"Tigers are orange" or "Orange plays like a tiger" or "Tiger Woods watch is on level 'orange.'"
Significant win for the Orange today over Providence. If you missed it, Scoop Jardine began a suspension for an university policy violation of some undisclosed sort. (I'll keep my ears open.) Thus Boeheim was forced to beg former SU point guard and current Providence assistant coach Allen Griffin to suit up. SU led comfortably most of the way, got tired and let Providence briefly take the lead, then came back to pull away for the win.
Ignoring the obvious (The Scoop Issue), there were a lot of good things about the victory. First off, Syracuse held court in the dome. Also, every game against teams from the bottom half of the Big East is must-win for the Orange, since they've yet to beat anyone from the top half. Free throw shooting was excellent down the stretch. (A-O unveiled a new sky-high free throw shot that flies suspiciously like a beer pong shot. He went 4-5 from the line.) Donte Greene put the team on his back offensively when he had to. And overall, the team rolled with a late run and gutted out an ugly game.
Jim Boeheim coached a gem. He has always shown a great deal more courage and trust than the average coach in playing guys with 4 fouls with lots of time left. He did that today with Harris and Ongenaet and it paid off again. At one time, I would have disagreed with the strategy, but after years of watching Syracuse, I'm buying into it. Even if the bench was deeper, Harris would have been playing with eight minutes left. That was a pivotal part of the game.
As for Tiger Woods, he's put the Sports Sauna on notice with his 8-stroke victory over a strong field at the Buick Invitational, his first tournament of the year. As I've said before in this space, I've been waiting for Tiger to return to his turn of the millenium game when he was winning majors running away. Maybe he's dialed in now after a couple tumultuous years (swing change, wife, dad passing away, kid). I for one would love to see it.
Ignoring the obvious (The Scoop Issue), there were a lot of good things about the victory. First off, Syracuse held court in the dome. Also, every game against teams from the bottom half of the Big East is must-win for the Orange, since they've yet to beat anyone from the top half. Free throw shooting was excellent down the stretch. (A-O unveiled a new sky-high free throw shot that flies suspiciously like a beer pong shot. He went 4-5 from the line.) Donte Greene put the team on his back offensively when he had to. And overall, the team rolled with a late run and gutted out an ugly game.
Jim Boeheim coached a gem. He has always shown a great deal more courage and trust than the average coach in playing guys with 4 fouls with lots of time left. He did that today with Harris and Ongenaet and it paid off again. At one time, I would have disagreed with the strategy, but after years of watching Syracuse, I'm buying into it. Even if the bench was deeper, Harris would have been playing with eight minutes left. That was a pivotal part of the game.
As for Tiger Woods, he's put the Sports Sauna on notice with his 8-stroke victory over a strong field at the Buick Invitational, his first tournament of the year. As I've said before in this space, I've been waiting for Tiger to return to his turn of the millenium game when he was winning majors running away. Maybe he's dialed in now after a couple tumultuous years (swing change, wife, dad passing away, kid). I for one would love to see it.
Labels: NCAA basketball, Syracuse Orange, Tiger Woods
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