No. 3 Syracuse Orange (21-1) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (15-6) GameThread
by Sean Keeley on Jan 28, 2012 12:00 PM EST
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PrintWest Virginia Mountaineers at Syracuse Orange, Jan 28, 2012 1:00 PM EST
Fresh off a road trip that served up their first loss of the season, the No. 3 Syracuse Orange return home to take out their aggression on the West Virginia Mountaineers at 1:00 p.m. ET.
By all accounts, Fab Melo will not be in the line-up for the Orange, which means Rakeem Christmas and Baye Moussa Keita will need to step it up in the paint. It also means you can expect to see many more sets that include C.J. Fair at the 4-spot alongside Kris Joseph and the guard trio of Scoop Jardine, Dion Waiters and Brandon Triche.
Kevin Jones will the No. 1 aggressor on West Virginia's side. He leads the Big East in scoring and rebounding, averaging 20.0 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. Senior Darryl "Truck" Bryant averages 17.4 points per game and is a deep-ball threat but has been in a major slump. Junior Dennis Kilicli is contributing 10.8 points per game as well to round of their top three scorers.
Syracuse leads the all-time series 33-16, has won the last four meetings and 15 of the last 18 going all the way back to 1998-99.
The game will be televised on ESPNU or you can watch it on ESPN3.com here.
Leave your pre-, in- and post-game comments below.
G'ORANGE!
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Ball st/ohio game is so ugly
20 fouls, 20 turnovers in the first half…like watching a ville/marquette game
You keep chanting one more year, I thought college was four years
by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 12:04 PM EST reply actions
But where are the Nike logos?
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
Why does new Otto
Look Scared/Constipated?
He had been looking a little worn, but...
I wish his tongue was still sticking out. He always looked silly and mischievous, now he looks sad and confused.
My bro is the bald guy about 5 rows behind Nova bench
Sitting next to the blond. That’s where I sit when SU plays at Nova.
'91 SU alumnus
Looks like we will be watching the start of the game on espn3
Ball st game still has 11 mins to play, 2nd half started at 12:08
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions
If you get Divorced in West Virginia.....
are you still brother and sister?
The Ohio - Ball State game has horrible HD quality
Looks like they are trying to up convert a SD signal.
'91 SU alumnus
Fab in attendance...
That sweater would be a full-length dress on anyone else.
you know it.
I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.
by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:01 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Really how many people actually care about this game?
by Jordan Selmer on Jan 28, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
1. My supervisor who is standing next to me right now.
Go Cuse!
by nymetsfan1226 on Jan 28, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
Fun Fact while we watch this game
Ball State’s nickname used to be “Cardinal” just like Stanford, but was later changed to Cardinals due to confusion.
Whoops, did I say “fun” fact? Sorry about that.
I'm rooting for Ohio
cause it was fun when they embarrassed Gtown
by Orange&P on Jan 28, 2012 1:05 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
It was 1 pm when they delayed the tip with 1 min left in the game
1:07 they played 30 seconds…typical mac sports
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:07 PM EST reply actions
KInd of low scoring for a Mac affair
Oh wait, this is hoops.
Nevermind.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Dome looks so amazing
When we get up above 30k
Cmonnnnnnnn get this game off my tv
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:10 PM EST reply actions
Huggins looking dapper
The Bill Belichick line of coach clothing…
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Jay wright is usually pretty dapper
And he’s wearing a track suit today.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:20 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Not that it matters now....
But my espn3 feed still says, “your event is about to begin. Please stand by.”
'91 SU alumnus
by AlbanyHDTV on Jan 28, 2012 1:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Dumb play baye
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions
Good to see dion still ball hogging...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:16 PM EST reply actions
Dion
Just made it look like he can run back and get a steal any time he wants.
Do that even when you didn’t just screw up
that's all you had to hear
to know it was a TO
We need to
HOLD THE BALL when we get a rebound. We’ve had a couple of rebounds already that we got and let go of.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
We like to tap it around for some reason
We’d have one hell of a volleyball team. But WTF?
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Cant giveem two chances....
Not sure why we keep passing to baye….dumbass he cant catch
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:18 PM EST reply actions
Rebounding
Already a problem. Missed two fts, Cuse fumbles the rebound leads to WVU 2 . Horrible 3 missed. WVU gets a rebound and a 3. Would like to see Joseph actually battling for those balls.
Joseph saveshis energy so he can do those behind the back dribbles off his legs
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:20 PM EST up reply actions
Melo already being missed in this one
Rebounding sucks
Triche!!!!!!!!!!!11
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:23 PM EST reply actions
Yeah....
crowd is off for some reason.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
Woooo didnt see that coming
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:23 PM EST reply actions
Scoopid shot
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:24 PM EST reply actions
Sccccccccccccccccccccccccooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:25 PM EST reply actions
Whyyyyy do we pass to bayeeee!!!
Holy fck
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:27 PM EST reply actions
"Baye Keita
Loses the handle."
Rinse.
Repeat
by krackatoan on Jan 28, 2012 1:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I just don't understand why Baye can't catch a ball
Does this have to do with his thumb/hand surgery? What is the deal?
