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SYRACUSE VS. VILLANOVA, 2010
By Dara McBride DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
The search committee tasked with finding Syracuse University’s next chancellor will meet for the first time Wednesday, providing an opportunity for the committee to set its course and introduce members. The on-campus meeting is expected to last from 9 a.m. to noon, committee chair Joanne Alper said. A dinner Tuesday night welcomed members onto the committee. “We’re basically soaking in everything right now, listening to the trustees, listening to the members of the committee. We’re going to be listening to deans, to faculty, to students, to staff, to alumni,” said Alper, also a 1972 alumna and vice chair of the Board of Trustees, as well as a retired judge. Chancellor Nancy Cantor announced Oct. 12 she plans to leave the university when her contract expires in 2014. The committee is expected to end its search by November or December, Alper said. Twenty-one members serve on the search committee: seven members from the Board of Trustees, eight faculty representatives, three student representatives, one staff representative, one dean representative and one cabinet representative. At Wednesday’s meeting, each member will discuss what he or she considers the challenges facing SU, and what kind of chancellor the committee should look for, Alper said.
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This was hyped as a potential record-breaker from the start of the season. Fans camped inside the building all week. Hundreds bought shirts about attending the game that read “With 34,616 of my friends.” After the win, SU moved to No. 1 in the rankings.
Final score: Syracuse 95, Villanova 77
SYRACUSE VS. VILLANOVA, 2011
Syracuse-Georgetown game sells out Dome, breaks record It won’t get much bigger than this. Syracuse and Georgetown are playing their final regular season Big East matchup in the Carrier Dome. A ceremony will honor Carmelo Anthony and his jersey will be retired to the rafters. If both teams win their games Wednesday, Saturday’s tilt is for first place in the Big East. Now, add a record-breaking crowd of 35,012 into what should be a wild, passionate Carrier Dome. This is a golden era to be a Syracuse fan, as four of the current top five attendance figures for basketball in Dome history have taken place in the last four years.
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One year after Syracuse and Villanova produced a thenrecord-breaking crowd, their matchup in the Dome produced the next highest ticket total. This time, Villanova got revenge, handing Syracuse its second straight loss. The defeat was part of a four-game losing skid for the Orange.
Final score: Villanova 83, Syracuse 72
SYRACUSE VS. VILLANOVA, 2006
SHOUT IT OUT
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The Carrier Dome crowd chanted “Ger-ry, Ger-ry!” throughout the game as Gerry McNamara scored 29 points and had eight assists in his final home game. He shined, but Syracuse fell to a Villanova squad that entered the game ranked No. 4 in the nation.
Final score: Villanova 92, Syracuse 82
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yracuse’s game against Georgetown on Saturday sold out, breaking the record for largest on-campus college basketball crowd with 35,012 tickets sold. That surpasses the record-setting crowd of 34,616 people who watched Syracuse beat Villanova on Feb. 27, 2010. Saturday’s game is the final Big East regular season game between Syracuse and Georgetown in the Carrier Dome. It will be the 17th time an SU-Georgetown game in the Dome will have an attendance of more than 30,000. Since Syracuse last set the on-campus record for attendance in 2010, Dome staff members have added more seats courtside and in the football press box area, allowing for a larger crowd, according to an SU Athletics news release. The Syracuse-Villanova game in 2010 and Saturday’s game are the only two basketball games SU Athletics has announced as sellouts prior to the game. Not only is it the final Big East game in the Dome between the two rivals, but Syracuse and Georgetown are currently tied for second in the conference. Syracuse plays Providence and Georgetown plays DePaul on Wednesday before the teams meet this weekend. Former Syracuse star Carmelo Anthony will be honored, and his jersey will be retired in a ceremony dur-
ing Saturday’s game. Otto’s Army President Ben Glidden said he first heard the news on Twitter while in class. Glidden, a junior broadcast and digital journalism major, said the recordbreaking Villanova game happened before he was a student at SU. He said a poster from the game hung in his room, and he always wished he had been there. “But now I get to be a part of something that’s going to be even bigger than that, which is awesome,” he said. Patrick Duffy, a sophomore finance major, was the first to arrive outside Gate E at the Dome to camp out for a close seat at the game. He set up his tent at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. Duffy, who camped out for the game last year as well, said he has a twin brother who goes to Georgetown. The game is a big rivalry within his family, he said, and the potential for a sellout didn’t influence his decision to camp out early. “I still would’ve camped out regardless, but it makes it even more exciting,” Duffy said. Chris Robinson, a freshman sport management major, found out about the record-breaking announcement via Twitter when he saw the SU Athletics tweet that said, “35,012.” The possibility of being in the front row for the Georgetown game — or at
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