Three takeaways from Syracuse’s 67-55 loss to VCU

Ah. Well that’s not ideal.

The Syracuse Orange traveled to the Bahamas looking for a bounce-back win after a loss to the Colgate Raiders over the weekend. However, the Orange were met by a VCU Rams team that disturbed Syracuse with its press and aggressive defense. That resulted in SU’s offense shutting down and losing to VCU 67-55 in the first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

Here’s our three takeaways from the loss:

Second half slumber

If Syracuse is going to win games, it can’t afford to come out of the halftime locker room like it did against VCU. The Orange looked flat from the first whistle of the second half and as such, the pressure got to Syracuse and tired the team out. That opened up…