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To Topple No. 1 Syracuse, Fixing Last Season's Turnover Problem Is A Good Place To Start
The Syracuse Orange play zone defense almost exclusively, they have great talent, and the zone philosophy has been ingrained since before Jim Boeheim knew where to find Greensboro on a map. Their interior defense generally runs from good to outstanding, and they've finished in the top 10 nationally...
Syracuse vs. Florida - Top Ten Match-Up Impressions
If there was one thing I hadn't seen in four years of Syracuse basketball, it was a marquee non-conference match-up on the hill. We had Memphis a few years back, which was probably the closest thing, but that Tiger team wasn't that good, and it was during winter break. That all changed this year,...
Conference Hopping, Part IV.2
As promised, here is another look at TCU's move to the Big East. The personnel issues that I highlit in my first take on the move have cleared, somewhat. West Virginia and Pittsburgh did indeed change coaching regimes. Pitt did so in the usual fashion-- firing its coach and hiring another, Mike...
Big East Expansion: Basketball Programs Want Pitt & Syracuse Out?
Despite the fact that commissioner John Marinatto continues to preach that the members of his conference want to stick together and save the Big East (if you missed it, UConn and Rutgers are NOT committed to this plan), it appears that not everyone is on board with keeping Syracuse and Pittsburgh...
Breaking News: ACC Adding Big East's Syracuse, Pitt
It's a done deal. The ACC has accepted the applications for Syracuse and Pittsburgh. More information will be available after a 9:30 AM conference call between the ACC and the media. See below for recent quotes from ACC officials. Duke President Richard Broadhead: "The ACC is a strong, united...
Pittsburgh & Syracuse Have Applied For ACC Membership, Announcement Sunday
UPDATE (3:30 p.m.) A Big 12 source told Orangebloods.com that Pittsburgh and Syracuse will be announced as the 13th and 14th ACC members on Sunday. UPDATE (12:30 p.m.) VUHoops corroborates our story that Villanova and the ACC has discussed membership. According to their source, Boston College AD...
Syracuse & Pitt In Talks With ACC?
Pete Thamel of the New York Times is reporting that both Syracuse and Pittsburgh are engaged in talks to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The athletic directors at each school both declined comment when reached earlier, as did Big East commissioner John Marinatto (though with him, we're...
2011 Schedule Analysis: BIG EAST
Two months later and I'm ready to put the second edition of the 2011 schedule analysis on the interwebs. This time it's the Big East and their quirky 7 games in conference and varied out of conference games. Good times for everybody. Let's see who has a tough schedule next year and who most...
The OFD 2010 Bowl Preview Part II- Getting Better
Okay, so that first round of Bowl Games was less than spectacular but there are still 26 contests to go. Let’s hope this next batch of games picks up the pace a little bit. In this installment of my 2010 Bowl Preview I will discuss the final 13 games of 2010. For me they will end with New...
Notre Dame’s Easiest Schedule in Years is Not So Easy
We heard the accusations long before the 2010 season started. "This is the weakest schedule I’ve ever seen in my lifetime," said one program follower. "I am ashamed that this team is playing Western Michigan and Tulsa," said another fan. And of course the non-fan saw the inclusion of both Navy...
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