Jim Boeheim would kill me if he knew, but knowing him, maybe not. He sometimes likes to stick the knife into his own team.
I was kind of rooting for Cornell to beat Boeheim’s Syracuse Orangement tonight.
Why? I love underdogs, and it would have been a great lesson for SU. I don’t know if the Orange took the Big Red lightly, but certainly Cornell played better than expected, with a particularly huge game from Ryan Wittman, son of former Indiana star Randy Wittman, who hit nine 3-pointers and scored 33 points.
It wasn’t just Wittman who gave the Orange fits, however, as Cornell built a big early lead and held on for a five-point halftime edge before giving way midway through the second half. Cornell, which didn’t have its top two guards available, shot the lights out from long distance, but also played well-discplined, tough basketball. It was terrific to watch. They are the defending Ivy League champions, not a Big East team, but they gave SU plenty of genuine trouble.
That’s good for them, good for the Orange, and good for basketball fans.
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