It would have been a huge boost to this young team to get a road win against a top 10 team but Boeheim played not to lose, so he did.
After a Donte Greene 3-pointer gave SU a 58-51 lead with 4:34 to go, the Orange scored 4 points over the next 9:34 of regulation and overtime.
I grant that the shooters went cold at the wrong time but this is not a half court team and Boeheim ordered them into a slowdown half court offense from which they couldn't be effective.
Also, not surprising for a Boeheim coached team but SU shot 50% from the free throw line including 4 devastating misses from Arinze Onuaku in overtime.
Overall, I love this team and if Donte Greene stays they can be really awesome next season.
But this year SU is going to finish 20-13 and Boeheim is going to bitch when they're left out of the tournament again.
I can already envision that he is going to say that last year they got left out because the schedule wasn't strong enough and this year the schedule was too strong, and they're left out again.
But the problem is, SU did not play a ranked team in non-conference and as of now SU is 0-6 against teams that are in the top 50 in RPI. In other words the Orange have shown they cannot beat a tournament team.
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