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Syracuse Basketball: Dior Johnson one of top 12 in high-school hoops (itlh; Adler)
A national analyst says Syracuse basketball commit Dior Johnson is one of the best prospects in all of high-school hoops.
Syracuse basketball commit Dior Johnson is one of the top-12 prospects throughout all of high-school hoops, regardless of class designation, according to a national analyst.
’s Eric Bossi published a listing of his premier dozen high-school players, no matter what recruiting cycle they are in, and Orange recruit Johnson made the cut.
The 6-foot-3 Johnson, a five-star point guard in the 2022 class, committed to the ‘Cuse back in February, which has amounted to a massive pick-up for Syracuse. Johnson has said that he plans to bring other stellar prospects with him to the Hill.
In his article, Bossi had this to say about Johnson. “You can’t watch Johnson with the ball and not have an appreciation for how crafty and clever he is. The way he sets up defenders in the pick and roll, his ability to find ways to finish with either hand around the rim and his vision as a passer are all sublime. You aren’t as good as a guy like Johnson without hard work, but he also has natural instincts and feel with which very few are born.”
Syracuse basketball commit Dior Johnson is one of the best high-school players across the country, regardless of class.
Within the 2022 class, 247Sports and place Johnson at No. 4 overall, followed by No. 5 at the 247Sports Composite and No. 12 at ESPN.com. He is universally regarded as the No. 1 or No. 2 point guard within the 2022 class by the primary recruiting services.
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This is a heartfelt video created by "Wake Up Call with Dan Tortora" to celebrate Syracuse Orange Men's Basketball GREAT John Wallace, which features his children John Wallace, Jr., Nia Wallace, JoJo Wallace, Jade Wallace, & Joey Wallace each delivering a message to their Dad from the heart.
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Fizz Four: Final Four Runs No. 4 – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; May)
The Syracuse Basketball program was first started in 1898. That was 122 years and 119 seasons ago. In that time span, Syracuse made it to six (6) Final Fours. Granted, in the early years there was no national tournament and when there was it was never like it is today. Six out of 119 seasons is 5%. That doesn’t sound great, but making it to a Final Four once is impressive.
Today begins a series called “Fizz Four” where we will rank the top four Syracuse Basketball Final Four runs. Picking the top four Final Four runs and ranking them isn’t easy. The seasons to choose from are 1975, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, and 2016. Here is number four:
No. 4: 1987 Final Four
Going into the regular season, Syracuse didn’t have too high of expectations. The Orangemen had to replace Pearl Washington, Raf Addison and Wendell Alexis. Despite those departures, they started the season 15-0 and were able to put together a 23-5 regular season record thanks to sophomore Sherman Douglas, junior Rony Seikaly, and freshman Derrick Coleman.
Syracuse finished as the Big East Regular Season Champion, but fell to Georgetown in the conference tournament for the third time that season. The Orangemen went into the NCAA Tournament as a #2 seed. It was the final tournament to feature home-court advantage and the first to have a three-point line.
The First Round featured #2 Syracuse hosting #15 Georgia Southern. A game that should have been a breeze for the Orangemen, turned into a battle at the end. SU was only able to sneak by with a 79-73 win. Douglas, Coleman, Seikaly, and Greg Monroe all scored in double-figures. Plus, Monroe took advantage of the addition of the three point line, knocking down four deep-balls.
The Carrier Dome hosted the Second Round as well with #2 Syracuse taking on #10 Western Kentucky. This time the Orangemen looked like the favorite that they were, pouring in 104 points, which is the most they scored all season. The final score was 104-86. Four Orangemen scored 20+, but that wasn’t even the biggest storyline of the game. Towards the end, Western Kentucky thought the only way it could get back in the game was to continually foul SU’s Derek Brower, who wasn’t a great free-throw shooter. He ended up going 0-6 from the line and spent most of his time running around trying to avoid defenders coming to tackle him.
