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[QUOTE="cto, post: 2560078, member: 412"]
I know Buddy pretty well.  A few tidbits...

1)  His name is Jack.   He got nicknamed Buddy by his older brother who is only 18 months older.   He was Jimmy's "little buddy"; that is how he became "Buddy."

2) He is a consummate gym rat and a very good shooter.   Ever since he was very young,  he has worked out at the Melo Center almost daily after school... unless he was playing/practicing with his high school team.

3) He has the sweetest, most gentle disposition.  One of the most likable young men you will ever meet. He's actually quite shy.  (All the Boeheim children are lovely, unspoiled kids.   Great parenting there).

4) He was seriously recruited by significant D-1 teams until he  committed to Syracuse.   He was offered by Gonzaga, and Duke, among other schools, was very interested in him.  But some were hesitant because they assumed, at the end, he would go to Syracuse.

5) This may be a story out of school... but so be it.   JB was not recruiting him and did not want to recruit him.  He wanted the recruiting process to play itself out because he knew Buddy would wind up in a good place.  However,  the SU assistant coaches are the ones who insisted Buddy should be offered by SU.   They knew him both as a player and as a person ... and they really wanted him at SU.    Jim was hesitant because he did not want it to look like nepotism.
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