Being that the CBS Broadcast Center is in New York City, we get New York athletes wandering in here all the time. Basically, we’re kind of a big deal and people know us. Therefore, it was no surprise when Scoop Jardine, former guard at Syracuse (2007-12), stopped by to talk a little March Madness with the Inside College Basketball crew.

CBSSPorts.com: In your collegiate career, you made it as far as the Elite Eight. What type of pressure is there to have to almost be perfect every night in order to advance?

Jardine: It’s not even about being almost perfect; some of it if you ask me is being lucky. But for the most part I think, after going through the tournament last year, you just have to have a team that really believes in each other.

CBSSports.com: This is your first year out of school and watching the tournament not as a member of the team. How does it feel to be watching the tournament on the other side of things?

Jardine: It’s a little sad but at the same time, I’m a little excited because I’m watching it from a whole different perspective now as a commentator. Now I get a chance to talk bad about guys. They were talking bad about me, now I get a chance to talk about them. (laughs)

I won’t do it, but for the most part it’s exciting to watch. It’s March Madness. It’s the best part of the year.

CBSSports.com: Speaking of watching the tournament, where were you and what was going through your mind as Syracuse choked and let Louisville go on a 44-10 run in the Big East tournament championship.

Jardine: I got banned from going to Syracuse games by my own teammates because every time I come we lose. I said, “You know what, I’m going to give the Big East a break and I’m going to watch it from home.”

So I’m watching the game and we were winning and I’m like, “Maybe it was me.” So then after the first half when we were killing them, I turned the TV off because we were up. I was celebrating, I was texting, I was tweeting and I was talking trash.

Then I turned it back on and Louisville was up by two. I’m like “Oh, my God, what happened!” I texted my mom, like what happened. She said, “Louisville turning us over basically.” After the game, I watched the game again and they just really wore us out. Louisville is a team that if you let them get going they will wear you out with their press. And that’s what they did to us; we don’t have too many ball handlers.

CBSSports.com: Coach Boeheim climbed the coaching ranks in wins this year. Do you think he should retire and if he did what would his legacy be?

Jardine: If he continues to win games and do what he does I don’t think [he should retire]. But in reality, he’s a guy who put the time in to retire when he wants.

He made Syracuse what it is. That’s a legacy in itself and I was a part of it. He’s a hall of fame coach and that speaks for itself.

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