Tag: Mike Hopkins
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Syracuse’s Top 2 Outside Coaching Candidates
After the season ended last year, we did a multi-week series profiling who Syracuse’s next coach could be. It started with current assistants Adrian Autry and Gerry McNamara, moved to Mike Hopkins, and even had a little splash of Rick Pitino. But, currently, none of those options seem to be looking like the best to…
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Why Mike Hopkins Should be Syracuse’s Next Head Coach
After going over the two most likely candidates to be Syracuse‚Äôs next head coach last week, it‚Äôs time to move to some unlikely possibilities, but possibilities nonetheless. Mike Hopkins was destined to be the head coach at Syracuse University. He was declared the coach-in-waiting, and had the job lined up. But, he decided to make…
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Why Adrian Autry Should be Syracuse’s Next Head Coach
The topic of Jim Boeheim‚Äôs retirement has been abundant in conversation around Central New York and the country for the last handful of years. But in 2022, the rumors and speculation reached a boiling point. Syracuse endured its worst season since 1969, and first losing year under Boeheim. To that end, there are not many…
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Boeheim’s “Succession Plan” Comments Are Worth A Deeper Dive
With Syracuse men‚Äôs basketball‚Äôs 2021-22 regular season winding down, there‚Äôs not a lot of surprises left. SU knows which teams it‚Äôll face in the ACC tournament‚Äôs first two rounds, knows which of its players are now shut down for the year, and just how many games it needs to win to avoid head coach Jim…
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Is Mike Hopkins on the Hot Seat at Washington?
Ten years ago, Syracuse fans would’ve bet the house that Mike Hopkins would ascend through the ranks and take over as Jim Boeheim’s successor. Even four years ago, when Hopkins took a wild left turn and swapped coasts to coach at Washington, some still had the expectation the former SU guard would return to his…
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Introducing Boeheim’s Army: Jeremy Pope
Matt Bonaparte talks with the new coach of Boeheim’s Army, Jeremy Pope. Coach tells Matt about his journey to Boeheim’s Army, his favorite Mike Hopkins stories, and more.
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That Time Hopkins Head-Butted Carter-Williams in an Argument
Eric Devendorf has a podcast named “The Scorer’s Table,” and recently he spoke to Michael Carter-Williams. Devo asked MCW if there was a turning point in his collegiate career at Syracuse. Lo and behold we got an amazing story of the time Mike Hopkins was running practice and ran afoul of a frustrated Carter-Williams. Hopkins…
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Has Mike Hopkins Ruined His Chances to be the Next Syracuse Head Coach?
Photo Courtesy of Rich Barnes – USA TODAY Sports
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Former Fizz: Drew Carter (SU 2015-2019)
Former Fizz is a new interview series where we talk with previous Orange Fizz staff writers about Syracuse sports from when they were on campus. Topics include specific players and games, special memories and of course Jim Boeheim throughout the years. You can listen to all of the episodes on the Orange Fizz SoundCloud or…
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Is Gerry McNamara the Coach in Waiting?
It‚Äôs only natural in sports to wonder who will be next. Who will be the next champion? Who will be the next star? After 45 years with Jim Boeheim at the helm, Syracuse fans have been wondering for decades who the next coach will be. Boeheim insists he has no plans to retire, which is…
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Who Could Syracuse Play in the NCAA Tournament?
Barring catastrophe, which we can never rule out in this month of the calendar, Syracuse seems pretty locked into an 8 or 9 seed for the NCAA Tournament. According to bracketmatrix.com, a site that lists every bracketology websites seedings for teams, all 119 sites have the Orange in the field and 102 have SU as…
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Syracuse Basketball’s Seven Most Influential Moments Since Tom Brady’s First Super Bowl
February 3rd, 2002. The day of Tom Brady‚Äôs first Super Bowl victory. Exactly 17 years and six Super Bowl victories later, here we are in the present day.¬† In fact, it appears that Jim Boeheim and his sons were witnesses to the Pats’ sixth championship down in Atlanta. A lot has changed since Brady‚Äôs first…
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Five-star center Isaiah Stewart spurns Syracuse, headed to Washington
One of the biggest narratives surrounding Syracuse basketball this season has been the Orange‚Äôs inability to get production from the center spot. Paschal Chukwu and Marek Dolezaj have improved their games a touch over the last week or so, but still, Syracuse hasn‚Äôt had a standout center since Rakeem Christmas in the 2014-2015 season. Unfortunately…
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Elite Class of 2019 Recruit Isaiah Stewart Puts Syracuse In His Top 10
In a day that‚Äôs been overshadowed by Tyus Battle‚Äôs draft decision uncertainty, the Orange got some good news regarding its future. Five star center Isaiah Stewart put Syracuse in his top ten for potential landing spots. https://twitter.com/Dreamville_33/status/1001994551718969344 Stewart is a 6-foot-8 big man that checks in as 247Sports‚Äô no. 8 recruit in the country. He…
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Arizona State Has Seen Plenty of Zone ‚Äî but not like Syracuse’s
The PAC-12 has turned from the Conference of Champions to the Conference of Zone Defenses this season. ‚ÄúTeams are changing up,‚Äù Oregon head coach Dana Altman said earlier this season. ‚ÄúThey see the advantage of playing zone for at least a while. ‚Ķ Everybody except Arizona has got some variation of it.‚Äù The league has…
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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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Meet New Syracuse Assistant Coach Allen Griffin
When Mike Hopkins left Syracuse to take the reins at Washington a few weeks ago, the most glaring hole that opened on the Orange‚Äôs staff was head-coach-in-waiting. With the man who had been expected to replace Jim Boeheim for more than a decade now on the other side of the country, who would take over…
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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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Could Hopkins Return to Syracuse As Head Coach One Day?
