Arinze Onuaku

Sad day today for 'Cuse fans, as Georgetown blew past the Orange in the Big East tourney today, winning 91-84. Even worse, center Arinze Onuaku went down with a knee injury, casting a serious shadow over Syracuse's hopes for March Madness glory. The injury occured with 5:07 left in the game, after Onuaku went up and then came back down akwardly. He lay on the court for several minutes, before being helped off the court.Onuaku came into the game averaging 10.7 points per game, and pulling...Read Full Story

TSNNo. 2 Syracuse 64-61 in OT over No. 12 GeorgetownFox NewsPrint Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet SYRACUSE, NY – Who says Syracuse doesn't have a go-to guy? Kris Joseph scored a career-high 29 points, including the decisive 3-pointer in overtime, and Syracuse beat No. 12 Georgetown 64-61 on Wednesday night ...Boeheim third on wins list after Syracuse edges GeorgetownUSA TODAYSyracuse stops HoyasAlbany Times UnionGeorgetown falls to No. 2 Syracuse 64-61 in OTColumbus TelegramWashington...Read Full Story

An injury hurts as much as a loss in the days before the brackets are drawn up for March Madness. Syracuse endured both and will have to rack up some major airplane time to make a run to the Final Four.Kansas, Kentucky and Duke won their conference tournaments and the top seeding that went with them when the selection committee rolled out its 65-team NCAA tournament bracket Sunday.The Orange, meanwhile, also got a No. 1 seed, but was ranked fourth of the four top teams and sent West — the...Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on 02 Apr 2010 under Sports AP - Jim Boeheim is The Associated Press’ college basketball coach of the year. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Boeheim: Onuaku out for Orange against Butler (AP)"AP - Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku will not play Thursday against Butler in the West Regional..."Johnson and Triche lead Syracuse over Zags, 87-65 (AP)"AP - Wes Johnson scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds and Andy Rautins added 24...Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Sports News on 07 Mar 2010 under Sports AP - Connecticut won its 70th consecutive game, routing Syracuse 77-41 in the Big East quarterfinals on Sunday to tie its own record for the longest winning streak in women’s college basketball. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Hartford enters Top 25 for first time (AP)"AP - Hartford rode a school-record winning streak to its first Top 25 appearance, and gave UConn a little Nutmeg State company in The Associated...Read Full Story

Wes Johnson had 18 points to lead five Syracuse players in double figures, and the top-seeded Orange beat Vermont 79-56 on Friday night in the first round of NCAA tournament.Syracuse (29-4), playing without injured center Arinze Onuaku, avenged a stunning overtime loss to Vermont (25-10) in the 2005 tournament. The Orange will play eighth-seeded Gonzaga in the second round on Sunday. The Zags beat Florida State 67-60 on Friday night.Scoop Jardine had 14 points, Rick Jackson added 12 points...Read Full Story

Wes Johnson scored a career-high 31 points and pulled down 14 rebounds and Andy Rautins added 24 points as Syracuse hit a dozen 3-pointers to stun Gonzaga 87-65 on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.Syracuse's storybook season — the Orange were unranked before the season and made it to No. 1 for the final week before losing to Georgetown in the Big East tournament — continues on Thursday. The Orange (30-4), the top seed in the West Regional, will play fifth-seeded Butler (30-4...Read Full Story

Filed under: NCAA Tournament A dramatic championship Sunday ends with a predictable start to the NCAA tournament. No. 1 Kansas is the overall top seed in the 2010 March Madness field. Tournament regulars Kentucky, Syracuse and Duke round out the field’s top seeds. Kansas, the Big 12 regular-season and tournament champion, has spent most of the season as the nation’s No. 1 team. The Jayhawks sit atop the Midwest region. Kentucky, which outlasted Mississippi State in overtime to claim the SEC...Read Full Story

Rick Jackson scored 19 points and Arinze Onuaku had 17 as Syracuse's two big men dominated the second half, helping the No. 4 Orange rout No. 7 Villanova 95-77 on Saturday night before an NCAA on-campus record crowd of 34,616.Syracuse (27-2, 14-2 Big East) improved to 7-0 against ranked teams and clinched at least a tie for the Big East title. The Orange also own the tiebreaker because of the victory over the Wildcats (23-5, 12-4), who have lost three of their past four.On a day when the top...Read Full Story

Fifth-year seniors Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku made their final home game at Syracuse one to remember, combining for 35 points and the Orange beat St. John's 85-66 on Tuesday night in their first game in two decades as the No. 1 team in the nation.Syracuse (28-2, 15-2 Big East) beat No. 9 Villanova 95-77 on Saturday night before an NCAA record on-campus crowd of 34,616 to move from No. 4 to the top spot on Monday. It was the first time the Orange were there since a six-week stint in 1989...Read Full Story