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Mike Greenlar / The Post-Standard SYRACUSE GUARD guard Brandon Triche defends Cornell’s Adam Wire at the top of the zone during Tuesday’s non-conference game at the Carrier Dome.

THREEPOINTS Click the links below North Carolina State coach for more Syracuse Sidney Lowe was a starter coverage on 1 on the Wolfpack’s 1983 NCAA championship team. • Photos Tracy Smith, a 6-8 senior, » Videos • Search had arthroscopic surgery » Photo galleries on his right knee on Nov. • Track 2 » Live game updates 19. Smith was the Wolfpack’s • Email leading scorer and rebounder » The Orange • Extended Descriptions last season. He’s expected to Basketball blog with miss another week or two. WHO’sHOT The Post-Standard’s Rick Jackson has Mike Waters and syracuse.com/classifieds N.C. State hasn’t won six straight double- Donna Ditota the ACC regular-season doubles. That’s » Bud Poliquin, The championship since the SU longest 3 Post-Standard’s sports 1989. The Wolfpack’s last ACC streak since columnist Discover the advantage. Tournament title came in 1987. Derrick Coleman And State hasn’t been to the strung together » Mike’s Mailbag has NCAA Tournament since 2006. six straight in the answers to your SU Post- Standard Media 1989-90 season. basketball questions » Follow PSBasketball on Twitter In print and online. TOTHEPOINT » Subscribe to the Despite all the angst from fans and Coach Boeheim the Orange Scouting Orange is unbeaten, ranked No. 8 in the country and is Report winning by an average of almost 12 points per game. NORTH CAROLINA STATE SYRACUSE PRIMEMATCHUPSMALLFORWARD 15-Scott Wood 32- real-time So., 6-6, 177 Jr., 6-7, 210 A shooter. It’s what Joseph is averaging he does. 18.7 points in SU’s last four games. He has made 55 percent of his field-goal attempts (25-for-45) FAST!jobsEASY! NOW! in those four games. Search POINTGUARD 10-Javier 11-Scoop Jardine Gonzalez Jr., 6-2, 190 Sr., 6-0, 176 Jardine ranks second A steady guard. in the Big East in If left open, he can assists at seven per score. He can dribble game. However, he’s penetrate and shoot down at No. 6 in the jump shot. -turnover ratio.

SHOOTINGGUARD Videos 2-Lorenzo Brown 20-Brandon Fr., 6-5, 186 Triche So., 6-4, 205 Athletic. Looks to score on every touch. Triche went 6-for-15 A drive-first, shoot- from 3-point range second guy. in SU’s first three games. He’s 0-for- 8 from outside the arc in the last four games. POWERFORWARD 5-C.J. Leslie 00-Rick Jackson Fr., 6-8, 206 Sr., 6-9, 240 Current Jobs Leslie looks to score. Jackson had seven He’s athletic. More career double- of a driver than a doubles in his first shooter at this stage three years at SU. of his game. He has six double- doubles in just seven games this season. 0-DeShawn 51-Fab Melo Painter Fr., 7-0, 244 So., 6-9, 277 It shows how much It’s all there on: Does all the dirty Melo was struggling work. He’s active on when an 8-point, syracuse.com/jobs the boards. Not much 7-rebound game range. All layups. against Cornell is Discover the advantage. cause for optimism.

