Our interpretation is that they need to get four guys to get Thomas Bryant in because that way, they’re not able to defer the penalty for a guy who hasn’t signed a scholarship.
Syracuse is only sure to lose one player from the 2014-15 team, but it’s a big one. All-ACC First Team selection Rakeem Christmas is taking his team-high 17.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game to the NBA.
One day after the NCAA blasted the Orange basketball program with one of the strongest penalties in intercollegiate athletics history, the Wolfpack routed SU, 71-57, in the regular season finale between the two teams.
A huge run from the end of the first half into the early second half turned an eight point deficit into a 17 point North Carolina State lead. Syracuse would never recover from there.
The self-imposed, 2014-15 finale against the Wolfpack marks the earliest a Syracuse basketball season has ended since the 1969-70 team went 12-12 and finished on March 2 of that year.
Michael Gbinije has evolved into an all-purpose player who is simply one of the best in the ACC and should be named to one of the all-conference teams.
Unless a new-look Orange squad next season mirrors the 2011-12 Elite Eight team’s 34 win campaign, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will have to be on the bench for his 41st season in 2016-17 to hit the 1K mark.