News and Notes: Cuse's continued struggles against the Big East, Cooley's terrific numbers out of timeouts, promising prospects, 3-point records, DePaul's emerging sophomore, and more
1. This wasn’t a great week to be a Syracuse fan. The Orange were fresh off of a pair of encouraging wins over Indiana (112-110 in double overtime) and at Florida State prior to taking on Villanova at Madison Square Garden, then traveling to Georgetown over the weekend.
Syracuse played Nova tough, before the Wildcats pulled away for a 67-53 win. Then Geo…