Jeff has covered Massachusetts Minutemen basketball for The Maroon and White and The Daily Hampshire Gazette. He has also written for The Daily Orange. Jeff is an Amherst, Massachusetts native, and graduated from Syracuse University in 2006. Follow him on Twitter @jeffreyirvine.
I don’t think CJ will ever be a great NBA player, but he has some of the tools to be serviceable. He’s a good defender, a solid rebounder for his size, and he’s a crafty scorer.
But, as Boeheim is quick to remind us, this is the same team that started 18-1. It’s also the same team that he was quick to say wasn’t quite as good as everyone thought during that hot start.
If Syracuse wants to finish the season strong, they would be wise to continue feeding Christmas in the low post and finding Grant at the top of the key. They can’t score, after all, if they don’t get the ball.
Considering the expectations Dajaun Coleman brought to Syracuse and his role as the starting center, one wonders if he will make a more meaningful impact by season’s end.
Considering Syracuse opened its season against a ranked opponent for the first time since 1987, there are a few things we can take away from the Orange’s opener on the Midway.
Historically, a Syracuse team that loses as much talent as departed from last year’s Elite-Eight squad can expect to win far fewer games the following season, perhaps just 22 barring a Wesley Johnson-esque surprise.
Can you predict how well the Syracuse men’s basketball team will perform this year based on the ranks of the incoming recruits and statistics from past seasons?
Midnight Madness may be months away, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start to figure out the personality of next year’s Orange based on how the team has performed in the past. Here are three (possibly) surprising predictions.
After one of the best seasons in school history fell short of the Final Four, Syracuse fans have been left to speculate on what the cards hold for next year. Unfortunately, the team will probably be worse.