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Benny Williams, Quadir Copeland provide spark for SU’s struggling forwards (DO; Vasudevan)
After Clemson, it was time for a change. At least one that Jim Boeheim could make before taking the floor at Pittsburgh.
Chris Bell and Maliq Brown have been the usual starters for SU this season. Boeheim hasn’t made many shifts to the lineup, but he informed Benny Williams he would be starting right after the 91-73 loss to the Tigers. Justin Taylor made his first career start against the Panthers as well.
Williams was given the opportunity to take control of the offense, getting the ball on a quick catch-and-shoot during SU’s second possession. He collected at the left elbow, turned and hit the jumper for Syracuse’s first points of the night.
“We need somebody else to score and (Williams) can make shots,” Boeheim said.
Bell was “available,” Boeheim said postgame, but didn’t appear on the floor once. Maliq Brown didn’t score at all in six minutes. Instead, Williams finished with a team-leading and career-high 24 points in 34 minutes. Taylor didn’t do much at all but another forward, Quadir Copeland, added six points to spark Syracuse’s (16-13, 9-9 Atlantic Coast) offense in its 99-82 loss to Pittsburgh (21-8, 14-4 ACC).
The problems for Syracuse’s forwards have been present throughout the year, and have made a significant impact over the last couple games. Teams have figured out how to stop Jesse Edwards with double-teams and monitor Joe Girard’s shooting ability with tough defense. SU’s forwards have had to at least contribute to the offensive production because of that, but haven’t done so.
“We got no help from the 3 position,” head coach Jim Boeheim said after the 77-55 loss. “We tried four different people there, but we could get nothing going from that position.”
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Jim Boeheim on Syracuse’s 2-3 zone: ‘We don’t have another defense’ (TNIAAM; Szuba)
The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team suffered a 99-82 defeat at Pittsburgh on Saturday, marking the first time in the Jim Boeheim era where Syracuse has lost by 17 or more in three straight games. The last time Syracuse lost three consecutive games by that margin or more was in the 1961-62 season when Marc Guley was head coach.
As part of a larger trend in those aforementioned defeats, the storied Syracuse 2-3 zone defense continues to progressively devolve — particularly when it comes to defending the long-ball. Syracuse surrendered 16 made threes to the Panthers and has now given up 44 made triples in the last three games.
Barring a miracle run in the ACC Tournament, Syracuse will miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time in back-to-back seasons since 2007 and 2008. Last year Syracuse finished under .500 for the first time in over 50 years and missed the post-season altogether. Syracuse’s offense has been fair to good over the last five years, but the hang up is on the defensive end. Boeheim was asked about this after the Pittsburgh game, to which he answered metaphorically.
“You have a house painter and you say, ‘Now I want you to paint like Picasso.’ That would be good if he could do that,” Boeheim stated. “But he can’t.”
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Syracuse's defense fizzles out in 2nd half, loses to Pittsburgh 99-82 (DO; Alandt)
Even Aidan Fisch, who played just 16 minutes prior to Saturday night and was the team manager three years ago, enjoyed a basket. The lineup, the start, the first-half surge. It was different. But the end result remained the same: offensive rebounds, 3-pointers, a questionable defensive performance and a season-high point total.
While the result — another Atlantic Coast Conference loss — remained, the Orange hung with Pittsburgh. Then, in the middle of the second half, the Panthers pulled ahead to a double-digit lead. They started shooting better and locked up Judah Mintz and Joe Girard III, taking advantage of Mounir Hima inside the paint while Jesse Edwards sat on the bench with four fouls.
Then, Hima opened up underneath the basket midway through the second half. He was all alone in the paint, and called Mintz for the ball and his first basket of the afternoon. The feed went up slowly, and Guillermo Diaz Graham spun around, jumped and blocked Hima’s dunk attempt. The Orange were slow to get back on defense, so Nellie Cummings was wide open when he coasted toward the other end of the court and laid in a reverse layup to extend the lead to 71-58.
It wasn’t as bad as the last two games. Syracuse could hang with one of the ACC’s top teams. It could get Edwards going down low and allow him to work around defenders and collect 17 points. But the same defensive issues persisted and came to an ugly head in the middle of the second half, and the Panthers (21-8, 14-4 ACC) used offensive rebounds and 16 3-pointers to down the Orange (16-13, 9-9 ACC) 99-82.
“We are just too young to be consistent and play good defense,” head coach Jim Boeheim said.