Finally some competition came to the Orange in the Sweet Sixteen when #2 Syracuse faced #6 Florida. Siekaly went off for 33 points, while the other four starters all finished in double-figures. The Orangemen pulled out an 87-81 win. Let it also be known that Boeheim coached this game just like he coaches today– a seven-man rotation. Only two players came off the bench for a combined 11 minutes and zero points scored against the Gators.
The Elite Eight is where it got interesting. #2 Syracuse had to square off against #1 North Carolina. Let me set the stage– this UNC team was 32-3, won the ACC, was led by one of the best coaches in college basketball history with Dean Smith, and had seven future NBA players including Kenny Smith. If the Orangemen lost that game, no one would have been surprised, but they didn’t. Seikaly took over again with 26 points and 11 boards in a 79-75 SU victory.
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Syracuse Basketball: ACC-Big Ten Challenge match-ups remain a mystery (itlh; Lee)
Summer officially is here and Syracuse Basketball still does not have a set schedule. The ACC-Big Ten challenge is still up in the air.
Syracuse Basketball is just around the corner as we officially hit summer. The exact timing with everything is not quite set in stone as years past with the Covid-19 pandemic holding its grip throughout the United States. College athletes have begun training on campuses with several major programs reporting large numbers of positive cases.
Syracuse’s men’s basketball team will return before the end of June to resume their workouts on campus. However, they will not quite know what their schedule looks like as of yet. They can assume what their ACC schedule is, as they usually know who they play on the road, at home, and a home-and-home series with ahead of time. But one big resume-boosting opportunity that remains in question, who will Syracuse play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge?
Syracuse.com’s Mike Waters explored the options on Monday. Waters broke down the likelihood of each Big Ten team as an opponent. In Waters’ assessment, he pointed out that Syracuse is most likely going to play a Big Ten school on the road this year and most probably a team that playe
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Remember when Syracuse basketball crushed UNC in the ACC tourney? (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball won the last game of the 2020 ACC Tournament, an event whose cancelation is chronicled in a series this week.
Syracuse basketball, in somewhat of a surprise, absolutely destroyed North Carolina in the second round of this past March’s Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
As we all know, the novel coronavirus pandemic ultimately halted the ACC tourney, every other conference tournament, and March Madness.
Since the Orange’s destruction of the Tar Heels proved the last game of the ACC Tournament, many ‘Cuse fanatics, myself included, appropriately declared Syracuse as the champion of the league’s 2020 post-season tourney.
All kidding aside, if you’re in the mood to relive the Orange’s victory against UNC, as well as the rest of the abruptly halted ACC Tournament, the conference has got something in store for you.
The ACC announced on Monday a four-part series that details the 2020 tourney, entitled “The Tournament That Wasn’t.”
According to the conference’s press release, the series will commence on Monday, June 22, and go through Thursday, June 25. Each episode will start at 9 pm, via the league’s Twitter page (@ACCMBB). The entire program will also air at 9 pm on Thursday, June 25, on the league’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
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Fizz Four: Top Point Guards in Syracuse History No. 4 – Orange Fizz – Free Syracuse Recruiting News (orangefizz.net; Shults)
Today we’ll begin a new series called “Fizz Four”. In this series, we will rank the top four point guards in Syracuse history.
Gerry McNamara
While McNamara was never a true point guard, he makes this list anyway. Of course, McNamara was vital in SU’s 2003 championship run, canning six threes in the first half against Kansas.
While he was a streaky shooter, he could become red hot as he did against BYU in the 2004 NCAA Tournament, finishing with an Orange record 43 points. When he got hot, it seemed like McNamara could score from anywhere on the court. Every time he touched the ball, defenses would have to step out a couple of feet. Besides scoring, McNamara used that extra space to his advantage, finishing third all-time in assists at Syracuse.
McNamara went on to have one of the best careers in SU history. Over his four years, McNamara became the fourth leading scorer in SU history. McNamara made an All Big-East team in three out of four seasons. In his junior and senior seasons, McNamara finished First Team All Big-East.
