Syracuse 72 St. Joesph's 69

It looks like we could be in for some long waits outside the Carrier Dome if the team keeps playing like this. The seniors got there at 9:30, followed by the new freshman group, and then us at 10:30.

The game was amazing again. The student section is getting really loud really early in the year. It's great. We opened the Go Orange chant to the entire crowd with the student section pointing around the Dome to the rest of the crowd yelling GO! hoping the rest of the crowd responses with Orange. It worked alrite, the enthusiastic people out there do it but not too many other people.

My simple breakdown of the game, again we don't have the greatest vantage point, is that we need to cut down the turnovers. The really bad ones that aren't going to lead to baskets even if the pass goes through need to stop. I don't mind the occasional Alley-Oop when the game is tight because it sucks the crowd back into the game. I don't like the fact that Boeheim isn't using his bench. Scoop should be seeing 10 minutes or so and Rick should see around the same, probably more towards 15. Kristof should get probably 5. After that I don't care if anyone steps out there. It definitely showed in the last 10 minutes, the guys were getting tired. They were as efficient on offense. They also were getting a little lazy in the 2-3 zone. The forwards were not stepping up as quickly on the wings, leaving the guards hung out to dry. That right there in my mind was the fatigue.

We will be back friday. A good friend of mine Jordan "Shut Up"malis (inside joke) will be singing the nation anthem and she's damn good. So go to the game and listen to her...oh and watch a great team on the side.