Syracuse Daily Links - C.J. The Center, Scoop Doubles Up

by Sean Keeley on Jan 5, 2012 1:34 PM EST

C.J. Fair performs spot duty as Syracuse center against Providence | syracuse.com
"It was either me or James," Fair said of Southerland, who subbed for Christmas when the freshman fouled out with 9:04 left in the game. "And I said, ‘I’ll take it.’"

Scoop Jardine gets second career double-double for Syracuse | syracuse.com
One of those assists – his 11th of the game – was an easy one. Jardine was all alone on the SU break when he turned and fed James Southerland, who punctuated the SU win with a windmill slam. "I just know that he can dunk," Jardine said. "And I can’t."

Syracuse Orange Basketball - Syracuse Survives Providence
The officiating was very poor in this game. Make no mistake; I'm not suggesting Syracuse would have won by 25 with good officiating. It's simply something that needs to be mentioned.

Syracuse basketball notes: Brandon Triche finds 3-point range, scores 16 points | syracuse.com
"I got set and squared to the basket," Triche said, "and I think the guys, especially Scoop (Jardine), once I got it going called a few plays for me and I knocked a few of them down."

Syracuse answers Providence's every challenge, stays unbeaten with 87-73 win | syracuse.com
"Any time they came down and hit a bucket,’’ said Waiters, "we answered right back.’’

Syracuse University lacrosse team has seven candidates vying to replace a legend in net | syracuse.com
"Probably Matt [Lerman], but it’s open," Desko said when asked who was in the lead. "When you get into games it’s a whole other situation. Some guys are gamers and some guys aren’t."

Bob Cousy Award Finalists Named | ZagsBlog.com
Scoop Jardine is one of 20 finalists for the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award. Brandon Triche was cut from the list.

Scelfo May Visit Syracuse This Month, Will Wait Another Week Before Closing Offers : Orange Fizz
"They’re up there. I think I’m going to take an official there this month. If everything works out I’ll take one there and see how it goes."

Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim's post-game press conference on the Orange's 87-73 win over Providence at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Rhode Island Jan. 4, 2012. "This game could easily have gone the other way," he said, noting that it was the best shooting Syracuse has had all season.

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I Agree With Coach B

To be fair, Providence was playing smart ball most this game. They were not turning the ball over like past teams and they were hitting their shots, possibly shooting the best they have all season. Sure, we could complain about the touchy fouls but honestly, part of why Providence stayed in the game was because they played a good game. Heck, it took Triche hitting shots from almost half court (ok maybe a slight exaggeration) and Dion and Southerland hitting long balls to give SU the comfortable lead for the first time in the game. This team has got to have better control on offensive drives because there were too many close calls to give the refs a chance to make a call and if Providence can hang like that, I assure you other teams are looking at that game tape to see what they can do to match it with better shooters. I also hope Keita is healthy because the guy can contribute and we could really use him to give Fab some rest while Christmas still learns the game at this level.

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by Orange Chuck on Jan 5, 2012 1:47 PM EST reply actions

While we hit shots, we also got a lot of open shots. While we hit our open shots better than normal, it isnt like we were hitting many unfair 3s.

On D, we allowed too much penetration which made it too easy to foul out our centers, the guards need to be better on that. We seem to get lulled to sleep by a team holding the ball on O for 25 seconds.

That being said, we still won a road game by a lot and won in yet another way which is a good thing. I am not particularly concerned about our defense.

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by MikeyGreen on Jan 5, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions