Tag: recruiting
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SU Offers Two 2020 Playmakers from Florida
We‚Äôve almost hit that time of year when northerners pack their bags for Florida to avoid the snow. The SU Football coaches didn‚Äôt exactly make the postseason trip to the sunshine state, but they at least made a phone call to extend offers to a couple of 2020 playmakers. Jaylan Knighton It‚Äôs safe to…
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Syracuse Football Recruit Makes Top Play on SportsCenter
Syracuse football recruit Trill Williams ended his high school playing career on Saturday, and he went out in style. The running back/cornerback athlete was running a deep receiver route toward the end zone when he tripped and fell on the grass over the goal line. The two defenders covering him dropped their guard. Laying on…
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SU basketball offers 5-star forward in Class of 2020
With SU basketball‚Äôs final exhibition game versus Southern Connecticut State being played on Monday, most of the attention surrounding the basketball team has been focused on this year‚Äôs edition of the Orange. With that being said, it‚Äôs never too early to look forward to the future of the program. We‚Äôve seen the Orange‚Äôs class of…
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SU football offers two pairs of prospects from Philadelphia, Detroit areas
For most Syracuse fans, the bye week probably isn‚Äôt the most exciting time of the football season. A whole week off without being able to watch your favorite team can be a bit of a drag sometimes. However, the bye is also a week off of sorts for the coaching staff. Because they don‚Äôt have…
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Class of 2018 PG Brendan Paul commits to Syracuse as preferred walk-on
In what has already been an impressive recruiting class with the likes of Darius Bazley and Jalen Carey heading to the Hill, Syracuse basketball picked up another commitment in the class of 2018 on Tuesday. Point guard Brendan Paul announced his decision on Tuesday afternoon via his Twitter account: Paul is currently in a post-grad…
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How does SU’s upset over Clemson affect recruiting?
SU‚Äôs astounding victory over Clemson on Friday night had every single ingredient that a great upset needs. It came out of nowhere. It was a dominant effort (SU never trailed in the game). It saw one of SU‚Äôs most maligned units step up. It was a home victory in front of the largest crowd of…
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2018 F Nate Roberts Includes Syracuse in Top Three
If you‚Äôve been following the Fizz over the last few months, you might think the Syracuse basketball team has already locked down 10 commits in the Class of 2018. A plethora of highly-touted prospects has expressed strong interest in wearing Orange as of late. Louis King, Jalen Carey, Jeenathan Williams, Dimon Carrigan, Eric Ayala; the…
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Orange snags commitment from elite Class of 2019 guard Brycen Goodine
While the 2018 recruiting cycle for the SU basketball team is still very much in play on a number of different fronts, it‚Äôs never too early to start looking ahead to the Class of 2019. While only a few offers have been extended, the Orange already has a commitment from one of the class‚Äôs top…
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Four-star guard Jalen Carey schedules home visit with Syracuse this week
It‚Äôs been well-documented that the Syracuse basketball recruiting class of 2018 is shaping up to be something special. Darius Bazley is quickly becoming one of the most highly-rated prospects in his class. Meanwhile, late last week, Jim Boeheim‚Äôs son, Buddy, committed to play for his dad beginning in 2018. Now, the Orange may just be…
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Dino Babers Faces his Toughest Challenge Yet with Syracuse Football
Let the music play, get the fog machine ready and prepare to blow the horn in the Carrier Dome! Tomorrow is opening day for Syracuse football 2017. And while there is a lot of excitement and anticipation in the air for a Syracuse team that looks to build on its new ‚ÄúOrange is the new…
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Stock Watch: Where Do Syracuse Basketball’s Class of 2018 Prospects Stack Up In Latest Rankings?
