Tag: Syracuse
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No Show: Syracuse loses to Duke
Duke robbed Syracuse of its best opportunity for an elite-level ACC win, beating the Orange 97-88. Blue Devils big man Vernon Carey continued a season-long trend for the Orange by absolutely owning the paint. He finished with 26 points (9/14) and 17 rebounds. Syracuse never got it going from beyond the arc. After a 1/12…
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HEARTBREAK: Syracuse’s Winning Streak Ends in Road Loss to Clemson
The start was less than desirable and so was the finish. In between there were some moments of brilliance from SU‚Äôs two-headed monster and a few brief moments of some gutsy down-the-stretch play from a pair of freshmen, but in the end Syracuse‚Äôs five-game winning streak came to a screeching halt with a 71-70 loss…
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The Key to It All: Marek Dolezaj
Let‚Äôs go back in time for just a moment. It‚Äôs just about three weeks ago. Syracuse is coming off its third ACC home loss of the season against Virginia Tech and nothing seems to be going right for the Orange. To be honest, if you had asked SU fans if they thought the Orange had…
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How Two Orange Bench Pieces Have Played Themselves into Bigger Minutes
With 16:32 remaining in the first half of SU‚Äôs matchup with Virginia Tech on Saturday, the Orange trailed 11-4 and had just allowed its third triple of the game thanks to poor defensive rotation. Jim Boeheim called for a timeout and gave Bourama Sidibe one of the most intense talking-tos we‚Äôve seen in quite some…
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New Year’s Resolutions for SU Sports
Happy and healthy New Year from all of us at Orange Fizz! I love this holiday. Anyone who enjoys getting deep, sentimental and introspective shares an infinity for the last day of the year, right? I guess you could be in it for the alcohol too (drink responsibly). For Syracuse Basketball and Football, 2019 was…
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Three Things to Know about North Florida
Despite being back above .500 after Thursday‚Äôs win over Oakland, there isn‚Äôt a ton to be excited about with this Syracuse basketball team. Jim Boeheim is upset with the fans. SU can‚Äôt defend anybody worth their salt on the interior. Heck, even the guy that was supposed to be a possible one-and-done candidate has been…
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Strategies on College Football Betting this Bowl Season
No, Syracuse isn’t playing in the postseason, but with legalized gambling spreading quickly throughout the country at least there’s reason to stay interested. There’s been a boom in sports gambling programming, from TV shows, radio networks, and digital content. Feel out of the loop? Want to take advantage of all this information? Here’s the basics…
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Syracuse’s Offensive Achilles Heel
After the program‚Äôs second straight 0-2 flop in New York City, there aren‚Äôt a whole lot of positive thoughts surrounding Syracuse basketball. The Orange are off to their worst start since the 1996-1997 season and have still yet to beat a Power 5 opponent. Neither game at Barclays Center this past week was particularly close…
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10 Thoughts on Syracuse’s Win Over Wake Forest
Syracuse closed its season with a 39-30 overtime victory over Wake Forest. The Orange finish 5-7 and bump Wake Forest down in bowl prestige. 1. Senior send-offs Syracuse dressed 22 of its 23 seniors on Saturday. Players took pictures with Dino Babers and AD John Wildhack in a pre-game ceremony. The most impactful losses for…
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SU Superlatives: Syracuse Falls to Oklahoma State
Syracuse is now 0-2 against Power Five opponents. The Orange lost to Oklahoma State 86-72 at Barclays Center on Wednesday. They’ll play Penn State in the losers bracket of the NIT Tipoff on Friday. This was the good and the (mostly) bad from the game. Worst Help Elijah Hughes was ready to play and win…
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Three Reasons Colgate Poses a Serious Challenge for Syracuse
It‚Äôs hard to understate just how poorly Syracuse basketball played in its season opener against Virginia last Wednesday. The Orange shot just 24% from the floor and 17% from three in the worst offensive performance the Dome has ever seen from an SU team. That‚Äôs not to mention it was also the worst offensive performance…
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Syracuse Offers Four-Star Western New York Standout
