Tag: Syracuse
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It’s a Joke Dino Babers Is Ranked So Low By CBSSports.com
27th? You have to be kidding. CBSSports.com. This week the sports website ranked all 65 of the Power 5 football coaches and Dino Babers didn’t crack the top 25. This is clearly a case of brand recognition, because anyone who knows intimately where the program was before Dino took over understands what a miracle job…
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How to Say Goodbye
Over the years, players and coaches come and go. Rarely is it that things stay the same. Even this past year with Syracuse basketball returning all five starters, it was a completely different team. Elijah Hughes became eligible to play. Buddy Boeheim joined the team and left an impression. Jalen Carey came off the bench…
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Syracuse offers 2021 five-star small forward Quincy Allen
The 2019 class is seemingly set in stone. Jim Boeheim is starting to make hard pushes for top-level guys in the class of 2020. And now Syracuse has started to turn at least some of its attention to building up its 2021 class. Just about a month after Boeheim and Gerry McNamara took a visit…
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Tyus Battle Spurned by NBA Draft Combine
Exactly one year and two days ago, we were talking about what Tyus Battle had to prove at the NBA Draft combine, who he had to outperform and how his prospects looked after the combine was over. We won‚Äôt be talking about any of that this year. Battle and the rest of the college basketball/NBA…
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Jim Boeheim Takes Home Visit with 2020 Four-Star Guard
Barring any major surprises, it looks like Jim Boeheim‚Äôs 2019 recruiting class is officially filled out after center Jesse Edwards officially signed his NLI on Monday. There‚Äôs a lot to look forward to as that class gets set to arrive in Syracuse in just a few months. With that being said, however, it‚Äôs about that…
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Second Maryland-based Running Back of 2020 Class Commits to SU
It appears Dino Babers may have found his new favorite recruiting spot for running backs. Just a day after SU‚Äôs spring game and just five hours after the commitment of fellow Maryland native Sean Tucker, three-star running back Marlowe Wax made his collegiate decision known to the college football world on Sunday: Thank You God.…
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Syracuse’s Best Moments in Years of the Tiger
‚ÄúThe Return to Glory‚Äù Believe it or not, that‚Äôs not what was said when Syracuse football capped its off its first 10-win season since 2001 in December with a win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl. It was said, however, when Eldrick Tont Woods sank a bogey putt on the 18th hole at…
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Why SU Fans should care about ACC Network Launch
On August 22, a national network for ACC athletics coverage will launch on linear television.¬† In it’s first year, the network will broadcast 1,300 events, including 40 regular season football games and 150 men’s and women’s basketball games. It’s going to have a substantial effect on fans and Syracuse Athletics. Lets break it down from…
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SU lands pair of linemen, one grad transfer, one as first commit in 2020
Now that basketball season has officially come to a close and football season is still five months away, it‚Äôs time to turn our collective attention back to the recruiting scene. The basketball team is making some late-cycle noise with a skilled European center on his way for a visit next week, but it‚Äôs the football…
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First Half Takeaways: Syracuse vs. Baylor in the NCAA Tournament
Syracuse trails a high-temperature, back-and-forth first-round battle with Baylor, 38-37, after the first half in Salt Lake City. Three takeaways from the opening 20: Syracuse endured Baylor‚Äôs early barrage The Bears canned 3‚Äôs on each of their first five possessions. You read that right. Five possessions, five treys. It was an onslaught, aided and abetted…
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Don’t Worry Too Much About Frank Howard’s Suspension
Well, don‚Äôt think anyone saw this one coming. BREAKING: #Syracuse senior Frank Howard is OUT for “an indefinite period of time” due to a violation of athletic department policy. No idea whether the PG play at all in his last NCAA Tournament. Right after a career-high 28 points vs. Duke. — Orange Fizz (@OrangeFizz) March…
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West Coast Bias?: Syracuse basketball’s success west of the central time zone
Eight cities across the country are getting set to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend. Only two of them lie further west than the central time zone: San Jose, CA and Salt Lake City, UT. Both of those locations are more than 2,000 miles away from Syracuse, but because of…
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The #1 Key for SU’s Tournament Success
This Syracuse team is not perfect. Point guard play has been inconsistent, although trending in the right direction. The bigs barely contribute offensively. Free throw shooting has been abysmal. Three point shooting hasn’t improved as much as we thought it would by adding Buddy Boeheim and Elijah Hughes. And Syracuse still gives up an alarming…
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Syracuse’s Odds to Win ACC Tournament
Considering Syracuse’s history in the ACC Tournament, Jim Boehiem’s team shouldn’t be thinking about winning the whole thing. Beating Pittsburgh on Wednesday night would suffice, and probably let SU fans breathe easy on Selection Sunday. But the Orange are the 7th betting favorite (+5000) to win the ACC Tournament in Charlotte, so it’s not completely…
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Previewing the ACC Tournament and Syracuse’s Path to a Conference Title
Well, that‚Äôs certainly not the end to the regular season we envisioned or the result SU was looking for. Blowing yet another halftime lead and dropping the final game of the regular season to Clemson probably wasn‚Äôt what Jim Boeheim had drawn up to improve the Orange‚Äôs NCAA Tournament resume, but the season is far…
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What is the 2-3 Zone’s Real Weakness?
How do you beat the Syracuse zone? It’s an age old question. Actually, it’s a 23 year old question. Head Coach Jim Boeheim switched to a permanent 2-3 zone in 1996. Regardless, every time an opposing team slices up the zone, it is hereby declared that they “figured out how to beat the zone.” It’s…
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Charity Stripe Chaos: How Syracuse’s Free Throw Shooting Isn’t All That Free
The free throw line. The charity stripe. The bonus. Freebies. Simply from names associated with the shot, it‚Äôs pretty easy to tell that the entire point of a free throw is to give a team that is wronged in one way or another an opportunity to pick up free and easy points on what many…
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Three things you need to know about No. 5 North Carolina
Everybody said that the six-game stretch from February 13th-March 4th was going to be a crazy one for Syracuse and it‚Äôs already lived up to the hype. An ugly loss to a tough NC State team, a blowout win over then-No. 18 Louisville and a heartbreaking loss to No. 1 Duke in front of a…
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Takeaways from SU’s Blowout Loss to NC State
Syracuse dropped to 8-4 in the ACC game on Wednesday, and all four have been double-digit defeats. NC State eat the Orange 73-58. Positive takeaways are hard to come by. Shot Selection There’s no stat for bad shot selection, but this game featured some of the worst shots you’ll see. Frank Howard had a hot…
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Four former Syracuse football players trying to make their mark in the AAF
Football doesn‚Äôt end in February anymore, folks. We‚Äôre just under two weeks removed from the end of the NFL season and another Patriots Super Bowl win, yet there‚Äôs still professional football being played in mid-February. That‚Äôs thanks to the newly introduced Alliance of American Football (AAF) that debuted over the weekend. The upstart league is…
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Complete Guide to SU Football’s 2019 Class
Syracuse added four signees on National Signing Day, rounding off the class at 21 players. For details on the new commits, check out this piece. Time to break down the 2019 class in full. By Position: Defense: 13 Six DLs ¬†Four DBs Three LBs Offense: 8 Three OLs Two RBs One QB One TE One…
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Comeback falls way short, No. 22 FSU steamrolls Syracuse, 80-62, in the Dome
It looked like Syracuse (16-7, 7-3 ACC) was dead in the water. The Orange trailed 36-14 with 5:58 to go in the first half. Florida State (17-5, 5-4 ACC) was in the midst of a dominant 30-7 run, SU had missed six of its last seven shots, was 1-7 from beyond the arc and 1-4…
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SU Dominated by Nightmare Matchup Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech is the best three-pointing team in the ACC. Four of their five starters can hit from deep with regularity. But they don’t just play on the perimeter. They know how to work the high post, cut back door, find open kick outs and make the extra pass. It all materializes in an ACC-best…
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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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Three-Star Safety Dorian Hewett Decommits From Syracuse
With the magical run that Syracuse football put together in 2018, SU fans started to become accustomed to happy surprises on the recruiting scene. The top three players in the Orange‚Äôs class of 2019 (Mikel Jones, Lee Kpogba and Cornelius Nunn) all officially affirmed their commitment to Dino Babers and company late in the cycle…
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UPSET SPECIAL: Syracuse Stuns Duke 95-91 in Overtime
The Orange were 17-point underdogs. The Orange were coming off a 14-point loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the Carrier Dome. Syracuse defied all odds in a 95-91 overtime win against No. 1 Duke at Cameron Indoor. Just when we thought the Orange were in real trouble, they respond with a resume-changing win…
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Devin Butler to Transfer From Syracuse
