Author: Cam Ezeir
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Chance Westry: So, You’re Saying There’s A Chance?
The ultimate-play-on-words name is living up to it as a recruit and giving Syracuse fans more than they can ask for‚Ķ or at least us here at the Fizz. Four-star Chance Westry, whose 2022 recruiting trail continues to create new and unexpected avenues, is once again a possibility for the Orange. Although previously favored to…
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Wow! Syracuse Offers Five Players
Syracuse’s annual Elite Camp took place this past weekend and didn’t disappoint. Out of the 19 attendees, five new offers were handed out. That doesn’t include SU commit Justin Taylor, or Peter Carey and Simeon Wilcher, who took part but already have offers from Syracuse. The five include DJ Wagner, Papa Kante, Joseph Estrella and…
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Five Star Review 8/28: Chris Bunch, JJ Starling, Peter Carey
It’s this week’s edition of Five Star Review with Cameron Ezeir and Brad Klein. Will SU bring in any other these three recruits? We discuss that and how the recruiting scene and 2022 class is shaping out after the decommittment of Kamari Lands.
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Fizz Radio 8/28: Kamari Lands Decommits, Syracuse Football Gears Up for Ohio, Five Star Review
Cameron Ezeir and Brad Klein give their reactions to four-star Kamari Lands decommitting from Syracuse. Plus, the two lay out some football hypotheticals before next week’s SU season opener.
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #6 Airon Servais
As the countdown inches closer to the start of the Syracuse football season, we at Fizz continue our top ten most important players list. Check out who landed at No. 10, 9, 8 and 7. Onward to spot six is another offensive lineman, joining Matthew Bergeron on this list. It’s the player who swapped tackle…
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The Syracuse-Kamari Lands Marriage Did Not Last Long… Now What?
In a summer full of good news, the ending took the worst of turns for Syracuse basketball. Four-star small forward Kamari Lands has decommited from Syracuse after picking the Orange in April. This is the third time in the last three years that a recruit ranked within ESPN’s top 25 has reversed his previous verbal…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #8 Josh Black
As Oct. 4 nears closer, we at Fizz are counting down to top 10 most important Syracuse players for the 2021 season. Check out the two that kickstarted the list here. In the No. 8 slot is a redshirt senior who both bulks up his position group and is at the forefront of solving SU’s…
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Is There Any Chance Syracuse Can Land… Chance Westry?
Prior to this summer, the recruiting scene was all guns a blazing at Syracuse. Now, the trail is starting to dissipate and for good reason. With a top 5 2022 recruiting class incoming, and three commits representing it, the plethora of talent still interested in SU starts to become an issue of too many cooks…
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Another One! Quadir Copeland Picks Syracuse
The culmination of a jam packed summer of recruiting resulted in yet another 2022 commit. Three-star Quadir Copeland chose Syracuse over Oklahoma State, Oregon, La Salle, DePaul, Miami, Maryland and Penn State. Copeland joins four-stars Kamari Lands and Justin Taylor in an already star-studded 2022 class for Jim Boeheim and company. SU’s three commits triples…
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FizzCast Exclusive: 2022 Syracuse Basketball Commit Justin Taylor
Cameron Ezeir is joined by the most recent addition to the 2022 Syracuse Basketball class, four-star Justin Taylor. The two discuss the reason Taylor chose SU, what he’s looking forward to in CNY and who he hopes to recruit to “build something special” at Syracuse.
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Fizz Nation, Is It Too Early To Look Ahead to 2023?
