Down a hobbled Brandon Triche when he was needed most, Jim Boeheim had to rely on Scoop Jardine to handle the ball and serve as the primary playmaker late against Marquette.

It didn’t go well.

One of the most confident – for better or worse – players in all of college basketball, Jardine’s eyes lit up at the opportunity to play savior for the Orange this evening. But as we’ve seen from him for much of the season, nobody ever has a better shot than Jardine’s, and his feast or famine play doomed Syracuse as they were upset by the Golden Eagles in dramatic fashion, 66-62.

Finishing with only six points on 2-8 shooting, Jardine took it upon himself to disregard all four of his teammates on the floor with 19 seconds remaining. Down three but in a great position to force overtime, Jardine hastily brought the ball up the court, dribbled to the top of the key, and instead of maybe looking for an open teammate or continuing to the basket to draw defenders, he jacked up a contested three in transition.  The three was off, way off, and there was likely a much better option (Dion Waters, maybe???) to keep Syracuse in the game.

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