Agreed
They can’t rebound anyway with Keita. Just go small so you don’t have one guy dropping the ball out of bounds the whole time
American Family Insurance commercial is
extra douchey.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:28 PM EST reply actions
Asking baye to catch a pass is like asking bailey not to dance before hitting the hole...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:28 PM EST reply actions
Haha , anyone catch that very rambly answer to why not having Melo hurts?
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 1:30 PM EST reply actions
Wow ref, maybe call it later next time...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:32 PM EST reply actions
Scoop...cmon make a better play
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:33 PM EST reply actions
I am so sick of these teams getting these shot-clock beating
lucky baskets.
apparently it's the scoop show today.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:34 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
every poession should be like that
good passing and rebounding
Mel Gibson movie reference.........
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:35 PM EST reply actions
Can we hit a three please? Fck
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:36 PM EST reply actions
and Syracuse can miss so many wide open ones
Bleeech.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:37 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
It'll even out eventually.
Gotta get the offense working.
by DukePettyjohn on Jan 28, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
Good hustle, southie....
Can’t make anything, we’re still okay….Stick with it, boys….
It's still early
the sky is not, despite reports, falling.
If you can't enjoy watching a team that is 21-1
You should probably get a new hobby.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
Team is 1-1 without Melo and evidently lost on offense
What’s to enjoy?
Then stop watching
Seriously. Most Syracuse fans have sat through a hell of a lot worse than 1-1 without a starting player over the years. But now we turn into entitled little bitches? Ridiculous.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
by Orange22 on Jan 28, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed.
this is one of the best SU teams we have ever had….manage to watch them struggle for 5 minutes and please remember…these are young guys and students, they aren’t professionals
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
if it's because of
people who are trying to troll and are really obvious and bad at it (who could I be talking about?), best thing is to ignore
we have never been a good 3 point shooting team this year
gotta kill em in the paint
I thought they were.
But it’s been like six games in a row now.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:40 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
RANDOM TOPIC- Anyone see Hakim dunk on that fool from Portland Last night? Guy pushed Hak while he was hanging from the rim. total nuts in the guys face
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 1:37 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I bleed orange........
but I’m too cool to wear an orange shirt.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:38 PM EST reply actions
Yes really
These guys need to just drive to the hoop when they have the open lane.
That was a stupid basketball move, especially with this team shooting so bad right now.
Sigh x 2....
Why the name calling, I just don’t get it….He isn’t a moron….He has played awesome lately….32 and 4 over past four games or something…..yet he’s a moron….
And I'm sure you're one of those parents who thinks even the losers should get a trophy
If scoop’s playing good, he’s not a moron. If he isn’t, he is a moron. Same for anyone else in this game…like Kris Joseph.
No, I don't but thanks for asking....
I am okay with someone saying that someone made a dumb play, but outright name calling a player on a team you claim to care about is classless
I’m sure you’re one of those parents who call your kid a moron when they come home with a C on their report card……
Huggin's is livid
beer went up to $6.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:40 PM EST reply actions
Teams shoot 80%
On us when the shot clock buzzer is sounding
by PickleTJohnstone on Jan 28, 2012 1:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Why does Joseph lunge in the press when he can't get it?
He takes himself out of position, making a 3 on 2. STUPID>
I need a gif
of whatever that was the boeheim just did lol
Scoop being scoop
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions
The thing I like about Kilicli is
he could step up and be the mascot on a moment’s notice. Can’t say that about anyone on Syracuse.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions
I realllly hope Waiters and KJo outplay Jones the rest of the game
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 1:43 PM EST reply actions
WVU has Led throughout
I don’t think Beth Mowins knows what that phrase means considering Cuse led 7-6.
We actually have a decent half court offense if we work the ball for about 15-20 seconds.
Instead we’re shooting 7-10 seconds into the shot clock.
I am hereby retiring from In Game reading/commenting...
“Fans” have no class name calling, bitching, whining about the play of their favorite team. Some of you sound like whiny 12 year olds. Bye now.
Can't fault you.
Even watching the ND game was more fun without having to listen to some of the people here.
And that game couldn’t be called fun on any planet.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
Gotta wonder what wedo in practice everyday....clearly we dont practice fts or three pointers
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:47 PM EST reply actions
Ref calls violation five seconds after it goes off..
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:48 PM EST reply actions
Excellent defense
Another shot clock violation. That’s great stuff.
Whyyyyyyyyyy
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:50 PM EST reply actions
bad 3
not a single person under the hoop for a rebound
Let's just shoot another three..........
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:50 PM EST reply actions
Holy crap these guys have been ice cold from 3 lately
Really wishing Cooney wasn’t redshirted right about now. Ha
lets just jack up long 3's all day
its working well
Not statistically
In a small sample size (such as 1 game) we have low confidence that the sample mean (in game %) will resemble the true mean. Also, we may just be kinda bad at this.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
We'll never know what happened!
That may have been the greatest shot of all time!!! WE’LL NEVER KNOW!!
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by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 1:51 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
Odds
Scoop would have shot a forced 3 there? 2-1
Must from all the snow outside....oh wait..
