Despite the offensive struggles, the staff shake-up, the four-headed monster of Notre Dame, Louisville, Florida State and Clemson, and the specter of the NCAA, miraculously, a bowl berth is still possible for the Orange.
Steve Ishmael has had Syracuse at the top of his list for a very long time and the visit did nothing to change that. In fact, I was talking to him while he was at the airport, waiting for his flight to go home, and he said he really didn’t want to leave.
Powell finished with 15 points, and Syracuse recruit Malachi Richardson, a 6-foot-6 junior swingman, added 23 points with eight rebounds and four steals for Trenton Catholic (3-3).
Syracuse-bound Chris McCullough, one of the top power forwards in the Class of 2014 out of Brewster (N.H.) Academy and Team Scan is on the list of players invited to the Aug. 24 Elite 24 game in Brooklyn.