In his senior season, McNamara led the Orange on an improbable Big-East tournament run. SU was desperate for a couple of victories to clench a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
In the first game against Cincinatti, McNamara heaved up a buzzer beater three as Syracuse trailed by two. That shot dropped, allowing SU to advance against No. 1 UConn. Once again, McNamara hit a buzzer beater three. This time, that sent the game to overtime, with Syracuse eventually won.
McNamara’s heroics continued against Georgetown in the semifinals, where he hit five second half threes. Then in the championship against Pittsburgh, McNamara assisted Eric Devendorf on a game winning shot to win the Big East Tournament. After the game, McNamara was crowned the Big East Tournament MVP.
McNamara was one of the best players in Syracuse history, and it’s a testament to the historical depth of the point guard position that he’s not ranked higher. This list will include some combo guards – like McNamara – that make up legends of SU basketball.
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NCAA Basketball: Early predictions for class of 2022 top uncommitted recruits (bustingbrackets.com; Mumm)
The live-period for 2022 NCAA Basketball recruits has officially opened and programs are looking to get head starts on future stars. Which teams could land these five-star prospects?
At midnight this past Sunday, NCAA Basketball coaches were allowed to begin reaching out to recruits in the 2022 class. While fanbases are getting to know their incoming players from the 2020 class and starting to identify dream targets for next year’s 2021 class, coaches and scouts have been extremely busy reaching out to high school sophomores to build relationships with top prospects. Offers are being handed out left and right beginning to paint a picture of player schools value the most.
In the coming months, a larger majority of the NCAA Basketball world will begin to recognize the extraordinary amount of talent the 2022 class has to offer. The spotlight on the 5-star talent will continue to grow, especially with potential rule changes regarding entrance into the NBA. Adam Silver noted in an April interview that the “One-And-Done” rule for college recruits to jump to the NBA has the potential of being removed beginning with the 2022 NBA Draft.
The effects of changing this rule will ripple throughout college basketball recruiting and coaches must adjust their strategy to fill their rosters. While some players will undoubtedly consider and pursue this route to the NBA, much like the G-League’s new developmental pathway, each must assess their own situations realistic to make the jump. Top recruits will still feed into college basketball and it’s never too early to predict where they might land.
Dior Johnson, the 5th-best prospect overall committed to Syracuse, is the only top-10 recruit to have decided on a school thus far. While it’s still early in the recruiting process for a lot of these players, Dior’s move to the prestigious Oak Hill Academy for the remainder of his high school career seems to cement the status of his commitment to Jim Boeheim and the Orange.
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School children have their lunch during thier lunch break at the Korshoejskolen Public school in Randers, Denmark on, April 15, 2020. - Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty ImagesRitzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
What CNY schools could look like in fall: Fewer in classes, staggered days, temp checks (PS; Doran)
What will school look like if districts in Central New York reopen buildings in the fall?
School district officials are preparing for all sorts of scenarios, but one thing is clear: Schools will look dramatically different than they did before they closed because of the coronavirus pandemic in March.
“It will be a year like we have never seen before,‘' said Dan Domenech, executive director of The School Superintendents Association, which represents 14,000 superintendents across the country. “There are just so many challenges and issues, and so much uncertainty.”
Experts agree that unless there’s a big spike in coronavirus cases, schools will likely reopen classrooms in the fall with a blended approach — some online learning combined with some in-class instruction.
The biggest challenge will be space to socially distance in schools, classrooms and buses.
A typically classroom has about 25 students. If students sit six feet apart, that room can fit 12 students, said Liverpool Superintendent Mark Potter.
That means for most districts, it wouldn’t be feasible for all students to attend at once — unless a school has a lot of empty classrooms or an empty building.
Here’s what experts and some Central New York school district officials envision:
Staggered school days, weeks. It could be elementary students come to school Monday, Wednesday, Friday and work digitally the other days while the older kids come to school. Then it switches the next week so older kids come three days.
Or for half the year one group of kids is in school and the other half of the year the other group is in school.
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