Category: College

Washington is hiring Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins, the school announced on Sunday. Hopkins was named the Orange’s head coach-designate in June 2015, following the expected retirement of current head coach Jim Boeheim at the end of next season. Hopkins agreed to a six-year deal with Washington, according to ESPN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBUkOY5DZ9M – Syracuse head coach-designate Mike Hopkins leaving for Washington (Daily Orange) –... more

Former Syracuse center Darryl Watkins will return to the team that made him a French all-star and league champion. more

Syracuse men’s basketball assistant coach Mike Hopkins wrapped up his fourth stint with the senior national team after winning gold in Rio Sunday. Mark Medina of the LA Daily News had a chance to interview Hop over the phone and provide insight into the trials and tribulations of his ascent to becoming a highly desired head coaching prospect. Read More... more

It’s been a perilous couple of month for Syracuse Orange basketball fans whose health and well-being depends on commitments from recruits and transfers. First, Top 100 recruit Taurean Thompson toyed with our emotions for months on end before committing to play for SU and filling a critical spot on the depth chart. Obviously, Thompson’s intentions were not to put Cuse... more

Jim Boeheim chatted up the Syracuse area media less than 48 hours after helping coach Team USA to a gold medal in the Rio Olympics. “It was a great finish in the event (Rio Olympics) that we knew going in we had to win,” said Boeheim. “It was good to win it that way, convincingly, to finish this Olympics.” He... more