Tag: jesse edwards
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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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Jesse Edwards, Former Syracuse Center, Inks NBA Deal
A former Syracuse basketball player has just signed a deal with an NBA team. However, it wasn’t Judah Mintz, who had fallen completely out of most mock drafts by the week before the draft. Instead, it was Jesse Edwards, the center who transferred and spent his final college season at West Virginia. The Netherlands native…
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Jesse Edwards Staying at West Virginia
The Jesse Edwards saga part two is over. After transferring to West Virginia early in the offseason, questions swirled around Edwards’ future after former Mountaineers head coach Bob Huggins resigned following a DUI arrest. After that, there were plenty of questions surrounding the program. West Virginia had brought in a slew of transfers, and many…
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What is Syracuse Getting in New Center Naheem McLeod?
Syracuse has found its new center. After Jesse Edwards left for West Virginia, the Orange needed to make a move in the portal to bolster an inexperienced group consisting of Mounir Hima, Peter Carey and William Patterson. It comes in the form of Naheem McLeod, a former Florida State Seminole, listed at a towering 7’4…
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Time is Running Out For Syracuse to Find a Center
As has been the case all offseason around college basketball, the transfer portal giveth, but the transfer portal also taketh. For Syracuse, that has included losing Symir Torrence, John Bol Ajak, Joe Girard III, and most importantly, Jesse Edwards. But, the additions of J.J. Starling and Chance Westry can’t be understated, and they’ll provide a…
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Jesse Edwards Makes His Choice and Spills The Beans At The Same Time
Country roads have taken Jesse Edwards home to West Virginia. After four seasons playing under the Jim Boeheim, the Flying Dutchman will now suit up for another legendary coach in Bob Huggins. Out of the three schools Edwards narrowed his decision down to, it’s hard to argue with the choice he made; Kansas and Gonzaga…
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Adrian Autry’s Youth Movement Has Arrived Earlier Than Expected
When Syracuse’s season ended at the ACC Tournament in March, no one knew how the offseason would unfold. Certainly, no one knew how the next three days would unfold, with Jim Boeheim’s retirement and Adrian Autry taking over as head coach of SU. With continuity in the coaching staff considering the returns of Gerry McNamara…
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Adrian Autry’s First Test
Over the past 48 hours dating back to Monday night, Syracuse has gotten not one, but two uppercuts to the jaw. First, Jesse Edwards entered the transfer portal after failing to come up with an NIL agreement with the university (complicated by the fact that he’s an international player). Then, Tuesday produced the news that…
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The Impact of Jesse Edwards Leaving
Welp. After reports to the contrary last week, Jesse Edwards will not return to Syracuse for a fifth season of eligibility. The center’s decision has to do with NIL potential. He can’t sign NIL deals the way most athletes can because of his status as an international student, and the visa he has that allows…
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Butterfly Effects From Jesse Edwards Reportedly Returning
Oh snap! These are big news if they’re true. Neither Edwards nor the program has made an official announcement yet, but signs appear to be pointing in the right direction for Orange fans. The Flying Dutchman averaged 14.5 points and over 10 rebounds per game last season and even had a 20-20 game in the…
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Analyzing Syracuse’s National Championship Watch Party
On Tuesday morning, Adrian Autry tweeted a picture of a group of his players gathered for dinner and to watch the national championship game on Monday night between Connecticut and San Diego State. The Huskies ended up winning comfortably, as they did all tournament, but from a Syracuse perspective, maybe the most interesting part of…
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Syracuse’s Offseason Theme: Continuity
It’s been three weeks to the day since Adrian Autry was introduced as Syracuse’s next head coach, and since that day, everything he’s done with his staff and his roster has been deliberate and strategic. First, it was bringing in J.J Starling, a player he recruited throughout high school, and now is maybe the most…
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What Does Jesse Edwards’ Future Entail?
Syracuse basketball made its first monumental decision shortly after the end of the 2023 season, moving on from Jim Boeheim and progressing into the Red Autry tenure. There are still a couple of key turning points this offseason, and SU fans will have their ears to the ground awaiting these choices. It all comes down…
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Specialization Has Hurt Syracuse for Too Long
The Adrian Autry era is off to a roaring start for Syracuse. He’s brought back his assistant coaches and is in the process of hiring another one, and he hasn’t lost any significant contributors so far. Yes, Symir Torrence and John Bol Ajak are in the portal and were valuable members of SU during their…
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Syracuse Scores Feel-Good Win Over Wake Forest, 72-63
After a week spent hyping up Saturday’s festivities, Syracuse men’s basketball (17-14, 10-10 ACC) made sure it didn’t ruin its own party inside the JMA Dome. In a 72-63 victory over Wake Forest (18-13, 10-10 ACC), SU got ahead early, stayed ahead, and used the emotion from a large dome crowd to coast past the…
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Fizz Five 2/20: Duke Recap, SU’s Bleak Tournament Chances, and Clemson Preview
Carter Bainbridge and Cameron Ezeir are back on Fizz Five to recap Syracuse Men’s Basketball’s 77-55 loss to Duke. Plus, the two break down SU’s chances of making the tournament and the Orange’s chances of downing the Clemson Tigers Wednesday.