Boeheim has been calling out the forward position all season. Whether it was Chris Bell and Benny Williams — who lost his spot in the starting five — not rebounding, the duo not scoring or Justin Taylor and Maliq Brown unable to add in additions off the bench. No one in that unit has scored 10 points over the last two games, and they have watched as Syracuse’s offense has been picked apart by Clemson and Duke. Now, with Edwards getting locked down more underneath the hoop and Girard in a cold spell, the forwards’ lack of production has come under more scrutiny.
After the 18-point loss to Clemson, Boeheim said he felt like he needed to make a change. Williams has been shooting well, and he wanted to play him. He said that it was likely a “one-off” performance and that Georgia Tech will be playing him tighter on Tuesday.
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Syracuse Basketball: 4-star commit Elijah Moore balls out, scores NY title (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball 2024 four-star commit Elijah Moore continues to show why he should be seriously considered for five-star status when recruiting services next update their national rankings for the junior cycle.
The 6-foot-4 Moore, who verbally committed to the Orange in late January, was absolutely sensational on Saturday afternoon, leading his high-school squad to a championship in New York City.
Per a tweet from high-school hoops analyst Alex Karamanos, Elijah Moore tallied a ridiculous 31 points along with 10 assists and five rebounds.
On Saturday, Moore and his teammates at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, N.Y., defeated Archbishop Stepinac High School from White Plains, N.Y., by a final count of 85-69.
That game was the New York “AA” Archdiocesan tournament title contest, held at the Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. By the way, if you want to see a limited box score from this encounter, click here.
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Syracuse Basketball: ‘Cuse interest in versatile 2023 wing on elite Va. team (itlh; Adler)
Bronx, N.Y., native Jason Rivera-Torres, a three-star shooting guard in the senior class, is receiving interest from Syracuse basketball coaches, according to a recent post on his Twitter page.
The 6-foot-6 Rivera-Torres, described by an expert as one of the most underrated high-school players across the country, recently sent out a tweet where he listed scholarship offers and interest in his recruitment.
The Orange was included in this tweet, along with many other high-major programs.
Rivera-Torres, a top-200 national prospect in the 2023 class, is having a strong senior year for one of the country’s best teams, John Marshall High School in Richmond, Va. You can see his latest statistics for John Marshall on the MaxPreps Web site.
Syracuse basketball has interest in 2023 three-star shooting guard Jason Rivera-Torres.
On Friday night, the top-seeded John Marshall battled No. 2 seed Brunswick High School from Lawrenceville, Va., in the 2023 Virginia High School League Class 2 Region A championship contest.
John Marshall (25-0) absolutely crushed Brunswick, 113-51, per media reports. The Justices are scheduled to host a quarterfinal game in the Virginia High School League Class 2 state tournament next weekend.
According to recruiting services, Rivera-Torres’ offer sheet includes TCU, Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic, Bryant, George Washington, Penn State, Lehigh, Saint Louis and Monmouth, among others.
However, in his tweet citing offers and interest, other college squads noted were Syracuse basketball, Notre Dame, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Richmond, Rhode Island, St. John’s, Arkansas, Texas A&M and others.
This past week, in the MaxPreps top 25, John Marshall was rated No. 1 overall in the country. For some context, MaxPreps also has a separate set of national rankings for independent basketball academies, prep schools and others that generally don’t compete for state-affiliated titles.
In last week’s top 25 from ESPN, which has just one set of rankings for all high-school teams, John Marshall was No. 11 nationwide.
https://www.si.com/college/pittsbur...unaffected-rowdy-crowd-petersen-events-center (SI; Thompson)
Fans sold out the game weeks in advance, arrived early and stood in line for hours. The most anticipated gameday for the Pitt Panthers at the Petersen Events Center had arrived and fans - particularly those in the Oakland Zoo - used every second of their evening in the arena to jeer Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, freshman guard and one-time Pitt commit Judah Mintz and the rest of the Orange.
A rivalry that already had decades of history behind it got some extra juice from some comments Boeheim made earlier this month, claiming that Pitt had "bought" the team that beat Syracuse 99-82 to complete a season sweep.
The appearance of fake money with Boeheim's face photoshopped on the center of the bills was evidence enough that Pitt fans were eager to provide an in-person response to the allegations that Boeheim has since apologized for and walked back, but Boeheim doesn't think his comments added anything to the atmosphere.
“I would say it was exactly the same as the last time we played here when they had a full house," Boeheim said. "It’s been a while [since they had a full house].”
