Tonight Jim Boeheim won his 800th career game and it couldn't have been more anticlimactic. After a loss to Le Moyne, that's a good thing.
We here at T3I salute Coach Boeheim on an truly amazing accomplishment.
As far as the game goes, here are a few quick observations:
* Syracuse played 40 minutes of zone tonight, and it was effective, holding Albany to 45 points. After a few years of man to man versus zone debates, this much is clear - this particular group that JB has assembled is a zone team. I'm fine with it. It's one less thing to debate throughout the year.
* The defensive intensity was turned up about 15 notches over the Le Moyne game. Thank God.
* The game was extremely sloppy - we're talking 40 year old, day-shift stripper sloppy. The two teams combined for 53 turnovers. That is not a typo. 53 turnovers.
* The rotation today had Scoop Jardine and Kris Joseph as the first two guys off the bench. After that, Mookie and James Southerland will fight for whatever minutes are left. Based on how they played tonight, I'd favor Southerland, but it will be an interesting situation to watch.
* I'll go all SAT on you for a minute - Wes Johnson is to jumping, what Jon Gruden is to excessive talking. Yamma hamma this kid is athletic.
* SU really struggled shooting the ball from distance tonight, making 2-17 three pointers. Likewise, they shot under 50% from the free throw line. This will bite them a few times this year.
* SU had 5 guys in double figures and almost had a 6th, as Brandon Triche finished with 8 points.
* If you're interested, you can get the t-shirt pictured above here.
* After the awful loss to Le Moyne, we can all breath a little easier tonight. This team has a lot of work ahead, but they have the potential to do some damage this year.
We here at T3I salute Coach Boeheim on an truly amazing accomplishment.
As far as the game goes, here are a few quick observations:
* Syracuse played 40 minutes of zone tonight, and it was effective, holding Albany to 45 points. After a few years of man to man versus zone debates, this much is clear - this particular group that JB has assembled is a zone team. I'm fine with it. It's one less thing to debate throughout the year.
* The defensive intensity was turned up about 15 notches over the Le Moyne game. Thank God.
* The game was extremely sloppy - we're talking 40 year old, day-shift stripper sloppy. The two teams combined for 53 turnovers. That is not a typo. 53 turnovers.
* The rotation today had Scoop Jardine and Kris Joseph as the first two guys off the bench. After that, Mookie and James Southerland will fight for whatever minutes are left. Based on how they played tonight, I'd favor Southerland, but it will be an interesting situation to watch.
* I'll go all SAT on you for a minute - Wes Johnson is to jumping, what Jon Gruden is to excessive talking. Yamma hamma this kid is athletic.
* SU really struggled shooting the ball from distance tonight, making 2-17 three pointers. Likewise, they shot under 50% from the free throw line. This will bite them a few times this year.
* SU had 5 guys in double figures and almost had a 6th, as Brandon Triche finished with 8 points.
* If you're interested, you can get the t-shirt pictured above here.
* After the awful loss to Le Moyne, we can all breath a little easier tonight. This team has a lot of work ahead, but they have the potential to do some damage this year.
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