If you were wondering what happened to the live blog after post No. 2, well I'll tell you. I had a minor wireless hiccup n the first half. By the time I had it straightened out, UMass was getting whupped. So I faced this decision - Keep blogging or write the eulogy column on the end of the season. I chose choice B... Oops.

The column, which I wrote in the first person, was my own questioning of whether this season was a success because the Minutemen far exceeded preseason expectations or a disappointment because they missed the NCAAs when they had a chance to get there. I didn't really answer the question just put my mental debate into words.

Given that I had the game story and notebook to write. I spent all of halftime and the beginning of the second half writing it. It was more about the season than last night's game. So I finished it and sent. I think UMass was down 16 when I hit the send button. There was no chance they were coming back. Mike Williams wasn't walking through that door.

I had already written the top of a Syracuse gets even loudly game story. When it got closer I added a UMass makes a valiant comeback, but falls short top. I never considered the UMASS MAKES ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING COMEBACKS I'VE EVER SEEN lede until really late.

The Luke Bonner has a good game in defeat notebook became a Luke Bonner's early effort allows the Minutemen to come back.

Things that I didn't have time to write, that I would have if this game started at 6 p.m.:

UMass has become a serious thorn in the side of the Orangefolk.

1. In 2006 the UMass men's lacrosse team ended Syracuse's streak of lacrosse final fours.

2. In 2007 the UMass men's lacrosse team ended Syracuse's chance of making the lacrosse NCAA Tournament.

3. In November, UMass scored the most points ever by an Orange opponent in the Carrier Dome with 107.

4. Tonight (or last night cause most of you are in bed already as I'm writing this) UMass became the first team to ever beat the Orange twice in the same season in the Carrier Done.

5. Jim Boeheim is 0-4 against UMass. He's .500 or better against every other team he's ever coached at least twice against. 

Well that's enough for now. UMass erased a 22-point deficit and won 81-77 and did it with Gary Forbes scoring exactly 9 points. To quote Joe Castiglione "Can you believe it?"

...Six days til my soon-to-be-married former Collegian buddy in New York City needs to find time for an early dinner or a late beer...