Author: Nathan Dickinson
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Jalen Carey sets his official Syracuse visit, among others
Syracuse basketball can get a commitment from a recruit at any time, and at some points it can seem to come out of thin air (see Marek Dolezaj). It can consistently drive SU fans crazy, but every year there are a few target prospects to give the Orange faithful some sort of stability in following…
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Dino Babers offers a pair of 2018 defensive linemen
11 players have committed to Syracuse football’s 2018 recruiting class. In it are three offensive linemen, three wide receivers and multiple running backs, but not a single defensive lineman. Dino Babers has been trying to change that, and extended offers to a pair of quarterback chasers earlier this week. Early Tuesday, tackle Deporess Schletty announced…
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2018 forward Nate Roberts puts Syracuse in his top 5
Nate Roberts, a 2018 6-8 forward from Maryland, narrowed his list of schools down to five on Tuesday, and Syracuse basketball made the cut: https://twitter.com/nateupnext/status/889847857980821504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.syracuse.com%2Forangebasketball%2Findex.ssf%2F2017%2F07%2Fclass_of_2018_power_forward_nate_roberts_cuts_list_to_five_includes_syracuse_and.html Before cutting his list, Roberts also had offers from Georgia, St. John’s and Cincinnati. Roberts isn’t the typical Syracuse basketball target; he doesn’t crack the top 100 in any of…
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Syracuse basketball recruiting: How big is the addition of Buddy Boeheim?
The Syracuse Orange basketball team didn’t officially pick up its second commitment of the 2018 class last Friday, but it might as well have. Jim Boeheim’s son Buddy said he’d play for his father in the 2018-19 season in an interview with ESPN’s Jeff Goodman.¬†Buddy said he wouldn’t officially make a decision until after his…
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SU Basketball update: SU offers another 2019 recruit, Marek Dolezaj excels in Romania
Syracuse basketball is off the court (save Boeheim’s Army) for another five months, but the Orange continues to make noise on the recruiting trail as the summer rolls on. Last week, Jim Boeheim offered Tyus Battle’s little brother Khalif, and this week Syracuse gave another 2019 recruit a chance to play in the Dome. Overseas,…
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Is Dimon Carrigan the next piece in SU’s 2018 recruiting class?
Saturday, Syracuse basketball extended an offer to 2018 big man Dimon Carrigan, per Pat Lawless on Twitter. Dimon Carrigan, a class of 2018 Big Man playing for BABC (MA), has picked up offers from Texas, Clemson and Syracuse. — Pat Lawless (@PatLawless_) July 15, 2017 Carrigan is a 6-9, four-star recruit from Lynn, Mass., who…
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Syracuse offers Tyus Battle’s little brother Khalif
Monday, Syracuse basketball extended a scholarship offer to a name Orange fans are already familiar with, as first reported by Pat Lawless. Khalif Battle, a class of 2019 guard playing for Team Final (PA), has picked up offers from Syracuse and Washington. — Pat Lawless (@PatLawless_) July 10, 2017 Khalif is the younger brother of…
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Syracuse in the Summer League update
The NBA Summer League is usually for one of two things: players on their way into the league and players on their last hope. Former Syracuse players in both categories are playing in the NBA’s Summer League this year, and Saturday started what they hope will be the first step on their path to the…
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Syracuse is running out of 2018 QB options
Syracuse football’s quarterback situation is far from the first order of business in making the Orange a contender again. Eric Dungey has proven himself as a worthy QB in Dino Babers’ system, and underclassmen Tommy DeVito and Rex Culpepper wait in the wings to take over when Dungey’s career ends. However, the Orange still doesn’t…
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Who is Dino Babers’ newest coach?
Sunday, the staff of Syracuse football got a little bigger after Matt Johnson was hired in an ‚Äúoffensive quality control position‚Äù Sunday. He announced the decision on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BVx75OXAP0N/?taken-by=11droppindimes Johnson was a quarterback under Dino Babers at Bowling Green. This wasn‚Äôt just a decision to come to SU for him, it was also a decision…
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Is the second round a death sentence for Syracuse draft hopefuls?
