By BILLY HEYEN Syracuse players sat in the Carrier Dome locker room after last season’s home loss to Georgia Tech and, when asked, couldn’t agree on what defense the Yellowjackets had played. “Weird looking,” Oshae Brissett called it. A 1-3-1 that worked like a 1-1-3, Frank Howard suggested. Jim Boeheim insisted it was a matchup, 2-3 zone. “It’s the same zone the whole game,” … [Read more...] about Heyen: First step to Syracuse turnaround? Solve Georgia Tech’s defense
Josh Pastner
Memphis-Syracuse: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: 900 Irving Avenue, in Syracuse New York, is the place as Josh Pastner brings his Memphis Tigers (10-3) to Upstate New York for a non-conference tilt with Jim Boeheim's No.7 Syracuse Orange (13-1, 1-1). Plot: It is Conference USA versus the Big East in a game that pits two teams who have combined for 11 NCAA Tournament appearances since 2003. … [Read more...] about Memphis-Syracuse: Tale Of The Tape