Syracuse, N.Y. -- Rick Jackson played basketball in Mongolia last season. He said his team won the league championship, evidence of which is difficult to uncover, even in the age of the world wide web. What Jackson remembers most about Mongolia was the pollen, so thick and so persistent, it required the wearing of sunglasses at all times.
"It looks like it's snowing," he said.
So last weekend, when Boeheim's Army played in Philadelphia for the first and second round games of The Basketball Tournament, Jackson treasured the familiarity.He wore a uniform that was essentially Syracuse, the university he represented from 2008-2011.