Tag: basketball
Report card: Grading men’s basketball's season after Sweet 16 loss
We asked our beat writers to evaluate Syracuse’s play this season on a A-F grade scale. Here’s what they said. Read More »
Crane: Why Houston’s Sweet 16 win feels like SU’s 1982 Phi Slama Jama victory
No. 2 Houston knocked No. 11 Syracuse out of the NCAA Tournament with a 62-46 win. The game mirrored SU's 1982 win over Phi Slama Jama. Read More »
Inside SU's Schine Sweet 16 watch party, 1st since pandemic began
Around 60 students watched Syracuse's Sweet 16 game against Houston last night, the first school sponsored watch party since the pandemic began. Read More »
A look at the history between Jim Boeheim and Bob Huggins
Jim Boeheim and Bob Huggins meet in the 2021 NCAA Tournament’s round of 32. Here’s the two legendary coaches’ history. Read More »
Opponent preview: Everything you need to know about No. 3 West Virginia
The Orange and Mountaineers are old Big East foes as the Orange have won five of six meetings with WVU coach Bob Huggins. Read More »
Buddy Boeheim heads into NCAA Tournament on historic scoring pace
Buddy Boeheim put Syracuse on his back to get the Orange into the NCAA Tournament. Can he continue that in the Big Dance? Read More »
Roundtable: Beat writers give advice for your NCAA Tournament bracket
We asked our beat writers to answer their biggest sleeper, Final Four, SU’s ceiling, floor, and more. Here’s what they said. Read More »
3 things San Diego State said ahead of NCAA Tournament game with Syracuse
The Aztecs won the Mountain West Tournament championship with a victory over Utah State, led by Matt Mitchell’s 15.4 points per game and Jordan Schakel’s 14.3. Read More »
Film review: The defensive tendencies Syracuse could exploit against SDSU
Syracuse plays SDSU in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament. Here's what you need to know about the Aztecs ahead of the game. Read More »
No new COVID-19 cases as Syracuse arrives in Indiana, Wildhack says
John Wildhack told reporters that Syracuse has arrived in Indianapolis and has no new COVID cases. Read More »
Data breakdown: A closer look at Syracuse heading into NCAA Tournament
The Orange will play San Diego State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. Read More »
How Etan Thomas became a ‘natural’ in sports media
Etan Thomas started writing columns as an NBA player and now hosts multiple podcasts. His writing began during his time at Syracuse where he saw how the media affected people's lives. Read More »
Going dancing: Syracuse makes the 2021 NCAA Tournament as No. 11 seed
Syracuse is going dancing. The Orange secured an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament as an 11 seed. Read More »
Buddy Boeheim makes All-ACC Tournament team after averaging 29 points per game
Buddy was the only Syracuse player to earn All-Tournament Team honors, and he led the Orange in scoring in both of their games in Greensboro. Read More »
No SU players test positive for COVID-19 following exposure from Virginia game
A player on Virginia's men's basketball team tested positive for COVID-19, but no one on SU tested positive since returning to Syracuse from Greensboro, according to John Wildhack. Read More »
The next day: What the final play against UVA says about Syracuse, then and now
Syracuse lost at the buzzer against Virginia in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Now, the waiting game begins for SU to see if it'll make the Tournament. Read More »
Film review: How SU’s ball screens opened up offense in ACC Tournament
The Orange recorded 19 and 16 assists in their two ACC Tournament games, primarily the result of effective ball-screens. Read More »
Buddy Boeheim’s career-high 31 points not enough as Syracuse loses to Virginia
Buddy Boeheim recorded a career-high 31 points in Syracuse's ACC quarterfinal lost to Virginia. When the two teams met in January, he went 1-for-7 from 3. Read More »
Boeheim gives injury updates on Kadary Richmond, Marek Dolezaj after UVA loss
Richmond told team trainer Brad Pike before the game that he didn’t know if he could play because of his knee injury, a similar pregame situation to the North Carolina game on March 1. Read More »
Virginia's buzzer-beater ends Syracuse's ACC Tournament run in 72-69 loss
Syracuse led by as many as 11 points, but Virginia's Reece Beekman made the game-winning shot at the buzzer to end the Orange's ACC Tournament run. Read More »
3 takeaways from Syracuse's 72-69 last-second loss to No. 1 seed Virginia
Despite a career-high 31 points from Buddy Boeheim, Syracuse fell to Virginia at the buzzer. Read More »
Our beat writers expect Syracuse to lose in ACC quarterfinals
After defeating NC State Wednesday, Syracuse will face Virginia Thursday in the ACC quarterfinals. Our beat writers predict an SU loss. Read More »
Opponent preview: What to know about Virginia before ACC quarterfinals
Syracuse defeated NC State in the second round of the ACC Tournament and will now face No. 1 seed Virginia in the quarterfinals. Read More »
After NC State win, SU's zone may have turned a corner heading into March
Syracuse held NC State to 68 points on Wednesday in the ACC Tournament, hinting that the strength of the 2-3 zone may be back just in time. Read More »