WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST MAKE HIM SHOOT INSIDE THE ARC?!

Well, Kyle McAlarney got high off the 3 to the tune of 9-11 from beyond the arc, and ended up with 30 points (he was 0-2 from inside the arc, and 3-3 from the stripe. The odd number of free throws? DONTE GREENE FOULED HIM ON A 3! AND HE MADE THE 3! WHAT THE FUCK?!??!?!) Paul and Arinze were great, Ed Hightower proved himself to be one of the more terrible refs in the Big East (if he works one of the three 'Cuse games with Cahill and Burr, I will throw up at tip-off; that is a guarantee). Johnny and Donte were freshmen. Nothing was falling for the Orange (a lot of rim-out lay-ups), and they both had terrible games. Johnny at least showed some effort, while Donte went 2-7, caused a 4-point play, and fouled out and walked off the court like his lunch money got stolen and he couldn't afford the sloppy joes. Harangody gets away with a lot, and when he flops once, Ed Hightower seems to come over and give him a body massage. I didn't get the memo that Notre Dame would be getting games called their way so much because the football team sucked this year, but Harangody had an obvious charge into Kristof just become a no-call. Scoop was pretty solid, and I actually think he should replace Donte in the starting lineup right now. Donte is obviously coming back next year, but he should try to improve on his game right now instead of waiting for the summer to put in work at Manley. This is starting to look like 2002, where an injury (2008: Rautins and Devendorf, 2002: Shumpert's eye) has negatively affected the team, and the women's team (made the tournament for the first time I can remember in 2002, 2008: currently ranked #24) has shown some sort of superiority. Every regular season game the rest of the year is must-win for Syracuse, and it looks like 2 wins in the BET will be necessary for a NCAA invite even with that. 

On a broadcasting note, Bob Wenzel thinks he is Bill Raftery, and I have news for him: you are a terrible analyst, and I did not hear you utter one intelligent comment that whole damn game. If I hear you analyze another game terribly while pretending to be Bill Raftery, I will circle a petition for your firing.

In other news, Penn basketball lost at Harvard. I guess I can make travel plans for Spring Break that don't include watching a 1st round NCAA loss!

There will be 6 days to try to get things right for Pitt's appearance at the Dome. The crowd will be out for that game, I expect at more than 30,000, and they will be pivotal in helping to motivate this young team. Hopefully Levance Fields doesn't hit his stride until after he leaves the Dome.