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Downs Boston College 77-68
The first half was a lot of back-and-forth action with the two teams going back and forth for the first 20 minutes. Jesse Edwards established himself early, while Judah Mintz made plays on the perimeter, but the Eagles stayed right with it, not giving into the Orange’s physicality. In the second, Boston College came out…
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Syracuse’s End-of-Game Performance is Indicative of Young Team
Once again, Syracuse had a chance to take down one of the top teams in the ACC Tuesday night but faltered late in a 72-68 loss in the Dome to North Carolina. There were questionable moments, like Judah Mintz getting called for a flagrant one-foul that essentially ended the game with ten seconds left. Plus,…
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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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Did Virginia Crack Syracuse’s Code?
The 73-66 scoreline doesn’t tell you even a quarter of the storyline to why the Orange lost. In fact, the game should tell everyone more about Syracuse’s flaws than SU’s fight to lose by just seven to the 11th ranked team in the country. This picture tells the whole story. With three Cuse players averaging…
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Postgame Report Card: SU Sputters Against #11 Virginia 73-66
The game was over within the first 20 seconds when John Bol Ajak turned the ball over and committed a foul. SU leads for a whopping zero minutes and zero seconds in a 73-66 loss at #11 Virginia. SU made it interesting late in the second half but ran out of time in a sluggish…
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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 Basketball Report Cards: Pre-Christmas Edition
Do you remember our ‘Cuse basketball report cards from last month? Well it’s time to update them right before Syracuse’s final lengthy break of the season. With only two ACC games in SU’s back pocket, take these grades with a slight grain of salt, considering a vast majority of the Orange’s opponents were the likes…
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Syracuse Blitz Cornell 78-63 For Fifth Straight Win
Syracuse looked dead in the water against non-conference opponents to start the season, but after a dominant second half, the Orange conquered the Cornell Big Red 78-63 for their fifth consecutive win. That includes an impressive 42-0 record over Cornell under the direction of Jim Boeheim. The early portion of the game was an eyesore…
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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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Postgame Report Card: Syracuse Runs Georgetown Out of the Dome 83-64
The first few minutes weren’t pretty but the rest of them were. Syracuse Hoops rebounded from a tough start to get our in front of rival Georgetown and never look back. SU maintained an eleven point halftime lead and boosted it to 19 by the time the final buzzer sounded. There’s a lot to like…
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Fizz Instant Reaction: Syracuse Thrashes Oakland, 95-66
Cameron Ezeir and Ethan Frank break down Syracuse’s smackdown of Oakland. The two tackle SU’s 18-0 run to end the half, Chris Bell’s short leash, plus Jesse Edwards and Joe Girard’s big days.
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Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Survives Notre Dame 62-61
Wow. Syracuse traveled into South Bend after getting embarrassed by No. 16 Illinois on Tuesday, but you couldn’t have predicted the chaos that would ensue. The Orange survived every shot Notre Dame fired en route to a one-point win. It was a breath of fresh air to see a Quad 1 victory after Jim Boeheim’s…
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What Needs to Change From Bryant to Illinois?
Syracuse Basketball is in the midst of an unfamiliar stretch. After SU’s 73-72 loss to Bryant, the Orange could drop their third consecutive non-conference game for just the second time under the tutelage of Jim Boeheim. That’s quite the change from a perennial top ten team of a decade ago. But to avoid that disappointing…
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Syracuse Needs Scoring Consistency
Five games in, and there are still plenty of question marks around this Syracuse team. A certainty is that Joe Girard and Judah Mintz are the Orange’s top two scoring options. Yes, Girard is going to have nights like he did against St. John’s where he’s a liability. Just because he’s switched positions doesn’t mean…
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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 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 Bounces Back Against Northeastern
It was one they had to have, and they had it. Syracuse rebounded (pun intended) from an embarrassing loss to Colgate with a convincing 76-48 win over Northeastern Saturday night inside the JMA Wireless Dome. The offense had far more cohesion, the defensive closeouts were much improved, it was a very encouraging game. That said,…
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