Category: Syracuse Orange

The Syracuse athletic department announced on Wednesday that the school’s men’s basketball program and women’s soccer programs both had perfect four-year APR scores of 1,000 during the 2015-16 academic year. For fans this is mostly important because teams must maintain a four-year average above 930 in order to be eligible for the postseason. Syracuse.com: Read More more

By the numbers, Elijah Hughes wouldn’t appear to be a player of much interest to Syracuse basketball fans. As a freshman last year at East Carolina, Hughes averaged a modest 7.8 points per game. The 6-foot-6 guard managed to make just 27 percent of his 3-point attempts. Syracuse.com: Read More more

Last November, after a blowout win over South Carolina State, Jim Boeheim took to his post-game podium to address some critiques and concerns about recruiting. Quade Green, a highly-rated point guard out of Philadelphia, had picked Kentucky following an extended recruiting process during which he appeared to be headed to Syracuse several times over the preceding months. Syracuse.com: Read More more

Tyler Lydon is going to be a professional basketball player next year. He can’t return to the Syracuse Orange or any other program, so all that we know is that he’ll play somewhere. As is the grand tradition of “well we’ve got nothing else to do,” people are trying to predict where he’ll play his professional basketball. In Howard Mengal’s... more