Author: Ethan Frank
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The Meltdown in Miami May End Up Being a Positive
Syracuse, for the third straight time against Miami, blew a double-digit lead to the Hurricanes in an eventual loss. SU led by as many as 11 in the second half, but costly rebounding issues and turnovers put a nail in the Orange’s coffin as Miami made all its key free throws down the stretch. That…
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Elijah Moore Would Get the SU Recruiting Ball Rolling Again
It’s been well chronicled how Syracuse has struggled to recruit with NIL and the transfer portal now being a major part of college basketball. 2022’s six-man recruiting class (seven if you include transfer Mounir Hima), will likely be its largest for a while. But, even though the Orange have had small classes in recent memory…
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Syracuse Doesn’t Have Many Winnable Games Left, but Virginia Tech is One
Coming off Saturday’s 73-66 loss at Virginia, it was clear despite the seven-point margin that Syracuse and UVA are not in the same class of team. The Cavaliers are on a level that the Orange may never even reach this season, and that’s a group still getting better. Even better, SU’s schedule is only going…
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Syracuse’s Play on the Court Will Affect Its Recruiting off the Court
It’s been another up-and-down season for Syracuse basketball, and that all starts with the man in charge, Jim Boeheim. After going with an experienced-laden group last season, Boeheim created a youth movement with the Orange to go along with his senior leaders, Joe Girard III and Jesse Edwards, plus backup point guard Symir Torrence. Aside…
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Syracuse is Giving Fans Less and Less Reason to Believe
Syracuse has won two games in a row. Whoop-dee-do! After wins over Boston College and Louisville, likely the two worst teams in the ACC, SU is showing that it can barely beat the bad teams, which is not a sustainable way of winning. Good teams blow out bad teams. Syracuse does not do that. This…
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Syracuse Has a Long Way To Go
Syracuse had been playing with fire for a while now, and it finally got burned in an 84-82 loss at home to Pittsburgh Tuesday night. The Orange once again started slow, as they have for the entirety of this homestand, and mounted a furious comeback late in the second half, but could not finish the…
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What Position Group Should Syracuse be Recruiting Hardest?
It’s been well-documented that Syracuse has no future recruits committed to playing for the program beyond this season. Yes, the Orange have a bevy of young players on the team right now, but there’s always turnover in the offseason. Whether through the transfer portal, NBA Draft, or graduation, SU will lose players. So, as the…
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What Should Syracuse’s Starting Lineup Be?
Through Syracuse’s first 11 games of the season, Jim Boeheim has used the same starting lineup. That’s not uncommon, most years when Boeheim picks a lineup he tends to stick with it unless something drastic happens or there’s an injury. This season, it’s been Joe Girard III, Judah Mintz, Chris Bell, Benny Williams, and Jesse…
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Fizz Instant Reaction: Syracuse Wins Fourth Straight, Beats Monmouth 86-71
Ethan Frank hears from Jim Boeheim after the Orange’s seventh win of the season. Plus, Francesco Simone joins the program to discuss SU’s lackluster first half. Then, Ethan talks with Judah Mintz and Jesse Edwards in the Syracuse locker room about the team’s reaction to the men’s soccer team winning the national championship, and more!
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Evades Early Trouble, Eases Past Monmouth 86-71
With all the excitement on campus, and in the JMA Dome on the Syracuse men’s soccer team, which won the national championship, by the way, it was easy for Syracuse basketball to feel they could slow-play Monmouth, kenpom’s 327th-ranked team out of 363 squads coming into Monday night. But, a first-half offensive explosion put a…
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Who’s Next to Leave Syracuse?
December 8th, 2022 will be a day to remember for the Syracuse football program, not in a good way. Around midday, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported the Orange defensive coordinator Tony White was heading to Nebraska to take the same role under new head coach Matt Rhule. That was just the start. A few hours later,…
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How Does Syracuse’s 5-4 Start Impact its Recruiting?