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions
Nice hustle by everyone there
I think everyone on the team is starting to pull their heads out of their butts
ctl+alt+del
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:52 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
It is fine for the ball st game....guess they sent the C team truck with the C team announcers...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:54 PM EST reply actions
I love it when Charles Barkley greats me
when come back from a blue screen (maybe he hides in my computer monitor too)
SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPP
Hit a 3 according the box score
Hold onto your butts....
for the second half
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
12-2 run to end the half
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 1:56 PM EST reply actions
I like that
Again the zone is doing work. The perimeter shooting is keeping this from being a blowout.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 1:58 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Marquette
game is ridiculous. Marquette come back from 18 down. Still 8 and a half minutes left! 3 official reviews in the last 2 minutes. Both coaches got techs in the 1st half. 22 team fouls for Nova and they already had a guy foul out. This is going to be a 3 hour game.
Yeah, Buzz got a T for slipping and falling on his butt
by DukePettyjohn on Jan 28, 2012 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
Nova was up 18 in the first half, my first thought...hey i seen this before...next thing u know its tied
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
does anybody else use the sbnation iPhone app?
It only loads about 75% of the comments.
I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.
by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 2:02 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Quote from my mom during the first half
“At least we don’t have that ref with the hatchet face and the big belly. He’s awful.”
I’ll give you one guess as to who she was talking about.
by Rocklionheart on Jan 28, 2012 2:03 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Dook only up 9 athome vs sju
They are really overrated this season
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:03 PM EST reply actions
He dunks everything. Reminds me of Hak.
by DukePettyjohn on Jan 28, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
St John's
is going to be scary. They are starting to play a lot better. Harkless is ridiculously good.
Not that I saw the most recent one, but...
Hasn’t Scoop made a 3 at the end of the first half at least three times this year?
'91 SU alumnus
Why not? Even if they don't beat anyone of note they still haven't lost
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
Ever heard of Ron Morris?
Of course, I doubt he has them ranked at all
by OrangeAnnexation on Jan 28, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Morris
has the lowest rank for Murray State at 20. Of course he does.
Rankings are this simple:
You win, you move up.
You lose, you move down.
Unless you are Duke.
Go Cuse!
by nymetsfan1226 on Jan 28, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
Didnt u see their impressive win over jacksonville state? They should be top 5....
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
They're unbeaten!
Duh. Who cares that they don’t play a sub 150 RPI team in their league?!?!
None of the advanced rating systems have them anywhere near there
Sagarin: 33
ESPN RPI: 38
Pomeroy: 40
I trust those rankings way more
by Head Bee Guy on Jan 28, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
Is it safe?
oh yeah, Hitler designed it.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:06 PM EST reply actions
Didn’t see it until you just mentioned it.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 2:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
I was going to say he looks like Newt Gingrich when he feigns outrage, but you’re comparison is better.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
I have a wieght loss plan that allows you to eat what you want and still lose wieght.
I call it bulimia.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:10 PM EST reply actions
Who would be on your liet for most goofy looking players?
I nominate ryan kelly of duke
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:11 PM EST reply actions
Mookie can't compete
There’s almost no way that anyone else would have a shot.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
Triche historically does well against WVU
lets keep that going
Baye couldnt catcha simple pass from scoop
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:12 PM EST reply actions
Yeah
I don’t get it. Is it physical from the hand surgery? Or mental from the hand surgery? Or could he never catch last year and I just didn’t realize it?
Seemed like he caught it better with the wrap on
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
Probably all the stick'um he had on that wrap.
Bring it back!
Triche!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:12 PM EST reply actions
Why is Baye in the game?
Because Rak has two fouls? I say keep Rak in. At least he can grip a basketball.
Have you watched Rak get abused this whole game?
I like Rak, and he was great against Cincy, but he’s been crap today
by DukePettyjohn on Jan 28, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty much
But he loves him a good ball fake.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 2:15 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nice!
Winning without the technical difficulties
Hey Scoop
how about you close out with a little enthusiasm?
Scoop getting eyed up
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:16 PM EST reply actions
Huggins
wasn’t happy with his doofy center getting stripped by one of the guards? What, would he rather have been stripped by a little used backup center?
Weird concept, but lets guard bryant...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:17 PM EST reply actions
Is this the third game in a row that Cuse is getting effed on an out-of-bounds call
by refs out of position?
Basketball needs a play on rule like soccer
We had an easy dunk
Joseph should be shooting three...lokked like he was shooting
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:18 PM EST reply actions
Uh!
Most underrated point guard in the country?"
Wow
Not only can he dunk, he can catch the ball
Man, if could that more than 10% of the time.
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by Fly Rodder on Jan 28, 2012 2:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Who else,newscoop would launch that?
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:19 PM EST reply actions
Wtf are we doing?
Seriously get the f back
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:20 PM EST reply actions
Then you should
watch MArquette-Nova. Worst reffed game in the Big East this year. Atrocious last 3 minutes
I don't think we'll ever get good refs
So unless the call is outrageous (think that scoop “offensive foul” against Notre Dame), I don’t see any point in complaining anymore.
this isn't that bad
Nothing can compare to ND
Scoop whining instead of getting back
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:20 PM EST reply actions
Triche trying to dribble right into the player
That was stupid. Right idea, to go inside, but you can’t be that dumb about it.
