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Projecting Syracuse’s NBA Draft Prospects
As the NBA Draft rolls around, it‚Äôs a bittersweet time for the Syracuse basketball community. There‚Äôs pride in seeing former Orange stars fulfill their hoop dreams, but also some sorrow in the fact that they won‚Äôt be returning to the Carrier Dome floor. Four former SU players worked out for NBA teams since the Orange‚Äôs…
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Syracuse Football: Recruit Offered Yesterday, Commits Today
Sometimes you know exactly which decision to make. That‚Äôs how Will Froumy feels today. One day after receiving an offer from Syracuse football, the offensive tackle has committed to Syracuse University. The news was first reported by Michael McAllister on Scout.com. Froumy received other offers from Bryant University, New Hampshire, Maine and UMass. The first…
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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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Syracuse Adds Class of 2018 Wide Receiver Anthony Queeley
Syracuse beat Duke. Again. This time it came on the gridiron recruiting circuit as the Orange picked up a verbal commitment from Class of 2018 wide receiver Anthony Queeley over schools like the Blue Devils along with Minnesota, Rutgers and Central Florida. The Florida native is SU‚Äôs third from the Sunshine State and the second…
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Steven Clark Incident Raises Questions About Medical Disqualification
Clark was medically disqualified at Syracuse but may have other options.
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Syracuse Basketball 2017-2018: Boeheim v Boeheim
College basketball always has its good matchups, but the 2017-2018 season might bring one Syracuse basketball hasn‚Äôt seen just yet. Syracuse Head Coach Jim Boeheim is back in Central New York for his 42nd season as the Orange‚Äôs leader. Meanwhile, Jimmy Boeheim, the SU legend‚Äôs son, will be starting his first year at Cornell. CBS’s…
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Watching Louisville Go Down in Flames is Really Fun
Syracuse has had its own well-documented problems with the NCAA. As a fan in college athletics, it’s impossible to sit in an Ivory Tower and suggest that all the other schools are breaking the rules and yours isn’t. We’ve seen it all. Hell, even Harvard had a cheating scandal. But watching Louisville try to throw…
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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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Is Geno Thorpe This Year’s Andrew White For Syracuse?
The comparison is too easy. Geno Thorpe: the second coming of Andrew White. Both are graduate transfers, can shoot from deep, etc. For Orange fans, this seems like fantastic news. White was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal season. However, there are some clear differences between Thorpe and White, but that…
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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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Three Syracuse Football Players Featured on Preseason All-ACC Teams
Preseason is all about predictions. Who is on the team, what they are capable of individually and what they will do together over the course of a season. With just 81 days until the first game of 2017 (but who‚Äôs counting?), various outlets are ranking players based on preseason projections. Lindy‚Äôs is the latest national…
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Syracuse Gets Much-Needed Commitment from Guard Geno Thorpe
Grad transfer Geno Thorpe committed to Syracuse Friday.
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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 DT Steven Clark Medically Disqualified
Steven Clark has been medically disqualified and will forfeit his senior year.
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Crazy Turn of Events Can Benefit Syracuse Football
Sometimes things don‚Äôt work out as planned. That is the story of Ben Bryant, now a former University of Wisconsin commit. The Class of 2018 three-star quarterback received his first college offer from the Badgers on June 24, 2016. After a couple of visits, Bryant committed to the team that reached out to him first…
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John Gillon Talks Syracuse, the NBA and More With The Fizz
John Gillon is a busy man these days. He’s chasing an NBA dream despite not being highly regarded on draft boards. The point guard who dug the Orange out of many holes this season had some time to talk about his time at SU and his NBA potential. Orange Fizz: Coach Boeheim said that he…
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Vegas Is Wrong About Syracuse Football’s Win Total
Syracuse football fans probably rolled their eyes when they saw the Orange‚Äôs first over/under win total for the 2017 season. Four. However, don‚Äôt let Vegas dictate the expectations for this year‚Äôs team. While the schedule has been declared the hardest in the nation by CBS Sports, there are some cupcake games that the Orange should…
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Can You Spell the Names of These Syracuse Athletes?