SU is coming off a massive blowout win over Oakland on Tuesday night, where the Orange took down the Golden Grizzlies 95-66. There were a lot of positives to take away, and some negatives, but one main thing that comes to mind is that everyone comes to the same conclusions after every game. It’s an…
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Syracuse Cannot Lose Again in Nonconference Play
SU is 3-4, having just suffered a disappointing 29-point loss to number 16 Illinois on Tuesday night after getting beaten at the buzzer by Bryant a couple of days prior. That marked the Orange’s second mid-major loss of the season, having already been taken down by Colgate in mid-November. Syracuse did show a lot of…
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The End is Near for Jim Boeheim, and it isn’t Going to be Pretty
Syracuse got punked by Illinois on Tuesday night. Plain and simple. The Orange were playing as a group of individuals and not as a team. Joe Girard III took just three shots and played only twenty minutes. So, not only is he not scoring, Jim Boeheim is finally realizing (like the rest of us), that…
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What Syracuse Fans Should/Should not be Thankful for
There’s a lot going on with Syracuse basketball right now. The Orange just returned home after a couple of grueling days in Brooklyn at the Empire Classic. Next week presents a tough two-game road trip to the midwest to take on a ranked Illinois squad and the group’s first ACC game of the season against…
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Judah Mintz is Already Creeping onto NBA Mock Drafts
The time has come. Maybe it’s sooner than everyone thought, but it was going to happen eventually. After watching him play in person two nights in a row at the Barclays Center, Judah Mintz is the most talented player Syracuse had in a long time, and Jim Boeheim’s Jonny Flynn comparison has never looked more…
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Fizz Instant Reaction: Syracuse Falls to St. John’s 76-69 in Overtime
The Fizz’s Ethan Frank recaps the Orange’s loss in the Empire Classic championship game to the Red Storm, we hear from Jim Boeheim and his players postgame, and more!
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Falls to St. John’s 76-69 in Overtime
It was there for the taking. The Orange had a big-time win on their fingertips and let it slip through them. SU had so many opportunities to build on its lead and win the game late, but didn’t. This one stings and will for a while. Syracuse is young and has a lot of learning…
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Fizz Instant Reaction: Syracuse Downs Richmond 74-71 in Overtime
Fizz staffers Ethan Frank and Ian Unsworth recap an eventful evening at the Barclays Center for Syracuse, speak with Jim Boeheim and his players after the game, plus, former Fizzer Matt Bonaparte makes a guest appearance!
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Prevails over Richmond 74-71 in Overtime
What a strong, high-level basketball game. Two teams going at it early in the season from start to finish. A 14-2 start by Syracuse led by Joe Girard and Judah Mintz pumping up the majority Orange crowd (a small one), but the Spiders had the answer, and it was back and forth all night from…
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Colgate Loss Hurts More Than Just the Record
Syracuse’s program is in a precarious position. The Orange have accumulated a lot of recruiting assets coming out of the sanctions laid down by the NCAA in the middle of the last decade. SU decided to cash a lot in for the class of 2022, headlined by Judah Mintz, a top-40 player. But, going all…
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Where Does Syracuse Go From Here?
Well, in the literal sense, the Orange will go back to practice Wednesday at the Melo Center to get ready for Saturday’s game against Northeastern. But, in the theoretical sense, SU is in a place of the unknown, having lost to Colgate for the second straight season since the John F. Kennedy administration last night.…
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Starting 6-0 Has Hurt Syracuse More Than It’s Helped
After a blistering, undefeated start that had fans and media alike drawing comparisons to 1987, it was a good time to be a Syracuse football fan. Now, after three straight losses, the Orange are showing their true colors. An overachiever who is talent-deficient across the roster. Raising the expectations of people after a strong start…
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It’s Too Early to Overreact on Benny Williams
Yes, Benny Williams did not have a great freshman season at Syracuse. Yes, he did not play well in SU’s season-opening 90-72 win over Lehigh. But, that doesn’t mean it’s time to give up on the former four-star recruit that people once claimed was the turning point in the return of Syracuse recruiting. It’s way…
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Fizz Five 11/4 – QB Scaries, Pitt Preview, MBB Season Expectations
Ethan Frank and Liam Griffin hop on the mic to recap what’s been a crazy week for SU Athletics. The guys look into the football team’s injury scares, preview Saturday’s showdown with Pitt, and look ahead to the hoops season. 1. QB Situation2. Garrett Williams’ season-ending injury3. SU VS Pitt Preview4. MBB Exhibition Takeaways5. MBB…
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Box Score Analysis of Syracuse’s 72-58 Win Over Southern New Hampshire
Syracuse won its second and final exhibition game of the preseason on Tuesday night by 14 over Southern New Hampshire University. The Orange played a much crisper first half than last week and were leading by 20 at the break after trailing by one to Indiana University (PA) last Tuesday. Yet, there is still a…
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How Sustainable is Syracuse’s Success?
