Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim believes the team's local media is being unfair.

After the No. 17 Orange rallied late to beat West Virginia, 63-52, on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak in the Carrier Dome, Boeheim ripped the local media's coverage.

"I think what happens when we lose a couple or we're not playing right, people think the season's over," Boeheim said of Syracuse, who lost six of eight before beating the Mountaineers.

"Sometimes, I think we need to keep perspective a little bit. When you lose a couple, you're going to lose some confidence. I don't think you can judge people, players, coaches, on little segments. When you start judging people on a little segment, I think you've really got poor journalistic grounds."

Apparently, a graphic in a recent edition of The Post-Standard of Syracuse irked Boeheim. It listed his record against several coaches, including Big East rivals Jay Wright of Villanova, Pitt's Jamie Dixon, and Louisville's Rick Pitino.

"There are some coaches that are in the Hall of Fame that I've beaten 80 percent of the time, and you're going to look at a couple of coaches that beat me," Boeheim asked. "I coached against Rick Pitino five times [when Pitino was] at Providence and once at Kentucky, and we were 6-0 against him. One of his teams went to the Final Four -- we beat it three times. So you're going to put in the paper that I've lost to Rick Pitino six straight times? Why don't you put in that I beat him six straight times?"