Sunday, January 23, 2005
Water Boy!
-- Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is five wins away from 700.
-- Following the Iowa game, every pundit has ideas for Illinois' opponents. Beat writer's Lindsey Willhite's primary suggestions?
* Focus your defense almost exclusively on guards Luther Head, Deron Williams and Dee Brown.
* Play your shot-blockers.
-- Jeff Hagen, trooper.
-- Nik Caner-Medley is Maryland's Maine attraction. Affirming the "Vacation State" exports more than just lobsters, America's second-best whitey (after Travis Diener) gets a nice write-up in the Baltimore Sun. Turns out Nik and Adam Sandler have more than you might have expected in common.