Carter-Williams then stole the ball and fed Southerland for a deep 3 and a 35-33 Orange lead nearing the midpoint of the second half.
Fair had 19 points to lead the Orange, James Southerland added 13 and Michael Carter-Williams 11.
Fair had 19 points to lead the Orange, James Southerland added 13 and point guard Michael Carter-Williams 11.
Michael Carter-Williams had 15 points to lead the Orange but he had just one assist and that will cut into his 8.5 average that leads the country.
Marquette narrowed Syracuse's lead to 21-18 before Southerland hit a three-pointer to give the Orange a 24-18 halftime lead.
Yale spotted the Orange a four-goal lead, then held Syracuse scoreless for the next 43:18.
The Orange took a 13-point lead midway through the second half, 41-28, on a second free throw by C.
The 19th-ranked and fifth-seeded Orange had a 45-29 lead with 15:50 to play.
That didn't deter the Blue Demons, who gained an early lead by victimizing the Orange's perimeter defense three times in a span of just over 2 minutes.
The Orange built an 18-point lead in the first half against Indiana, and while that dwindled to six early in the second half, Boeheim's squad never let it get closer than that.
Syracuse couldn't keep the Fighting Irish down any longer than that, though, as the Orange saw their 15-point lead cut to three points by halftime, then fell behind early in the second half and never recovered en route to a 79-68 loss to the Irish.
With Southerland hitting five 3s, the Orange took a 40-27 halftime lead.
The Orange quickly jumped to a 13-3 lead as Brittney Sykes hit a 3 and Alexander had back-to-back three point plays.
But Marquette kept hustling outrebounding Syracuse 21-15 in the first half and trimmed the lead the same way it beat the Orange in February: by feeding reserve forward Davante Gardner down low.
Michael Carter-Williams chipped in four points, eight rebounds and nine assists as the Orange (27-9) raced out to an early lead that grew as big as 50 points and coasted past the Grizzlies (25-7) to their most lopsided tournament win since beating Brown 101-52 in the first round in 1986.
Michael Carter-Williams chipped in four points, eight rebounds and nine assists as the Orange (27-9) raced out to an early lead that grew as high as 50 points and coasted past the Grizzlies (25-7) to their most lopsided tournament win since beating Brown 101-52 in the first round in 1986.
Southerland hit a 3-pointer to tie it and Syracuse's first lead came on a 3 by Cooney that put the Orange up 20-17 with 6:25 remaining in the first half.
Kevin Rice and Luke Cometti scored within a 44-second span for the Orange to tie it, but Yale had a chance to reclaim the lead when Conrad Oberbeck took a shot that Lamolinara managed to snare with 1:21 left.
Brandon Young's layup gave DePaul a 21-15 lead at 12:26 of the opening period and then the Orange stormed back with a 20-3 run that included three three-point plays and gave them a 35-26 halftime lead.
The Orange scored the game's first eight points and took a 35-22 halftime lead.
Portadown District Orange Lodge spokesman David Jones said these were "exploratory talks" and where they might lead to "remains to be seen".
The Irish (26-1, 14-0 Big East) struggled early, hitting just 2-of-16 shots to start the game as the Orange (22-5, 10-4) jumped to a 22-7 lead.
The Orange scored the game's first eight points and took a 35-22 halftime lead that had people scrambling in record books to find the largest margin of victory in a Big East championship game.
None of that mattered once the championship game started and it looked like it was going to be Syracuse's romp to the title with the Orange scoring the game's first eight points and taking a 35-22 halftime lead and people scrambling in record books to find the largest margin of victory in a Big East championship game.
James Southerland hit two 3-pointers to keep the Orange close in the final 70 seconds, but Marquette made its free throws to hold the lead.
High-scoring Albany, behind Miles and Lyle Thompson, and their cousin, Ty, helped lead the Great Danes to a 16-15 double-overtime victory over the Orange in the Carrier Dome to open the year.
When Dr Hugh Sinclair persuaded the British government in 1942 to supplement children's diets with orange juice and cod liver oil, he speculated that among other ills, poor diets could lead to anti-social behaviour.
In the 2011 Big Ten Basketball Tournament, for example, I in my orange jacket and matching shoes paid too much money to watch our Fighting Illini squander a 12 point lead to lose the game.
The Orange (16-3), who will play in their first final since 2009, didn't lead until Maltz scored.
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