Post- Standard Media NORTHCAROLINASTATEBENCH Richard Howell is physical. He goes hard. He stretches the defense to about 15 feet In print and online. with his jumper. Tracy Smith was their starting center, but he’s hurt. They’re playing Jordan Vandenberg a little more as a backup big man. SYRACUSESTATS MIKE’SMAILBAG GP-GS Min. FG% 3FG% FT% Reb PF A TO Blk ST Pts Post-Standard basketball writer 32-K. Joseph 7-7 27.6 45.6 33.3 73.8 4.9 2.1 1.7 2.1 0.4 1.0 14.6 Mike Waters answers readers’ questions about the Orange, the 00-R. Jackson 7-7 34.6 56.9 0.0 57.7 13.0 1.4 2.3 1.7 1.9 1.1 12.7 Big East, all of college basketball 11-S. Jardine 7-7 30.9 32.1 28.2 69.6 2.1 0.6 7.0 2.7 0.6 2.1 11.0 and just about anything else. 20-B. Triche 7-7 27.4 42.3 26.1 72.7 2.3 2.3 3.4 3.3 0.0 0.6 8.3 Submit your question to Mike at 3-D. Waiters 7-0 15.4 45.0 42.9 60.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.7 0.0 1.0 7.3 » [email protected] 5-C.J. Fair 7-0 13.0 52.0 100.0 66.7 2.1 0.9 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.7 5.3 Coach Boeheim has 21-M. Jones 5-0 8.6 35.7 35.7 100.0 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.0 3.8 Q. been very vocal, but the 12-B. Keita 7-0 21.1 56.3 0.0 40.0 6.1 2.7 0.1 1.0 1.4 0.6 3.4 players (from what I see in their 43-Southerland 6-0 11.0 25.9 18.8 50.0 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 3.0 postgame comments) don’t seem 51-F. Melo 7-7 13.4 53.8 0.0 20.0 2.6 2.3 0.1 0.6 1.0 0.4 2.3 very displeased or concerned. 34-Tomaszewski 2-0 0.7 50.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 It seems like they are unaware 2-N. Resavy 1-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 or don’t care that they are play- ing poorly. This really concerns 14-Lyde-Cajuste 1-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 me. Last year, we were excel- 13-G. Hoffman 1-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 lent, and Andy Rautins never 24-B. Reese 2-0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 seemed to be too satisfied after SU totals 43.6 31.7 62.7 41.7 15.0 16.3 12.9 6.1 8.4 70.6 the games. That’s what we need Opponents 36.5 27.2 63.4 35.9 20.4 12.6 14.3 2.7 6.3 58.9 — hunger for great basketball. I’m concerned these players might not have it. Scoop Jardine N.C.STATESTATS INSIDE LASTFIVEGAMES in particular is of concern. I Pts Reb A THESTATS North Carolina State thought he would step up and 15-S. Wood 11.7 2.8 1.3 hold the team accountable this Rick Jackson leads East Carolina 85-65 2-L. Brown 11.7 4.8 3.7 year. So far, that doesn’t seem to the Big East in George Mason 78-65 be the case. Please let me know 12-R. Harrow 10.2 0.7 3.3 rebounding at 13 Georgetown 67-82 your thoughts. 1-R. Howell 9.2 6.7 0.7 boards per game. The last Syracuse F. Dickinson 77-67 5-C. Leslie 8.7 4.5 1.0 — OrangeofOhio from the blog player to lead at Wisconsin 48-87 23-T. Smith 7.0 4.5 0.0 Mike Waters: I think what the Big East in Syracuse 0-D. Painter 7.0 5.0 0.0 rebounding was you’re seeing are two different 66-55 10-J. Gonzalez 5.5 2.3 2.7 Derrick Coleman in sets of players with two different 1990. William & Mary 63-60 issues to deal with. Last year’s Michigan 53-50 team was very experienced and Home very mature. They had a high Georgia Tech 80-76 Away level of confidence. But when Neutral Cornell 78-58 you win your first 13 games and 24 out of your first 25 games, you have to maintain humility and perspective. That’s why the veterans on last year’s team never lost their grip on the pre- season loss to Le Moyne. This year, you’ve got a very young and inexperienced group. CATCH IT IF They believe they’re good and talented. I think at the start of YOU CAN. the year, some players believed that a little too strongly. Boeheim is making sure the A sports magazine players understand that even though they’re undefeated, they like no other. haven’t played well or proven anything yet. Built for Central The reaction from some of the New York. players, I think, is an attempt to maintain their overall confidence while understanding that they On sale at newsstands have to play better. throughout CNY.

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Against a zone like Syracuse plays, North SG 1 Carolina State likes to flash its wings to the middle and then penetrate. C.J. Leslie (PF) PF will go to the foul line. Javier Gonzalez (PG) will pass the ball to Leslie. Leslie can 1) shoot, SG 2) penetrate, 3) pass to Scott Wood (SF) or 4) 2 dump it down low to DeShawn Painter (C). PF PF C PG PG 4 C

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