Syracuse, N.Y. – Ed Cooley didn’t know if Jim Boeheim was smiling or scowling, but the specter of Syracuse’s former Hall of Fame coach hung over Saturday’s Syracuse-Georgetown showdown like the ghost of Christmas past.

Boeheim wasn’t at the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday for the 100th meeting between Syracuse and Georgetown; two former Big East rivals now separated for 10 years after the Orange’s move to the ACC, seeing each other only once a year as non-conference foes.