In Addition... Orange Crush

The weekend was replete with a pair of day-trips to NYC for the BIG EAST Tournament where Syracuse took over The Garden. It's was pretty cool to see the Orange knock off No. 1 UConn and a tough Pittsburgh bunch that will do some damage in the Tournament... Clearly it was McNamara's Tournament though as he put together the best performance ever in the history of the BIG EAST Tournament.

It ALSO WAS one of the reasons for all that is right in college sports. Steve Serby of the NY Post who finished with this funny bit...
Asked why he ventured away from the mob, walking toward press row when the Orange celebration began, McNamara said: "I was on a big pile one time and I got kicked in the face." That was three years ago when he and Carmelo Anthony led Syracuse to the national title as freshmen. "If we won the national championship," McNamara added, "I'd lie on the ground and the whole team could kick me in the face."

I found it more humerous when you read the entire transcript from the Press Conference, but the mere sight of everyone kicking McNamara in the face, Boheim included!

GERRY MCNAMARA: Well, I kind of stay away from the pile. I'm not the biggest guy, so half the time I'm getting run over. I kind of go to the side a little bit and a couple guys will come over. But that's the way I like it. I was on a big pile one time and I got kicked in the face. That was after we won the championship, so...

COACH JIM BOEHEIM: That was worth it, though.

GERRY MCNAMARA: Yeah, I didn't mind it.

COACH JIM BOEHEIM: We'll get in a pile one more time.

GERRY MCNAMARA: If we won the National Championship, I'd lie on the ground and the whole team could kick me in the face (laughter).