How To Recover From the Cleveland State Miracle and Why SI's Seth Davis is Wrong
I woke up this morning feeling a little like I did back when Syracuse let an extremely pesky Vermont team play out of its mind and snatch a victory from Syracuse back in the 2004 NCAA tournament.
I still cannot look at former Catamounts coach Tom Brennan without disgust, and I'm sure every time I see Gary Waters again, I will surely cringe thinking about The Shot that beat Syracuse in the Dome, 72-69.
It's not as if Syracuse didn't deserve to lose the game. It was a miracle alone that Jonny Flynn hit a three-pointer and then Syracuse was able to force a turnover with 15 second left to allow Arinze Onuaku to lay in an Andy Rautins three-point attempt that was not close to tie the game.
We all just thought it would go to overtime. After all, this was the Dome, and Gerry McNamara was courtside, so weren't you expecting the Dome karma to take over and that the Orange would win in overtime?
Well, there is any easy way to get over this loss, besides mint cookie crumble ice cream. It's called ...
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