The Weekend That Was

Hope y'all had a good weekend, mine was pretty ok. But anyways, here's something to get you through the Monday, because if you're like me, you've got a major Case of The Mondays today. And so we progress with THE WEEKEND THAT WAS!


Friday:
The 'Bockers lost another tough game to the Heat. This loss is unsurprising, but the team still didn't show up, which is becoming a theme for the Knicks. Even though the Knicks trailed by just three points going into the 4th quarter, this game never felt right. Here's one key reason: They shot 43 THREE POINTERS. 43. That's James Southerland's number, not a number you want to be attempting behind the line. They also only shot about 38 percent on the evening. Not great for an NBA team. Billy Walker led the team with 21 points


Saturday:
Syracuse returned to the Dome following their 1-1 road trip, which included their first loss of the season to Notre Dame. The Orange faced the Mountaineers of West Virginia, a team who's season has been defined by great wins (Georgetown) and puzzling losses (Kent State?). West Virginia played their hearts out, and trailed by only two points with about 25 seconds left. After an Air Balled three pointer out of the hands of Kevin Jones,  Dennis Kilici grabbed the board and put up a lay up, which was blocked by Syracuse center Baye Keita. West Virginia gets the ball after it rolls out of bounds, but ultimately misses the game winning shot, giving Syracuse the W. 


But this win does not come without controversy. Upon further review of the Keita block at the end of the game, it appears the play should have been called goaltending, which would have tied the game up. This call was not made, and ultimately gave SU the win. The reffing in this game was shotty the whole game, which includes a few dirty elbows thrown by West Virginia players. Can WVU fans complain? Sure. But Orange fans can complain equally, we were just fortunate to get the W. 


In other Syracuse news from Saturday, I ran into Fab Melo on Saturday night at Jimmy Johns. When asked if he'd be playing on Saturday against St. Johns, Melo replied "Hell yeah!", which is a sign of hope for the Orange, who look lost without him.


Also on Saturday, the Knicks dropped another one, this time to the Houston Rockets. The Knicks starting five was outscored by the Rockets bench. This game has successfully proven my point that it's time for D'Antoni to go. The talent is there, but the coaching is not. The Knicks are just waiting on Phil Jackson to agree to come out of retirement before the pull the plug on the Mike D'Antoni project.


Sunday:
To be honest with you, The last Sunday in January is one of the worst days in Sports all year. No (real) football, although there will be more to come on the Pro Bowl in a few. No (real) hockey, although nobody really watches hockey anyways. We had some average college basketball games, namely Ohio State wrecking Michigan and UConn becoming the most recent team to fall to Notre Dame. Pretty bad day in sports, eh? 


This is the weekend that was. 


Some blurbs you may have missed from today:

• Yankees interested in Bill Hall.
• Carmelo likely won't play for the Knicks tomorrow. 
• Giants are preparing hard for the Super Bowl. Kickoff is at 6:29 on Sunday.