Orange Interruption

Apologies to the majority of Dodger fans out there who could care less about college basketball, sports played indoors, Syracuse University, and the tradition of Orange Hoops buried under the snow in Upstate New York. But for one moment, the Cuse are a National story and I have to imagine that most of you at least took notice of the 6OT Thriller last night as Syracuse beat UCONN in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.

It may not have been Kobe or Koufax, but the 'Marathon Men' on the court put on show after show after show last night. Even the ESPN announcers stood up and cheered both teams with the final final whistle blew. It was a game that almost ended in a miracle shot at the end of regulation, the day before, when Eric Devendorf tried to pull his best Gerry Mcnamara impression with a last-second game winning three at the Garden. Unfortunately technology got in the way and the replay crews declared that the ball left his hand 0.01 seconds too late. That was it, 0.01 turned into 6 OT's.

But fate wasn't so cruel on this night. Despite not leading in any of the first 5 overtimes, the Orange kept tying the score when it mattered, forcing a 6th and deciding frame that started with an Andy Rautins 3 and the Cuse never looked back. The Syracuse smarts showed as soon as the epic ended and by morning, two unique pieces of marketing/memorabilia caught my eye.

Now you know what to get me for my birthday (Thanks DRapp for finding).