Mike Watkins decimated the Syracuse Orange interior for 11 offensive rebounds in Brooklyn to cap November. An 0-2 trip to Brooklyn and the Georgetown loss left men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim to reveal he had to remind Bourama Sidibe to jump for rebounds. Nearly three minutes after halftime the Orange stood tied with Penn State 35-35, only to lose by 21.
“We’re going to struggle,” Boeheim said. “It’s going to be a struggle every game.”
Fans heeded Boeheim’s warning, as did the team, unloading on hapless Georgia Tech only to get buried a week later in the second half by Georgetown.