Why does the ESPN gametracker say WVU 36 - Cuse 34?
Who’s in charge of this thing? Mark Schwarz?
Jesus krisjo....
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:25 PM EST reply actions
he doesnt
Chris Carter is the next Hank Aaron right?
by streetisclosedin08 on Jan 28, 2012 2:26 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
getting stale again
someone needs to step up and take over
Baye put on some stick em?
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:27 PM EST reply actions
Cmon fuckin guard him
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:27 PM EST reply actions
Shooters gotta shoot.
Gotta shoot your way out of a slump.
Southie needs to learn that he can do more than just hoist 3s.
He’s getting better on D and can even dribble drive. Also I trust him with the mid range game probably more than anyone except CJ.
Shocked
there was a no call. College refs always call something. Finally a good call on a block/charge. Defender slid in
It's all about the defense today.
It always is. But it seems like this team can create offense a bit easier on other days. Today, it’s only coming on the fast break created by steals and rebounds.
Old Spice needs to cool it
With these commercials and their new macho campaign
i think their campaign
is a parody of macho campaigns, which is why its funny
We should try Southerland in the post more
He’s done well down there the last couple games
I think Dion Waiters leads the nation...
In imploring the crowd to get up and make noise.
by Rocklionheart on Jan 28, 2012 2:30 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That replay, waiers didnt even touch that flopper
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:31 PM EST reply actions
Looking over the boxscore
More shots for Triche, Joseph with 5 rebounds, Scoop needs to shoot less threes, and Play Fair a lil more.
Jonesoutrebounded four of our players
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:33 PM EST reply actions
That was all on Kris
Shot went up, Kris just started…with Jones right in front of him. Ball went right to Jones.
What's our record for most missed wide open 3s?
Because I have a feeling we will break that mark today.
Okay, you'll just have to click the link
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
by Orange22 on Jan 28, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Get trichein please.
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:34 PM EST reply actions
Why does WVU get to camp out in the lane?
Kilicla is spending an eternity in there.
Damn, Southerland
doesn’t get any more open than that.
Southerland needs to drive...laying bricks
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:35 PM EST reply actions
Dunk? Shoot the breeze?
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
They mostly play Madden and eat cheeese doodles
This 21-1 record is 100% luck.
and yet its a tie game
if we got even 80% of the rebounds they are we will be crushing WVU
Man, bryant looks like cracked out dwade
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:38 PM EST reply actions
Hey, the crowd suddenly cares.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:40 PM EST reply actions
Perfect example of a bs call to get the tv timeout in....seen it too many imes this season
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:41 PM EST reply actions
Don't be wearing Burberry in a Brooks Brothers' neighborhood
That’s all I have to say.
by 03 Grad on Jan 28, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure that's what Melo would normally were on the streets.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:43 PM EST reply actions
That means he is gone after this year.
Can I de-rec that?
Go Cuse!
by nymetsfan1226 on Jan 28, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
One of these WVU players is bound to hurt himself flopping eventually.
And then I will laugh.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
typical last second banked 3 against cuse
always happens :(
Man Otto look like he just snorted a bunch fo adderall.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:46 PM EST reply actions
Bank three, why not
You keep chanting one more year, I thought college was four years
by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:46 PM EST reply actions
Depends - is he gonna chuck threes, or look for the pass inside?
Is he gonna hustle on D, or stare as someone drills a 3 in his face?
are u kidding me with these last second baskets?
i swear teams are shotting 90% against us with the shot clock at 1
Refs taking over
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:47 PM EST reply actions
Stupid Christmas.
You need to be smarter.
Go Cuse!
Wait
Watching it again, Rakeem had his arm stuck and held by the guy’s armpit. He was just trying to get his arm back.
Fckkkk idiot plays right now....come the fck on waiters
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:49 PM EST reply actions
It's rediculous to pretend that fab wouldn't make a difference
But we could win this without him.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
He would make a big difference
But is his absence really the reason the rest of these guys forgot how to execute an offense or play defense?
Poor execution is different than missing shots
"Point-Blank-Period"
by NotBrentAxe on Jan 28, 2012 2:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No they're not
They’re not playing their best game, but their heads are not up their asses. They’re getting out muscled on rebounds, they’re bricking threes, but they’re handling the ball well and playing good D. Don’t be an ass.
ignore him
he needs to go back to troll school
Sickening how poorly this team rebounds
one & done offensively
opponents gets 5 chances
Yup
and remember how there was an article on this very site saying it didn’t mean that much? Whoops.
Joseph, time to show up bud
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:52 PM EST reply actions
come on seniors time to stand up
Bubba Army
by AdirondackOrange on Jan 28, 2012 2:53 PM EST reply actions
This isn't a time for guys to go one on one
Keep moving the ball on offense
Go to guy
let’s see if it matters. Here it is.
Hey joseph, heard me i see
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:55 PM EST reply actions
holy shit he didn’t lose the handle on a spin move!
Being an Eagles fan is like being friend-zoned by the girl you love
Cuse is going to the hoop every play now
why weren’t they doing this all game long?
Joneshasputon forty pounds od msucle
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:57 PM EST reply actions
Hey space bar...
