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2017 NBA Draft: Is Tyler Lydon a first-round pick? (mock draft roundup)

2017 NBA Draft: Is Tyler Lydon a first-round pick? (mock draft roundup)
With the 2017 NBA Draft two weeks away, where does ex-Syracuse University basketball star Tyler Lydon find himself in the mock draft world? Most mocks we scanned have Lydon as either a first-round pick or close to it. Lydon is busy wrapping up individual workouts with NBA teams ahead of the draft. He recently worked out with the Toronto Raptors,... more

Jim Boeheim, Scott Shafer were Syracuse University’s highest-paid employees in 2015

Jim Boeheim, Scott Shafer were Syracuse University’s highest-paid employees in 2015
Syracuse University men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim and football coach Scott Shafer were the school’s highest-paid employees in 2015. The information was included in Syracuse’s University federal tax forms released Friday to Syracuse.com. Non-profit organizations must file and make publicly available the forms to keep their tax exemption. Boeheim received compensation worth $2.15 million in 2015, a bump from the... more

Marek Dolezaj commits to Syracuse, becomes 4th commit in Class of 2017

Marek Dolezaj commits to Syracuse, becomes 4th commit in Class of 2017
Class of 2017 forward Marek Dolezaj signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Syracuse Tuesday afternoon, SU head coach Jim Boeheim announced. The Slovakian star received interest from Vanderbilt, Florida and others, but only visited SU. Dolezaj is the Orange’s fourth commit in the 2017 class. He’s ranked with four stars by Scout.com and is not ranked on... more

Marek Dolezaj commits to Syracuse, becomes 4th commit in Class of 2017

Marek Dolezaj commits to Syracuse, becomes 4th commit in Class of 2017
Class of 2017 forward Marek Dolezaj signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Syracuse Tuesday afternoon, SU head coach Jim Boeheim announced. The Slovakian star received interest from Vanderbilt, Florida and others, but only visited SU. Dolezaj is the Orange’s fourth commit in the 2017 class. He’s ranked with four stars by Scout.com and is not ranked on... more

Six years later, Syracuse’s Carrier Dome questions remain unanswered

Six years later, Syracuse’s Carrier Dome questions remain unanswered
As Syracuse approaches a sixth year of conversation about the future of the Carrier Dome, there have been few public decisions made about the buildings planned renovations or how it will be paid for. The project hasn’t been finalized. The pursuit of public funding appears in its early stages. A contractor linked to the renovation said this week that its... more

Class of 2017 wing Jordan Tucker picks Duke over Syracuse

Class of 2017 wing Jordan Tucker picks Duke over Syracuse
Duke had quietly been in contact with Tucker for a while, and told him the only way he would get an offer was if Kevin Knox went elsewhere. Well, Knox committed to Kentucky last weekend and the Blue Devils extended a scholarship offer the next day. Syracuse had been after Tucker since his sophomore year at Archbishop Stepinac. The coaching... more

Donte Greene joins Boeheim’s Army in The Basketball Tournament

Donte Greene joins Boeheim’s Army in The Basketball Tournament
When we last checked in on Boeheim’s Army, the gang of Syracuse Orange basketball alums had just announced their official entry into 2017’s The Basketball Tournament. Since then, the team’s racked up well over 1,000 fan votes and now sit among the top four in the Northeast region. That said, they’re still ineligible with just five players. They’ll need seven... more

Former East Carolina guard Elijah Hughes to transfer to Syracuse

Former East Carolina guard Elijah Hughes to transfer to Syracuse
Former East Carolina guard Elijah Hughes will transfer to Syracuse and have three years of eligibility starting in the fall of 2018. Hughes, a 6-foot-6, 220-pound wing from Beacon, New York, was on a visit to SU on Wednesday. He played at South Kent (Connecticut) School with SU forward Matthew Moyer before playing one season at East Carolina. He averaged... more

Who will play the most minutes at center for Syracuse men’s basketball?

Who will play the most minutes at center for Syracuse men’s basketball?
Syracuse needed Tyler Lydon to shoulder the brunt of the minutes at center last year with Dajuan Coleman shaking off the rust from a near two-year absence and Providence transfer Paschal Chukwu observing from the sideline during his redshirt year. Lydon’s performance did more than suffice, but now SU head coach Jim Boeheim has more options at the 5, which... more

New-look Syracuse Orange wins exhibition opener (highlights, links & presser)

New-look Syracuse Orange wins exhibition opener (highlights, links & presser)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania provided an early challenge in Syracuse’s first exhibition game of the 2016-17 season, but the Orange answered with a 83-65 win at the Carrier Dome on Tuesday night. Tyus Battle was the game’s leading scorer with 16 points. The freshman also added two rebounds, two steals and two assists. Tyler Lydon recorded a double-double with 12... more

Upstate Orange Podcast: Big five questions for the upcoming Syracuse basketball season

Upstate Orange Podcast: Big five questions for the upcoming Syracuse basketball season
Who will man the point this season? Which newcomer will have the biggest impact? Who will log the most minutes in the center of the zone? Join Jim Sinicropi and Brad Conner as they return for another winter of Syracuse basketball and look at the 2016-17 Orange as they discuss these questions and more, including the first installment of Conner’s Corner... more
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