Syracuse Daily Links - Moten 'Loves' This Orange Squad

Syracuse legend Lawrence Moten ‘loves’ this year’s basketball team | The Juice Online

Syracuse legend and Rochester Razorsharks head coach Lawrence Moten calls in to discuss his coaching career, this year's Syracuse basketball team and his jersey being retired later this season.

Syracuse football roundtable: What matters most with Orange's Texas Bowl matchup with Minnesota? | syracuse.com

Syracuse is the only team in the country that hasn't allowed a 100-yard rusher. Can it finish the whole season with that stat intact? Minnesota is 34th in the country running the ball while Syracuse is close behind at 39th. That said, playing in Reliant Stadium is a controlled setting where weather will not be a factor.

Football Recruiting: Cordell Hudson Expresses Syracuse Love on Twitter : Orange Fizz

Cordell Hudson is keeping Syracuse at the top of his list. The 3-star defensive back from Florida ventured up to Syracuse this weekend and was blown away during his visit on the Hill, according to his Twitter page.

How to frustrate a St. John's shot-blocker: Syracuse basketball players have theories | syracuse.com

St. John's center Chris Obekpa is statistically the best shot-blocker in the nation. The Orange plays the Red Storm this weekend.

CBSSports.com list of National Player of the Year candidates - CBSSports.com

C.J. Fair - The top three teams, according to the AP and coaches polls, are Arizona, Ohio State and Syracuse ... and I'm not sure the first two have an obvious "best" player in this particular season. At Arizona, is it Nick Johnson or Aaron Gordon? At Ohio State, is it Aaron Craft or LaQuinton Ross? Again, I'm not sure. But it seems pretty clear that Syracuse's best player is Fair -- a 6-8 senior who is averaging 17.8 points and 5.3 rebounds.

In tough times, NBA's big stars lean on same man for help - Yahoo Sports

McClanaghan played high school ball in Rhode Island, made Syracuse as a walk-on and still proudly retells the story of defying Jim Boeheim's orders to hold the ball when inserted into the final stages of a blowout over Colgate. "I hit a three," McClanaghan said. "What was he going to do, bench me?"

Arizona remains No. 1, but another group of Wildcats is surging too - College Basketball - Luke Winn - SI.com

Shooting guard Trevor Cooney is the Orange's most efficient offensive option, averaging 1.35 points per possession according to kenpom.com, compared to go-to-guy C.J. Fair's 1.03 PPP.

Syracuse football (at 6-6) and the 70-team bowl field are sort of made for each other, don't you think? | syracuse.com

The Orange had a nice enough season in its first Atlantic Coast Conference campaign. But what it didn't have was a winning record. No matter, though. It's off to Texas.

How do college basketball's elite freshmen compare to Syracuse's Carmelo Anthony? | syracuse.com

Duke's Jabari Parker. Kansas' Andrew Wiggins. Kentucky's Julius Randle. How do they compare with Carmelo Anthony when he was a freshman at Syracuse?