Syracuse-Florida: The Tale of the Tape

Posted by Paul Gotham on December-10-2009 Add Comments

Setting

The St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida is the backdrop for a top 10 clash as Billy Donovan’s No. 10 Florida Gators do battle with Jim Boeheim’s No. 7 Syracuse Orange in the Big East SEC Invitational.

Flashback

Syracuse leads the all-time series 2-1, including an 89-83 victory for the Orange in last year’s O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE.

Plot

Boeheim and Donovan's teams combined for three national titles in the past decade. Deans of their individual conferences, they are the longest tenured coaches in the Big East and SEC (Boeheim, 34 years and Donovan, 14 years)

Sub-Plots

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