Thanks to yet another blowout in the NBA playoffs, the most exciting sporting event that took place Thursday night was the Scripps National Spelling Bee. To be fair to the Warriors and Cavs, they would have needed five overtimes to match the 21-round title bout between 12-year-old champion Ananya Vinay and 14-year-old runner-up Rohan Rajeev,…
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Why Syracuse Football Could Benefit From the New Early Signing Period
Football recruits can now sign during a three-day period in December and that is good news for the Orange.
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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 Shouldn’t Be Afraid of an SEC Team Poaching One Of Its Recruits
Three-star recruit Juan Wallace committed to the Orange back on May 4th. But his recruitment may be far from over. The linebacker received an offer from SEC powerhouse Georgia yesterday. https://twitter.com/JuanWallaceJr/status/869668645487738889 As recently as last year, an elite program, like the Bulldogs, trying to woo a Syracuse commit would have made Orange fans think that…
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How Can Syracuse Replace Amba Etta-Tawo’s Production?
Football season sits about three months away and the Orange‚Äôs offensive expectations may be a bit overhyped. After a record-breaking season from All-American Amba Etta-Tawo, the wideout has moved on to the NFL which leaves a large void for Dino Babers‚Äô high-octane offense. However, Etta-Tawo‚Äôs numbers prior to coming to Syracuse would never have suggested…
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Sports Illustrated Writer Pegs Syracuse As Tier 3 Football Program
Ranking college sports programs by prestige is never an exact science: everyone has their own parameters to define the difference between a ‚Äúblue blood‚Äù and a ‚Äúcellar dweller,‚Äù and people react to single-season performances ‚Äî whether it be a surprisingly successful campaign or an uncharacteristic down year ‚Äî in different ways. Aside from declaring the…
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Boeheim’s Army Gearing Up for Another Shot in The Basketball Tournament
The team of Syracuse alumni have earned eligibility for The Basketball Tournament.
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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 Football Lands Three-Star Running Back
When you typically think of an offseason, you might think of things being slower paced. But it seems Syracuse football wants to be the new fast all year long. After making a slew of offers to players in the 2018, 2019 and even the 2020 class yesterday, Orange football received a hard commitment from Class…
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What Is Syracuse Getting From A Slovakian Player?
Slovakians are frequent visitors to basketball arenas. However, they‚Äôre used to playing on a sheet of ice with a puck instead of the hardwood and hoops. They‚Äôre a breed that appears on just one percent of NCAA Division I basketball teams. Now, the Orange is a part of that one percent with the addition of…
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Syracuse Offers Four Football Recruits Wednesday
If you‚Äôve ever taken a day to blow through several items on a to-do list, you understand the latest Syracuse football recruiting news. In a three-hour span Wednesday afternoon, four recruits tweeted that the Orange had offered them a scholarship. First, 2018 wide receiver Kearis Jackson broke the news at 1:23. Four minutes later, Jacob…
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John Gillon and Andrew White III are Fighting for a Shot in the Pros
Syracuse’s grad transfers are looking to go pro.
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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 Looking To Re-Enter The Grad Transfer Market
Last season, some of Syracuse‚Äôs biggest offseason acquisitions came via the grad transfer route. Now, the Orange likely has to dip its toe in that market again, and a big target has Syracuse on his wish list. South Florida guard Geno Thorpe told CBS‚Äô Jon Rothstein that he is considering SU along with fellow ACC…
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What To Expect From Syracuse’s Running Backs
We know the Orange prides itself on its fast paced, down the field offense. However, you need a balanced attack to a certain degree to open up the field. With that being said, the Orange‚Äôs running back situation is in flux at the moment. There have been a lot of moving parts over the offseason,…
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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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Syracuse Is Looking at Another Season With A Short Bench
Syracuse has no margin for error with a short bench.
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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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