You keep chanting one more year, I thought college was four years
by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
WVU is STILL making shots they shouldn't be making.
I don’t understand why teams make those shots against us.
jones was wide open
Chris Carter is the next Hank Aaron right?
by streetisclosedin08 on Jan 28, 2012 2:59 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Cuse was due for a win
against Pitt for about 3 years by that logic.
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Jan 28, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
You go old white dude with a towel!
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 2:59 PM EST reply actions
Waiters ball hogging again...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:00 PM EST reply actions
In fairness
I would of praised a make and said it was pretty
Being an Eagles fan is like being friend-zoned by the girl you love
That was really the best shot we could hate gotten out of that posseion?
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 3:00 PM EST reply actions
Offense was terrible - Fing Boeheim - what are you doing?
Everyone in the building knew Waiters was going to toss up some Garbage
Is it possible
for you to go away, like quickly?
Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10
by PoetryInMoten on Jan 28, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
No shot clock..
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
I honestly just want to foul
Rather than give them the chance at a bomb 3
Shoulda counted.
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:02 PM EST reply actions
Um yeat that was goaltending.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 3:03 PM EST reply actions
Wow, that was def a goaltend
But I hate that they have the ball right now. Keita should have just held it and been fouled. He’s a 70%+ FT shooter.
wish the goaltend was called
we’d have the ball for the win
F---, WVU deserves to win this game.
https://twitter.com/#!/JakeGronie
by Rochester Flash on Jan 28, 2012 3:04 PM EST reply actions
Win? Maybe tie
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
I will take it...dont care
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:04 PM EST reply actions
I almost just peed myself
I was sure that shit was going in.
Wow
We got lucky at the end there. But I’ll take it.
"(BARF)" - Donovan McNabb, during his game winning drive against Virginia Tech in 1998
RESTORE 44!
WOW
didn’t deserve that. Maybe in OT, but not in regulation.
"Shoulda lost"
Should that be a goaltend? Probably, but it isn’t like WV had plenty of gifts in that game. Plus they had plenty of time to make a game winning play and couldn’t. And if they count the goaltend, we have plenty of time to win it in regulation or OT. So no, it’s not we “shoulda lost”.
Sorry sister f*ckers, but you lost.
Lol i love it
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Well that's gonna be on ESPN a whole lot later.
If you're going to be stupid, you're going to have to be tough
WE WON WE WON
Thank god! WVU definitely had us. That was an escape win.
Guys this one doesn't count
according to ESPN
Dearest melo,
Get it right by next saturday.
Being an Eagles fan is like being friend-zoned by the girl you love
Stupid ESPN
Now, instead of talking about how Syracuse won, they’ll talk about how it shoulda been tied up there.
And, like the Toledo game, you gotta assume everything plays out
in favor of the losing team. Just have to. It’s more interesting that way.
No way Syracuse could have scored in 8 seconds there at the end.
ALMOST feel bad for WVU
Except we’ve been screwed enough times and had enough bad luck, we deserve it evening out
In fairness, WVU still had a possession after that botched goaltend call
So…it’s not like they didn’t have a chance to make it up.
True
And I have no idea what Klicli didn’t take Keita to the whole. There was no way Cuse was going to double on that. Terrible decision
I'm just saying it's not like the clock was at 0:00 after the botched goaltend call
I’d be pissed if I was on the other side of that call too. Just calm down – no one here was reffing that game, I assure you.
Someone who has nothing to do but come here to troll all the time
even when we’re not playing his team is not going to manage not to be a douche.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
HOLY SHITBALLS.
I need to go change my pants.
After the ref hose job at nd, i do not care we got the call..its abiut time we got one
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:07 PM EST reply actions
The refs
shot 34 percent from the floor against ND? Didn’t know they could do that. This directly affected the outcome. I’m a Cuse fan but let’s be for real.
GTFO
You had so many calls go your way today
by Jordan Selmer on Jan 28, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Look around
Everyone here are is in agreement that it was a blown call. Not our fault though. Take it up with the refs.
I want to see it again.
I admit that my judgement may have been clouded by the large amount of adult beverages I had ( have) consumed but I thought for a second that Baye got the ball with his finger tips on, on the way up, before it hit the glass.
Plus West Virginia fans need to just chill out. They have a 6-9, 260 pound center that relies on a hook shot. That tells you all you need to know. West Virginia is always two players shy of being a good team. They are mediocre and need to learn to live with it. They played well. We played like shit. We won. That says a lot.
To have more than enough time to do something with that matchup down low
And NOT exploit it is what WV fans should be mad at. Call out Huggins and Jones for coming out of a TO and calling what is probably the worst play in that scenario.
Haha, you had too many adult beverages
It was definitely a goaltend. It hit the backboard, then he tipped it, then it hit the corner of the rim, and then it came off. So it hit 3 things in rapid succession and, admittedly, it was tough to be sure at first glance. I actually don’t fault the refs for missing this but, if I was a WVU fan, I would fault the system for not being able to review it.
Almost as bad as vt being left out three years in a row
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
you win some that way you lose some that way
today we won one
We will enjoy this one
And all the untainted previous and subsequent ones, thanks.
Yeah we filled the refs locker with stacks of hundreds before the game
The fix was in the whole time!
