basketball

Game time at Chuck's brought amped up energy (and a few spilled drinks)
By Jillian D'Onfro
April 7, 2013 - 12:05pm
Commentary: Watching the Final Four game at the legendary campus bar creates lasting memories, despite the 'Cuse defeat.

We didn’t have time to let the Jello shots set. 

“Oh my god!” my roommate Susie squealed from her room as my friend Nik tapped the jiggly contents of one of the orange rinds in our fridge skeptically, “The line at Chuck's is already so long!”

3 Thoughts from SU vs Marquette
By Thomas Rende
February 26, 2013 - 12:20pm
SU couldn’t bounce back from their loss against Georgetown as they lost their second game in a row to Marquette. SU (22-6, 10-5) ended up losing 74-71 to the Golden Eagles (20-7, 11-4) who now move ahead of the Orange in the Big East standings. Here are 3 thoughts from the game:

1. Free Throws: SU had a fine free throw shooting percentage-they shot 71.4 percent from the line-but they were unable to get to the line enough. They shot 7 free throws while Marquette shot a whopping 35 free throws on the night. If the Orange wants to get back on a winning track, they will have to do so without fouling.

SU blows out Bloomsburg in final tuneup game
By Mark Volain
November 4, 2012 - 9:44pm
Led by Brandon Triche, the SU offense was efficient in their 43-point win over Bloomsburg in their final exhibition game.

The Syracuse Orange men's basketball team doesn't need any more exhibition games. Lucky for them, they don't have any more.

The Orange annihilated the Bloomsburg Huskies 103-60 behind the stellar, aggressive play of senior Brandon Triche, who was an efficient 9-for-11 from the field and 2-for-3 behind the arc, for 23 points. Triche added seven assists and five rebounds.

Orange Madness set for Oct. 12
By Tyler Ruby
September 26, 2012 - 4:41pm
SU's Orange Madness will treat Syracuse fans and students to a preview of the men's and women's basketball teams before the season.

On Oct. 12, former SU basketball star Scoop Jardine and Jazmine Jordan, daughter of Michael Jordan, will host Orange Madness in the Carrier Dome, the SU athletics department announced Wednesday.

This year's special guest performer is rapper Wale, who has produced two studio albums with a third due to be released in early 2013. Tickets are free open to the public, and the event is set to begin at 8 p.m.

The art of Otto
By Nick Toney
May 8, 2012 - 11:54am
Professional artist and Syracuse sports fan Michael Borkowski has applied his own original look to the school's popular mascot.

Michael Borkowski fell in love with Syracuse sports from the stands in the newly constructed Carrier Dome. The Syracuse native watched firsthand as Dick MacPherson rebuilt the football program and Jim Boeheim coached the basketball team to national prominence in the early '80s.

Only one thing confused Borkowski: the lack of an official mascot. Syracuse University hadn't yet adopted Otto the Orange, and was in the middle of a mix-and-match dark period of mascots that confused the young SU fan.

Three thoughts from SU vs. Cincinnati
By Danny Connors
March 10, 2012 - 8:09pm
Hopes of a Syracuse Big East championship ended with a 71-68 loss to Cincinnati at Madison Square Garden on Friday night

 1. Syracuse Wasn’t Too Upset After the Loss

Former ESPN Writer Apologizes for Lin Headline
By Perry Russom
February 20, 2012 - 6:17pm
After being fired for an offensive headline on Jeremy Lin, Anthony Federico apologizes

The ESPN writer who was fired after writing an offensive headline about New York Knick’s star point guard Jeremy Lin called it “an honest mistake” on Monday, according to CNN.

Anthony Federico released an apology for writing the headline “Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin’s 9 Turnovers cost Knicks in Streak-stopping Loss to Hornets,” CNN reports.  

The New York Times says Lin is of Chinese descent and his parents are Taiwanese.

Syracuse drops Providence, advances to 19-0
By Danny Connors
January 15, 2012 - 3:02pm
No. 1 Orange tie school record for most wins to start a season.