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Recent memories regarding point guards remembered he used the invite several and grab the first one that commits.

Thanks for your insight, Jordoo. However even at 55%, it sounds like a coin flip. Meaning either Dakota decides to come or he decides to go somewhere else. It is hard to put all the eggs in one basket and to wait. Believe that is why JAB would at times recruit multiple players for a...

Time to move on and identify another point guard the Head Coach wants. If Dakota comes around, great. Otherwise by default Red needs to move on. Believe Villanova has.

Scott, I guess that we are showing loyalty and class to a player that performed very well for our team and we wish him well. it is a shame that the player in this case selected a team in the same league and did not have the decency to show any loyalty back. Actually wondering if he spoke to...

I don’t believe that Syracuse has a rival school any more since joining the ACC. Tried to maintain one with Georgetown but like Syracuse they were slow (slower than Syracuse) to adapt to the changing times of college basketball. Duke is perceived by Syracuse to be an equal rival. We have not...

Would you take him back if he decided to come back? If you say yes, that speaks volumes.

I would take Maliq over Bell but I know that I’m in the minority here.

What bag?

His jump shot is very reminiscent of Chris Bell’s “jump shot”.

Believe that they are two separate events with no dependency on the other.

That was a kind, benefit of a doubt statement Based on lack of knowledge of this site participants.

Maybe even a cake sale or better still a Let’s put on a musical/talent show and invite all the sports players to participate and make money by charging admission and use the proceeds to bring new players in. Andy Hardy would love this approach.

If true, let’s move on and not waste any more time. Find a decent playmaker who can play defense and score.

Money counts but I m pretty sure that other factors contributed to him going to Georgetown such as friends, familiarity with the area, playing close to his family and playing for a known program and an established head coach. There is always a portal season next year when he will probably going...

Are you implying that we are expecting to see Washington Wizards type of Offense and absence of defense style of play next year?

Red hired him. That is enough you can say about it. Red must like something (other than his former point guard) to hire him.

Even if Leffew signs, Syracuse can‘t call it a day because we still need a backup point guard because we wre unsure about Westry recovering from injury and no other guard seems to have a good handle.

Not a statement directed at you, Dash but if money is the reason Syracuse loses Leffew then there is nothing we can do about it right now. New players are in the portal almost daily. Perhaps our next point guard is aaaround the corner if we don’t get Leffew.

FWIW, my opinion is that he looked better in an orange uniform.

It was a very good interview. The interviewer was well prepared and Elijah had good responses. one note is that in the past there would/may be a question about what major or academic pursuit the new player would pursue at Syracuse. Guess that is a thing of the distant past.

I would like Glory Days again or once more.

Not sure this is a given …..yet. Also wondering what the plan B and/or C is for the point guard position. Do not believe that we are going with just one pg from the portal. Makes the position a single point of failure if he gets hurt.

Believe that even if we get Leffew, we will still need another ball handler in the event of foul trouble, injuries or what else could occur (and will probably). Right now, the best ball handlers from last years healthy team (discarding Westry) are JJ (whom this board seems to be split on) and...

So, what skills does this new assistant bring that will be beneficial to Red? Is he an established recruiter, is he a big man coach or a guard oriented coach? Is he willing to get down in the dirt to do high school recruiting? Red does not need another assistant head coach/administrator...

Still like to see if JP Estrella hits the portal

Surprized to see Mitchell in the portal. Thought he stay at Duke and bridge to this coming years’ 5star recruits. Thought that Filipowski would go pro.

Isn’t Donnie Freeman a top prospect and isn’t he coming to Syracuse? Who has Red recruited in his one year of head coach that he missed on (and please don’t say Jalil Bethea)?

I agree that we need an actual pg. Don’t want to settle just for any point guard. I want an actual real good point guard.

While Donavan is a player that has a lot of potential and can be looked at as the best recruit since Carmelo, I strongly suggest we not to compare/label him to or as the next Carmelo. We were all pleasantly surprised when Carmelo arrived at Syracuse and exceeded the higher expectations of even...

Okay, very disappointed in Judah ‘s overall me first play. However, I was very excited when he committed as a high school recruit to Syracuse and again when he returned for his Sophomore year. He played hard almost every game and did his best. Many games, he was the deciding factor in a...

Do not believe that coming back was a viable option. Writing was on the wall.

Had anyone (insiders) on the board heard of this player before tonight? i follow high school recruiting to some degree and was not aware of this recruit. Is he a Diamond in the rough or roster filler? welcome to the circus known as college basketball!!

Wondering if Red would try to recruit some of the decommitted recruits from other schools particularly the PF that played on Donovan’s former team.

One example is /was Matt Cleveland who went from Florida State last year to Miami.

Give it time and whomever replaces Maliq will be criticized by multiple posters even before he plays a game.

Not the one that I thought would portal. While I hope you change your mind and stay, I wish you well in your future endeavors.

Thank you for your response. Believe that the board is taking this thread further than I think the speculation needs to go. Not sure if Hundley-Hatfield is even interested In Syracuse.

Okay, is there really any interest on Syracuse’s part for Brandon Huntley-Hatfield and is he interested in Syracuse? Or is this just a lot of board hype? I like the player but he is a traveling man (TN to Louisville to ???) but maybe that is the new norm. He shows well at this level but...

Sticking an OT question here. Since a number of head coaches are moving on, is Syracuse looking at any high school recruits that have decommitted or are they just concentrating on the portal at this time??

Well, a simple question for any to answer is “Are college basketball players now viewed as professionals for the simple reasoning that some of them are getting paid through NIL to play at a university? Guess the same would hold for those high school players that receive monetary compensation to...

Not knowing anything about new assistant coaches or his preferences, I just want to say that Hakim Warrick would be an awesome big man coach. Don’t care about going with a Syracuse grad or not but if we had a decent big man that needed coaching or development, I would snap up Warrick without...

I was an early and big Benny supporter but understood with that attitude and disrespect he had for team mates and the coaches, he had to go. Do you believe that the exodus we are seeing from the team had anything to do with him (meaning players did not like the way he was asked to leave) or is...

In the last few games played, opponents started to collapse on Judah to the point he was ineffective. Still he would force shots up and ignore those teammates that were open. There was good and bad with Judah. The good was when he was on, the opponents would either foul him or he would score...

At one time, three years ago, I would have had said s”Sure, go for him”. That time has passed and so should the Cuse pass.

That’s okay as long as Georgetown loses the game.

I have a question regarding players that Syracuse recruited and that went to other schools and are now in the portal. Why does Syracuse want any player that is leaving their schools to go into the portal? There are various reasons that someone goes into the portal (looking for more playing...

Hima, I believe has the one extra year left granted for COVID. He has eligibility left if he was to portal. Believe that Bennie has two years of eligibility based on being a junior and the extra year granted for Covid. If Im wrong, I will stand corrected.

Why?? Is Bacot coming back for a 6th year??? Just joking!!

The answer is no! In addition, Syracuse never tried to find JT in the open or tried a play to get him. Maybe, this statement is unfair but don’t believe that Judah “ Me First “ Mintz often tried to find that any team mates in the open without first looking to score himself.

Don’t know if it is his rebounding or his man2man defense that is worse. Has made some great blocks from the rear but needs to keep his man in front of him or better stated he needs to be between his man and the basket and stop getting beat.