Syracuse basketball has had some of the best success in the NCAA when it comes to getting players drafted in the first round. The Orange has had a player picked in the first round of the NBA Draft in every year since 2012 (when both Dion Waiters and Fab Melo got to hug David Stern),…
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Cole Swider names Syracuse in top four; visits this week
Syracuse basketball’s 2017 recruiting class wasn’t complete until just recently, but the Orange is already looking to build its 2018 class. Sunday, 2018 four-star Cole Swider narrowed his list to four schools, and Syracuse made the cut. My Family, coach Hart and I have decided to narrow it down to these 4! I will be…
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Prediction Time (Again): Athlon puts SU Football in the Middle
Last week, Athlon¬†predicted Syracuse would finish 5-7 in the 2017 season and sixth out of seven teams in the ACC’s Atlantic division. This week, Athlon pulled out all the stops and ranked all 130 FBS teams in order. Syracuse ended up right in the middle at No. 63, but let’s take a deeper dive into…
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Should Syracuse have a baseball team?
This is, undoubtedly, the most exciting time of the year for college baseball. The College World Series is underway, and the MLB Draft starts Monday. As teams fight for trips to Omaha and childhood dreams are realized, the question has to be asked: why doesn’t Syracuse have a baseball team? The Orange is one of…
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Syracuse Tabloids: SU coaches get paid a lot; so does ‘Melo
It’s hard to cover college sports in the summer, guys. There are no sports to cover. Sure, a graduate transfer visit here and a scholarship offer there, but for the most part us writers are left out to dry. In an effort to keep the news cycle going (and meet deadline), some of us are…
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Prediction Time: Athlon says Syracuse football will go 5-7 in 2017
The start of Syracuse football’s 2017 season is three months away, but there is no reason for Orange fans to start getting anxious. Athlon has already told the people how SU will fare this season, so you can spend game day reading a book or learning to knit — whatever it is people who aren’t…
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Syracuse football recruiting: Dino keeps dishing out offers
The summer months are hard for college sports fans. You long for competition and school spirit, and the lack of it can have diehard Syracuse fans looking back over Spring Game footage, watching the six-overtime game highlights on YouTube again, or even checking to see if there are any Orange alums on this season of…
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Syracuse’s 2018 recruiting class could be historic, but don’t let the numbers fool you
Syracuse football added an eighth member to its 2018 recruiting class when running back Jawhar Johnson Jr. committed to the Orange last night. Any player with a 4.48 40-time in the Dino Babers offense has huge upside potential, but his commitment is just part of a great start to the 2018 recruiting cycle for Dino…
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Syracuse basketball recruiting: Who is Marek Dolezaj?
Last night, Syracuse basketball Twitter went into a frenzy when the relatively unknown (at least in the U.S.) account @Eurohopes tweeted this out: 2017 forward Marek Dolezaj ('98) from Slovakia has committed to Syracuse. Only school he visited — Eurohopes (@Eurohopes) May 21, 2017 Any news of a potential commit is, of course, huge for…
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Syracuse football recruiting: Two running backs commit to the Orange
Yesterday, Syracuse football got a pair of commitments from running backs, one from the 2017 class and the other a 2018 three-star. New York native Luke Erickson will join the Orange this fall as a preferred walk-on. https://twitter.com/luke_eickson21/status/864581603401629697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.syracuse.com%2Forangefootball%2Findex.ssf%2F2017%2F05%2F2017_new_york_rb_luke_erickson_commits_to_syracuse_football_as_preferred_walk-on.html He’s the second (and in all likelihood last) running back in the 2017 recruiting cycle for the…
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After stealing from Syracuse, Duke just got even better.
Syracuse basketball’s 2017 recruiting¬†cycle took another hit over the weekend when New York native Jordan Tucker passed on New York’s college team, and the fact that he chose Duke instead just added insult to injury. As it turns out, the Blue Devils weren’t done. Monday, Coach K added another top 10 recruit to a recruiting…
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It’s A Number’s Game: Tyler Lydon At The Draft Combine
Former Syracuse forward Tyler Lydon has spent most of the last month preparing for this weekend’s NBA Draft Combine. Throughout the 2016-2017 season he jumped all over draft boards, with some people claiming he’ll be a lottery pick and others dropping him out of the first round. A lot of questions surround Lydon as the…
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Duke Poses A Big Threat To SU’s Chances At Jordan Tucker
Kevin Knox, the No. 10 recruit in the nation for high school basketball’s class of 2017, didn’t have many people in¬†Syracuse watching when he announced his college decision Saturday. The Orange offered Knox a scholarship in 2015 when he was starting his junior year of high school, but¬†SU¬†had been out of the running for the…
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Can SU Football Make Michigan A Pipeline State?
