A day to Remember

The atmosphere at the Carrier Dome is one that is truly unmatched in the nation you can't really realize this when your watching them take on USF; however, when the 'Cuse take on a bitter rival like, say, Georgetown you truly realize what it is like to have 30,000 fans screaming at every rebound, foul, basket, it seemed like the building was shaking after every Johnny Flynn dribble. Me and my friend Greg are die hard in all aspects, but our fandom reached new heights on Saturday when we completed the number 10 thing on my "life's to do list" and that was painting our bodies for a game. This was not your little brothers face paint either. We went as an "S" and an "U" [ Greg was the "S" and I was the "U"] but not just our face, not just our stomach, not just our arms, no, we went with a whole body montage that screamed "LOOK AT ME!" and people did. Before I get to the game, it is amazing what going shirtless to a public event will do for you. Me and Greg have been to a couple of games before, here was the difference, both me and him where shirtless to this one, wow. We went from average Joes to Oprah. We had people who didn't know us, recognize us, or live within a 10 mile radius of us or anyone of our family members come up to us and ask for pictures. Why? Just because we where without shirts in upstate New York in the middle of February.

But the real point of this post is to talk about the game. And what a game. The fact that SU was in this game proves the inconsistent nature of this team. The fact that they could lay such a humungous egg against USF and then come back in a couple of days and play as good a game as they possibly could. The start of the game screamed blowout, no one could believe it. These guys couldn't miss if you put a blindfold on them and taped their right hand to their thigh. Donte Greene had such a stroke, but how about Paul Harris? Before today I didn't think he would ever make a field goal from more then 8 feet. He made a 3 point field goal! I turned to Greg and just looked at him stunned and said, what? Harris is of course a sick player in all respects, but can't shoot to save his life. This has been his weakness since he came to the hill. It was a nice change to see him make a three. And it was nice to see him score 22 points [ Georgetown's total in the 1^st half] but we expect that. Syracuse seemed unstoppable in the paint, with Onuaku dominating the "great one" [sarcasm] Roy Hibbert. I thought this kid was good. Just what I herd on the streets, guess whoever said that was wrong. Usually Onuaku has trouble with anyone over 7 feet, take the Uconn game for an example, by the end of the game he didn't want any part of the low post. That is so much unlike him it is not even funny, but today, with the great Hibbert on him, Onuaku scored 13 points and grabbed 4 rebounds while Hibbert scored 11 points and garnered 3 rebounds. You do the math, they occasionally teach that at Georgetown.

Now this win looks cute on a resume, but is it enough? The 8^th ranked team went down but then again, USF just beat them. Right now I think that this team's status has not changed since a week ago. They got both the back breaker and the rousing win, now the 'Cuse can officially play their way into the tourney, they have a huge game with Pittsburgh coming up, and a win there would help immensely. Now it is up to the 'Cuse crew.

Just a Thought