Wes has worked for Rivals.com covering the New York Knicks, as well as for Scout.com covering Syracuse athletics. Wes has also been a contributing writer for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), for SportsNet New York (SNY) as a news desk writer covering all of New York professional sports, and reported on the NBA and MLB for the New York Sportscene. A native of Long Island, New York, Wes graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a degree in journalism. Contact him at wes[at]sujuiceonline.com.
As always, Syracuse will need to pay close attention to the opposing team’s faceoff specialist. In this case, it will be Cornell’s Doug Tesoriero, who has won 53 percent of his faceoffs this season, though he did struggle against Harvard.
There’s no question that Syracuse guard Trevor Cooney had an up-and-down sophomore season. The shooting guard started the season well, hitting 43 of 86 shots from beyond the arc in non-conference play.
Syracuse lacrosse goalie Dominic Lamolinara calls in to chat about Syracuse lacrosse’s recent success and its push toward the NCAA Tournament with host Wesley Cheng on the Juice on the Cuse podcast hosted by SNY.tv.
Tyler Ennis showed plenty of poise and leadership that went well beyond his status as a freshman. A steady point guard who rarely made poor decisions, he was one of the driving forces behind SU’s 25-0 start.
Jamal Murray (Canada), who has been compared to Syracuse point guard Tyler Ennis, was named to the 10-member World Select Team for the 2014 Nike Hoop Summit.
With Tyler Ennis headed to the NBA Draft, Syracuse fans are wondering, what’s next? Barry Connors, who coaches incoming Syracuse point guard Kaleb Joseph at Cushing (MA) Academy, says not to worry.
Seniors CJ Fair and Baye Moussa Keita leave as one of the most successful classes in Syracuse history. Consider that the two were on two separate No. 1 teams (2012, 2014) and were on teams that went to back-to-back Elite 8s for the first time in program history.