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Syracuse Basketball: Bryce Golden trims list, Joseph Girard III gets visit (itlh.com; Adler)
Some encouraging news on the recruiting front, as Bryce Golden cuts his choices and Joseph Girard III meets with Syracuse basketball coaches.
Man, this offseason for the Orange basketball bunch has proven anything but dull.
The 2018 NCAA Tournament ended about two weeks ago, and I figured that would give me a little break from the fantastic chaos that is the college-basketball season.
Nope.
Recruiting developments have come on basically a daily basis since March Madness concluded, and I’m totally fine with that.
The latest juice involves 2018 power forward Bryce Golden and 2019 combo guard Joseph Girard III.
Golden, a former Pittsburgh commit who traveled to Central New York over the weekend for a visit, has named a final four of Butler, the ‘Cuse, Georgetown and Illinois, per Corey Evans, an analyst at .
This eliminates Connecticut and Wichita State from contention. I have zero inside information on Golden, however, my gut tells me that Syracuse has an excellent shot at landing his services.
On the 247Sports Web site as of Monday morning, I counted five industry experts who have made prognostications on where Golden will end up, with 100 percent of them picking SU.
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ACC Commissioner Swofford expects ‘substantive’ findings from Rice committee (theoakland.com; Mccreary)
Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he expects “substantive” recommendations from the committee seeking ways to reform college basketball amid a federal investigation of corruption in the sport.
Speaking Tuesday at a regional Associated Press Sports Editors meeting, Swofford said he doesn’t know what the commission led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will conclude next week when it is expected to present its report to the Division I Board of Directors and Board of Governors.
Swofford said it is “hard to argue against the need for substantive change.”
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, speaking at a similar meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday, hopes for an “impactful outcome” when Rice’s committee releases its recommendations.
The FBI’s corruption probe led to criminal charges against assistant coaches, agents, apparel company employees and others. The Justice Department arrested 10 people, including four assistant coaches from Arizona, Southern California, Auburn and Oklahoma State, in a case tied to hundreds of thousands of dollars in alleged bribes and kickbacks designed to influence recruits on choosing a school or an agent.
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