As far as the next Head basketball coach

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[miamicuse]

CHAT GPT says this when asking about "who will be the next men's basketball head coach at Syracuse University".

"As of mid-March 2026, Syracuse University is finalizing an agreement to hire Bryan Hodgson, currently the head coach at the University of South Florida, as its next men’s basketball head coach. Multiple reports indicate that the deal is nearing completion and could be announced soon .

Hodgson, an upstate New York native, has been one of the hottest mid-major coaches in the country — leading South Florida to a 23–8 record and an AAC regular-season title. Before that, he was a top recruiter under Nate Oats at both Buffalo and Alabama.

By choosing Hodgson, Syracuse appears to be moving away from program tradition — notably passing over Gerry McNamara, the former Orange star and current Siena head coach, who was also a strong candidate for the position.

So unless negotiations collapse at the last minute, Bryan Hodgson is set to become the next Syracuse men’s basketball head coach."

Now obviously, it all depends on what "Multiple reports indicate that..." means, if it means multiple posts from this board, well then anything is possible.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Why is a southern tier guy being said to be from upstate New York?

Yes, I know where Olean is, having been there numerous times as my wife is also a Bonnie’s alum.

 

[Cappy3]

Why is a southern tier guy being said to be from upstate New York?

Yes, I know where Olean is, having been there numerous times as my wife is also a Bonnie’s alum.

Basically, anything north of the City (or maybe Yonkers) is considered upstate. I grew up in Binghamton, and we were always referred to as upstate.

 

[Guinness]

Basically, anything north of the City (or maybe Yonkers) is considered upstate. I grew up in Binghamton, and we were always referred to as upstate.

That's the old joke. Everything North of Yonkers is upstate NY.

 

[jimb]

That's the old joke. Everything North of Yonkers is upstate NY.

And having lived most of my long life in Central New York, that's why I always say when asked, "I'm from CENTRAL New York."

 

[Domedog84]

CHAT GPT says this when asking about "who will be the next men's basketball head coach at Syracuse University".

"As of mid-March 2026, Syracuse University is finalizing an agreement to hire Bryan Hodgson, currently the head coach at the University of South Florida, as its next men’s basketball head coach. Multiple reports indicate that the deal is nearing completion and could be announced soon .

Hodgson, an upstate New York native, has been one of the hottest mid-major coaches in the country — leading South Florida to a 23–8 record and an AAC regular-season title. Before that, he was a top recruiter under Nate Oats at both Buffalo and Alabama.

By choosing Hodgson, Syracuse appears to be moving away from program tradition — notably passing over Gerry McNamara, the former Orange star and current Siena head coach, who was also a strong candidate for the position.

So unless negotiations collapse at the last minute, Bryan Hodgson is set to become the next Syracuse men’s basketball head coach."

Now obviously, it all depends on what "Multiple reports indicate that..." means, if it means multiple posts from this board, well then anything is possible.

It is pulling those fake tweets as evidence. We all understand ChatGPT cannot actually think right? It is just gathering information (some of which could be from this board or parody social media accounts) and predicting the next most likely word to fulfill your prompt.

 

[littlereg]

Basically, anything north of the City (or maybe Yonkers) is considered upstate. I grew up in Binghamton, and we were always referred to as upstate.

Yeah we get called upstate here in the Poughkeepsie-beacon area. I’m an hour or so from the city…. New York is like 10 different states lol

 

[cuseincincy]

And having lived most of my long life in Central New York, that's why I always say when asked, "I'm from CENTRAL New York."

Agreed. I always think of Watertown and the Adirondacks when I hear upstate New York.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Agreed. I always think of Watertown and the Adirondacks when I hear upstate New York.

That’s the north country.

 

[Cusefan69]

Because it happened with Fran and the new AD hire… candidates out of nowhere.