Just when you thought the Orange‚Äôs NIT season-ending loss would dominate the water cooler talk, a much bigger bomb hit the Central New York area. With supposed head coach in waiting Mike Hopkins taking the opening at Washington, this begs the following observation: the split between Hop and Syracuse makes too much sense. After more…
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Why Hopkins Leaving for Washington Could Be A Good Thing for Syracuse
In the ultimate plot twist, Mike Hopkins is heading to Seattle to take over the Washington program and now suddenly the future of Syracuse hoops is very murky. It has been assumed (and announced, then unannounced, then kinda announced again) that Hop would be the successor to Jim Boeheim. But as ADs moved through, from…
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Mike Hopkins Leaves to Be Next Head Coach at Washington
The plan was set. Following the 2017-2018 basketball season Mike Hopkins was going to take over for Jim Boeheim as SU’s head coach. The school announced the retirement plan following the sanctions that were levied against the¬†program¬†in 2015. Not so fast. Today, Mike Hopkins accepted the head coaching position at the University of Washington, according…
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Nine Former Orange Athletes Wrap Up Their Olympic Experiences
Today concludes the 2016 Rio Olympic games, and nine former Syracuse athletes representing their countries return home from Brazil after a wild two weeks in the southern hemisphere. Carmelo Anthony, Jim Boeheim and Mike Hopkins look to secure gold this afternoon when Team USA takes on Serbia. But their path to the championship was a…
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Mike Hopkins Breaks Top Five; ACC Dominates In ESPN Recruiting Poll
The ACC has some of the best recruiting coaches in the country.
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Matthew Moyer Talks Recruiting, Jim Boeheim and Paul Pierce
SU’s first 2016 commit visit the Hill this weekend.
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Fizz Five: Five Quotes From Jim Boeheim’s Interview With Seth Davis
Yesterday‚Äôs edition of ‚ÄúThe Seth Davis Show‚Äù on Campus Insiders featured Coach Jim Boeheim. Davis asked Boeheim about everything from being a parent to Bernie Fine, and I highly recommend anyone and everyone who considers themselves a Syracuse basketball fan to give it a look. It really is a side Coach Boeheim we don‚Äôt usually…
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What Has Gone Wrong for Syracuse Basketball?
What has gone so wrong for the Orange in the last month?
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It’s Unfair to Grade Mike Hopkins
Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins was the head coach for 9 games. And that is about the only true read you can get on the tenure of Mike Hopkins. Yes, he was the head coach, but it was in name only. Everyone knew that Jim Boeheim was coming back, and Hop had to be able to…
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Syracuse Has “No Margin for Error” Against Clemson and Beyond
Syracuse has to win the games it is expected to win.
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New Year’s Resolution for Syracuse Football and Basketball
Happy New Year Orange Nation! The football and basketball teams have some adjustments to make in the new year.
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Syracuse Basketball’s Biggest Issue May be the Defense
Syracuse has struggled to rebound and guard the perimeter this season.
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Why It’s Too Early To Panic About Syracuse Basketball
Syracuse is coming off a very tough loss but it’s important to keep perspective.
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Let’s Talk About Syracuse’s Rebounding Problem
Calling SU‚Äôs abysmal team rebounding a problem is an understatement.¬† Although the Orange was able to knock off Colgate last night with a three-point barrage, once again the zone saw itself get out-rebounded by a team much smaller than it. Colgate rotated nobody taller than 6-foot-9 into the lineup, yet the Orange and Raiders finished…
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Hopkins Picks Up First Win As Syracuse Dominates Colgate
On Tuesday night Mike Hopkins walked onto the court at the Carrier Dome. He had done it hundreds of times before as both a player and coach, but this time was different. This time ‚Äî donning a tie given to him by Michael Carter-Williams‚Äôs mother ‚Äî Mike Hopkins was the head coach. His home debut…
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