rautins, leading Syracuse was merely a matter of time - Sports
"You could make a very strong case that Andy's the most valuable player in the league," SU head coach Jim Boeheim said. "I think you could make that case very easily."

Orange Fizz: Syracuse Orange Sports Blog, Recruiting and Podcasts.
What is the best case scenario for Syracuse in the Big East Tournament?

Big East’s Big Spenders? Just Check the Standings. - NYTimes.com
One of the reasons Syracuse ($7.7 million) and Connecticut ($6.7 million) can spend so much is that their brand names and tradition are such that they are selling fistfuls of tickets and Nike gear by the closet, and can show recruits recent national championship trophies.

Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News on Boeheim as Coach of the Year | syracuse.com
Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News talks about picking Syracuse's Jim Boeheim as The Sporting News Coach of the Year

Vengeance " Hoya Suxa
Syracuse University (an ocean of goodness and contentment) will potentially face Georgetown University (a sea of volatility and shipping disasters) in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden on Thursday. While all Orange-Hoyas contests carry a certain necessity to them, this particular game maintains an even greater purpose: Absolute vengeance.

The Big Orange Bloggers: Be Proud Orange Nation; Stop The Hate
It seems as though many Syracuse fans have become accustomed to finding the negative in every situation. Win or lose, I constantly hear and see on message boards and other social media outlets all of these negative comments and personal attacks on people that would lead me to pull out my own hair in frustration, if I had any left that is.

Spring superlatives: Syracuse - Big East Blog - ESPN
The Orange also are in great shape at running back, with Delone Carter coming off a 1,000-yard season and Antwon Bailey returning as a change-of-pace/Wildcat guy.

Faceoff woes early were a critical component of Syracuse lacrosse team's first defeat | syracuse.com
Virginia's success at the X was so pronounced in the first half when the Cavs' turned the 5-2 deficit into an 8-5 lead en route to an 11-10 victory that it was hard to believe the box score afterward. Officially, SU came back to win the faceoff battle, getting 13 of 25 draws. Yet, in the first half Virginia won 10 of 15.

Rush The Court " Blog Archive " Big East Tournament Preview
The Big East regular season ended on Saturday, and I think it is safe to say that the league had a bit of an unpredictable season. Don’t believe me? Show me a season preview that had Syracuse winning the league, Pitt getting a double-bye, UConn playing on Tuesday, and with South Florida and Notre Dame finishing above UConn and Cincinnati. See? Unpredictable.

Sunshine Kenny!  Not feeling too sunny about the Louisville loss...

The Holy Shirt! folks talk about their Cuse T-shirts.