Rebounding
Imagine how good this team would be if they could win rebounding battles. They are absolutely lost on the defensive glass w/out Melo.
Kent state...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
You got smoked by Miss St, St John's, Kent St, and Seton Hall
Sorry if I’m feeding the troll, but this deserved an answer. LOL.
don't worry..in a couple years WV won't be getting beat by SU every year
by Agent 0range on Jan 28, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
This game doesn't matter
WVU is not important in the league this year.
Please
Quit trolling. >_< You’re making us look like utter retards.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Damn I hope not
We’d have to fall pretty far to be in the CBI
Weren't you the same guy who came on here flapping his lid after your football team got SMACKED here?
Yeah, sorry if we look at you as nothing more than the laughingstock of WVU. Which says something, because pretty much the entire WVU student population is a laughingstock.
Didn't come here to troll. It is what it is.
But pointing out that we lost to these teams doesn’t help your case in struggling against us. :P
However, I do not approve of VTsuck’s constant trolling, either. :P
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
Ah
Lose the battle, win the war.
You got a BCS win and a chance to get out of this suck ass conference in a few months.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
haha
I accept this, good sir.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
It's a tough loss
You guys played well enough to win. I know the non-call is frustrating, but you guys still had a chance to tie or win with 6 seconds left. And if that basket had counted, we still had 6 seconds to win.
It’s just too bad Big East refs are so inferior. Takes away from the game.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Boeheim post-game presser
Anywhere that can be heard online?
by bicklefischerkane on Jan 28, 2012 3:11 PM EST reply actions
OMG I feel so bad for WVU
OMG that should of been a goaltend!!! I feel so bad for those guys!!
FALSE! I do not feel bad at all. WE got the WIN BABY!!! 22-1!!
by cuse445 on Jan 28, 2012 3:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I guess
Child molestation, and bribery are now encouraged activities at syracuse. good to know.
Crickets
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
I guess classlessness is now an encouraged activity at West Virginia.
Who am I kidding…it’s always been!
Yep
That fan base really needs to get some perspective.
I mean, look how they treated Ernie Davis!!!!
:-)
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Wasn't that made up?
Unfortunately, the reports of children being raped at syracuse weren’t.
U know u got nothing when u bring that up...
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
To be fair
What else would anyone else bring up? Because it is true…
I’m not going to go as far as thinking it’s remotely reflected on the entire community, but in your comeback to his statement being lame, your statement glows in its lameness.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Except it's not
As of right now, Bernie Fine can’t be charged with any crime. And he was never even accused of “raping children”.
'Cuse 2010, Michigan 2012
2 of the 4 accusers have admitted to lying
by Agent 0range on Jan 28, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
Well, only 1 admitted to lying about the accusation
Tomaselli is just lying about 60-95% of all the facts. Even he lost track of what his final story is. No reason to believe his story anymore, but he hasn’t admitted to fabricating the accusations. Yet.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Yes, that was the joke
Seriously, I’m concerned for West Virginia’s education
Well
You know your University is subpar when the SEC turns you down. All you need to do is to be able to count to 32 25… I mean… only 25 kids in any football recruiting class at a time. Not sure why I am talking about 32. Those extra 7 kids aren’t on the team yet. Just waiting for a first stringer to suck get a career ending injury.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
by ezcuse on Jan 28, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Didn't
Quite a few different schools get turned down by various conferences? Uconn, Rutgers, Louisville, and cincy were ALL turned down by either the ACC or the big 12, yet WVU is the only one that gets criticized for this.
Don't forget the Big 10
They didn’t want any part of the BE schools either.
Okay, you're right
Your school is no less prestigious than Rutgers. Congrats!
Hey
I want WVU in the ACC. If Notre Dame ever decides to join the ACC, I say that WVU deserves to be team #16.
Imagine this:
North: BC, Syracuse, Pitt, ND, WVU, Maryland, Virginia, Va Tech
South: Wake, Duke, NC State, Miami, Florida State, Georgia Tech, UNC, Clemson
.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
That would be pretty good
But I think the Big 12 may have found some stability with TCU and WVU. All they had to do was dump their commish and hire that interim, who now looks like a aged conference realignment savant.
I would love WVU
In the ACC as well, unfortunately it will never happen. A lot of quality, historical rivalry games are gone for good. The Cuse WVU game, the backyard brawl may go as well, and we already lost the VT rivalry to the ACC.
ND is the one school
with the academic cache to offset whatever WVU’s academic rankings are. If ND ever said… “Fine, we’ll join the ACC, but WVU comes with us,” then it will happen.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
I'd love to keep playing WV
But those academics (or the lack thereof) are NEVER getting WVU into a conference like the Big Ten or ACC. They probably end up as nomads in unstable, sub-par conferences a-la TCU for a long, long time.
o_O
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
I don't feel bad about the goaltend.
After the backcourt in the NCAA tournament last year.
SU would have won with a buzzer beater or in OT even if the goaltend was called to tie the game
so it doesn’t matter
Flawless
logic.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
I think you can't be on here
Because there’s a swear in your sig. We can’t do it, you can’t do it. Them’s the rules.
