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The Daily OrangeMBB | With Flynn injured, Jardine runs offense
By Zach Schonbrun
Posted: 3/19/08, 12:40 AM EST Section: Sports
There were times in the second half, though, that SU seemed to grow a bit stagnant offensively without one of its foremost options. With Donte Greene in a mild mid-half shooting slump and the Orange unable to work much inside, it was clear having Flynn out there would have helped make things happen. It just took a little adjusting.
"We're not used to playing without him," SU forward Kristof Ongenaet said. "He leads us, he distributes the ball and he's our main guy. It was tough, it was adjusting but finally we came through it."
Harris said he had no worries about Jardine's ability to control the ball, something Flynn excels at. Jardine had committed 56 turnovers in 31 regular season games this season. Tonight he committed four in 35 minutes and has played consistently better the past few games.
"It's not even that he got better, it's basically that he got more confident because I see him do it everyday in practice," Harris said. "A lot of people don't see it, but I know he can handle the ball. But there's a difference between practice and a game. There's pressure, sometimes you break, but tonight he didn't."
Though Boeheim did praise Jardine's play after the game, he couldn't seem to get off the topic of the missed layup, shaking his head at what could only be described as a foolish play by an inexperienced player.
"What would possess someone to think, there's nobody there and you're going to shoot it over the front rim?" Boeheim asked. "And I mean I don't know where that thought process comes from. There's no process, and there's no thought."
Even with Jardine, it's clear to Boeheim not having Flynn would mean bad things for the Orange. Jardine's missed layup didn't end up costing Syracuse, but there's no way of missing Flynn's value to the team.
"We've been very fortunate," Boeheim said. "(If) Jonny got hurt six weeks ago, we wouldn't - we'd be fishing someplace, we wouldn't be playing basketball."
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"We're not used to playing without him," SU forward Kristof Ongenaet said. "He leads us, he distributes the ball and he's our main guy. It was tough, it was adjusting but finally we came through it."
Harris said he had no worries about Jardine's ability to control the ball, something Flynn excels at. Jardine had committed 56 turnovers in 31 regular season games this season. Tonight he committed four in 35 minutes and has played consistently better the past few games.
"It's not even that he got better, it's basically that he got more confident because I see him do it everyday in practice," Harris said. "A lot of people don't see it, but I know he can handle the ball. But there's a difference between practice and a game. There's pressure, sometimes you break, but tonight he didn't."
Though Boeheim did praise Jardine's play after the game, he couldn't seem to get off the topic of the missed layup, shaking his head at what could only be described as a foolish play by an inexperienced player.
"What would possess someone to think, there's nobody there and you're going to shoot it over the front rim?" Boeheim asked. "And I mean I don't know where that thought process comes from. There's no process, and there's no thought."
Even with Jardine, it's clear to Boeheim not having Flynn would mean bad things for the Orange. Jardine's missed layup didn't end up costing Syracuse, but there's no way of missing Flynn's value to the team.
"We've been very fortunate," Boeheim said. "(If) Jonny got hurt six weeks ago, we wouldn't - we'd be fishing someplace, we wouldn't be playing basketball."
zsschonb@syr.edu
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