It‚Äôs a little tough to think of many positives for SU basketball after Wednesday‚Äôs season-opening loss to Virginia. Any time you only score 34 points in a home game, even if it‚Äôs against a historically great defense, not many people are going to walk away terribly pleased. But have no fear, Fizz Nation, because a…
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Syracuse Offense Historically Bad in Opener against Virginia
This was never an easy spot for Syracuse or Virginia. It‚Äôs a nice luxury to play some weaker teams at the start of the season in order to feel comfortable and gain confidence. Instead, the Orange and the Cavaliers were thrust into the bright lights and looked thoroughly unprepared. Virginia turned the ball over 10…
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This is Jim Boeheim’s Year
Too much isolation, not enough creative offense! These complaints loomed large throughout the last two seasons with Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett and Frank Howard at the core. The offense was truly stagnant with the trio. The 2017 sweet 16 run was on the shoulders of outstanding defense. They never meshed offensively. Sure, Jim Boeheim can…
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Syracuse Picks Up Huge Defensive End Commit in Class of 2020
On a day that featured one of the worst performances for Syracuse football in the last decade, it didn‚Äôt seem like there was any way for the program to salvage some level of positivity away from the weekend. Not only was the game itself embarrassing, but it also put SU in a position where it…
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Kadary Richmond Saga Continues, Four-Star Guard Sets Official Visit Date
On Friday, October 11th, all of the focus surrounding Syracuse basketball was centered on the Melo Center. Both the men‚Äôs and women‚Äôs teams were hosting media day and media members and fans alike were getting their first look and listen into what the Orange have in store for the 2019-20 season. At least that was…
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Why Marek Dolezaj Could Be Poised for a Breakout Season
He‚Äôs a fan favorite. He‚Äôs the glue guy. He‚Äôs the one that does the little things that don‚Äôt show up in the box score. When he first committed to Syracuse back in May of 2017, nobody thought much of the skinny kid from Slovakia. SU was his only offer and the only school he visited…
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How Syracuse Should Counter Pittsburgh’s Defense
“They blitz and blitz and blitz… And they’re crazy about it.” That’s a cut from Dino Babers scouting report on Pittsburgh, provided in his Monday presser. The Panthers have brought pressure to great effect this season. They are 7th in the country in sack percentage. That stat should have alarm bells going off in your…
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Takeaways: Syracuse Offense Malfunctions in 16-10 loss to NC State
1. Tommy DeVito is Injured We, the media, were lied to throughout the last two weeks. Dino Babers and Tommy DeVito both insinuated there was nothing to worry about following the quarterback’s 4th quarter exit against Holy Cross. Stephen Bailey was one of the firsts to sniff out some abnormality in pregame warm-ups. DeVito was…
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Eric Dungey is Not Done Yet
Tough. Resilient. Dogged. All words that were frequently used to describe Eric Dungey during his four years as Syracuse’s starting QB. A bit less than a year removed from his college playing days, Dungey is showing his persistence once again. After being cut by the Giants in training camp and taking part-time jobs with ESPN…
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Three Reasons why Isaiah Jackson would Pick Syracuse
5-star recruit Isaiah Jackson has the Orange in his top three. He is ESPN’s #22 ranked recruit in the class of 2020. 247sports.com has the Michigan native at #25. It’s been a while since the Orange has landed a recruit as coveted as Jackson. Darius Bazely would qualify, but in order to find a similar…
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Film Study: The O-line is Taking Too Much Blame
Syracuse quarterback Tommy DeVito was sacked eight times in Saturday’s 41-6 loss to Clemson. That doesn’t include all the times DeVito was running for his life and got a throw off. The redshirt junior was getting hit so much that Dino Babers barely let him drop back in the 4th quarter, even with SU down…
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Three of Tim Green’s Greatest Moments in a Syracuse Uniform
Lost amidst all the pomp and circumstance of No. 1 Clemson coming to the Dome for Saturday‚Äôs season opener and the panic brought on by a very poor showing against Maryland last weekend are two very special ceremonies set to go down during the game on Saturday. The 1959 National Championship Team is set to…
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What’s In A Name for Syracuse Sports?
