Day 1: Would you rather...?
Two questions.
1. Is there any doubt that a healthy Gerry McNamara would have given the Orange that extra little push to get over the hump when the lads pulled it to within 4 late in the 2nd? Even if he was only healthy for the final six minutes?
2. Would you rather Jim had rested Gerry in Georgetown game, thus throwing away a shot at the Big East championship just so the Orange could go into the tournament rested and healthy? SU probably would have gotten an 8, 9, or 10 seed.
If you're doing a movie about Gerry McNamara, the climax is the Big East championship. Then in the week before the game, we see Gerry hobbling around in immense pain, trying to hide it, trying to suck it up one more time, only to fall disasterously short. Or maybe right after the joy of the Big East championship, they show a still shot of Gerry with the text, "One week later, exhausted and beat up, McNamara played a painful 23 minutes and didn't score a field goal for the only time in his career. The Orange lost 66-58."
For one week, Syracuse was the biggest story in College Basketball. Tonight they paid the price for that.
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I thought Texas A&M was extremely well-coached. Billy Gillespie is going to do good things down there.
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Big East went 0-3 today. But tomorrow the big guns roll out. Pitt might be just as tired as Syracuse was, but if West Virginia and Georgetown can get past their WVC opponents, either could make a little run. And we all know UConn and Villanova can both go all the way.
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Watching Southern hang around with Duke, it struck me how much the talent in college basketball has dipped. Duke used to crush their first round opponent. They're still considered one of the two or three best teams in the NCAA, but they just don't have quite as much talent.
In fact, nobody ran away with their game from the get-go today. The most dominating performance might have been Wichita St against Seton Hall! I'm thinking we'll see a 4 or 3 or even a 2 go down tomorrow. Maybe more than one.
Teams that should be ready for a fight:
4. Kansas (v. Bradley of the MVC)
1. UConn (Albany has highest RPI for a 16-seed in history)
2. Ohio St (Davidson's played a couple major teams)
3. Iowa (Northwestern state has too)
1. Is there any doubt that a healthy Gerry McNamara would have given the Orange that extra little push to get over the hump when the lads pulled it to within 4 late in the 2nd? Even if he was only healthy for the final six minutes?
2. Would you rather Jim had rested Gerry in Georgetown game, thus throwing away a shot at the Big East championship just so the Orange could go into the tournament rested and healthy? SU probably would have gotten an 8, 9, or 10 seed.
If you're doing a movie about Gerry McNamara, the climax is the Big East championship. Then in the week before the game, we see Gerry hobbling around in immense pain, trying to hide it, trying to suck it up one more time, only to fall disasterously short. Or maybe right after the joy of the Big East championship, they show a still shot of Gerry with the text, "One week later, exhausted and beat up, McNamara played a painful 23 minutes and didn't score a field goal for the only time in his career. The Orange lost 66-58."
For one week, Syracuse was the biggest story in College Basketball. Tonight they paid the price for that.
- - -
I thought Texas A&M was extremely well-coached. Billy Gillespie is going to do good things down there.
- - -
Big East went 0-3 today. But tomorrow the big guns roll out. Pitt might be just as tired as Syracuse was, but if West Virginia and Georgetown can get past their WVC opponents, either could make a little run. And we all know UConn and Villanova can both go all the way.
- - -
Watching Southern hang around with Duke, it struck me how much the talent in college basketball has dipped. Duke used to crush their first round opponent. They're still considered one of the two or three best teams in the NCAA, but they just don't have quite as much talent.
In fact, nobody ran away with their game from the get-go today. The most dominating performance might have been Wichita St against Seton Hall! I'm thinking we'll see a 4 or 3 or even a 2 go down tomorrow. Maybe more than one.
Teams that should be ready for a fight:
4. Kansas (v. Bradley of the MVC)
1. UConn (Albany has highest RPI for a 16-seed in history)
2. Ohio St (Davidson's played a couple major teams)
3. Iowa (Northwestern state has too)
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