Down by six points to Seton Hall almost midway through the second half, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim called a timeout and reminded his team that they were playing a Big East Conference game, and it was time to get physical.

The message from the boss was heard loud and clear.

Wesley Johnson had 20 points and a career-best 19 rebounds and the Orange came out of that timeout to run off 15 straight points in an 80-73 victory Tuesday night.

Johnson said Boeheim read the team the riot act during the timeout.

“I told them that we had to get tough. We weren’t tough and we hadn’t had a tough game all year, at least not physical like this, you know, Big East tough,” Boeheim said. “It had to become more of a physical game and we weren’t being physical. But after the timeout, we made a few good defensive plays and that got us going.

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Randy Moss stared at the scoreboard after his third touchdown catch and saw a fan wearing a Randy Moss mask on the screen.

The real Randy — the one who played hard Sunday — stood on the sideline with a huge grin as he made his parting-of-the-defense motion, sweeping his arms from his chest to his sides.

“That was very entertaining,” Moss said after the New England Patriots clinched the AFC East title with a 35-7 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. “I had a lot of my teammates wanting me to mess with the guy. So he put a little humor into it and I enjoyed it.”

After his last home game, a 20-10 win over Carolina, several Panthers questioned his effort. So did Patriots fans the following week. But on Sunday they chanted his name, “Randy, Randy, Randy.”

And Moss, who has sold the mask on his Web site , appreciated it.


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There will be nights not too far down the road when Brian Burke and Ron Wilson will roundly celebrate efforts like this from Ryan Miller.

Last night though, they would have been more inclined to curse the Buffalo Sabres goaltender.

Miller showed why he may be the masked man to help take Team U.S.A. from long shot to contender at the Vancouver Olympics with a brilliant shutdown second period at the Air Canada Centre that helped his team to an easy 3-0 win against the Leafs.

“I hope he plays like that in February,” Wilson said referring to the nights he will have Miller on his side. “He made all the difference in the first two periods. We should have had the lead at some point.”

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