Can Judah Mintz Carry Syracuse to the NCAA Tournament?
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Mar 2, 2024
Syracuse basketball has been up and down this season but a recent performance by star Judah Mintz may show the Orange have potential to make a run in March.
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Syracuse 84 Virginia Tech 71 the orange get it done in their final game inside the dome at least in the regular season of this
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2023 20-0 season, I'm Francesco Simone I had you covered at orange fizz for this Syracuse victory over the Hokies of Virginia Tech and the biggest takeaway at least for
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Me from this game was simple. It was Judah mints 29 points The second most that was scored in his career the most being 33 in this very building against LSU all the way back in November
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Most impressive thing at least for me was that he took over this game Offensively for Syracuse in the late guard Syracuse a big halftime lead and as you've seen across the last week or so
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Just because Syracuse has that big halftime lead doesn't mean the orange you're gonna keep it NC State came back
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It took the lead Notre Dame came back and almost sided this time though Virginia Tech got back close within about eight points
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But Syracuse never let them get below that and it was really due to Judah mints
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It was scoring around the rim After the game Virginia Tech did not have the guys athletic they didn't help with
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Comfort and what that tells me is going forward throughout the rest of the season to regular season games left the ACC tournament and whatever
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May happen after that treatments passed to be the guy for this team Adrian Andre
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I thought about it at me this Virginia it's out here. He's got to be the guy
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He is that dude to the Syracuse team and listen He's got some games where maybe he's not as efficient and you'll get the 15 points
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But it takes him 18 shots and to get there Today was not one of those games 49 boards on only 17 shots if he plays like this if he could have that alpha
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Mentality like he had today by the way and a handful of assists as well So wasn't well the ball long that some people say that he is sometimes if he can play like that
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This is an entirely different Syracuse team. It takes pressure off Chris Bell who went one for eight from three today
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But hey, that didn't really matter because Syracuse got it done scoring Anyway, Justin Taylor not a whole lot of offense for dinner JJ stall that you scored over 10
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But not many more words that only Pran had a nice game off men's a big soup But nobody really stood out like Judah Vinci said he's the straw that throws the string
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He's the best player on this team No matter what anybody's gonna tell you other words when he's playing like this
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This Syracuse team can be absolutely anybody in the easy do North Carolina, Virginia Wake Forest
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I don't care who it is if Judah plays like this Syracuse has a shot. He doesn't play like this
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It's gonna be very very difficult for Syracuse to go anywhere whether that's the ACC starting it whether that's the next couple of games
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Even that little road game is not a gaming surgery So I'd be a little by a couple of points Clemson's a really good team in its own, right
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So if Syracuse wants to close out this easy way It's good use wants to somehow make its way into the NCAA tournament
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The orange need Judah minutes to be that alpha leader that great score that he must tonight
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I need that for every single beam the rest of the way once again 18471 Syracuse over Virginia Tech George at 19 and down the season couple regular season
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Games to go until the ACC tournament and boy the orange are gonna be number three
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You know being them to the bomb this way. I'm Francesco Simone. Thanks so much for today
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