After loss, Flynn, Harris still mum on futures
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The image of Jonny Flynn grimacing in pain as he tried to play in the Sweet 16 Friday night during Syracuse's 84-71… Read more »
Writer archives: Jared Diamond
OUT COLD: Poor shooting night vs. Sooners bounces Syracuse from Sweet 16
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Early on, Paul Harris sensed the game, and Syracuse's season, was starting to slip away. The shooters who had propelled Syracuse this… Read more »
OUT COLD: Syracuse knocked out of NCAA Tournament after poor shooting night against Oklahoma
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Early on, Paul Harris sensed the game, and Syracuse's season, was starting to slip away. The shooters who had propelled Syracuse this… Read more »
Syracuse zone looks to shut down Griffin
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - All week leading up to Friday's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game (7:27 p.m., CBS), Syracuse's focus has been on containing Oklahoma's Blake… Read more »
Syracuse is BACK IN THE BUILDING:
For the Syracuse basketball team, the last few days have been a whirlwind. The Orange won two games in Miami last weekend to advance to… Read more »
Marrone returns to old traditions in 1st spring practice
A bonfire blazed behind Manley Field House before sunrise Friday morning. To new head coach Doug Marrone, the dark smoke rising into the early morning… Read more »
Diamond: Will SU players go pro? NCAA Tournament will tell
Syracuse fits the profile of a team poised to make a run in NCAA Tournament. It is peaking at the best possible time and has… Read more »
SIX IN THE CITY: Syracuse outlasts UConn in 6-overtime thriller at Madison Square Garden
NEW YORK - No more than 45 minutes after Syracuse won what will undoubtedly be considered one of the greatest games in Big East history,… Read more »
OUT OF GAS: Exhausted Syracuse falls to Louisville in Big East finals
NEW YORK - Jim Boeheim finally threw in the towel. The walk-ons were coming into the game with 1:19 remaining and Syracuse trailing by 11… Read more »
Syracuse relishes underdog role in surprising run through Big East tourney
NEW YORK - If Syracuse was looking for any extra motivation in its 74-69 overtime victory over West Virginia Friday night, Mountaineer forward Da'Sean Butler… Read more »
After 6-overtime marathon, SU has 20 hours to prepare for West Virginia
NEW YORK - Eric Devendorf has played two games in one day before. Just not in a long time. Anyway, that was in high school,… Read more »
Syracuse picks apart Seton Hall's zone defense
NEW YORK - Opponents don't often play zone defense against Syracuse. Not with sharpshooters Jonny Flynn, Eric Devendorf and Andy Rautins manning the perimeter, anxious… Read more »
FINISHING STRONG: Syracuse win streak at 3 after 51-point 2nd half vs. Rutgers
Jonny Flynn was flying toward the basket all alone for an easy layup that would have given the Syracuse a three-point lead. Paul Harris was… Read more »
Jackson, Onuaku stay hot with 23 points, 10 rebounds
Whenever Rick Jackson fought for position in the post Sunday afternoon, he felt an unfamiliar sensation - a hand on his back. Big East opponents… Read more »
Syracuse basketball team looks ahead to lighter stretch of games
In the locker room Sunday afternoon, a reporter asked Andy Rautins if he was relieved now that his team had finished the gauntlet of its… Read more »
SHOOTING BLANKS: Syracuse misses 4 shots in final 10 seconds in loss to Villanova
Paul Harris never doubted Jonny Flynn's 3-pointer at the buzzer was going in. Why would he? Syracuse had battled from seven points down with 47… Read more »
Syracuse basketball to play rematch against rival Georgetown Saturday
Syracuse may have lost to Connecticut by 14 points Wednesday night, but as far as Paul Harris is concerned, all the Orange has to do… Read more »
MBB : Missed opportunities cost Orange in 1st half
STORRS, Conn. - To Kristof Ongenaet, one sequence epitomized what made Syracuse's 63-49 loss to No. 1 Connecticut Wednesday night so frustrating.With about 13 minutes… Read more »
MBB : Foul trouble leaves Syracuse shorthanded down stretch
PHILADELPHIA - Paul Harris played center Saturday afternoon.Not for very long, but down the stretch of Syracuse's 102-85 loss to Villanova, the 6-foot-5 small forward… Read more »
MBB : Starting block: SU can't overcome sloppy 1st half in loss to Villanova
PHILADELPHIA - Jim Boeheim didn't need to be prompted. No need to even ask Syracuse's head coach the question. The reason his team lost Saturday… Read more »
MBB : THE WRONG FOOT: Dismal first half sends Syracuse to loss at Villanova
PHILADELPHIA - Jim Boeheim didn't need to be prompted. No need to even ask Syracuse's head coach the question. The reason his team lost Saturday… Read more »
MBB : Shorthanded Orange run out of gas in 2nd half
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Jonny Flynn thought he was letting everybody in on a little secret when he tried to explain why Syracuse lost Wednesday night.… Read more »
FB : Robinson hired as Michigan defensive coordinator
Greg Robinson's stint of unemployment is over already.Syracuse's former head football coach, who was fired Nov. 16, was hired Tuesday afternoon as Michigan's defensive coordinator,… Read more »
MBB : Pitt stifles Flynn with trap defense
PITTSBURGH - Levance Fields put it best. For Pittsburgh's starting point guard, it wasn't too difficult to figure out why Syracuse lost Monday night -… Read more »
