Category: Syracuse Orange Basketball

After consultation with Onondaga County and City of Syracuse authorities, as well as the NCAA, and with fan and participant safety the top priority, Tuesday night’s NIT game between Syracuse and UNCG was been postponed due to area weather conditions. It will be played tonight, March 15, at 7 p.m. ESPN2 will carry the game. GAME DAY LINKS: – Everything... more

The Orange men’s basketball team (19-14) improved to 4-0 all-time versus UNC Greensboro (25-10) with a 90-77 victory over the Spartans in the opening round of the 2017 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Wednesday, at the Carrier Dome. Highlights, coach Boeheim’s press conference, and full coverage below… Full recap & stats (Cuse.com) BOXSCORE: Syracuse 90, UNCG 77 (.PDF) Syracuse rolls past... more

The No. 21/22 Syracuse women’s basketball team will take on Iowa State in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon. Tipoff is set for 1:30 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. Saturday’s game will be televised on ESPN2 with Eric Frede (play-by-play) and Dan Hughes (analyst) on the call. The Orange are making their fifth... more

Syracuse will host Mississippi in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) on Saturday, March 18 in the Carrier Dome. Tipoff is set for 11 a.m. The Orange is a No. 1 seed in the tournament, while the Rebels are a No. 5 seed. The game will be televised on ESPN and the Watch ESPN app. Read More FULL... more

Ole Miss would end up shooting 47 percent from the 3-point line. When the final buzzer sounded it was too much for the Orange to handle at the Carrier Dome. As the Syracuse Orange move forward into the off-season, a lot of questions remain. However, the 85-80 loss at home will likely be one that stings for a while. Both... more

The game was supposed to be evenly matched. A matchup between eight-seeded Syracuse and ninth-seeded Iowa State. Both teams ran out on the court to warm up at around the same time and the teams took turns introducing players before the tip. But from the first SU possession, which ended in a Gabby Cooper 3-pointer from the left wing, it was... more

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

Lonnie Walker, a consensus Top 20 recruit in the Class of 2017, revealed his final five college choices on Thursday night. Syracuse made the cut. Walker, a 6-foot-4 guard from Reading (Pa.) High School, announced his final five via Twitter on Thursday evening. Read More at Syracuse.com MORE ORANGE HOOPS ONLINE: – Prized 2017 point guard Quade Green to visit... more