This past week, Scout.com released its updated Class of 2018 basketball recruit rankings. The Orange already has one hard commit in the class, but SU has many more targets it is trying to woo to Central New York. Here‚Äôs how Syracuse‚Äôs commits and targets stacked up in the latest rankings. Darius Bazley #13 ‚Üë 30…
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Syracuse Basketball Game Changer: 2018 Power Forward Narrows List
The Syracuse Basketball jigsaw puzzle is beginning to take shape as pieces to the Orange 2018 recruiting class fall into place. And soon, one recruit might bring the whole picture into focus. Four-star power forward Dimon Carrigan has narrowed his school list down to eight options. Among them, Syracuse is still in the race. While…
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How Darius Bazley Changes The 2018 Syracuse Basketball Landscape
It finally happened. After a 2017 recruiting class that was dry of ESPN Top 100 commits for the first time ever, the Orange made its first big splash in the Class of 2018. Syracuse received a commitment from four star forward Darius Bazley, who de-committed from Ohio State earlier this year after Thad Matta stepped…
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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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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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Jordan Tucker Spurns Syracuse, Chooses Duke
A couple hours ago, a highly-touted recruit spurned Syracuse and verbally committed to play basketball for a blue blood after being pursued by Jim Boeheim‚Äôs staff for years (literally). No, we‚Äôre not just reposting an article about Quade Green ‚Äî it actually happened again. At 12:01 on Saturday afternoon, Jordan Tucker broke the collective heart…
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Syracuse Eying A 2018 Ohio State Decommit
Syracuse‚Äôs Class of 2018 recruiting ventures include everything. From decommits, reclassifications, standard recruits and even a kid from Mars! (Mars, Pennsylvania that is. Hello Robby Carmody.) The latest development for SU comes thanks to Ohio State. Four star recruit Darius Bazley announced a few weeks ago that he is decommitting from the Buckeyes. According to…
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How Sid Wilson Could Change Syracuse’s 2017 Season
The Brewster Academy pipeline to Syracuse could feature another player as soon as next season. Four star forward Sid Wilson has reclassified into the Class of 2017 and has dwindled his choices down to six schools, including Syracuse. Among the half dozen, UConn, Florida, Texas, Georgia Tech and St. Johns join SU on Wilson‚Äôs list.…
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Three Reasons Why Jordan Tucker Will Pick Syracuse
It‚Äôs May 4th, and Syracuse still doesn‚Äôt have a top 100 recruit. That‚Äôs the storyline that has taken over the majority of the offseason amid the Orange‚Äôs disappointing postseason. While we at the Fizz have taken an in-depth look at why this year‚Äôs recruiting class can still be good, but in a different way, SU…
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Which State Is Syracuse Football Amping Up Recruiting In?
Tyrone Sampson‚Äôs verbal commitment to the Orange certainly makes the Dino Babers era feel different. SU isn‚Äôt used to getting high profile prospects in recent memory, but Babers addition of Sampson, as well as Class of 2017 quarterback Tommy DeVito, proves that the second year head coach has some pull across the recruiting landscape. Babers…
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How Does Bourama Sidibe Translate to the Next Level?
With a recruiting class that lacks a lot of star power, Bourama Sidibe provided Orange fans with hope after his performance in the Jordan Brand Classic. The center shined as one of three players with a double-double after he notched 18 points to go along with 12 boards. Sidibe was the only Syracuse commit playing…
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Which Prospect Should Syracuse Recruit More Heavily?
