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Shot Down: SU surrenders 61 1st-half points, most points in Carrier Dome history
By Zach Berman
The game started with a backcourt violation. After Notre Dame scored, SU inbounded the ball right to the Irish. Twenty-two seconds into the game, Syracuse spotted them two baskets. It only got worse for Syracuse. After falling to St. John's and surrendering a 14-point lead in the final 10 minutes to Louisville, Syracuse lost by 12 points to Notre Dame on Tuesday.
MBB | Orange's defense zones out
By Matt Gelb
Seven minutes into the game, Jim Boeheim decided he saw enough of the Syracuse 2-3 zone defense against the sizzling 3-point shooting of Notre Dame. After he called timeout at 13:03, with the Orange trailing 25-15, SU switched to man-to-man defense in an attempt to surrender fewer open looks on the perimeter.
MBB Notebook | Roberts re-aggravates knee injury, Rautins suffers one in loss to ND
By Zach Berman and Matt Gelb
Syracuse played much of the second half without Terrence Roberts and Andy Rautins, who both suffered injuries in the first half of Tuesday night's 103-91 loss to Notre Dame. Roberts played 11 minutes in the second half but spent the rest of the time on the bench with his orange warmup top on after re-aggravating a knee injury that has bothered him all season.
Big East Notebook | No regrets for Smalligan's transfer from Butler to West Virginia
By Jason Tarr
Standing at 6-foot-1 in his freshman year of high school, Jamie Smalligan didn't envision a future in college basketball. He had played for as long as he could remember and was inspired by watching the "Fab Five" play at Michigan in 1992. But his height barely placed him at the average for an NCAA point guard.
