Syracuse Basketball Club Trillion Watch: Here Comes Nick Resavy

by Sean Keeley on Jan 2, 2012 9:01 AM EST

The Syracuse Orange beat the DePaul Blue Demons by 19, so you'd think the game would have prime for Club Trillion entries. However, only a few walk-ons got the chance to make their mark.

First, a brief note about the search for Syracuse's Club Trillion Champ. I know that technically the rules allow for someone to qualify for Club Trillion if they play multiple minutes so long as they accumulate no stats. But to me, that defeats the entire purpose.

The whole point of the Club Trillion stat is to honor the holy statement that playing a single minute of garbage time basketball as a walk-on makes. It is the most walk-on thing that a walk-on can do. It personifies the perfection that comes from their plight.

If Rakeem Christmas plays twelve minutes and doesn't accumulate a stat, that's not a Club Trillion performance, that's just a terrible performance. A one-minute Club Trillion performance is not a bad performance per se, it's just a perfect storm of walk-on-edness.

ANYWAY, what happened in the DePaul game (boxscore)?

Matt Tomaszewski did his best Icarus impression, flying too close to the sun. The perfect three-point shooting streak is over (0-for-3) and with that comes no CT points.

Brandon Reese played two minutes and committed a turnover. Alas, no points.

Nick Resavy played one minute and did absolutely nothing with it for the second-straight game. And so, the adjusted standings are below...

4 - Griffin Hoffmann

3 - Matt Lyde-Cajuste

2 - Nick Resavy

1 - Matt Tomaszewski, Alert Nassar, Russ DeRemer

0 - All other players

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Griff Hoffmann

I thought he and Matt Lyde were tied. Neither played yesterday..

by Ryno-P on Jan 2, 2012 9:05 AM EST via mobile reply actions

I missed

a Griff Hoff trill from earlier in the season and added it in

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by Sean Keeley on Jan 2, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions

Isnt christmas a member of this club?

You keep chanting one more year, I thought college was four years

by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 2, 2012 9:22 AM EST reply actions

He's had a couple Two Trills

which don’t count

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by Sean Keeley on Jan 2, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions

According to CBS one was a THREE trillion

which is pretty amazing for a scholarship player and a starter, even if outside the rules:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/boxscore/NCAAB_20111123_VATECH@SYR

It's the most bullshit thing I've seen in thirty years.

by Girardi Party on Jan 2, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

On minutes and trillions

I think I remember that Mark Titus wrote a post about the significance of getting put in before the last tv timeout rather than after. If you go in before the last tv timeout you’re expected to contribute quality minutes – if you go in after the last tv timeout that’s just walkon time.

Perhaps if there were ever a consideration of allowing multiple minutes to count, they would only count if the player only played after the last tv timeout.

by Brian Walden on Jan 2, 2012 9:32 AM EST reply actions

Yeah, good point

I understand the spirit of the Trillion but it seems unfair to bar a guy because there happened to be a whistle at 1:40 instead of 1:20 or whatever. I am not real familiar with the intricacies of basketball scoring.

I can’t believe that this is the biggest problem with the basketball team right now, on January 2nd. I knew this season would be fun, I had no idea it’d be this fun.

It's the most bullshit thing I've seen in thirty years.

by Girardi Party on Jan 2, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions