Tag: Bourama Sidibe
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SU MBB Positional Preview: Bigs
Today we are rounding out our positional previews ahead of the SU men‚Äôs basketball season opener against Bryant on Friday. Fellow fizz members Ian Unsworth and Jaron May took a look at the guards and wings and today we finish up with the BIGS! This position group looked good at times last year, but in others…
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Syracuse Basketball is Back! Three Important Questions Heading Into This Season
Photo Courtesy of Syracuse.com
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Toss-up: Jesse Edwards or John Bol Ajak?
Bourama Sidibe is set to be SU‚Äôs man in the middle of the zone after multiple failed attempts to recruit a transfer that could contribute immediately. Like it or not, the Orange are riding Sidibe for one more season. The senior, however, could not stay on the floor last year. He led the country in…
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Look No Further: Next Year’s Man in the Middle is Already Here
During the dog days of the season, things looked bleak for the future of Syracuse basketball. Every basket Elijah Hughes scored inched him closer to the NBA Draft. Jalen Carey and Brycen Goodine proved to be a pair of some of the most disappointing four-star recruits in SU history, and the Orange still didn‚Äôt have…
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Syracuse Basketball Top 5 Series: Surprises
The 2019-2020 Syracuse basketball season was a rollercoaster of emotions for all parties involved. Players, fans, and coaches alike were riding high after SU‚Äôs five-game ACC win streak, only to be severely let down after the Orange dropped five out of their next six games and fell out of NCAA Tournament contention. In a season…
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Syracuse Basketball Top 5 Series: Player Performances
Basketball is a team sport, there‚Äôs no doubt about it, but quite often what makes the game so much fun to watch and be a part of are the individual athletes. It‚Äôs the guys who give their everything on the floor every single night not only for the love of the game but for the…
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Too Little Too Late But Bourama Sidibe Turned a Corner
Unless Syracuse goes on an improbable run to finish this season, its NCAA Tournament chances are over. The biggest problem all season long has been the play of the big men, and more specifically Bourama Sidibe.¬† But in the last three games Sidibe has played at least 25 minutes and grabbed at least 10 rebounds.…
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Big Men Foul Trouble Is Syracuse’s Demise
‚ÄúThat‚Äôs number five. Bourama Sidibe fouls out of the game.‚Äù How many times have we heard that this season? It seems like it is happening every game and, honestly, it is. Sidibe has fouled out seven times already this season and in the past four straight games. Take a look at the breakdown of how…
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There is No Easy Fix For Syracuse Basketball
Even though ACC conference play has just begun, we at the Fizz have written plenty of articles about what needs to change for Syracuse to actually win an ACC game. Maybe Jesse Edwards deserves more playing time, or Marek Dolezaj must step up his consistency. Or is Quincy Guerrier the answer? With a matchup against…
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Marek Dolezaj Must Become a Consistent Offensive Presence
Over the past few years there‚Äôs been one consistent thing about Syracuse basketball…it desperately needs a big who can score down low. At this point fans would settle for a big that seems to be improving. Paschal Chukwu never developed, Bourama Sidibe hasn‚Äôt either. But maybe Marek Dolezaj could be the big man that SU…
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Major Takeaways from Syracuse’s Win Over Colgate
If you watched Syracuse in the first six minutes of tonight‚Äôs game against Colgate, you probably had some d√©j√† vu to last Wednesday. The Orange only put up 34 points against Virginia a week ago and struggled to score again at the beginning of tonight‚Äôs contest. SU couldn‚Äôt buy a bucket, starting 0-7 from the…
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Hey Syracuse, Embrace Small Ball!
‚ÄúOrange is the new fast.‚Äù You hear Dino Babers say it all the time. The Syracuse football team is trying to do just that– be quicker than the other team. Well, maybe it‚Äôs time for Syracuse basketball to do the same. This year‚Äôs roster is full of small, fast, shifty guards and guard/forward combos. There…
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Happy Halloween! The Costumes Syracuse Players Should Be Rocking this Holiday
Happy Halloween! With it being the spookiest day of the year, it is only fitting to think about what some Syracuse basketball players should dress up as for the holiday. Keep in mind these are very rough sketches, but without further adieu here are some of the Fizz‚Äôs ideas. Buddy Boeheim Buddy seems like the…
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Syracuse’s Most Important Players: #3 Bourama Sidibe
This year‚Äôs Syracuse basketball team is a guard-driven squad. The Orange don‚Äôt have as much height, as much depth or as much talent as past years. The depleted front court has only one returner that saw somewhat significant minutes at the center position last year. That player is Bourama Sidibe. The 6‚Äô10‚Äù forward‚Äôs shoulders will…
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Bourama Sidibe Holds The Keys to Syracuse’s Season
Even though Syracuse is tasked with replacing four starters from a season ago, Jim Boeheim seems confident in his young squad. A main reason is because of the sheer quantity of shooters Boeheim and his staff have accumulated. Of course Buddy Boeheim may be the first guy fans think of. Joe Girard is another guard…
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Could Syracuse’s Italy Trip Foreshadow Upcoming Season?
