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Former Orange Shining In NBA Summer League
The dog days of summer are rolling on, and everyone’s eyes are on one thing: the NBA Summer League. You thought I was going to say the MLB All-Star Game, didn’t you? Anyway, there’s a lot of former Orange taking the courts in Las Vegas, many names that SU fans probably want to hear all…
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Cole Swider’s Two-Way Contract Withdrawn
After two solid performances in the NBA Summer League, Cole Swider has had his two-way contract revoked by the Miami Heat. He’s now an unrestricted free agent. Swider started his career as an unrestricted free agent for the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2022. He played limited minutes in the NBA, but was a starter…
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Where Former SU Players Stand in the NBA
With both the college basketball and NBA seasons officially over, it’s time for a summer of trades, acquisitions, speculations, transfers, and contract negotiations. Quite a bit of movement will happen at both the college and professional levels, so let’s break down where former Syracuse basketball players are in their professional careers right now. It’s easy…
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Cole Swider and Buddy Boeheim Have Uncertain NBA Futures
After leading Syracuse throughout the 2021-22 season and teaming up to create one of the best shooting duos in the ACC, Buddy Boeheim and Cole Swider both went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft but signed two-way contracts with the Pistons and Lakers respectively. Both played sparingly throughout their rookie seasons, as Boeheim played in…
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Checking in on Syracuse basketball alumni in NBA Summer League
The past month has treated the Syracuse basketball alumni with veteran status in the NBA very well. Jerami Grant inked a $160 million deal with the Trail Blazers, while Oshae Brissett signed with the Celtics. It isn’t just free agency season, though. It’s also time for the NBA Summer League, which is over halfway done…
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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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What Does Success Look Like in the NBA for Buddy Boeheim and Cole Swider?
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Fizz Five 5/30: Syracuse’s QB room, SU in the NBA, and MLAX Transfers
Ethan Frank and newest Team Fizz member Liam Griffin hop on the mic for this week’s edition of Fizz Five! The duo breaks down a loaded Quarterback room, SU hoops’ nonconference schedule, new lacrosse additions, the odds a former Orange gets picked in the NBA draft, and the football team’s most pressing question as summertime…
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SU’s Post-Swider, Boeheim Choices Will Define A New Era
If you woke up this morning to an influx of Hakim Warrick gifs on social media, there‚Äôs a reason why. Today marks 19 years to the day since Syracuse won the 2003 National Championship over Kansas. SU‚Äôs program is obviously in a very different place than it was 19 years ago, but it has failed…
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Syracuse Loses a Key Piece: Good, Bad or Indifferent?
After averaging 14 points per game last season in an expanded starting role, the once-Villanova transfer Cole Swider has decided to forgo his final year of eligibility to prepare for the upcoming NBA Draft. This should elicit a wide variety of responses from those in the Salt City. Swider kicked off the season in struggling…
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So Long, 2021-22 SU Hoops. We Hardly Knew You.
Nothing quite showcases the highs and lows of a collegiate season quite like a basketball postseason tournament. Of all the teams that have played or will play on this week, Syracuse men’s hoops may best personify the hectic emotional nature of the postseason. After a mostly listless regular season, SU ambushed its first round ACC…
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Falls Apart In Regular Season Finale
There is no other way this season should have ended than what happened in the Dome on Saturday. Syracuse led by eleven over Miami at halftime. In the second half, that got extended to an 18 point advantage. Then, the Orange did what they do best and fall apart, losing 75-72 to the Hurricanes. With…
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What Does Syracuse Have to Play For?
Regardless of what this team does in the remaining five regular season games, they probably won’t make the NCAA Tournament, they might not make the NIT, and in all likelihood won’t go far in the ACC Tournament either. But, that doesn’t mean that this is a completely lost season. It doesn’t mean there’s no longer…
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Syracuse Men’s Hoops Coasts Past Boston College, 76-56
With Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball coming off a stinging 71-59 defeat at Virginia Tech last Saturday, a strong performance against Boston College (9-16, 4-11 ACC) a week later became all the more imperative. In front of over 23,000 fans in the Carrier Dome, Syracuse (14-12, 8-7 ACC) pulled off the feat in convincing fashion 76-56 for…
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After Hot Streak, SU Hoops’ Near Future Comes Into View
For all intents and purposes, Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball’s 2022 tournament hopes ended on the evening of January 25th. It may be hard to find a more embarrassing loss – at least in the ACC – than Syracuse‚Äôs 64-53 clinker against a truly dreadful Pitt program. It wasn‚Äôt the only unfortunate loss on SU‚Äôs record this…
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Second-Half Synergy, Big Time Swider: SU’s Formula is Starting to Emerge
Syracuse has now won two straight(!) conference games, against Wake Forest, and Wednesday night over NC State. Both came with massive scoring outputs after some anemic offensive performances from the “best shooting team” Jim Boeheim has ever seen. The Orange are in desperate need of big-time wins to climb their way back into the tournament…
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For One Shining Night, SU Looked Like Who We Thought They Were
It‚Äôs hard to imagine that Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball has gone through any week as whiplash-inducing as the one they just powered through. The Orange played two games this week – on Tuesday and again at home last night – and could not have looked more different from one game to another if they tried. After…
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Syracuse thrashes Wake Forest 94-72
Jim Boeheim had never entered the month of February under .500 in his 46-year coaching tenure, but last night, it was a forgone conclusion that the hall of famer finally would, but still had one more chance to creep closer to that even win-loss record mark. The 9-11 Orange took full advantage of that opportunity…
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Gets Back on Track With Win Over Pittsburgh
Syracuse is back in the win column. Sure, the win comes against one of, if not the worst team in the ACC in Pittsburgh. But a win is a win! The Orange looked vulnerable in the first half, escaping with just a one point lead at the break, but turned it on in the second…
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Five Things We’ve Learned About SU Hoops At The Season’s Midpoint
After yesterday‚Äôs defeat against Wake Forest, Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball is officially halfway through its regular season. The team has played 15 games with 15 remaining, and enough time has passed to reflect on what we‚Äôve learned about this group through the first 50% of its schedule. We‚Äôve narrowed it down to five things we‚Äôve learned…
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The Once-Explosive Orange Have Officially Fizzled. Now What?
Not all that long ago, the 2021-22 Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball team was billed as an exciting, new-look squad. Here at the Fizz, we talked up the team with proclamations that it ‚Äúhad the chance to be special‚Äù and that it was one that would ‚Äúenter ACC play as a ranked team‚Äù. These vestiges of hope…
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Could Extra Time Off Help SU Hoops Recharge?
It‚Äôs now been over a full week since Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball took the floor. It wasn‚Äôt supposed to be this way, but COVID issues with Lehigh and Cornell just pushed back games the Orange were supposed to play on December 18th and 21st. It‚Äôs an unfortunate consequence of something larger that hopefully doesn‚Äôt throw off…
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Most Important Syracuse Players to Date
The Orange have tipped off to a wonky start. In fact, through seven games, Syracuse has dealt with many scenarios that usually take an entire season to materialize. That includes a pair of easy wins, an upset loss, a game against a ranked team and a nail-biting victory. When it relates to development, each player…
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Three Key Takeaways from Syracuse’s Bounce-Back 92-84 Thanksgiving Win over Arizona State
After yesterday‚Äôs disastrous performance against VCU, one would‚Äôve figured Syracuse was destined to go 0-3 in the Battle 4 Atlantis. However, the Orange got the right side of the wishbone on Thanksgiving, handling Arizona State from start to finish. The game began as SU‚Äôs contests typically do. The Boeheim brothers came out gunning, scoring 9…
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Syracuse Shocked by Colgate 100-85, Ending 59-Year Unbeaten Streak
After 55 tries, the longest winning streak in NCAA history by one team over another has come to a close. On November 21st, 2021, Colgate men’s basketball took down Syracuse in the Dome by a score of 100-85. The win marked the end of the longest domination by one team over another in Division I…
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