Ah yes, I'm referring to the much maligned and Syracuse basketball hater Doug Gottlieb.
The man has a vendetta against head coach Jim Boeheim and takes every opportunity to bash the Orange's soft non-conference schedule. The most frequent criticism is that the 'Cuse don't play on the road or leave New York State until late January.
Well that won't be the case for the 2008-09 season. While the full schedule won't be released until late August or early September, Syracuse Post-Standard beat writer Mike Waters says the Orange will play at Memphis on December 20.
Now Memphis probably won't be as good as this past season's Final Four team, but Tigers head coach John Callipari has brought in four top 100 recruits according to Scout.com. And in a pre pre-season top 25, ESPN.com college basketball writer Andy Katz ranks Memphis number 7 and believes they have a chance to make another deep run in the tournament.
The man has a vendetta against head coach Jim Boeheim and takes every opportunity to bash the Orange's soft non-conference schedule. The most frequent criticism is that the 'Cuse don't play on the road or leave New York State until late January.
Well that won't be the case for the 2008-09 season. While the full schedule won't be released until late August or early September, Syracuse Post-Standard beat writer Mike Waters says the Orange will play at Memphis on December 20.
Now Memphis probably won't be as good as this past season's Final Four team, but Tigers head coach John Callipari has brought in four top 100 recruits according to Scout.com. And in a pre pre-season top 25, ESPN.com college basketball writer Andy Katz ranks Memphis number 7 and believes they have a chance to make another deep run in the tournament.
The Tigers will have a legitimate shot to reach a third-straight Elite Eight with Robert Dozier, Antonio Anderson and Shawn Taggart anchoring a team that brings in a stellar recruiting class led by Tyreke Evans and the latest pickup in former Nebraska signee Roburt Sallie. Losing Derrick Rose, Chris Douglas-Roberts and Joey Dorsey will change the moxie of this team -- and its primary scoring options -- but the Tigers are still the team to beat in Conference USA.
Of course Gottlieb will still find a way to get under the skin of every Orange fan. For the record, Jimmy B doesn't like him either.
"They don’t know what they’re talking about so I don’t pay much attention to them. … One guy in particular was in our league for a minute or two but he couldn’t play in it. He seems to do the most talking, probably because he wasn’t a very good player and he’s not very smart about basketball."
We all know who that 'one guy' is.
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