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Feb Melo Rejects Seton Hall as Syracuse Rolls in Big East Opener

Found December 28, 2011 on Three Idiots on Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Fab Melo,  Dikembe Mutombo,  Kris Joseph,  Scoop Jardine,  C.J. Fair,  James Southerland,  Mookie Jones,  Michael Carter-Williams
TEAMS: Seton Hall Pirates,  Syracuse Orange

Fab Melo morphed into Dikembe Mutombo against Seton HallThe Syracuse Orange assured themselves the number one ranking in the country heading into 2012 by dominating the Seton Hall Pirates 75-49 in the team's Big East conference opener.The story of the game was the dominance of sophomore center Feb Melo who set a Syracuse record with 10 blocks in the game. Fab also added 12 points and 7 rebounds to the effort.While we shouldn't confuse Seton Hall with Kentucky or North Carolina, the performance was a dominating one, especially considering the fact that the Orange didn't even play particularly well on the offensive end of the floor. Leading scorer Kris Joseph put up a goose egg and this game was STILL over 5 minutes into the second half. It was one of the most stifling defensive performances I've seen Syracuse put together in quite some time.Unlike last year's team, this version has the defensive intensity, height and length to simply shut teams down -- even when t...
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