The story of the game was obviously Trevor Cooney, who buried seven 3-pointers en route to a career-high 27 points. He did it on a dazzling display of 3s off the dribble, off screens and in transition.
After Syracuse’s 79-41 exhibition win against Holy Family on Friday evening, reporters swarmed around C.J. Fair and Jerami Grant. Reserve point guard Michael Gbinije was not the center of attention.
Michael Gbinije is no stranger to the ACC. The 6-foot-7 Duke transfer feels fully prepared for the upcoming season after one year of playing for Duke and another year of redshirting at SU. Like the rest of his team, he cannot wait to play against Duke.
Most of their class of 2015 peers were playing in the 16-and-under National Championships on Saturday, but elite rising juniors Malachi Richardson and P.J. Dozier produced an exciting matchup in the 17-and-under Gold Super Showcase in the morning session.
Josh Perkins has cut his list to five schools, his father told SNY.tv Wednesday. The elder Perkins said they did not make the cut public because they didn’t want to draw a lot of attention to the list.
Isaiah Briscoe is an athletic scoring point guard in the class of 2015. And like many other young, skilled point guards with the ability to score, it appears Michigan and John Beilein’s system has become a destination in his mind.
After a redshirt year where he simply had too many players in front of him in the rotation, big things were expected out of Cooney last year. We all know how that turned out. Now Syracuse must rely on the least experienced backcourt it has had in years.
St. John’s coach Steve Lavin and Minnesota coach Richard Pitino were the latest coaches to stop through Lincoln High School on Tuesday and watch 2014 guard Isaiah Whitehead.