Mike Hopkins

[Tugg Speedman]

December 2nd Syracuse was 6,0 and hosting Wisconsin.  They were raked #14 and lost.  Bucky also lost to Western IL, UWM, MU and nearly blew a 30 point lead against Green bay showing this was a bad loss for the Orange.

Then Boeheim started a "known well in advance" 9 game suspension.

That suspension ended Tuesday with assistant Coach Mike Hopkins going 4 and 5 over this stretch.

Did Mike Hopkins kill his chance to be like Greg Gard and take over the Boeheim?

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/183/syracuse-orange

[GooooMarquette]

Not sure that he killed it, but he certainly didn't help it either.  Probably more of a loss than a win.

No big surprises or huge disappointments with road losses  at GTown, Pitt and Miami, and home wins against Colgate, Cornell, Montana State and Texas Southern.  But the 12-point loss @ SJU and the home loss to Clemson certainly raise questions.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Bernie Fine is lining up in the wings...