Syracuse Looks to Send it in Against Seton Hall

The number one ranked Syracuse Orange get their Big East season started against the Seton Hall Pirates tonight. For those who want intelligent analysis of the season so far and what we can expect heading into tonight's game, head over to 900 Irving and get geared up.

For those of you looking for dumb stuff, you're in the right place. Seton Hall is having a very nice start to its season, as the Pirates have raced to an 11-1 start.  They are led by Herb Pope -- who is a walking double-double who also moolights as one of the most accomplished testicle assassins in all of college basketball:



And since perception is reality, I fully expect the Pirates to give the Orange all they can handle, since it seems like they always give SU fits. It wouldn't surprise me if somehow Darius Lane found a 12th year of eligibilty and came off the bench to knock down six 35 footers while Boeheim screams at Scoop to get his hands up.

So while we expect a tough game tonight, we should also pay our respects to Seton Hall's greatest contribution to game of college basketball -- launching Bill Raftery's broadcasting career.

We make no bones about the fact that we love Raft and always will. However, we wouldn't get to enjoy Bill Rafterty the broadcaster if Bill Raftery the coach hadn't washed out at Seton Hall after 11 seasons.

Raft was the head coach at Seton Hall from 1970 - 1981 and judging by his record, we was exceptionally mediocre -- never winning more than 18 games and never losing more 16 over the course of a decade.  To be that consistently average makes us love the guy even more, because let's face it, on its best days this blog could charitably be described as OK.

However, after going 11-16 in 1981, Bill left Seton Hall and P.J. Carlesimo came in. P.J reached great heights, taking the Hall all the way to the 1989 National Championship game before he decided to move on to the pros serve as Latrell Sprewell's personal stress relief ball.

However, his coaching exit launched broadcasting career that quickly made Raftery one of the most entertaining guys working in college basketball. So thank you Seton Hall for bringing us Bill, a man who has brought us classics such as onions, a little lingerie on the deck, man to man, secret playbooks, and of course Jerome sending it in:



So while you're watching the game tonight and getting frustrated by the fact that Jordan Theodore has suddenly morphed into Stephen Curry, sit back, relax and thank the Hall for Raft.