Then go cry to your mods.
and get me banned.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
If that is indeed the case
then I feel like a douche. haha I sincerely failed internet sarcasm 101.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Jan 28, 2012 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
I prefer to think Waiters was hoping
For the opportunity for a buzzer beater to prove he’s a go-to.
One comment saying we are not a top 20 team without Fab Melo
by Jordan Selmer on Jan 28, 2012 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think we are a top 15 team without Fab Melo
We are atrocious at three-point shooting and rebounding.
At this point, I am not sure I want Southerland to ever shoot one again. Just stick to December, kid.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
We're not a top 20 without him
I think you’re kidding yourself if you say that Cuse has looked any better than ‘average’ in the last 3 games without him. Now part of that may just be coicidence but his threat on D changes the others teams offense significantly. If he is out the rest of the year I’d say we’re not really favorites in much
Amazingly
We miss him on offense more than defense. Never thought I would say that.
Not having the pick and roll with Scoop hurts everyone’s game. That two-man game seems to open things up for everyone.
Now… if we had the ability to shoot more than 20% from 3-point range OR rebound even competently, we’d have looked a lot better in the ND game and today. But these two trends seem to be fact rather than anomaly.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
The rebounding yes, but I think we’re a better three point team than we’ve shown lately. KJo and Southie especially seem to have lost any three point touch.
by JB44ever on Jan 28, 2012 6:09 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Never thought I'd be talking about mssing fab on offense either
Big debate at work, about half og guys said more important on defense and half offense. I was on offensive side. Same points you made
Who cares?
Elite schools do not apologize for their wins. If Syracuse ever wants to be elite, we need to stop caring when ESPN criticizes us or some loser on Yahoo says mean things about us after a win.
Guess what? If that non-call was made in a Penn State-Nebraska or Boston College-Georgia Tech game it would be news. The refs just cannot miss a call like that.
But just like WVU fans need to let it go, Syracuse fans need to own the win without caring what stranger babble about on some uber-message board..
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
LOL
It’s funny. People are actually saying the refs are always on our side. Is there some alternate universe somewhere?
The best comment I have ever heard...
is whomever said that officiating is almost always much better when you do not have a stake in the outcome of the game.
Good teams overcome the officiating errors that are inevitable in every game. It is not less offensive to me when this board whines about the officials, than it is West Virginia fans complaining out the non-call.
Very rarely will a game go by without each team getting screwed a handful of times. WVU had one bad non-call, but got to benefit from absurd foul calls on Keita and Christmas.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Were wvu fans complaining when they beat cincy and wvu called a timeout when they had none?
Weird how it works both ways…
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:29 PM EST reply actions
This was a great game thread
Pretend-SU fans trolling the entire game, followed by WVU fans trolling after the game.
Hopefully next one will be better.
by Orange&P on Jan 28, 2012 3:34 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
At msg"...maybe waiters and southie can find their shots again
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by PointBlankPeriodPeriod on Jan 28, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
When did Southie ever have it?
I am still waiting for this 3-point “specialist” to do something other than clank them.
I am fine with the way the rest of his game is developing. Converting around the basket. Playing some good D. Needs to work on rebounding, but who doesn’t? At least he is in there trying. And he has a decent mid-range game.
Just nothing from 3-point range. Might as well be a turnover when he lights it up.
http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/
Not a specialist
That’s just commentators being dumb…but going into this game he was shooting 35.7% from three this year so he hasn’t been bad by any means. I don’t mind him shooting them he’s just going through a cold streak right now.
by JB44ever on Jan 28, 2012 6:20 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
I think the refs did WVU a favor by blowing that call
WVU got a chance to win at the buzzer instead of lose at it since there would’ve been 9 sec. left.
I don't know that they did them a favor, per se
but WVU still had a chance. And it kept Cuse from getting the last possession of the game with 9 sec to go.
I don’t really understand why Keita bothered passing it to a tightly covered KrisJo there? Just hold the ball with all your might! If you need to, call a TO.
WVU fans are still butt hurt
over the football loss. In b-ball its expected to lose to SU. When it comes to football, it really jars their dentures loose.
SU 97
Honestly the Officiating wasn't bad.
There were a few bad calls for each side. The 5th foul on Christmas was pretty lame, and the goaltending was a definite miss. But calls at the end of the game get played up so much.
I was thinking the refs really blew it
Usually the calls go against SU. But then I realized, the BE hates WV more than Syracuse. In the end, you can whine and cry about every call and end up with the same score. Same with the call against Scoop in the tourney last year. Trolling message boards instead of burning couches is funny though.
God damn Mounties have gotten whiny
Could that have been a goaltend? Sure, but it could also go the other way. Is that the only bad call in the game? F*ck no, and PLENTY went your way. If they called that a goaltend, we’d have plenty of time to make a game winning play. Since they didn’t you had plenty of time to make a play, and you couldn’t. Instead, your Big East POY completely disappeared down the stretch in a crucial game. LOL. Sorry, but you didn’t lose the game on that. Not one bit.
Have they always been so bitchy? After that football game where they lost by what, 3 touchdowns, back in the fall they pretty much blamed it on reffing.
But I guess when they get an education in Morgantown you can’t expect intelligence from them.
22-1.