Don’t think that will apply here tho

Yeah knew those two, was not sure if he had read somewhere about another candidate. The out of left field was kinda a weird unicorn situation amongst rich people. I guess I get it's possible but I would think likely improbable. You don't become AD by promoting some wildcard candidate. My guess is BB had to align with SU stakeholders during the process.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Agreed. I always think of Watertown and the Adirondacks when I hear upstate New York.

Growing up in the Albany/troy area, I thought I was an upstater

 

[Toga]

When chairing a NYSDOH meeting where the parties had to come from downstate, sometimes I'd open by welcoming them to the North Pole. Would elicit knowing snickers because you know that is exactly what they were thinking.

 

[HyattsCuse]

General rule of thumb I learned is if you want a definitive line, extend Pennsylvania's northern border across the Hudson Valley. Everything above that is “Upstate”.

Upstate is then divided into regions like central, southern tier, etc.

 

[Cusefan0307]

This is how I think of the regions upstate and some may be slightly overlapping:

The Hudson Valley
The Catskills
The Mohawk Valley
The Capitol District
CNY
Southern Tier
Finger Lakes
North Country
Adirondacks
Western New York

 

[baggerbob]

This is how I think of the regions upstate and some may be slightly overlapping:

The Hudson Valley
The Catskills
The Mohawk Valley
The Capitol District
CNY
Southern Tier
Finger Lakes
North Country
Adirondacks
Western New York

That's the way I've always thought.

 

[Cappy3]

This is how I think of the regions upstate and some may be slightly overlapping:

The Hudson Valley
The Catskills
The Mohawk Valley
The Capitol District
CNY
Southern Tier
Finger Lakes
North Country
Adirondacks
Western New York

That ma be accurate. But to most of the country there’s NYC, and everywhere else is upstate. Like it or not, saying the North Country or MohawkValley to folks in the south or midwest will just draw blank stares.

 

[Lame-0]

That ma be accurate. But to most of the country there’s NYC, and everywhere else is upstate. Like it or not, saying the North Country or MohawkValley to folks in the south or midwest will just draw blank stares.

Most people in the south think all of New York is New York City. I once had a woman insist to me I had to deal with NYC traffic and refused to believe I lived 5 hours away. She was absolutely baffled.

 

[721Comstock]

That ma be accurate. But to most of the country there’s NYC, and everywhere else is upstate. Like it or not, saying the North Country or MohawkValley to folks in the south or midwest will just draw blank stares.

Even in NY - people from Lawn Guyland think of NY as being:
Lawn Guyland.
The City.
Upstate.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Everything North of Yonkers is called "Upstate".

 

[kingtidge]

Even in NY - people from Lawn Guyland think of NY as being:
Lawn Guyland.
The City.
Upstate.

...and that upstate is inverted cold-weather Texas that goes on forever and shares tundra with Canada.

Long Island is a very strange regional enclave that's really a subworld all to its own.

 

[sutomcat]

Chat GPT and the true definition of upstate NY. This needs to get resolved ASAP…..

 

[miamicuse]

It is pulling those fake tweets as evidence. We all understand ChatGPT cannot actually think right? It is just gathering information (some of which could be from this board or parody social media accounts) and predicting the next most likely word to fulfill your prompt.

"Thinking" is not required, necessary or even desirable. No one is asking Chatgpt to think, and as we all know, other than the few making decisions no one knows the ingredients going into the HC hiring decision, except may be a few insiders and even then the insiders may be intentionally misdirected.

So all Chatgpt is needed for in this case is to plow through the thousands if not more discussions, tweets, podcasts, press releases and what not, and yes probably 80% of those would be mindless wishful thinking opinions. Nonetheless, it is useful to see that perhaps there is a prevailing trend of what most people (who are obviously not in the know) think will happen. Is it definitely what will happen? No. Is it interesting for board gossip, sure why not? We have nothing else going on, no recruit coming, no tournament invites, nothing.

 

[Jeremy L.]

As somebody living in Connecticut…let’s go huskies