News Archive for Syracuse Orangemen
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
The NCAA Basketball Tournament has been trimmed down to sixteen teams and it has been a wide open tournament from the opening tipoff. The #1 overall seed Kansas Jayhawks were shocked in the second round with a loss to Northern Iowa, and the third seeded Georgetown Hoyas did not even taste victory as they were bounced in the first round by Ohio. How does the tournament shape up with the remaining survivors is the question? Here is the way I see it…
MIDWEST
This region saw the aforementioned upsets above with Kansas and Georgetown wondering why they were sent packing. With those teams out, it is set up nicely for the Ohio St. Buckeyes to come out of this region. They have been workmenlike like so far, and they should take out Tennessee in their next game and then the winner of the Michigan State/Northern Iowa game. Ohio St. looks real good for the Final Four.
WEST
 Will the Kentucky Wildcats hang a championship banner from the rafters in 2010? The West region still has their number two seeds remaining in Syracuse and Kansas St. Syracuse has looked impressive including yesterday’s victory over Gonzaga. Kansas St. has looked true to form also and knocked off BYU in their latest victory. These two teams are on a collision course to meet in the Elite Eight and that should make a incredible game. But in the end, I see the Orangemen advancing and being a little too much for KState to handle.
EAST
This region has my prediction champion Kentucky Wildcats playing as well as anyone in the tournament. Kentucky is coming off a thirty point blowout over Wake Forest and are riding on a high. They will have stiff competition down the road in Big East champion West Virginia. That game sets up for a very intriguing matchup. Kentucky is too deep and talented to the Final Four pass them by.
SOUTH
The South hosts the #1 seeded Duke Blue Devils. Duke has advanced with smothering defense and looks like a lock to get to the Eight where they will probably face a hungry Baylor team that has won their first tourney games in sixty years. I think Baylor will take out Duke and become the best story of the Final Four.
As you can see so far, anything can happen in this tournament. This makes it very tough to predict but makes the watching that much more exciting. I am looking forward to Thursday to see what transpires. It has left me wanting more!
Tags: Baylor, BYU, Duke, Final Four, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas st, Kentucky Wildcats, Michigan State, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Northern Iowa, Ohio, Ohio State, Syracuse orangemen, Tennessee, Wake Forest, West Virginia
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
This years NCAA Basketball tournament appears to be wide open. My predictions have chalk in them but also have a bit of a surprise in them compared to what most of the experts are going with. Here are my Final Four predictions…
 March Madness is upon us. It is time to pick your Final Four. This is where my surprise come in. Kansas is the top seeded team in this tournament, and most people have them not only making it to the Final Four but winning the whole thing. I do see Kansas getting to the Elite Eight, but I see the Georgetown Hoyas beating them there. Georgetown has a tough path to get to Kansas including possibly playing Ohio State on there way to Kansas. I like the way Georgetown plays and are coached. They run a good offense, have a good defense are were so close to winning the Big East tournament. They are peaking at the right time.
Prediction:Georgetown
WEST
I see this region as the chalk winning it. Syracuse is the #1 seed. I see the Orangemen winning this region even though they have limped into the tournament and do have a injury concern. Cuse has a pretty easy road to the Elite Eight where they will likely face Kansas St. I think by then, they will be both healthy, and a team playing at their best. Syracuse is the class of this region and is too talented to let the Final Four pass them by.
Prediction:Syracuse
EAST
The East region features the freshmen talented Kentucky Wildcats. I think Kentucky has the most talent of any team in the tournament, and they will show they can play as a team with that talent. Kentucky won a lot of close games this year including a unlikely win in the finals of the SEC tournament. This type of winning brings a team together. Kentucky has become a team with awesome talent and will be tough to beat in this tournament. Kentucky takes out West Virginia to get to the Final Four.
Prediction:Kentucky
South
The South region features the Duke Blue Devils as the #1 seed. Duke has the easiest road to the Elite Eight and should not have much of a problem getting there. They are more than fortunate to get this kind of draw. While I would like to pick the Blue Devils because of their fortune, I do not believe on they will get to the Final Four. I am going to go with the Villanova Wildcats. Nova did not end the season on much of a road as they had a very tough schedule to end it. I think that with their hard ending schedule, the competition of the Big East conference, and the talent they have as a team, Villanova will come out of the South and take out Duke.
