Loss Two: Oklahoma State
I watched yesterday's game from a Monroe, Wash., dive bar with some alcoholic named Raleigh. Raleigh's favorite word was "shit" and his second favorite word was "fucking."
With about 4 minutes left to go in the game, after Syracuse went scoreless for 3.5 minutes, falling 13 points behind, and I finally dropped my head into my hand, Raleigh told me not to worry about "this fucking shit." I loved him very briefly. Alcoholics. So dependable. Except for Eddie Sutton, who used to look like hell, but who now looks incredible. He is no longer coaching and it's treating him well. He looks 30 years younger. It was crazy seeing him on TV looking alive and everything. Good work, Mr. Sutton, and good health.
Syracuse bounced back, though, just as it did against Wichita State, and made a game of it. Throughout the game, actually, we looked good. Except for an 8 or 9 minute stretch in the second half, we looked very solid. But, of course, we lost. Again. The lesson seems to be that Syracuse needs to be leading as the game winds down, Annie told me last night on the phone. We play exciting but ineffective catch-up. Fair enough.
Let's do boxscores:
1. Nichols: 26 points, 9-16 FG, 40 min.
2. Josh Wright: 7 points, 4 assists, 5 TOs, 38 min.
3. T.Roberts: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6-9 FG, 36 min.
4. Harris: 11 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 6 TOs, 29 min.
5. Devendorf: 0 points, 0-2 FG, 9 min.
We missed Devendorf, who is still sick. Devendorf, unlike anybody else on the team, can create his own perimeter shot. Nichols cannot and it showed, as he hoisted a number of cringe-worthy efforts. Nichols has a ridiculous level of confidence now. He went from excessive caution to caution-be-damned. I wonder if Gerry intimidated him. Josh and P.Harris were reckless. 11 turnovers from our two primary ball handlers is way, way too many. Very solid effort from T.Rob, who had two "dominant" type plays. Need more, though. Always more, Roberts!
With about 4 minutes left to go in the game, after Syracuse went scoreless for 3.5 minutes, falling 13 points behind, and I finally dropped my head into my hand, Raleigh told me not to worry about "this fucking shit." I loved him very briefly. Alcoholics. So dependable. Except for Eddie Sutton, who used to look like hell, but who now looks incredible. He is no longer coaching and it's treating him well. He looks 30 years younger. It was crazy seeing him on TV looking alive and everything. Good work, Mr. Sutton, and good health.
Syracuse bounced back, though, just as it did against Wichita State, and made a game of it. Throughout the game, actually, we looked good. Except for an 8 or 9 minute stretch in the second half, we looked very solid. But, of course, we lost. Again. The lesson seems to be that Syracuse needs to be leading as the game winds down, Annie told me last night on the phone. We play exciting but ineffective catch-up. Fair enough.
Let's do boxscores:
1. Nichols: 26 points, 9-16 FG, 40 min.
2. Josh Wright: 7 points, 4 assists, 5 TOs, 38 min.
3. T.Roberts: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6-9 FG, 36 min.
4. Harris: 11 points, 5 boards, 3 assists, 6 TOs, 29 min.
5. Devendorf: 0 points, 0-2 FG, 9 min.
We missed Devendorf, who is still sick. Devendorf, unlike anybody else on the team, can create his own perimeter shot. Nichols cannot and it showed, as he hoisted a number of cringe-worthy efforts. Nichols has a ridiculous level of confidence now. He went from excessive caution to caution-be-damned. I wonder if Gerry intimidated him. Josh and P.Harris were reckless. 11 turnovers from our two primary ball handlers is way, way too many. Very solid effort from T.Rob, who had two "dominant" type plays. Need more, though. Always more, Roberts!
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