If we can prevent the sucker punch from Brittney Grimner, we have a chance.
Here's an article discussing Syracuse's weaknesses and which teams have the necessary components needed to knock off the top ranked team in the country.
Interestingly enough, if you're talking big upsets in the tournament a team like Texas has a lot of what it takes to beat the Orangemen. Baylor is also a team that can give the 'Cuse fits.
You can use the information about the Bears as a little primer
For most of the season, Jordan Hamilton and Rick Barnes have had as much common ground when it comes to basketball as Julie Andrews and James Hetfield would have had on music.
If we can stop Stacey King's lefty hook, we'd be no different than every NBA center.
First Gottlieb. If you listen to one basketball pundit on ESPN, listen to this guy.
There are certain things I can take and some things I can't.
If we can stop Melvin Watson's son we have a chance.
If you're a fan of Big 10 basketball or college basketball in general you know about Evan Turner, the stud wing and bellcow for a top 10 Ohio State Buckeye club.
A funny thing happened on the way to burying the 2010 Texas Longhorns. Defense. For all the handwringing and consternation bandied about on this and other sites about the Longhorn's anemic offense, defense carried the day...err...night.
The ability to defend a four guard, spread the floor offense was the difference in winning and losing. Not personnel packages, five out looks, or iso's and two man games. The difference was straight
Here's your
primer on Oklahoma State from earlier in the year.
The Cowboy personnel groups haven't changed a whole lot but ours have and that may be a problem.
There is no Doge to tag James Anderson, but the talented wing isn't the shooter on the road that he is at home so we've go that going for us...which is nice.
The same player scouting reports found in the game 1 preview