Syracuse vs. Florida: The Southerlandening

(or should I just google it……..)

The whole Jonny Flynn on Mike Rosario dunk happened on my birthday 3 years ago. Best present SU ever gave me. Later told my Rutgers friend SU basically annexed his court as MSG South for SU with all the Orange in the building that night.

btw, Southie and Mookie should get their own show like Kris and Scoop have…

Don’t tell any one he’s good!

he needs to blow up against a man defense. I wonder if he has issues shaking off double teams or glue defenders to create his own shot – something the team helps him with against a zone defense.

or 3.0 if it’s on anyone else.

V1 – Warrick in the 03 Final Four
V2- Jonny

JS really didn’t get a chance to play in MSG. If you look at his stat line it’s actually not bad for only 7 minutes of play. JB’s trigger is just too quick with JS, imo. That said, I do think JS should be more aggressive on offense.

I think he might focus more on hoops than his pregame dances, his beard trimming, etc.

He has played great in stretched but he need to put it all together to stay on the floor. He also needs to be tougher and rebound better. I am surprised he is still so thin as a junior. Someone give him a milkshake, a protein bar and directions to the weight room.

Is the camping out for “fun”?

We always had reserved seats as students. At Duke, student seats are general admission and free with ID (at least when I last visited). Thus, the ned to camp out and be 1st in line to get the prime seat location. Same at St. Bonaventure.

I remember SU student ticket locations assigned based on seniority and number of times you were a previous student season ticket holder. Of course, SU student season tickets were sold on the roll-away seats across from the SU bench when I was a student, but no longer.

Might be the best non-Blake Griffin dunk I’ve ever seen. Hak threw down on just about everyone, but the 8’ wingspan made it look less impressive somehow. It was literally like watching Mr. Fantastic dunk on people. Yeah, it was nasty, but you also saw it coming. Plus, he really only had one dunk, that one-handed stretch slam.

Jonny’s dunk on Rosario, though, came out of nowhere. Yeah, you knew he was gonna shoot it. I don’t recall him passing out of the pick and roll once in his time in Orange. But even as he was turing the corner on the screen, you were expecting a floater or, at most, a strong layup. Then, all of a sudden, his nuts were in Mike Rosario’s grill and a collective “Oh, $h!t” went up from everyone watching. Combine that with the fact that the dude is maybe 5’11" with shoes on and that’s an all-timer at any level.