Hear me out. This upcoming season could be great for a mixed group of returning and new players into a program fresh off of a cinderella NCAA tournament run. 2021 Questions: How good is Benny Williams? Which version of Joe Girard will show up? How will the Boeheims gel? Can SU survive with a thin/unexperienced…
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Uh Oh Syracuse Fans… Here Comes Duke
The 2022 recruiting scene has been extra kind to Syracuse from the jump. The Orange were the fourth program to lock in two ESPN top 100 players (Kamari Lands – 24, Justin Taylor – 99), and have a few 247Sports crystal ball predictions on tap. But, it was only a matter of time until the…
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Syracuse Loses Another Major Recruit with Filipowski to Duke
As the months wound down, it was a forgone conclusion that Duke was going to be the new home of four-star recruit Kyle Filipowski. The 6’10” forward with guard-like skills made it official earlier today. With both Donovan Clingan and Flip choosing other programs, Syracuse is still in a great spot, but its chances as…
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Syracuse Edition: Pick a Guard, Any Guard
The last piece to the puzzle of an already stout 2022 recruiting class is a point guard. SU commit Kamari Lands can man the power forward spot at 6‚Äô8‚Äù, but also dominate in a stretch 4 role with the ability to handle the ball beyond the perimeter. Recent Syracuse commit Justin Taylor has the height…
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This Is Why Copeland to Syracuse Looks Promising
In the successes of the 2022 recruiting class, with Kamari Lands and Justin Taylor, Boeheim and company are still searching for a prototypical guard to run the offense. Joe Girard III is the safe option as he‚Äôll be entering his fourth season, but Syracuse continues to sift through the pool of available recruits. Quadir Copeland…
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Syracuse Is Banking On Carey Being a Diamond In the Rough
Syracuse is in dire need of a big man for 2022 after Kyle Filipowski looks well on his way elsewhere and Donovan Clingan chose to stay local. Although the word ‚Äúdire‚Äù might seem like an over exaggeration, there‚Äôs not any current talent on the roster that can confidently fill that center role (unless you believe…
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The NIL Dominoes Have Fallen, and It Benefits Syracuse
The time has passed where players must decide between returning to college or staying in the 2021 NBA draft. Its results were very interesting. Syracuse transfer Quincy Guerrier took his name out of the running a couple weeks ago, followed by big man Kofi Cockburn and plenty of other names. But the few that stood…
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Donovan Clingan Chooses Hometown Huskies Over Syracuse
Syracuse’s quest for its best true center in a while is over as 2022 four-star Donovan Clingan commits to his hometown UConn Huskies, just one day after his official visit. That’s not to say that SU hasn’t produced good players at the center position, but the 7-foot-1, 255-pound force down low would’ve been a game…
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Syracuse’s Chances at Kyle Filipowski Are Not Looking Good
Let‚Äôs be frank, Syracuse is riding the high of landing two four-star recruits in the 2022 class. That‚Äôs great. But the Orange don‚Äôt want to slow down with a chance to grab its best recruiting class in a very long time. The key to that goal is Kyle Filipowski. The keyhole continues to shrink. All…
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An Introduction to Syracuse Recruit Chris Bunch
Is it possible to be too greedy when it comes to the 2022 recruiting class? In all fairness, Kamari Lands and recent commit Justin Taylor have already placed Syracuse into a top 5 recruiting class conversation. But, as seen by the downfall of Kentucky this past year with many top recruits, or even the struggles…
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It’s Official! Justin Taylor Commits to Syracuse
The calendar month hasn‚Äôt even turned to July, and the Orange already have a pair of four-stars, according to 247Sports, coming to the Hill in 2022. Justin Taylor joins Kamari Lands in a star-studded class, with over a year out until the two don SU colors. The 6-foot-6 small forward at the St. Anne’s-Belfield School…
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Syracuse Needs to Take Quadir Copeland’s Visit Seriously
There‚Äôs plenty of buzz around the 2022 recruits, so why not add fuel to the proverbial fire. No, this is not about Donovan Clingan, Kyle Filipowski, Justin Taylor, JJ Starling, Chance Westry or Zion Cruz. But about a three-star, according to 247Sports, that makes his way to Central New York today through the 24th. The…
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How is the Syracuse Official Visit Experience?
A pair of 2022 recruits in Justin Taylor and Kyle Filipowski have already made their official visits to the Hill earlier this month. How‚Äôd they go? Here‚Äôs the undoubtable truth: both look good in the Orange threads. But that‚Äôs not enough to drive players to their possible four-year destination. Great official visits will though. Both…
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Where Should Syracuse Focus its Recruiting?
When Kamari Lands became Syracuse‚Äôs first 2022 commit, and Symir Torrence transferred to SU, the recruiting focus took a drastic turn from guards to centers. The talk on the Hill was no longer about Dior Johnson‚Äôs decommitment or the possibility of landing Zion Cruz. The focus shifted to Donovan Clingan and Kyle Filipowski due to…
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Should Syracuse’s 2022 Offers Include Amarri Tice?