Dino Babers’ squad has undeniably had an incredible season up until this point. It might even be better than 2018 when the Orange went 10-3. But, as seen after that season, SU’s win total was cut in half the next year from 10 to 5, and then all the way down to 1 in 2020.…
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Syracuse’s Season Will Be Defined By Who Steps Up Each Night
The next-man-up mentality is one often taken by teams who suffer injuries or lose players for various reasons during the season. But, after just one exhibition game, it is clear to see that Syracuse’s group is one that will not have a definitive alpha (maybe Joe Girard III will become one), but right now, despite…
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A Win Over Clemson Would Change Syracuse’s Program for a Decade
Frankly, Syracuse football has not had many great moments over the last couple of decades. Aside from Doug Marrone’s decent years at the end of the Big East days in the early 2010s and Dino Babers’ one great season in 2018, it’s been more bad than good. But, 2022 at this point is the best…
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Syracuse Misses Out on Another Recruit; Is It Panic Time?
While all the focus in Central New York might be on the undefeated football team, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to discuss with basketball season fast approaching. The Orange have gotten on the court twice in fan promotion events, one in Rochester and another in the Dome. Next Tuesday, SU has its first exhibition match,…
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Jim Boeheim Has Already Set the Expectations for His Team
Every few years Jim Boeheim likes to go out of his way to either say good things about his team or bash something he’s clearly been holding in for the entire offseason. The last few years centered on Kadary Richmond, the former Orange guard who shined as a freshman but transferred after that season because…
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Jim Boeheim Dishes on Syracuse’s Roster: “This is the best team we’ve had in a while.”
With the season opener just under a month away, things are starting to ramp up for Syracuse. Media Day is on Friday along with Orange Tip-Off later that night in the Dome. But, yesterday marked a big day for Orange fans, as college basketball insider and reporter Jon Rothstein made his annual trip to Central…
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7 Fastest NFL Players Of All Time
NFL players are usually shockingly fast despite their size. They need a combination of size, strength, and speed to rise to NFL greatness. The faster a player, the better they are at creating a distance between themselves and the opposition. Speed has been a vital asset for many years.¬† This need for speed in football…
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John Wildhack Takes Victory Lap on Dino Gamble
Back in June, Syracuse Athletic Director John Wildhack declared that even after three losing seasons in a row with a combined record of 11-24, head coach Dino Babers was not on the hot seat. This three-year stretch came on the heels of a 10-3 campaign in 2018 and evidently bought Babers essentially eternal time as…
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The Hoops Calendar One Month From the Season Opener
The first official event of the Syracuse basketball season takes place on Friday, October 7th when Jim Boeheim‚Äôs men‚Äôs squad and Felisha Legette Jack‚Äôs women‚Äôs team head east on I-90 to Rochester to participate in ‚ÄúMonroe Madness‚Äù at Blue Cross Arena. The coed event headlines a showcase for members of both teams to interact with…
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What Does a Successful Rest of the Season Look Like?
Syracuse is off to one of its best starts in program history. Dino Babers has revitalized his team with new coaching philosophies, experienced players, and a new attitude. His new mantra, ‚Äòtry less harder‚Äô, has worked to perfection as the Orange are a perfect 4-0 heading into a game against FCS Wagner where they are…
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