Syracuse @ Virginia Recap

Ok folks, sorry about the long layoff (last two weeks of the semester=work, work, work. But aside from that college is great). The boys looked good in the win over Virginia. Key points:

• Donte Greene showed his inside scoring ability when we needed it. Down the stretch he hit an open three, but drove to the hoop or backed his guy down on a couple of occasions. Complete package, this kid. 20 pts, 10 reb, 3 blocks.
• Fly Jonny Flynn looked a little out of control in the first half, but had a great second half. He's shooting way too much from the outside though, and from way too far away. But he only really forced one shot in the second half and looked great.
• Onuaku was quiet tonight, didn't hear his name too much.
• This team actually looked like they gave a crap on defense. Devendorf and Flynn were harassing Virginia's guards all night. Great hustle and we looked much better than we had in games past. Also helped that Virginia could not figure out how to work the zone.
• Kristof Ongenaet runs like the skinny kid in Superbad (watch the first 14 seconds, you'll get the gist). I wish I was kidding.
• One bad mistake: Harris gets a rebound near the end of the game, in a situation where Virginia needs to foul, and he HOLDS THE BALL!!! Sure enough, he misses the front end of the one-and-one. Fortunately, we hung on, but he needs to pass the ball to Devo or Flynn in that situation.
• Sean Singletary missed his first five free throws, after starting the season 45-48. We won by two.

We played well, but got a little lucky as well. He makes one more free throw and he doesn't have to intentionally miss at the end (if you believe that the game would have unfolded in the exact same way, which I doubt).

But, all in all we had a good game, still need a little work though. Fortunately, this is a big road win, improving our non-conference schedule.

Eat it Gottdweeb.