Dayton, Ohio -- The Syracuse Orange trailed by seven points and it felt like 70.
In a game that Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley described as a "rock fight," the Sun Devils had capitalized on a sudden hot streak to take a 49-42 lead with seven minutes remaining in Wednesday game in the NCAA Tournament's First Four here at the University of Dayton Arena.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called timeout to give his overworked players a breather and to try to dream up some form of an offense.
Did the Hall of Fame coach look into his players' eyes or deliver some Hollywood-worthy pep-talk?