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Syracuse Basketball: Orange suffers brutal home defeat to GT

The SU hoops outfit settled for way too many attempts from downtown, while Georgia Tech dominated in the paint, and the Yellow Jackets picked up a convincing 73-59 triumph on Saturday night at the Carrier Dome.

I have to readily admit that I didn’t see this result coming. I figured that Syracuse and Georgia Tech would engage in a defensive-minded slugfest. Given the Orange’s ongoing shooting woes, and the fact that the Yellow Jackets nearly beat a top-10 Virginia Tech team a few days ago, it wouldn’t have surprised me all that much if GT conquered the ‘Cuse.