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Tuesday, March 05, 2013  A person familiar with the negotiations says the Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  On a day when most Syracuse Orange fans are down about the departure of Doug Marrone from the football program, the basketball team provided a silver lining.

Saturday, October 27, 2012  The Syracuse Orange absolutely refused to quit on Saturday night. Undaunted by a 23-3 halftime deficit, the Orange stormed back against South Florida in Tampa to beat the Bulls 37-36.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  UPDATE: Syracuse University says the new platinum-colored jerseys will make a one time only appearance later this month.

Friday, November 11, 2011  Forget the automatic BCS bowl bid that goes to the Big East champion. The Orange (5-4, 1-3) just want that elusive win to become eligible for the postseason.

Saturday, September 03, 2011  Kayvon Webster returned a fumble 96 yards for an early touchdown as South Florida came to Notre Dame for the first time and stunned the 16th-ranked Irish 23-20 Saturday in a game disrupted for hours because of storms.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  Yancy Gates was nearly perfect from the field Wednesday night, scoring a career-high 25 points and leading the 25th-ranked Bearcats to an 87-61 rout of upstart South Florida.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  Villanova began to resemble the Final Four contender many people expected it to be in the first half Tuesday night.

Saturday, February 05, 2011  Rick Jackson scored a season-high 21 points and Kris Joseph added 14 to lead No. 17 Syracuse to a 72-49 rout of struggling South Florida on Saturday.

Friday, December 24, 2010  The CNY Central sports team goes caroling!

Thursday, October 14, 2010  Geno Smith threw two touchdown passes and No. 25 West Virginia held South Florida to a season-low for yards in a 20-6 victory over the Bulls on Thursday night.

Saturday, October 09, 2010  Delone Carter rushed for 105 yards and Ryan Nassib finished a 98-yard scoring drive with a touchdown pass to Marcus Sales on Saturday, helping Syracuse win its Big East opener 13-9 over South Florida.

Friday, October 08, 2010  USF is still adapting to the offensive and defensive systems Holtz brought in from East Carolina this season. Syracuse is off to its best start since 2003 after struggling the past few years.

Thursday, October 07, 2010  The running game can certainly hurt the Orange this week, along with any trickery Daniels and Head Coach Skip Holtz can come up with.

Tuesday, March 09, 2010  Dominique Jones had 20 points and nine rebounds, and South Florida beat DePaul 58-49 in the Big East tournament opener Tuesday for its fourth straight victory.