Detroit’s Cass Technical High School is a prep school. Students get in based on test scores and grades, and then choose a curriculum path (such as business management, marketing, engineering) to pursue the next four years. Football isn’t one of the available career choices, but Syracuse may be adding its own elective after how much…
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Syracuse In The NFL: SU’s Draft Prospects
Thursday, the NFL kicks off in Philadelphia. Despite Syracuse’s struggles on the football field in recent years, the Orange has still consistently sent players to the next level. Since the turn of the century, SU¬†has had a player drafted in every draft except two (2008 and 2015), with Riley Dixon being Syracuse’s only 2016 representative.…
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This Week In Syracuse Recruiting: Ayala Stays in the 2018 Class
Syracuse basketball and football are still months away from their first games of the 2017-18 season, but this is the time where games are won and lost. SU hits the recruiting trail every offseason in an attempt to bring the best players in the country to Central New York, and it can be a lot…
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How Does Oshae Brissett Compare To The ACC’s Top Commits?
Syracuse basketball’s 2017 recruiting class is slim, and some people are worried Jim Boeheim hasn’t put together the talent he’ll need to compete in the 2017-18 season. But the Orange does have Oshae Brissett, the highest ranked player committed to the Orange. Yesterday,¬†247Sports put Brissett at No. 48 its final recruit rankings, giving the Orange…
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JUCO DE Josh Allen Chooses SU
2017 recruiting classes were all but finalized on National Signing Day in February, but there are still some players looking for homes as the school calendar nears its end. Junior college transfers fall into this category, and Monday Syracuse got a commitment from one of them: defensive end Josh Allen. Allen will join Syracuse in…
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Bourma Sidibe Impresses At Jordan Classic
Syracuse basketball’s 2017 recruiting class has been thin from the start. The Orange still doesn’t have a Top 100 commitment, and as the time¬†starts to run out in the cycle Orange Nation is uneasy. There is still some good news:¬†the players Syracuse does have signed on for the 2017-18 season are dominating at the high…
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Syracuse Football Targets 2019 Recruits In Hawaii
Hawaii is not known as a football recruiting powerhouse. The sport hasn’t grown as well on the islands, and while coaches would be happy to make in-home visits in Honolulu recruiting a player from so far away gets expensive. Hawaii’s 2019 recruiting class is better than what the state usually sees, though. Three sophomores from…
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It’s A Numbers Game: Tyler Lydon’s Syracuse Career Is Over
If you haven’t been paying close attention to Syracuse basketball news this may be the third or fourth time you’ve been told Tyler Lydon is leaving Syracuse. But even after¬†Lydon tweeted out his goodbye to the Orange two weeks ago, everyone knew there was still a chance for SU to get its star back for…
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Syracuse TE Kendall Moore Transfers To Texas
Syracuse tight end Kendall Moore has announced he will transfer from SU to Texas for his final year of eligibility. He made the announcement via Instagram Sunday. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSZGWD2FOkk/ Moore was with the Orange for four seasons. He received a medical redshirt in 2015 and has one year of eligibility remaining. As a graduate transfer, he…
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How Did ACC Commits Fare In The All-American Game?
Last night, the best college basketball players in the country came together in the house that Jordan built for the McDonald’s All-American Game. For college recruiters, the game is just as much a formality as anything else, but for the everyday basketball fan the All-American Game is the first chance to get a glimpse at…
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Is Washington’s “Mike Hopkins Era” Starting On The Wrong Foot?
The hiring of a new head coach is supposed to be a time of hope for a program.¬†Washington is more than happy to have taken Mike Hopkins away from Syracuse basketball, but his first head coaching job might be starting on the wrong note. Unless he can¬†flex his recruiting muscle early, the first move of…
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Boeheim’s Contract Is Syracuse’s Latest Jab At The NCAA
Yesterday was one of the most emotional days of Syracuse basketball’s long and stressful season (not what’d you’d expect the day after the year ended with the Orange falling in the second round of the NIT). The sky started falling when Mike Hopkins started the offseason by leaving his post as head-coach-in-waiting to take the…
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Howard Washington Commits To Syracuse
Syracuse basketball isn’t playing in this season’s NCAA Tournament, but good news did come to the Orange on this first day of the round of 64. Thursday, 2017 point guard Howard Washington committed to Syracuse to give the Orange its third commit of the class. Washington didn’t choose a college the regular way. He was…
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