rivals.yahoo.com - 3/12/2009
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NEW YORK Syracuse has launched an internal investigation into the recruitment of former player Donte Greene by professional sports agents, according to a team spokesman. A team source said the school spoke to Greene about the situation Wednesday.“We’re looking into,” said Syracuse’s Pete Moore. ...
rumorsandrants.com - 3/12/2009
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rumorsandrants.com —
Leave it to Yahoo! Sports to rain on
Syracuse’s little Big East tournament parade. The Orange dropped...
a ton of threes and narrowly avoided a scrum with Seton Hall on Wednesday in their first game at the Garden, setting up a quarterfinal game against Connecticut at 9 p.m. tonight. But ...
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Non-News of the Day: Basketball Recruiting is Skeezy
bustedcoverage.com - 3/5/2009
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bustedcoverage.com —
Click here to view the embedded video. There
are very few venues in college sports where beer...
is served. The Carrier Dome in Syracuse is one of those places and students obviously take advantage of the situation. From the vlogger: This kid ...
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Syracuse Basketball Fan Is A Tool.
nunesmagician.com - 3/13/2009
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nunesmagician.com —
Goodness, where does one begin? Couple thoughts of
my own before we check the Interwebs: It was...
amazing to watch the game go from testy to chippy to being within one elbow from an all-out brawl to no one having the energy to fight so let's ...
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Actually, I Think They're Still Playing...
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yoco :: College Basketball —
... . Good Morning Quote I know he never listened to his uncle about anything." Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim on Donte Greene, whose uncle, Derrick Marcano, received a $50,000 line of credit during the 2007-08 season as part of Ceruzzi Sports and Entertainment's efforts to sign Greene. LINK . Good Morning Stat Dayton guard London Warren averages 4.1 assists per outing in only 20.6 minutes of play. According to KenPom.com, when Warren is in the game, he assists ...
Non-News of the Day: Basketball Recruiting is Skeezy
Rumors and Rants —
Leave it to Yahoo! Sports to rain on Syracuse’s little Big East tournament parade.
The Orange dropped a ton of threes and narrowly avoided a scrum with Seton Hall on Wednesday in their first game at the Garden, setting up a quarterfinal game against Connecticut at 9 p.m. tonight.
But lost in the shuffle of March Madness, which is awesome, is a story about Syracuse opening an internal investigation into former player Donte Greene’s recruitment by a sports agency. Not so awesome.
Greene played just one season at Syracuse and led it in scoring before bolting to the NBA. For the record, I was never impressed with the guy. ...
Donte Greene's Uncle Is The Scoop's Cousin Of 2009
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician —
... But now it's time to get to know Derrick Marcano, uncle to Donte Greene, who played for the Orange last season before leaving after his freshman season. Seems as though Derrick was dipping into the company funds over at Ceruzzi Sports and Entertainment while Donte was at SU. That's a bit of a sticky wicket considering Ceruzzi was trying to court Donte at the time (already illegal) and decided the best course of action would be to give Mr. Marcano a $50,000 line of credit in the meantime so that he would influence Donte to sign with them when the time ...
Yahoo's Righteous Crusade To Purify College Sports [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin —
Yahoo, as noted earlier, has another story out in its long-running series on the generous redistributive polices of the USC athletic department. I hate to go all Jason Whitlock here, but, well ... ... the man has a point. (Or had, briefly, until his frantic row-back a couple days later.) Yahoo has built a brand out of catching young athletes with their hand out, something that always makes for compelling reading but now seems more than a little misguided. If you find yourself writing story after story about NCAA ...
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Sweetest NCAA Memories #7: Two Shades of Orange(men)
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Syracuse: 2009 NCAA Tournament Capsule
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Syracuse Orange
Big East
Last NCAA Appearance: 2006, First Round loss
to Texas A&M
Coach: Jim Boeheim (40-25 in 25 NCAA
appearances)
Why They Can Surprise:
If you look at the Syracuse statistics, it is hard
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Six Overtimes; Tank Still Full
slamdunkcentral.com 3/27/2009 —
The improbable late season run by the Syracuse Orange may have come as a surprise to many. After two straight seasons of mediocrity and missing the NCAA tournament in consecutive years, analysts alike predicted the Orange to carry on their trend of sub par play.
But head coach Jim Boeheim ...