There‚Äôs been plenty of focus pinned on Donovan Clingan, Kyle Filipowski, Ty Rodgers and the many other offered players that Syracuse has extended interest toward. But the kicker is how deep the class of 2022 is, and how vigilant the Orange must stay on the market. So how about a player that has flown under…
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Syracuse Women’s Lacrosse Is On the Verge of History, and It Needs More Recognition
Syracuse buzz always finds a way to circulate around football, men‚Äôs and women‚Äôs basketball, and especially this season, men‚Äôs lacrosse. While the word around the street is focused elsewhere, a certain group on campus is letting its successes do the talking. The SU women‚Äôs lacrosse team has had one heck of a season filled with…
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Why Is the Incoming Class of 2022 So Important?
The class of 2022 is the most integral incoming class that SU has ever had.¬†That‚Äôs because the last couple years of Syracuse recruiting has been interesting to say the least. There was the decommitment of five-star Darius Bazley, followed up by the expectation of local product Joe Girard, all paired with the copious amounts of…
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Why Was Syracuse Football So Bad In 2020?
The biggest downfall last season was scheming. Blame injuries to players like Tommy Devito and Andre Cisco or the opt-outs of Jarveon Howard and Abdul Adams all you want, last year‚Äôs group failed to adjust to its opponents.¬† In SU‚Äôs first two games against a pair of ranked teams, the Orange fell flat. Number 18…
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Five-Star Review: Kyle Filipowski and Donovan Clingan
Brad Klein and Cameron Ezeir headline this week’s Five-Star Review, with the focus solely on the hardwood. It’s all about the official visit of Kyle Filipowski in early June and how he compares to the highly-prioritized Donovan Clingan, who also reportedly visits in the Hill in June.
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Fizz Radio 5/22: Dino’s Ranking, Quincy’s Destination, Five Star Review
On this week‚Äôs Fizz Radio, Brad Klein and Cameron Ezeir react to the CBS Sports ranking of Power 5 conference football coaches, with a keen focus on where Dino Babers slotted in. Also, the two speak on Quincy Guerrier’s decision to head out West and how official visits could turn the heads of star basketball…
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Will Official Visits Fill Out Syracuse’s Class of 2022?
It‚Äôs not often that consistently reaching out to a player, or attending a multitude of his/her high school/AAU games drives in a recruit. The official visit is the best persuasive technique. Not only does a player get to meet his future coaches and teammates in their element, but the recruit can get to know the…
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Which Syracuse Forwards are Better: ’20 or ’21?
This offseason‚Äôs focus has revolved around change. Seven players from the 2021 team that made it to the Sweet 16 have transitioned elsewhere. While four new faces enter the Orange system in ‚Äò21-‚Äô22. Alan Griffin is the only one still in limbo. With this seismic shift in the program, the expectations surrounding SU aren‚Äôt definitive.…
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Ifeatu Melifonwu Drafted By the Detroit Lions
Cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu is the second Orange player off the draft board. It took a couple rounds, but the South Grafton, Mass. native was picked 101st in the third round. The 6’3″ junior raised his draft stock immensely after lacing together one of the best pro days amongst defensive backs. Melifonwu’s splits included a 41.5″…
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Who Will Syracuse Start At Quarterback?
Ever since the departure of Ryan Nassib and Eric Dungey, the question surrounding SU football revolves around the QB position . The answer just got a lot harder with the additions of Mississippi State transfer Garrett Shrader and freshman Justin Lamson. Along with these two, the quarterback room still consists of Devito, and sophomores JaCobian…
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Breaking Down Syracuse’s Competition for Donovan Clingan
If there‚Äôs one position that has lacked as of recent on the Hill, it‚Äôs the center slot. Over the past couple years, Bourama Sidibe and Paschal Chukwu have clogged the paint and added very minimal improvements to their respective SU groups. But a player who can change this fortune is Donovan Clingan, who just released…
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Is Quadir Copeland Syracuse’s Point Guard of the Future?
The class of 2022 continues to pump out immense talent as well as a diverse choices of programs. So far, Duke and North Carolina are without top 60 (according to ESPN) commits, while Michigan State and UCLA have claimed two of the top three players. This opens the door for a school like Syracuse, which…
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