There was nothing debatable. That was a goaltend
by DukePettyjohn on Jan 28, 2012 5:13 PM EST up reply actions
I have not looked at since the first replay
But I thought it was possible Baye just caught it with his fingertips on the way up, BEFORE it hit the glass. Not sure.
Ball clearly hit glass first.
Go Cuse!
by nymetsfan1226 on Jan 28, 2012 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Oh be quiet
If the call had gone against us you would be LIVID. W Va fans have a right to be mad. It was a terrible call.
I was pretty livid when Baye got called for his fourth
With both hands on the ball.Bad calls happen. Some times they happen at more critical junctures.
JB screwed the pooch in the final minutes
I’m a huge Jimmy fan and usually defend him ( I think the zone is the BEST defense in college hoops for many reasons). But not to have Scoop in late, in a close game, when Scoop has been playing great ball in BE play, is just dumb. Plus, its not like Dion has been lighting it up lately.
Jay Bilas tweet:
Missed goaltending call in WVU-Syracuse game a bad mistake. You could see Boeheim tell Huggins he should’ve won the game. Tough loss.
Go Cuse!
How is it they "should've won"?
Has everyone forgotten math? If they call it, then MAYBE the game only gets to OT.
I doubt Boeheim said that
Unless he is studying the same West Virginia math that put Fab on the bench. 61 plus 2 is usually not 64. 9 seconds, the ball and 2 (or 3) timeouts. Get over it already.
But, the officiating is really bad in college basketball. Has been that way for 3 or 4 years, but seems to not ever improve. Remember the BE tourney with St. John’s? Somebody needs to do something about that. Plus, they should be able to review goal tending to at least determine if a player takes it off the glass. Reviews in college basketball are completely worthless since you can’t even use it on the obvious crap but can use it to determine a player’s intention when throwing an elbow.
by orangetundra on Jan 28, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, it was a bad call
It was clearly goaltending with 12 seconds left but West Virginia did have a great chance to still win the game. If they had hit the 3 pointer at the buzzer,it would’ve been Syracuse screwed by a call that went in their favor since they would’ve been denied a chance to win the game in the last 10 seconds. Would ESPN be going as crazy if it had worked out that way? (ESPN would call it poetic justice even though Syracuse is not to blame) Would we all be complaining here about a bad call that actually went in our favor?
Then the story would've been about how we had a chance to stop it and didn't
But, of course, since it went there way, we won’t talk about how they had chances to win/tie and didn’t.
Man I am glad we got past Pitt when we did. They look they are are starting to turn things around.
Go Cuse!
Their game against us was the start of their turnaround
I’m not sure if it’ll be enough to boost them into the tourney…they’re going to need to keep doing this the rest of the year.
What is even more awesome is that we’re about to be virtually 2 games up on everyone else again (tiebreaker over Marquette).
Trey Woodall.
Ashton Gibbs has been freed up of having to try to be a PG (something that he is not) and can just shoot the ball (something he does great).
by JB44ever on Jan 28, 2012 6:27 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Talked to a college professor friend of mine
who knows some people at Syracuse today while watching the game here. Melo’s academic problems have to do with a couple of papers he owes from the first semester.
Also
CH was going nuts over our game today (as usual). Pretty amusing after the home cooking they had for 40 straight minutes against Rutgers the other day.
While it was clearly a goal tend
I can see how the refs missed it. He put the ball up very soft off the glass. It didn’t appear to change direction much which is how, I assume, they tell if the ball hit glass or not.
Also, it wouldn’t surprise me if Boeheim told Huggins he should have won. When one team outrebounds another 36-20, you absolutely should win. I don’t think it has to do with the call.
Digger going on and on about the call costing the WVA the game
without bringing up:
A) It would’ve only tied the game
B) There still would’ve been 10 seconds left in the game and Syracuse would’ve had the ball with multiple timeouts and a chance to win.
C) WVU got the ball back with 6 seconds left on the sideline by their basket after a Syracuse out of bounds call off of the rebound and had an excellent shot to win the game at the buzzer.
Yes, it was a bad call but WVA was given more than an adequate chance to win or at least tie the game in the last 6 seconds. It’s not like they were completely denied an opportunity. In fact, if they’d hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer, the bad call would’ve worked out for their benefit.
Heard SU got a win because of a bad call.
Oh well. Bad calls happen every day, B.
22-1 and I could give a fuck about how many people trot out the Toledo extra point. No guarantee WVU would have won anyway.
OH and I’ve been waiting to say this: JUST LIKE FOOTBALL! (clap! clap! clapclapclap!)
JUST LIKE FOOTBALL! (clap! clap! clapclapclap!)
JUST LIKE FOOTBALL! (clap! clap! clapclapclap!)
Dedicated Syracuse Orange, New York Yankees, New York Jets, New York Knicks and New York Rangers fan. Riding and dying with 'em.
Remember
It wasn’t a win anyways, it was at home.
Watching the Arizona/Washington game
Last play of the first half, Arizona player slams home the ball on a play where the ball is clearly still above the hoop in the cylinder when he touches it but no one calls it and they count the two for Arizona. So if Arizona ends up winning by 1 or 2 does ESPN make as big a stink about it?
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