In an age of collegiate hoops where immediate gratification is demanded and a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately attitude continually percolates, Syracuse basketball is seemingly hot garbage, according to a section of Orange fans.
That’s utter non-sense to me, but everyone is entitled to his or her opinion.
In fact, whenever a significant development occurs for Syracuse – in recruiting, the team’s performance, or anything else for that matter – I peruse social media to get a sense of the fans’ temperature for the Orange.
Lately, a lot of coldness has persisted. Take, for example, ‘Cuse target Quincy Ballard on Saturday picking Atlantic Coast Conference foe Florida State over Syracuse, and Maryland.