In a class that currently features zero ESPN top 100 recruits, the Orange still has a chance to make a splash. Syracuse is still trying to bring either point guard Tremont Waters (the #33 prospect in ESPN‚Äôs rankings) or forward Jordan Tucker (ESPN‚Äôs #40 recruit), who just took a visit to the school this past…
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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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Syracuse Football Gives Three 2019 Recruits First Offers
Dino Babers and the rest of the Orange coaching staff have been pretty good at offering recruits early, but let‚Äôs be honest‚Ķ Usually when a recruit tweets about his latest offer from Syracuse, the Orange is just one of a handful of schools in the mix. This week, the script has flipped. SU handed out…
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Howard Washington Commits To Syracuse
Syracuse basketball isn’t playing in this season’s NCAA Tournament, but good news did come to the Orange on this first day of the round of 64. Thursday, 2017 point guard Howard Washington committed to Syracuse to give the Orange its third commit of the class. Washington didn’t choose a college the regular way. He was…
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The Recruit Syracuse Can’t Afford To Lose
A dark cloud hangs its head over Central New York after Syracuse missed out on its second NCAA Tournament in three years. The Orange returns to the NIT Tournament for the first time in a decade, a result that screams disappointment to a fan base that has become accustomed to being a perennial threat in…
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Predicting the 5 Most Valuable Recruits of Syracuse’s 2017 Class
Tomorrow is National Signing Day, and while we know all the Syracuse commits won’t be difference-makers, there’s hope that this staff’s second class brings in a few studs. Here’s my projections for who I think will be the top 5 most valuable when their careers at SU are over. Tommy DeVito. He seems to have…
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Where Is Syracuse in ACC Recruiting Rankings as Signing Day Approaches?
To measure Syracuse against Florida State, Clemson or Louisville in a football sense is a losing proposition. The Orange program is nowhere near competing for championships, conference titles and Heismans¬†like those squads are. However, as SU tries to climb in the ACC it’s appropriate to look at where it stands with its other league opponents.…
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Naesean Howard Reminds us Signing Day Wins Can Be Fool’s Gold
Today,¬†Naesean Howard¬†is sentenced to 10 years in state prison. A little over two years ago he was kicked off the Syracuse football team. But in the spring of ’13, Howard was being compared to some of the all-time greats that played football in CNY. In March ’13, The Fizz ran a story comparing Howard to…
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Syracuse Offers Two 2018 Wide Receivers
If Dino Babers‚Äô name is associated with any position in football, it is certainly the wide receiver. Over the past decade, the current Syracuse head coach has unearthed and unleashed guys like Josh Gordon, Terrance Williams, Roger Lewis, and, most recently, some dude named Amba Etta-Tawo. In all, Babers claims to have sent at least…
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Football Recruit LB Ryan Guthrie Signs with Syracuse
Syracuse football is continuing to build for next season. Today, linebacker recruit Ryan Guthrie committed and signed with the Orange. Ryan Guthrie @ryanguth4 @ Ellsworth JuCo @EllsworthFTBALL inks with @CuseFootball @ECCCoachTalto pic.twitter.com/DJHzdiWhOp — JuCo Football Forer (@JuCoFootballACE) December 14, 2016 The 6‚Äô2‚Äù linebacker committed to Tulane University on November 20, but he decommitted on Monday,…
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Hoops Recruit Bourama Sidibe Commits to Syracuse
Syracuse received more good news. Bourama Sidibe is the Orange‚Äôs second recruit from the Class of 2017.¬†The 6‚Äô11‚Äù center and forward currently plays for St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, NJ. 247Sports lists Sidibe as a four-star player ranking 89th in the nation, 24th at his position as a forward and as the top player in…
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After Brissett’s Commitment, Who’s Next?
The monkey is finally off the Orange‚Äôs back. Syracuse picked up its first recruit in the class of 2017 after Oshae Brissett announced that he is coming to The Hill next year. The 6-9 forward is a nice building block for SU‚Äôs 2017 recruiting class, but the Orange could potentially pool together its best crop…
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Syracuse Recruit Nick Richards Commits to Kentucky
Five-star center Nick Richards has made his decision. The 6’11” Jamaica native officially committed to Kentucky. He is the first player from the Class of 2017 to commit to the Wildcats. Richards has only been playing basketball for about four years and is currently with The Patrick School in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He committed to…
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2017 RB Markenzy Pierre Flips Commitment to Syracuse
Dino Babers and company continue to load up on promising skill-position players in the Class of 2017. On Saturday, three-star running back Markenzy Pierre flipped his commitment from Western Kentucky to Syracuse. Pierre pledged to the Hilltoppers in early July, but the Orange recently swooped in and displayed increased interest after initially contacting the Florida…
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