Another day, another victory for Syracuse as it moves to 2-0 on its trip to Italy after clobbering Oxygen Bassano 103-54. Leading the way was Buddy Boeheim, who drained five triples on his way to an efficient 22 points to lead all scorers. Bourama Sidibe racked up a double-double, logging 10 points while pulling down…
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Success for SU Basketball Relies on a Center Stepping Up
Syracuse suffered a couple of blows recently when Tyus Battle and Oshae Brissett both decided to stay in the draft and forego remaining eligibility. Luckily, Syracuse was preparing for both to leave early, and had contingency plans in place. Next year the Orange will likely rely on budding stars Elijah Hughes and Buddy Boeheim, as…
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Syracuse Breakout Candidates: Basketball Edition
A couple weeks ago, we wrote about SU football breakout candidates for the 2019 season. Now it‚Äôs time to examine who could burst onto the hardwood for the Orange next season. Excluded from this list are big time contributors from last year‚Äôs team like Elijah Hughes and Buddy Boeheim. They may be in line for…
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Why Paschal Chukwu is a Huge Loss For Syracuse
For much of his career, Paschal Chukwu was used as a scapegoat. He was often criticized by Jim Boeheim and blamed by Syracuse fans across central New York. But for all of his flaws, Chukwu was a solid defender, who used his length to alter shots every game. He never fully grasped control of his…
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Big-Man Struggles: Syracuse Sinking to a New Low
While there may be room for encouragement, no one can be completely satisfied with consecutive losses. Syracuse wasn‚Äôt expected to beat No. 2 Duke or No. 5 North Carolina, but the Orange put up a fight in both contests. However, in spite of the silver lining, one frustrating trend remains clear. Syracuse ‚Äì now more…
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1/12 Fizz Radio: Centers of Attention and Previewing Georgia Tech and Duke
The Fizz’s Tyler Aki and Tim Leonard breakdown the Orange’s performances against Clemson and Notre Dame with the much improved center play (0:00-12:46), the minutes disparity at point guard (12:46-26:13), what to expect against Georgia Tech and Duke (26:13-36:37) and react to all your comments in Fizz Feedback (36:37-End).
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Kiss the Rankings Goodbye: No. 25 Syracuse Upset at Home by Old Dominion
There‚Äôs really no word more fitting than ‚Äúdisappointing‚Äù to describe this one, after Syracuse came up short to Old Dominion 68-62 on Saturday. ODU was in it throughout, yet it seemed that the common belief inside the Carrier Dome was that the Orange would eventually pull away. That certainly looked to be the case when…
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Syracuse’s Rebounding Has Fallen off a Cliff
Perhaps the most fascinating subplot of this Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball season ‚Äî and there are a plethora to choose from (RIP Geno Thorpe) ‚Äî has been the Orange‚Äôs relationship with the glass. SU began the year as one of the best rebounding teams in the nation, but has since seen that strength erode and rear…
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How Bourama Sidibe’s Health and Success Can Alter Syracuse’s Future
When Matthew Moyer went down with a left ankle sprain in the Orange‚Äôs win over Boston College, the season had SU fans shaking their heads again. The hustle, strength and size that Moyer brings to this team is one of a kind and he has used it to his advantage in ACC play. The pessimistic…
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Syracuse’s new big men are rocking the 2-3 zone
Last season, the pitfall of Syracuse basketball was it‚Äôs defense. Okay‚Ķ a lot of things weren‚Äôt great about that team, but defense was one of them. The Orange allowed over 71 points per game last season, which was about average in the NCAA but terrible for Syracuse standards. SU hadn‚Äôt allowed that many points per…
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Is Syracuse Basketball Better Than We Thought?
Yes, the sample size is small at the moment. But Syracuse basketball is 3-0 to start the season (as it should be), and the wins have been impressive so far. The Orange has beaten two tournament teams from last year as well as Cornell. The closest game has been Iona, but the Gaels are the…
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Three Things To Watch From Both Syracuse and Iona
Iona wraps up its Central New York swing with a stop in Syracuse tonight. The Gaels are on the heels of a 69-67 loss to Albany in its opener, meanwhile the Orange comes off a big win over Cornell. Last season, Iona won the MAAC and was ousted in the first round of the tournament…
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Awards from Syracuse’s Season-Opening Win over Cornell
After a sloppy start, Syracuse hit the gas and cruised to a 77-45 win over Cornell in the regular season opener Friday. The Orange‚Äôs 2-3 zone suffocated the Big Red, who shot 13-of-25 (25 percent) from the field on its way to the lowest scoring output by an SU opponent since 2014. A few players…
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Syracuse Basketball Player Preview: Bourama Sidibe
Coming into the year, if you asked someone who the Orange‚Äôs most intriguing player for 2017-18 was, you probably got answers like Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett, Frank Howard, etc. But that has definitely shifted with the emergence of Bourama Sidibe in the preseason. Sidibe was a STAR in the preseason, so take that for what…
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3 SU Basketball Newcomers to Know
While everyone is still hung up on the SU football win over then #2 Clemson a few weeks ago, people are seemingly forgetful of the fact that basketball season is quickly approaching on the SU campus. Jim Boeheim and company open up their exhibition slate with a matchup versus Southern New Hampshire in the Carrier…
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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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