Syracuse vs Arizona State

In honor of the great Bill Simmons, I will do a running diary of today's Cuse vs ASU game.

"ASU is full of promiscuous harlots and no nothing vagabonds. Glory to the Orange!"

Thank you Paul.

I am curious to see which Syracuse team will come out, the "chip on our shoulder, run you up and down the floor, and then have Eric Devendorf threaten your life" team that ran through the Big East Tourney, or the "Paul Harris, Eric Devendorf, and Jonny Flynn, one on five let's see who's dick is bigger crapshoot" team that lost to Cleveland State, Providence, and Georgetown.

Tip off time:

Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkle are the announcers: Could be the best name combo for an announcing crew in history and are also very underrated -- where are they the other 50 weeks of the year?

Just flashed that Syracuse win National Championship as a 3 seed in 2003 -- Thanks for jinxing that CBS

Also, first mention of how Flynn and Harden are good friends whose bond will last a life-time. My over-under for how many more times it is mentioned is 5. CBS grabs a feel-good storyline and bleeds it to death. Example you say? How about Friday's Siena game when Kenny's Hasbrouck's father who has MS got more camera time than his son. AND after the game, Hasbrouck was the guy they grabbed to interview initially even though he played his worst game of the season. They quickly realized their error and grabbed Roland Moore who hit two of the biggest shots in tournament history to tie and win the game.

At least they have the theme song going for them.

17:04 Both sides are draining absurd shots including a fugly leaner by Harris -- 9-7 Cuse

Syracuse is really working it inside to Arinze and Rick Jackson who both have huge size advantages. Flynn just had a filthy blow-by reverse layup that reminded me why he is going to declare for the draft after this year. More on him later for sure.

11:45 ASU is jacking up threes like they are Celtics circa Jim O'Brien. Unfortunately most of them are going in and even though Syracuse is dominating play, its only a three point lead -- 16-13

8:42 Crappy possession out of the timeout, no movement ending in a Devo one of five drive to the hoop. The Cuse zone is giving ASU fits, and unless they can get the ball inside Cuse will just extend the zone to challenge the three.

5:55 Rautins hits a three and then another. Good to see him going after his disappeared during the round one game. The zone looks as strong as I have seen it this season. ASU seems to be content to shoots threes on every possession and have completely abandoned their inside game. --28-18 Cuse

5:12 The first shot of a "Boeheim Face" after Jackson throws away an outlet. Means they are playing well, but god I love those shots. Leigh (hence force referred to as MF) has become a Cuse fan BECAUSE of the Boeheim face. It varies between the "five year old who just took his first splash-back dump and isn't quite sure what to think" to the "I just tried to impersonate Bear Grylls and ate a fully functioning goats liver" look.
We will go over all of them at some point. It takes a lot of dissection.

2:39 Furious 7-0 run by Cuse capped by another Rautins three on the break. I just let out my first OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

First half ends with a mini run by ASU who should be getting routed and would be if not for some guy from Eastern Europe named Rihards Kuksiks (pronounced Coooksix) who has 15 of ASU's 31 points (averages 10 a game) On a good note, Harden is really shying in the spotlight, he has 0 points and has only attempted 4 shots.


The CBS halftime show was a story about Kenny's Hasbrouck's father who has MS.
I had no idea, did you? What a joke.

11:13 Sorry for the delay. Any Asian Rosen and I went to get coals for the hookah in his Toyota Matrix. By far the worst car name of the year. And its bright red. Thank god its not his. Cuse up by 10

10:19 Pendergraph fouls out. Really? With 10 minutes left? That is flat out retarded. I also blame Sendek for leaving him in. So much for their inside presence.

6:30 Abbott hits a three to cut the lead to 4 at 61-57 I don't like what I see on offense, lots of standing around and watching the ball. We need to get out on the break and start playing to win and not playing not to lose. That was a mind fuck. Just missed a three while writing, fuck this. For now.

3:39 Deven-thug hits two huge threes to widen what was a 6 point gap to 12 with just over 3 minutes to play. After the last one he stares down no one in particular. What a thug and what big shots.

1:51 Up by 15. Looks like Blake Griffen and Oklahoma are next. Last time they met? 2003 Regional Finals in Albany, NY. I was there, no big deal.

78-67 Final. Sweet Sixteen coming up. Time to smoke some hookah