March 10, 2006
THE WEARING OF THE ORANGE:
Syracuse 86, No. 1 Connecticut 84, OT (AP, 3/09/06)
Gerry McNamara waited one day to one-up himself.The senior guard hit a 3-pointer with less than a second to play to give Syracuse a win over Cincinnati in the opening round of the Big East tournament.
On Thursday, his 3 with 5.5 seconds left in regulation tied the game and the ninth-seeded Orange went on to beat No. 1 Connecticut 86-84 in overtime.
``I said yesterday's shot was the best under the circumstances,'' an exhausted McNamara said Thursday. ``I'd have to change that to today's. We needed it.''
The win should help the Orange (21-11) end any talk about whether they deserve an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
``Obviously they're a tournament team,'' Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said. ``I thought they were a tournament team yesterday.''
That was a McNamara highlight show ago.
Don't be the lasty person on your block to get on McNamara's bandwagon.... Posted by Orrin Judd at March 10, 2006 12:01 AM
He may be a good player but he's no Keith Smart.
Hee. Hee.
Posted by: Rick T. at March 10, 2006 9:18 AMBut he's got just as many NCAA title as Keith does.