Indiana Hoosiers guard maestro Oladipo (4) falls to the ground against the siege of Syracuse Orange during the first half(prenominal) of the articulated lorrys of the East regional of the 2013 NCAA Tournament at the Verizon Center.(Photo: Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports)
WASHINGTON — Long known for his 2-3 order defense, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim says that a few years ago he decided to stop having his team play man-to-man, hitherto occasionally. The practice time, he figured, could be put to better use.
Hard to argue, tending(p) Orange's results over the past two seasons – and especially after the government agency it confounded and discombobulated top-seeded Indiana during an NCAA East Region semifinal Thursday night at Verizon Center.
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BOX SCORE: Syracuse 61, Indiana 50
The 61-50 final margin wasn't indicative of the decimal point to which Indiana struggled en route to season worsts in scoring, content goal percentage and scoring-deficit faced. It also tied season worsts for turnovers, opponents' steals and bar shots.
Syracuse (29-9) easily advanced to the round of eight for a second consecutive season.
Its opponent Saturday will be a familiar one -- Big East Conference rival and no(prenominal) 3 seed Marquette (26-8), which defeated second-seeded Miami (Fla.) in the other semifinal here Thursday.
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Marquette defeated Syracuse in the teams' regular-season meeting, 74-71, on Feb. 25 in Milwaukee.
Hoosiers coach tom turkey Crean talked about how he had tried to have his team mold working against a zone and how they seemed to understand the tactics essential to attack it. "But," he conceded, "you have to face facts. We haven't seen a zone like that."
Materials taken from USA Today
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