With six games left, where does UConn go from here?
For five glorious minutes on Saturday, Andre Drummond remembered that he is the most physically dominating specimen in college basketball. Then he got hurt. Such is the way of things with UConn...
| Final - 2.11.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Huskies | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Syracuse Orange | 43 | 42 | 85 |
For five glorious minutes on Saturday, Andre Drummond remembered that he is the most physically dominating specimen in college basketball. Then he got hurt. Such is the way of things with UConn...
We’ve had 17 home games this year so far, 11 of which have hit Taco Time.
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The Syracuse Orange beat the Connecticut Huskies 85-67 on Saturday. Here are the videos to prove it.
The Syracuse Orange defeated the Connecticut Huskies 85-67 on Saturday. Here are the quotes to prove it:
The Syracuse Orange sent in their walk-ons to finish the final half-minute of their 85-67 victory over the Connecticut Huskies on Saturday, which is impressive given how long the Huskies stuck around.
The Connecticut Huskies are having a rough week. Their Hall of Fame coach is ailing. They got blown the F out on Monday by Louisville. Their program is under fire for being full of dummies. And now they have to play a basketball game in front of over 32,000 screaming lunatics in orange.
I say this as a Syracuse University fan, alum, and basketball fan in general: The Orange will not win a national championship this season if it cannot rebound.
This Day in 'Cuse History - February 10, 2010 Syracuse beats UConn 72-67
Since announcing his reclassification to the class of 2012 last week, the legend of Nerlens Noel has spread like wildfire across the SU Hill.
The UConn coach has vowed to return.
Nearly 30,000 tickets have already sold for their game against UConn in February, which has the potential to be a sell-out and to break their record set back in 2010 , when the Orange took on Villanova.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Syracuse | 43 | 42 | 85 |
| Connecticut | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Lamb | 40 | 6-15 | 2-10 | 4-4 | 3-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Alex Oriakhi | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Andre Drummond | 28 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 7-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Ryan Boatright | 38 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 5-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Shabazz Napier | 36 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Niels Giffey | 6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tyler Olander | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Roscoe Smith | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Kyle Bailey | DNP - | ||||||||||
| P.J. Cochrane | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ethan Waite | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Michael Bradley | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Enosch Wolf | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Benjamin Stewart | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brendan Allen | DNP - | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Daniels | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 23-52 | 8-19 | 13-21 | 29-12 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 18-0 | 67 | |
| .442 | .421 | .619 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Syracuse | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakeem Christmas | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Kris Joseph | 35 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Fabricio Melo | 22 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Scoop Jardine | 30 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 21 |
| Brandon Triche | 17 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Michael Carter-Williams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nick Resavy | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dion Waiters | 30 | 7-10 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 18 |
| C.J. Fair | 38 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 12-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Baye Moussa Keita | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Griffin Hoffmann | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Matt Lyde-Cajuste | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Brandon Reese | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Matt Tomaszewski | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| James Southerland | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Mookie Jones | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Trevor Cooney | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Albert Nassar | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Nolan Hart | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Russ DeRemer | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-54 | 10-16 | 11-17 | 31-8 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 16-0 | 85 | |
| .593 | .625 | .647 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||