Orange you glad it's basketball season?*

Lot's of great things to take away from tonight's game against Saint Rose, especially if you're an optimist like me enjoying the Glory Years of SU basketball. Are you an optimist? Take my "Everything's Coming Up Saint Roses" quiz to find out.

1. SU only won 86-73 against a team that plays in Lemoyne's conference because...
A. Mookie's number is 13 and they're going to win by everyone's jersey number this year so they had to get the unlucky one out of the way.
B. SU sucks

2. Boeheim got ejected because...
A. He's the Mayor of Bracketville and the Refs were jealous.
B. SU sucks and he didn't want to watch them play.

3. Syracuse committed 20 turnovers because...
A. No one was ready for how sweet Eric Devendorf's no-look passes are. No one.
B. SU sucks

4. Terrance Roberts played only 9 minutes because...
A. He's so good, it hurts his game to play against sub-par opponents.
B. His knee sucks.

5. SU only outrebounded Saint Rose by 4 boards because...
A. It's not that they suck, it's just something they have to work on.
B. SU sucks

If you answered B to any of the questions, you aren't a real Orangemen Optimist. You are embarassed by last year's loss to Vermont instead of proud of last year's Big East Championship and Conference Player of the Year honors. You need to lighten up and enjoy the glory years of Syracuse Basketball. Winters aren't going to get any better then this up here. Come. Drink the Kool-Aid.


*By "orange" I meant "aren't." It was an attempt at a pun.