Prediction:Villanova
My final four has two number ones, a two and a three. I have three Big East teams making the final four. I see Kentucky taking out Georgetown in the finals. The Wildcats with three freshmen cut down the nets.
Tags: big east, Duke, Final Four, Georgetown, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas st, Kentucky Wildcats, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Ohio State, SEC, Syracuse orangemen, Villanova, West Virginia
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Looking at the #1 seeds in this years NCAA Basketball Tournament leaves me with the question on what the committee was thinking when they put together the brackets. Kansas is the #1 overall team in the nation but was not treated as such. Here is the way I see how the #1 seeds have it in fashion with difficultly…
 How do the #1 seeds have it in March Madness? The fore mentioned Kansas Jayhawks have the hardest road even though they were the #1 ranked team to end the season. Kansas, in the MIDWEST bracket, will have to go through Maryland to get to the elite Eight and will then in probability take on the Georgetown/Ohio State winner. Those two teams are among the best teams playing right now and will give Kansas a tough run to the Final Four.
The West bracket has the Syracuse Orangemen as the #1 seed and they have it pretty good. They should cruise to the Elite Eight where they will probably take on Kansas St. or Pittsburgh. This is a easier matchup than what Kansas has to deal with. Syracuse was lucky to be a #1 seed as they limped into the tournament, but they seemed to get rewarded for it.
The East bracket has the Kentucky Wildcats as the #1 seed. Kentucky is the hottest team in the NCAA right now but have a tough road to the Final Four. They will probably have to face a talented and underachieved Texas team along with Temple on their way to the Elite Eight. If they are fortunate to get there, they will probably face either West Virginia or New Mexico on their way to the Final Four. A tough draw for the red hot Wildcats.
The South bracket has the Duke Blue Devils as the #1 seed. Duke has the easiest road to the elite eight and should make it with not much of a problem. There, they will probably face either Villanova or Baylor. Not a bad draw by any means. If Duke can get there, they should be the freshest team in the Final Four.
While all this is speculation and prediction, I see Duke having the easiest road to the Final Four followed by Syracuse, Kentucky and Kansas. We will have to see how this all plays out, but I am ready to see it. MARCH MADNESS is only a couple of days away.
Tags: Baylor, Duke, Georgetown, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas st, Kentucky Wildcats, Maryland, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse orangemen, Temple, texas, Villanova, West Virginia
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
The Louisville Cardinals went into Sundays game against the second rated Syracuse Orangemen with their heads down. When the game was over, there heads were raised with achievement of a much needed upset victory.
Louisville was coming off their worse performance of the season in a embarassing 74-55 loss to St. Johns on Thursday night. So you would figure Louisville would have no chance, think again.
 Rick Pitino's Louisville Cardinals got a much needed upset victory over #2 Syracuse. Syracuse was also riding a eleven game winning streak to boot and were playing in fornt of their home crowd in the Carrier Dome. I think the only people who gave the Cardinals a chance were the players and coach Rick Pitino.
Louisville went into the Dome against all odds and pulled off the major upset 66-60 leaving Orangemen fans stunned. The Cardinals were lead by Edgar Sosa who had twelve points and five assists and Samardo Samuels scored all eight of his points down the stretch to seal the victory.
The Cards only shot 42% form the field and a miserable 9-17 from the free throw line. This kind of play on the road against the second-rated team will usually send you back home with a loss. But the Orangeman shot a poultry 41% and was only 5-19 from beyond the arc. The Cardinals escape with the victory, and they will take it any way they can get it.
Louisville needed this victory on their resume’ as they had not had a impressive victory to speak of so far. This will serve as a signature victory in their quest to get invited to the big dance in March. They stand at 16-9 and 7-5 in the Big East right now.
This victory was their fifth in a row over Syracuse. Louisville has their number and they are very thankful for that. While this upset does not guarantee any invitation to the NCAA tournament, it will go along way towards it . Beating the number two team in the nation on the road is something to hang your hat on. Louisville got a much needed win on Sunday.
Tags: big east, Edgar Sosa, Louisville Cardinals, NCAA, Rick Pitino, Samardo Samuels, St. Johns Red Storm, Syracuse orangemen
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