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Jim Boeheim Cites Fab Melo and Dion Waiters as the Biggest Reasons for Syracuse’s Undefeated Start

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Syracuse keeps on rolling along this season undefeated. Earlier this week the Orange knocked off the Pittsburgh Panthers to win their 20th game in row, which is a school record to begin the season. For Jim Boeheim it was win No.876. That ties him on the list with Adolph Rupp. Mike ...

Jim Boeheim on moving to the ACC: “This is not the Big East that we founded. This is 17 teams spread throughout the country.”

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

It's definitely going to be strange to see Syracuse in the ACC.  They're synonymous with the Big East. What better man to ask about the emotions swirling around the Syracuse basketball program then Jim Boeheim? The face of the Syracuse basketball program initially seemed upset about the move but now ...

ACC Commissioner John Swofford felt Conference had to be Proactive During Uncertain Times of Conference Realignment

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

With developments on the conference realignment front happening at a fast and frenzied pace each week, it's hard to blame a conference or a school from wanting to be proactive with its course of action. That's just what the Atlantic Coast Conference decided to do this past weekend when it ...

Realignment Dominoes Fall as Syracuse Moves From Big East to ACC

Monday, September 19th, 2011

While everyone around the country was talking about Texas A&M's potential move to the SEC and what that meant for other teams in Texas and in the Big 12, there was some quieter shifting going on elsewhere. It didn't remain quiet through the weekend, however. While much of the attention was ...

Jim Boeheim “For us to win in the tournament the young guys are going to have to help the veterans.”

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

After it was all said and done on Sunday evening the Syracuse Orange walked away from Selection Sunday truly wondering who are we playing to start things off? The Indiana State Sycamores? Wasn't that the team that Larry Bird played on in 1978-79 that made it all the way to ...

Jim Boeheim’s Media Rant Continues Into Second Day

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

The biggest news of Monday night in Syracuse wasn't the Orange beating West Virginia in Big East Conference hoops. It's what came afterward. In his postgame press conference, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim used much of his time to criticize a beat writer's work in comparing him to other prominent Big ...

John Thompson III Believes More Than 10 Big East Teams Belong in NCAA Tournament

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

The Georgetown Hoyas lost four of their first five Big East basketball games. No matter, says coach John Thompson III, that's simply pretty much what every other league team has had to go through at one time or another. Since that rocky start, Georgetown has now won six consecutive games, including ...

Syracuse Jim Boeheim on Early-Season Struggles: “It’s Not A Good Sign”

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Another year, another top-10 Syracuse team, another Le Moyne? OK, maybe not. At least not yet. The Syracuse Orange will head into a Friday date with Michigan with an unblemished 4-0 record, but the unblemished part stops at the win-loss record. They have been behind in three of their first four ...

Andy Rautins Still Feels the Sting of Last Year’s Sweet Sixteen Exit

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

When it comes to Syracuse this season, the guy on the team that gets all the headlines is Wes Johnson and of course there is good reason for that.  Johnson was the Big East Player of the Year and he leads Syracuse in scoring and rebounding.  However, the most important ...

Jim Boeheim Is Not Concerned About His Team’s Poor Play As of Late

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The wait is over, the brackets are set and we are just a few days away from the best time of year in sports, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.  Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse all were given number one seeds in their prospective brackets but Syracuse is the team that ...