The Syracuse Orange and the Michigan Wolverines play for a spot in the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game. We'll be live blogging the game.
The Syracuse Orange used a suffocating defense and selective shooting to upend the East Region's top seed to advance to the Elite 8 with a 61-50 victory over the Indiana Hoosiers.
Despite playing in what coach Jim Boeheim referred to as a road game, the Syracuse Orange were firing on all cylinders in the first half of their NCAA third round matchup against California.
After getting shutdown in the second half of the Big East Championship, Syracuse came flying out of the gate to open the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night, hammering No. 13-seed Montana 81-34.
The No. 17 Syracuse Orange snapped a three game slide with a 78-57 win over DePaul on Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome, the final Big East game at the dome, and the last home game for seniors James Southerland and Brandon Triche.
The will of No. 11 Georgetown and Otto Porter Jr. was enough to overcome a record Carrier Dome crowd on Saturday, as the Hoyas pulled away from the Orange in their final Big East Conference visit to Syracuse, taking a 57-46.
Former WIBX Sportswatch host Brent Axe came home, if you will, talking Syracuse sports on First News with Keeler in the Morning on Thursday. Axe currently works for Syracuse.com.
The Orange were firing on all cylinders on Wednesday night, in a 25 point drubbing of Providence, 84-69, pulling back into a three way tie atop the Big East.