Category: Syracuse Orange Basketball

Matthew Moyer has been cleared to participate in all aspects of Syracuse’s basketball practice, Orange coach Jim Boeheim said Tuesday afternoon. Moyer, the freshman forward, suffered a “Grade 3 turf toe” injury last July while playing two-on-two with his new SU teammates. He had progressed from a cast to a walking boot to being healed enough to shoot, lift and... more

The NCAA’s order that Syracuse’s men’s basketball team must vacate 101 wins has cost the team every win in two different seasons and at least one Big East title, Syracuse.com has learned. When the NCAA concluded its lengthy investigation into the Syracuse University athletics program in March of 2015, the Committee on Infractions levied several sanctions. One of those sanctions... more

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim addressed the idea that the school will be vacating 101 victories during an appearance on the Doug Gottlieb Show on Tuesday, a day after the NCAA revealed the five seasons that the Orange would lose at least one victory. Syracuse.com – Basketball: Read More more

According to the NCAA, the Syracuse men’s basketball team didn’t win a single game in the 2005-06 season. But Syracuse can still claim the 2006 Big East Tournament championship. In its March 2015 report following a lengthy investigation, the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions ordered Syracuse to vacate 101 wins. Those games took place in five different seasons. Read More at Syracuse.com... more

The Syracuse University men’s and women’s basketball teams celebrated the beginning of basketball season as they always do at Orange Madness on Friday night, but the mood was an extra celebratory one in the Carrier Dome this year as both teams celebrated their Final Four runs a season ago. Both team’s received their Final Four rings before being introduced to... more

Former Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis will be on the Houston Rockets’ opening-night roster when they take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Earlier Monday it appeared that Ennis would be waived in favor of Pablo Prigioni, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Vertical. Syracuse.com – Basketball: Read More more

Syracuse relied on its 3-point shooting to win college basketball games last season. Only 40 other teams nationally took a higher percentage of threes than the Orange. SU coach Jim Boeheim said during Friday’s media day that his Orange will likely take fewer 3-point shots this season. But he emphasized that the three is “part of the game” and SU... more

Syracuse has been picked to finish fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the preseason conference media poll released at ACC Media Day on Wednesday. Duke took the top spot with 85 first-place votes. The Orange is coming off a disappointing regular season that saw the team finish 19-12 and 10th in the ACC, but a magical postseason that saw... more