Orangemen use full-court defense to mixed results
The odds were awful — nearly as high as a novice gambler emerging from Turning Stone Casino with a profit — but Jim Boeheim had… Read more »
Writer archives: Chris Carlson
Backcourt struggles as SU falls, 75-61
Lately, Billy Edelin and Gerry McNamara have been the Syracuse men’s basketball team’s spark plugs. Last night against Connecticut, the pair was a dead engine.Both… Read more »
UConn lost without leader
It’s Jim Calhoun’s voice — the one that screamed, complained and cursed in practice — that the Connecticut men’s basketball team misses most.Sure, Calhoun's diagnosis… Read more »
McNamara is SU’s freeloader
Free-throw shooting is Gerry McNamara’s safety net. McNamara ranks ninth in the NCAA and tops in the Big East, shooting 94 percent from the line.… Read more »
Hoyas center runs wild, but Orangemen win, 88-80
Mike Sweetney and Craig Forth stood speechless in their respective locker rooms.Forth had been awed into silence by Sweetney's annihilation of the No. 19 Syracuse… Read more »
Marquee post matchups a thing of the past in SU-GU rivalry
Patrick Ewing used to battle Rony Seikaly. Alonzo Mourning met up with Derrick Coleman. The Syracuse-Georgetown basketball rivalry once brimmed with premier post matchups. But… Read more »
Syracuse win? Don’t bank on it
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — It didn’t take much for Rutgers to earn its first Big East win. Just the ability to survive a 21-6 run, another… Read more »
Back to reality: Scarlet Knights winless in 5 Big East games
This was supposed to be the Scarlet Knights’ year. Last year, the Rutgers men's basketball team vaulted itself from Big East laughingstock to conference respectability.… Read more »
SU defense pilfers win from Pirates
Seton Hall thought it had fixed this problem already. A paltry perimeter shooting percentage hampered the Pirates in their first game against Syracuse. Then guards… Read more »
Syracuse tries to rebound
Carmelo Anthony was battled, bruised and bumped from the lane, while centers Craig Forth and Jeremy McNeil were nearly bounced from the scorebook.Despite having a… Read more »
Syracuse’s defense tightens as schedule toughens
Syracuse men’s basketball head coach Jim Boeheim poked, prodded, pleaded and nit-picked. Gerry McNamara was making a seamless transition to point guard. Carmelo Anthony was… Read more »
Five SU starters score double figures aginst Missouri
Gerry McNamara doesn't like to think of himself as solely a shooter. At the beginning of the season, he cringed when constantly questioned about his… Read more »
SU’s maligned centers shut down Missouri’s Johnson
Missouri center Arthur Johnson was coming off a 30-point bonanza against Baylor. Syracuse centers Craig Forth and Jeremy McNeil had given up 26 points to… Read more »
Syracuse stings Georgia Tech
During Friday's practice, Syracuse men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim made a threat to his team - a loss to Georgia Tech would mean the Orangemen… Read more »
Syracuse blows out UNC-Greensboro
Hakim Warrick claims he's always had these moves.He's always used the spin move that leaves even the most nimble forward guarding thin air. He's got… Read more »
Syracuse blows out UNC-Greensboro
Hakim Warrick claims he's always had these moves.He's always used the spin move that leaves even the most nimble forward guarding thin air. He's got… Read more »
SU too athletic for Cornell
Hakim Warrick knew it was over when he stepped on the court. Josh Pace knew well before that.Both Pace and Warrick figured that the Syracuse… Read more »
Struggling economy has little effect on new-student admissions
Colleen Eaglehouse, a high school senior from Blairsville, Pa. wandered the halls of the Tolley Administration Building after taking her first official tour of Syracuse… Read more »
McNeil swats Raiders away
Kueth Duany searched the bleachers for somebody who would understand what happened to the Syracuse men's basketball team's defense.During a break late in the second… Read more »
Secondary worst in Big East
Perhaps the Syracuse football team overestimated the importance of its seniors a little.The secondary, led by four seniors — cornerbacks Will Hunter and Latroy Oliver… Read more »
Quiet Pace making noise coming off SU’s bench
Sometimes Josh Pace looks like he would rather be anywhere but on a basketball court.His slow amble across the hardwood seems better suited for a… Read more »
Old-timer Moten keeps on scoring
Lawrence Moten made his way through the obligatory greeting line.Hugs were in order for Syracuse men’s basketball coaches Jim Boeheim, Mike Hopkins and Bernie Fine.… Read more »
Edelin discusses new suspension
During the Syracuse men’s basketball team’s practice yesterday afternoon, Billy Edelin joked with center Jeremy McNeil during brief intermissions. He stayed late to improve his… Read more »
No Freebies
NEW YORK CITY — As Carmelo Anthony missed his fifth consecutive free throw, he left his hand dangling in the air. He stood at the… Read more »
