Manual Buzzer On Location

Over the coming weeks, I will be traveling with the Syracuse men's—and women's (!)—basketball teams to the Big East Tournaments in Hartford and New York City, and then to the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament! [Knock on wood] Needless to say, shenanigans and many drinks are imminent. I'm going to bring the camera along and hopefully I'll come back with a couple of photo essays documenting what it's like to travel with a college basketball band, what Syracuse fans are like outside their natural habitat, and whether or not Jonny Flynn can teabag-dunk over Hasheem Thabeet, per Pappy's request.

If you're going to be where the team is, or know where any Syracuse hot spots are in the area, let us know so we can share some drinks and good times with fellow Syracuse comrades. I'll check in after the Rutgers game on Tuesday—senior night—and in the meantime I'll be munching on some Syracuse Athletics cereal, or at least some popcorn...

A Weekly Standard Coming Soon

What a season it's been for the Orange, eh? Hell, Jonny Flynn even dunked on someone! Look at this:
After so many clankers, finally! I'm so happy for you, Jonny. Now, just dunk on Thabeet and Bernie Fine could be your personal Sugarfoot.
Starting this Sunday, Pappy will return from Pappy's hiatus (Rickey told me to!) with a weekly column on college basketball with a 'Cuse focus, but also a national focus, and a little bit of a Philadelphia focus, but not so much a Penn focus, because I don't want to make fun of stupid people (read: Glen Miller) too much.