SU Basketball Returns To Winning Ways With West Virginia Victory

Syracuse basketball won last night 74-61 against West Virginia at the Carrier Dome, which comes with a loud exhale from Orange fans who were watching this team struggle lately. It was Flynn and Devendorf who again led the way for this team while Paul Harris also returned emphatically despite some foul trouble. AO and Rautins still struggled but I look for them to do better Saturday against Villanova as they get more time to practice after recent injuries. I also think this game showed that Rick "Action' Jackson and "The Belgian Waffle" Kristof Ongenaet can contribute without scoring huge. Now let's get to some links so you can read more about the game.

Axeman discusses Bob Huggins first game against Syracuse in the Carrier Dome:
http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ssf/2009/02/suwest_virginia_recap_1.html

Mike Waters proves why he is one of the best beat writers in this country (and hopefully refrains from asking Coach Boeheim about AO's injuries that promote Holiday Inns everywhere):
http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2009/02/syracuse_ends_3game_losing_str.html


Frank Ahrens on Bleacher Report has this analysis on West Virginia's side of the ball:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/119810-syracuse-74-wvu-61-going-backward-fast

And finally for those stat geeks, here is the score box from this game courtesy of those hard working men and women at http://www.syracuse.com/:
http://stats.syracuse.com/cbk/boxscore.asp?gamecode=200902040553&home=553&vis=636

TNIAAM has this proof that Devendorf was "dropping deuces" as Doris Burke so delicately put it during the game:
http://www.nunesmagician.com/2009/2/4/749641/syracuse-drops-a-few-deuce


So what did Coach B think of the game:

Boeheim: SU win over West Virginia