A lot of people surrounding the Syracuse football program had high expectations for wide receiver Devin Butler heading into the 2018 season. With Steve Ishmael graduating, Butler was thought by many to be the team‚Äôs top returning receiver after a 33-reception, 327-yard season in 2017. Needless to say, that top billing did not hold true.…
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The Fizz’s 2018 Syracuse Football Year-End Awards
Now that we are a week removed from Syracuse finishing off its historic 2018 season with a win over West Virginia in the Camping World Bowl, let’s take a look back at the incredible season that was for Dino Babers and company with the Fizz’s Year-End Awards for SU Football. MVP Eric Dungey This isn‚Äôt…
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Which Numbers Determine If SU Beats West Virginia at Camping World Bowl
SU feels like a football school this year, and the Camping World Bowl is fast approaching.¬† It’s an occasion that calls for the deep statistical dive of a lifetime. Our twelve game sample size has shown some numbers to be awfully important in SU’s success, and others not so much. When Syracuse faces West Virginia…
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Reactions: SU Basketball Falls to Buffalo in 2nd Half Collapse
Syracuse dropped its fourth non-conference game of the season on Tuesday, 71-59 to the Buffalo Bulls. It’s the first time that Syracuse has dropped two straight non-conference games at home in program history. So people are upset. Reactions are happening. Let’s sort out the overreactions from the fair reactions. This was a bad loss‚Ķ No‚Ķ…
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Three Things to Know About #14 Buffalo
When we first got a look at Syracuse‚Äôs 2018 non-conference schedule, a couple of games probably jumped off the page. The 2K Classic games at Madison Square Garden were certainly headliners with the rekindling of an old Big East rivalry against UConn and the opportunity to play against one of the best freshmen in the…
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What Does the Loss to ODU Mean for Syracuse’s Resume?
The loss to Old Dominion was a shocking one for the Orange.¬† Not only is this unfamiliar territory for the Monarchs, but Syracuse needs all the non-conference wins it can get. A team that already suffered an ugly loss to unranked UConn can’t afford to take on too much water outside the ACC. We’ve seen…
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Massive Win! Dino Babers Agrees to Extension at Syracuse
This has already been the most successful season in Syracuse football in years. Add to it yet another win, arguably the biggest since the glory years of the ’90s. Dino Babers has signed an extension to remain the head coach. Terms and years were not disclosed by the university. The worry constantly throughout the season…
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Camping World Bowl Stat Analysis: Syracuse vs. West Virginia
We are less than two weeks away from Syracuse’s clash with West Virginia in Orlando. It‚Äôs ACC vs. Big 12 even though it used to be a Big East matchup, and it’s a fascinating bowl scenario. The Mountaineers are just 1.5-point favorites at Bookmaker, check their review for more info on them. The Rivalry Syracuse…
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The Nail-Biting Moments of Syracuse Basketball’s One-Point Win over Georgetown
Sometimes in basketball, some of the best games you can ever see are the ones where your team starts off playing nearly as bad as you‚Äôve ever seen. A 72-71 Syracuse win over former Big East rival Georgetown lies up to the intensity you‚Äôd imagine if you knew the final score beforehand, but in the…
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Grier be Gone: Three Ways Will Grier’s Absence Will Impact the Camping World Bowl
Saturday morning gave us news we all had a pretty strong inkling about, but just needed a little confirmation for: BREAKING: West Virginia QB Will Grier will not play vs. #Syracuse in the Camping World Bowl. He’s third in the nation in passing yards/game (351.3) and TD (37). — Orange Fizz (@OrangeFizz) December 8, 2018…
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