College bball - #4 NC and #12 Cal lose to #24 Syracuse in the Garden

[AndreaCG]

Granted, as commentator Andy Katz said, it's early. But I was at the Garden and saw a Syracuse team that played the zone like I've never seen it. With extreme intensity, trapping players in the corner. A zone like that needs 3 point shooters to break it, and NBA shooting range. This wasn't the NC that won last year's title, nevertheless, it was a fine team performance and Wes Johnson of SU is a beast.

Oh yeah, one of the polls didn't even have Syracuse ranked. That'll change.