For those who don't know, I am a huge Syracuse fan, I watched the whole game, and I think I might throw up. I love you all.
My housemate is a Conn fan, he was depressed all night. I tried to compare a Celtics 6OT loss and just couldn't do it. If it were a Celts win I could imagine the great feeling. Congrats. Suck it up tomorrow and beat an inferior team and you guys are looking at a 4 or 5 seed.
Watching it again on ESPN Classic - it's a much different experience when I know the result and am watching it sober. I still can't believe what I saw last night.
I agree with the folks who say Syracuse is a hard team to love - they make a lot of mental mistakes, play like punks at times and put hotdogging over substance. The Seton Hall game on Wednesday showed off all of these. I grew up in Northern New York where the Cuse was the only bigtime sports team within 200 miles, so I didn't really have a choice.
But last night was the greatest game I've ever seen them play, including in any of their Final Four and championship runs. They blew a lead, missed a buzzer-beater by .1 seconds, and never led through 5 overtimes. Heck, they spent the last 7 minutes with a walkon 2-guard I didn't even recognize. They could've given up at any point, but they kept scrapping and finally just outlasted a better team. Even if they completely poop the bed against WVa, this has been one to remember, right up there with the McNamara tourney in 06. I think we've got a 5 seed for sure now, and up to a 3 if we win the whole thing.
Oh, and Jim Boeheim is the greatest bad coach in major sports history. Love that guy.