But for the third time in the crucial stretch, a Syracuse player stepped up to the challenge.

The Syracuse players called it the most gut-wrenching game they had played all season.

Triche is the only Syracuse player to win 120 games as a starter.

That second chance is on the Syracuse players' minds.

Just as the game has changed, so has the Syracuse players' view of the streak.

Is the 6-foot-10 former Syracuse player skilled enough to work his way into the rotation?

Syracuse players have now picked up the player-of-the-year honors two years in a row.

Hughes was the fifth Syracuse player in five seasons to leave the program, but, unlike the others, he didn't go quietly.

But the six Syracuse players resembled robots programmed to be polite.

They are the Syracuse players who provide scoring, but both struggled in the half.