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.
Any team team wanting to beat the Shockers is also going to have to get on the boards. They’re 27th in the NCAA at 38.4 rebounds per game, and have a balanced offensive attack, with five players averaging more than seven points a game.
One day after pledging to Arizona, Aaron Gordon put on a show in the McDonald’s All-American Game. The 6-foot-9 forward from San Jose (Calif.) Archbishop Mitty was named the John R. Wooden MVP.
I look to see Jim Boeheim and Rick Pitino battling for the fourth time this season. Old friends. The old Syracuse staff. Monday night for the national championship.
During today’s charity trip to the Ronald McDonald house, we talked with the player who could be the Cats’ seventh All-American, Andrew Wiggins, about what he thinks of possibly playing at Kentucky.
The No. 1 prospect in America isn’t rooting for Louisville, Syracuse or Duke to cut down the Nets in Atlanta. He’s pulling for Cinderella Wichita State.