Syracuse Basketball: Malachi Richardson Plays with Passion

Syracuse basketball got a huge lift from Malachi Richardson in their game against Dayton today, as he went off for 21 points and the Orange advanced in the NCAA Tournament.

Let’s roll back the clock to about nine months ago. It was the beginning of summer and the Syracuse basketball season wasn’t even a thought to most fans.

One of the few things we knew about the Orange was that they would have a pretty dynamic freshman class, led by the sharpshooting Malachi Richardson.

Back then, we didn’t know a lot about Richardson, aside from the fact that he was a 3-point specialist who was also the player of the year in New Jersey. We knew he had size and that he could possibly be a good fit for the…