Since the construction of the Carrier Dome, every major sporting event in Central New York has happened the odd, iconic, Teflon bubble at Syracuse University. From the outset it was a quirky oddity, a building without air conditioning named after an air conditioning company. It was and still is the only covered football field for a Power…
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Carmelo Anthony Breaks Silence on NBA Career
Last season, Syracuse’s 2003 national champion Carmelo Anthony was cut from the Houston Rockets. He was not picked up by any of the other 29 NBA teams for the remainder of the season, and as free agency reaches its latter stages in 2019 Anthony remains unsigned. Throughout this period of a Carmelo-less NBA, the ten-time…
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Can Chris Slayton Have an Impact on the Giants in 2019?
With the 245th pick in the NFL Draft, the Giants selected defensive tackle Chris Slayton from Syracuse. He became only the second player from SU to be drafted in the last 3 years, after the Colts drafted Zaire Franklin last year. For more Syracuse football news, go to SU football on the Fizz.¬† Can Slayton…
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As Boeheim’s Army Falls in Regional Final again, Adjustments Beckon
For the third time in five years, Boeheim‚Äôs Army fell in the Regional Final on Sunday. Brotherly Love knocked out the Syracuse alumni 84-72 at the SRC Arena in Syracuse. For three consecutive days, Orange fans filled the stands and supported the players they once rooted for in the Carrier Dome with impressive passion. Standing-O…
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Meet Boeheim’s Army 2019: Syracuse’s TBT Squad
The Basketball Tournament. It’s summer basketball purity. 64 teams assemble on their own accord and play a single-elimination tournament for 2 million dollars. Each year since 2015, a team made up of predominantly SU alumni have joined forces on¬†Boeheim’s Army. This year, TBT comes to the Salt City with with Boeheim’s Army as a regional…
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NBA Summer League Destinations for Syracuse Alums and Other CNY Favorites
As we quickly approach the end of June, it‚Äôs now the time when the NBA offseason begins to heat up. The NBA Draft wrapped up last week, free agency begins on Sunday, June 30th at 6:00 p.m. ET and the NBA Summer League begins on July 1st with the California Classic and the Utah Jazz…
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Three Freshmen That Could Make an Instant Impact for Syracuse This Fall
Lost in the shuffle of all the greatness that came with Syracuse football‚Äôs 2018 season (the program‚Äôs first ten win-season in nearly two decades and a Camping World Bowl victory over rival West Virginia come to mind) seems to be just how young some of the key members of the Orange were last season. Two…
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Edwards Recruitment Shows How Far We’ve Come in Sports Information
In April¬†Jesse Edwards committed to Syracuse. This was big news in the Netherlands, and created quite the stir amongst the nation’s basketball fans. The IMG Academy big man has proven his skills, has abilities his coaches say, “you can’t teach” and now the 6’11” center is headed to Central New York. With the NBA Finals…
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Can Syracuse’s Freshmen Grow Up Quickly?
Not since the team was the “Orangemen” and a fresh faced¬†Carmelo Anthony led the team to the 2003 NCAA title has Syracuse produced an NBA star. Yes, Jerami Grant is putting up decent numbers and has played an increased role with the Thunder. Michael Carter-Williams was the Rookie of The Year once upon a time,…
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Elite four-star Syracuse target set to make decision Tuesday
With Oshae Brissett‚Äôs decision to head to leave school and keep his name in the NBA Draft, Syracuse all of a sudden has a scholarship available for the next few years that it didn‚Äôt look like they‚Äôd have the opportunity to fill. The 2019 class is essentially set in stone at this point and with…
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Orange Fizz Staff Dominates National Rankings
We don’t tend to gloss ourselves around here. We let the work do the talking. But when you have a day like The Fizz did, you have to take a bow. Senior staff writer Drew Carter has won the Jim Nantz Award for best collegiate sportscaster in America, and writers Tyler Aki, Jonathan Hoppe and…
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Ranking SU Football Position Groups (Part 2)
This is part two of a three-part power ranking. If you haven’t read part one yet, click here. The top three position groups are safe bets to perform at a high level. These next two have loads of potential, but a higher risk of busting. 4. Wide Receivers The wideouts are often fill-in-the-blank strong for…
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Ranking SU Football’s Position Groups (Part 1)
Every football team has strengths and weaknesses. Identifying them is crucial in order to understand matchups.¬†It’s early, but this is a nice way to size up Syracuse’s 2019 squad. Part one of a three part power ranking for SU football position groups. 1. Defensive Line The D-line is led by a pair of pass rushers…
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