I think losing Fab Melo has resulted it a tighter knit Orange squad. Did you guys see Fab Melo shove Michael Carter Williams when he came to the bench a few games back...? Fab got in a fistfight with Mookie Jones which resulted in Mookie leaving halfway through his senior year. The guy cant even get his academic shit under control and we know how easy schools make it for star players like him. Fab Melo is an immature selfish **** and had a negative effect on our teams chemistry. The rest of the orangemen are mad close. Scoop,KrisJo, Triche, Southerland, Waiters have played together for 3 seasons.
Lets go Cuse, they are going to get it done tonight, the public loves to hate on them with the rough year they had, and now the melo thing has given everyone another reason to hate on them, the public is sleeping on this team. There are no guarantees in the tourney when it comes to who wins these games, but this I can guarantee you, this Cuse team without Melo is ALOT better than the public is giving them credit for. Might not win the whole thing, might get bounced before the final four, but the fact still remains that this team is alot better than people think right now.
I mean it's not like they're "busting" the zone - wide open looks, these kids can knock those down. Done a bit better the last couple possessions, but damn they gotta rotate better.
Let's go Orange. Started getting pumped for this game by watching one of the best fukkin finishes TWICE in the same game. Syracuse vs. Georgia in the Sweet 16 in 1996. John Mother Fukking Wallace instrumental in both. One of my all-time favorite Orangemen who not a lot of people talk about any more. In my opinion, the Wallace pass rates right up there with Hill getting the ball to Laettner as far as best in a tournament setting. Still get chills watching these shots!
That's about the 250th bad call this tourney, calling a charge on what should be a block. Not only was he not there in time, not only was he not set, he wasn't even outside the circle. Should have been a 3 point play instead Ohio State ball and a technical.
Refs are brutal in this game. Don't think you can complain if you're an OSU fan, you're in the double bonus already and 'Cuse has four guys with two fouls.