It took six overtimes to determine a winner between the #4 UConn Huskies and and #20 Syracuse Orange and in the end it was the Orange who came out on top 127-117 in six overtime periods to advance to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden.
The Orange hadn’t lead at all [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Syracuse Orange'
Syracuse Finishes Off UConn In 6 Overtimes
March 13th, 2009 by Ian · 5 Comments ·
Category: Big East · Men's Basketball · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
UConn Men Clamp Down on The Orange 63-49
February 11th, 2009 by Ian · No Comments ·
If you’re going to beat the No. 1 UConn Huskies you have to find a way to get past the last line of defense in Hasheem Thabeet.
Thabeet had another monster game defensively as he had 8 points, 16 rebounds and 7 blocked shots to help the Huskies to a 63-49 Big East win over the [...]
Category: Big East · Men's Basketball · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
Rivals.Com Has UConn’s Recruiting Class Ranked 6th In Big East
February 5th, 2009 by Ian · No Comments ·
Not even a 4-star wide receiver recruit in Dwayne Difton could get the UConn Huskies football team into the upper echelon of the Big East as far as recruiting as Rivals.com has ranked the Huskies class of 21 as 6th best in the league.
No one in the Big East picked up any 5 star recruits [...]
Category: Big East · Cincinnati Bearcats · College Football · Louisville Cardinals · Pittsburgh Panthers · Rutgers Scarlet Knights · South Florida Bulls · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies · WVU Mountaineers
Geno Admits He Was Wrong
January 24th, 2009 by Ian · No Comments ·
It’s time to close the door on the incident that transpired last weekend when Nicole Michael of Syracuse tripped UConn Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma during the postgame handshake.
During the “Geno Auriemma Show” on CPTV tonight (taped on Thursday morning), Geno admitted that he was wrong for saying something to Michael during the handshakes.
http://www.dailymotion.com/videox850ahvideo courtesy [...]
Category: Big East · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies · Videos · Women's Basketball
Big East Issues Statement On UConn Women/Syracuse Incident
January 20th, 2009 by Ian · No Comments ·
For the UConn Huskies women’s basketball fans, you may remember back to Saturday when Syracuse’s Nicole Michael tried to trip Geno Auriemma after the game. If you haven’t seen it, here’s the video:
Well the Big East has issued this statement:
Following discussion and review with both Syracuse Director of Athletics Daryl Gross as well as Connecticut [...]
Category: Big East · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
UConn Women Squeeze The Pulp Out Of The Orange 107-53
January 17th, 2009 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
I’m thinking that Syracuse Orange head coach Quinten Hillsman may be regretting his players giving the No.1 UConn Huskies women’s basketball team bulletin board material after the shooting display the Huskies put on this afternoon.
The Huskies hit a school-record 18 three-pointers on their way to 107-53 rout of the Orange at the XL Center in [...]
Category: Big East · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Edsall To Stay At UConn
November 17th, 2008 by Ian · 3 Comments ·
UConn Huskies head football coach Randy Edsall told Chuck Banning of the New London Day that he is not interested in taking the job at his alma mater Syracuse.
“There has been speculation in various media outlets that I am a candidate for the job,” Edsall told The Day this morning. “But with all due respect [...]
Category: College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
Syracuse Fires Greg Robinson
November 16th, 2008 by Ian · 3 Comments ·
Syracuse Orange AD Daryl Gross announced this afternoon that he was firing head football coach Greg Robinson with 2 games to go in the season. Robinson will stay on to coach those final 2 games.
In 3+ years with the Orange, Robinson had a record of 9-36 and was 3-25 in Big East competition.
Why is this [...]
Category: Big East · Coaching Changes · College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
UConn Huskies Win 39-14 in Lorenzen’s Return
November 15th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
After the Syracuse Orange cut the score to 15-14, the UConn Huskies put up 24 unanswered points to win 39-14 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, NY. The win for the Huskies improves their record to 7-3 (3-2 Big East) and drops the Orange to 2-8 (1-5) and probably seals the fate of the Orange [...]
Category: Big East · College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
Paw Prints – UConn Huskies (6-3, 2-2) @ Syracuse Orange (2-6, 1-3) Preview
November 14th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
This week:
The UConn Huskies look to help their bowl chances out with another win as they head to Syracuse to take on the Orange Saturday night at the Carrier Dome. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 PM.
Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Orange.
The Line/Prediction:
According to Yahoo! Sports Odds, the Huskies are favored by [...]
Category: Big East · College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
UConn-Syracuse To Kickoff At 7 PM On Nov. 15
November 3rd, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
The Big East Conference and ESPN have announced that the UConn Huskies football game against the Syracuse Orange in the Carrier Dome will kickoff at 12:00 PM 7:00 PM on November 15th. The game will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
Remember I use the term broadcast nationally loosely since ESPNU isn’t available in a good portion [...]
Category: Big East · College Football · ESPN · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
Randy Edsall Denies Syracuse Rumors
October 23rd, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Syracuse had hired a search firm to help them look for a new coach even though their coach, Greg Robinson, hasn’t been fired yet. Syracuse has denied hiring the firm but in the article it says that they have reached out to UConn head coach Randy Edsall [...]
Category: College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
UConn Escapes Syracuse With Win
February 6th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
The UConn Huskies used a 9-0 run to propel themselves into the lead for good and they made it stick as they escaped a last second effort by the Syracuse Orange to win 63-61 in front of a packed house at the Carrier Dome. The win was the 6th straight for the Huskies and ended [...]
Category: Big East · Men's Basketball · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
Huskies Almost Get Squeezed By The Orange
January 15th, 2008 by Ian · 8 Comments ·
After trailing for a good portion of the game, the #1 UConn Huskies went on a 23-8 run to propel themselves to a 65-59 win over the Syracuse Orange in front of a women’s basketball record 4,221 fans at the Carrier Dome. For the Huskies, it was their 29th straight regular season victory dating back [...]
Category: Big East · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Paw Prints – Gridiron News
January 12th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Don’t forget to tune into the 2008 Hula Bowl at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, HI at 6 PM tonight on Versus to catch UConn football players Donald Thomas and Tyvon Branch participate in the game. If you want to know what channel Versus is on your cable system or satellite dish, click here.
Steve brought up [...]
Category: Big East · Cincinnati Bearcats · College Football · Louisville Cardinals · Pittsburgh Panthers · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies · Yale Bulldogs
UConn Squeezes Orange, 30-7
November 17th, 2007 by Steve · 8 Comments ·
Capped by senior linebacker Danny Lansanah’s 49-yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter the 24th ranked UConn Huskies routed the Syracuse Orange 30-7 to improve to 5-1 in the Big East and 9-2 overall.
UConn controls their own destiny and will have a winner take all match for the Big East title next [...]
Category: Big East · College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
Paw Prints – Syracuse Orange (2-8, 1-4) at UConn Huskies (8-2, 4-1)
November 16th, 2007 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
This week
The UConn Huskies will host the Syracuse Orange on Saturday at 12 Noon at Rentschler Field.
Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Orange.
The Line/Prediction
According to Yahoo Sports Odds, UConn is favored by 19 points. The over/under is 46 points.
My prediction is UConn 38 Syracuse 14
Tickets
As of the time of this post, there [...]
Category: Big East · College Football · Syracuse Orange · UConn Huskies
