Pitarresi: Amazing! Cheating in women's college golf

 

What is the world coming to?

 

That question has been asked regularly for several thousand years, and it never gets answered. You have to wonder, though, when Coastal Carolina University gets nailed with two years of probation because of financial infractions by a former women’s golf coach. Well, the school’s Web site says it is committed to building a nationally-ranked program. Maybe they really are serious about it.

 

Syracuse University’s matter-of-fact basketball victory over Canisius didn’t make coach Jim Boeheim happy. He still thinks his team isn’t playing well. I agreed the other day, and I agree again. The Orange are very talented, but the gears aren’t quite meshing. Boeheim keeps harping on turnovers, shooting and rebounding, and he’s right. There is something missing there.

 

On Canisius:

 

Few fans outside of Western New York remember when the Golden Griffins were a national program in the 1950s and 1960s, but they were. Now, they’re just another mid-major. However, they have some athletes on that team, and some big kids. Elton Frazier and Greg Logins can fly, point guard Frank Turner is very quick, Rishawn Johnson is 6-feet-6 and 275 pounds, and Chris Gadley is 6-9 and – get this! – 320 pounds!

 

However, the Griffs are a poor shooting team – 23 of 73 against SU, 4 of 22 on 3-pointers – and they tossed up a great many air balls last night. Also, they never seemed to try to control the clock, something they had to do against SU. They should be better than 3-7.

 

We’ll learn more about SU when the Orange play Memphis Saturday.