Keron's Syracuse Connections

[ordigger]

Found this interesting on this blog site....

http://www.nunesmagician.com/2013/3...-montana-of-course-theres-a-cousin-connection

Look, whenever Syracuse Orange basketball players are involved, somebody's cousin is going to be involved too. Just because Scoop Jardine and Dion Waiters aren't here to make it easy for us, we'll always find another cousin connection to help us make sense of the world.

Meet Keron DeShields, Montana Grizzlies' sophomore guard. He's also the cousin of one Donte Greene.

And because we liked to keep things interesting, let's also throw in the fact that his stepfather is Michael Lloyd, who played for Syracuse in 1995.

And just because we need to make things as interlopey as possible, DeShields and C.J. Fair are friends who used to play together in Baltimore, which, according to The Jardine-Waiters Principle, makes them cousins.

Basically, if at some point during the same, DeShields rips off his Montana jersey to reveal a Syracuse one, don't be surprised.

We need Keron to have the game of his life up to this point. Maybe this will pump him up a bit!

 

[BelierPeaux]

Small World!

 

[JAKEweezy93]

another wierd baltimore conection...keron is actually frank zappas daughter

 

[grizindabox]

another wierd baltimore conection...keron is actually frank zappas daughter

Dweezil

 

[JAKEweezy93]

nevermind found cool gif, cuz

 

[Proud Griz Man]

http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/meet_syracuses_basketball_foe.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Syracuse, N.Y. — Usually, when Syracuse escapes the Big East to play in the postseason, the Orange can rely on the surprise factor. Few teams nationally have played against zone defenses, Syracuse’s preferred and almost exclusive method of guarding an opponent. And while Big East teams have had years of practice attempting to solve that Syracuse zone, outside the conference few teams have experienced the specificities of that 2-3 setup.

But when the 4th-seeded Orange faces 13 seed Montana Thursday at approximately 10 p.m. (truTV) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, Syracuse’s advantage will lie more in the length and athleticism of its athletes than in the actual configuration of its signature defense. Montana coach Wayne Tinkle estimated that seven or eight teams in the Big Sky Conference play zone against the Grizzlies. Montana, 25-6, ranks 18th nationally in Ken Pomeroy’s effective field-goal percentage at 54 percent. The Grizzlies are 23rd nationally in field-goal percentage at 47.4 percent, and 19th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage at 38.5 percent. Those shooting performances can discourage a Big Sky opponent from sticking with a zone. But Tinkle knows the Orange will not alter its defensive blueprint. “We’ve practiced against zones a lot,” Tinkle said. “A lot of teams make the mistake of thinking ‘We’ll shoot them out of it.’ But they’re not coming out of the zone.”

http://www.syracuse.com/poliquin/index.ssf/2013/03/poliquin_the_ncaa_tournament_h.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

... The only thing that matters.

It's the NCAA Tournament, of course, and it has arrived. And with it has come opportunity for 68 teams (none of which, by the way, is named Kentucky, a development involving the reigning national champion that so delights those who hate John Calipari’s Lexington factory system). And no club has greater opportunity than the one run by Boeheim, who is 68, an appropriate number, and in his 30th Tournament. It is a shame that SU must travel into a fourth time zone just to bow in this competition, but waiting out there in San Jose on Thursday will be 13th-seeded Montana, so kind a draw that even Doug Gottlieb, the talking head who has nothing orange in his closet, has predicted that Syracuse will survive and advance. And why wouldn’t he (and others) see it that way?

 

[Proud Griz Man]

http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/montana_with_its_broken_feet_a.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

... The Grizzlies' next obstacle? They face Syracuse at approximately 10 p.m. Thursday in the NCAA Tournament. The game will be televised by truTV.

Montana and the backboards --
Montana is the second-worst offensive rebounding team in the Big Sky Conference. The Grizzlies grab about 27 percent of their misses. That should help a Syracuse team that struggles on the defensive glass. The Orange ranks 13th in the Big East in defensive rebounding percentage. Tinkle traces his team’s uninspired performance on the offensive glass to a coaching philosophy that could directly affect the way the Orange prefers to play on Thursday. “We really want to take away the other team’s transition,” Tinkle said. “We think that’s worth more than a couple extra put backs. And we shoot a good percentage, so that’s not going to be a priority.”


Jim Boeheim and the Big Sky --
Jim Boeheim has visited Missoula, the home of the Montana Grizzlies. Boeheim's daughter, Elizabeth, attended graduate school at the University of Montana and Boeheim visited her when she lived in Big Sky country. Elizabeth is the only child of Boeheim and his first wife, Elaine.