Orleans, up from 15.8 feet on Saturday and far above the 7-foot levels seen as recently as Dec. 1, before the Midwestern floodwater reached this far south. By 3 p.m., the river had dropped to 15.95 feet in New Orleans, thanks to a low tide and the spillways opening, Corps spokesman Matt Roe said.
"It's been crazy," said Matt Roe, a Syracuse star from the late 1980s who does color on radio broadcasts. "Nonstop for 14 days. What am I going to say? I don't know anything. (Boeheim) is a good man."