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Carmelo Anthony and Hakim Warrick follow a shot on the boards as West Virginia's Johannes Herbes tried to draw a foul. He was called for one instead. SU cruised past West Virginia 89-51 on Feb. 26, 2003 at the Carrier Dome. 2003
Reliving 2003: Syracuse reaches 20 wins after cruising past overmatched West Virginia 89-51 (PS; $; Croyle)
Editor’s note: Syracuse.com is republishing the game stories that ran in the Post-Standard throughout the 2003 NCAA championship season.
Syracuse.com will debut a documentary on the team’s historic run March 29 at the Landmark Theatre. For more information, including event tickets, click here.
NO LETDOWN, NO SWEAT
ORANGE AVOIDS TAKING GAME LIGHTLY
By Mike Waters Staff writer
Grandpa warned the Syracuse Orangemen about the potential for a letdown.
Just three days after an emotional one-point escape from Michigan State’s green asylum known as the Breslin Center, the Orangemen faced a trapdoor of a game against West Virginia, which brought a ho-hum 13-11 record into Wednesday night’s game at the Carrier Dome.
Kueth Duany, a fifth-year senior who gets ribbed as “Grandpa” because he’s the only scholarship senior on Syracuse’s roster, issued a warning to his teammates prior to the game.
“Before the game, I was telling them “This is one of those obstacles that you face. This is one of those games that can sneak up on you,”' Duany said.
The young Orangemen listened to Duany’s words and then followed his deeds. Syracuse took control of the game early, shooting out to a 35-17 halftime lead, and never let up in an 89-51 victory in front of 19,484 fans at the Dome.
Duany led the Orangemen with 18 points, including 13 in the first half as the Orangemen built an insurmountable lead. He also had six rebounds, two assists and two steals.
“He’s the fake grandfather to everybody on the team,” Syracuse freshman Billy Edelin said. “He was talking about not letting down. But it had to come from everybody.”
The effort came from every one of the Syracuse players, especially on defense.
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Junior forward Blake Hinson (2) dribbles down the court during the Pitt men’s basketball game against Syracuse Saturday evening.
Men’s basketball takeaways | Pitt’s rebounding provides a huge advantage, Panthers feel like a team of destiny - The Pitt News (pittnew.com; Markowski)
Pitt men’s basketball won both of its home ACC games last week, defeating Georgia Tech 76-68 before beating Syracuse 99-82 on senior night. The Panthers now stand at 21-8 overall, with a 14-4 record in conference play.
Here are three takeaways from the two contests.
Pitt’s rebounding provides a huge advantage
Pitt consistently outpaces its opponents on the boards, and it’s not just a result of its frontcourt. Sophomore center Federiko Federiko and first-year forward Guillermo Diaz Graham both contribute on a nightly basis, but the Panthers’ guards and forwards also supply their fair share of rebounds. Pitt currently sits near the top of the ACC in the stat, and rebounding becoming a teamwide affair is a big reason why. It’s also a testament to the Panthers’ effort in that aspect of the game.
Pitt won the rebounding battle against Georgia Tech 34 to 22. Federiko led the way with seven boards, including three on the offensive end, while both junior forward Blake Hinson and graduate student guard Nelly Cummings finished with six.
The Panthers put on a clinic against Syracuse, finishing with 38 rebounds as opposed to the Orange’s 31. Graduate student guard Jamarius Burton paced Pitt with nine boards while Hinson and Federiko each recorded six. The most impressive part of the performance was the Panthers’ 18 offensive boards that translated to 25 second-chance points.
Pitt’s rebounding resurgence is an overlooked outcome of their turnaround this season, as its prowess on the glass gives them an advantage in closing out games and limiting opportunities for its opponents.
The Panthers feel like a team of destiny
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Syracuse vs Pittsburgh Live Reaction | men's College Basketball 2023 (youtube; video; Boy me Game)
Syracuse vs Pittsburgh Live Reaction
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ACC Power Rankings: Regular-season champions won’t be determined until final day (PS; $; Carlson)
With just two games to play in the ACC regular season, four teams still have a chance to win at least a share of the league’s regular-season title.
All four will be involved in head-to-head matchups this week, bringing the league’s regular season to an exciting finish that won’t be decided until the final day.
Pittsburgh (14-4) enters the final week in control of its own destiny, leading Miami (14-5), Virginia (13-5) and Clemson (13-5) by one game in the loss column.
Pittsburgh ends the season with games against Notre Dame and Miami.
Miami also controls its destiny because its final game of the season is against Pittsburgh. The Hurricanes host the Panthers on Saturday and can secure at least a share of the regular-season title with a win.
Virginia and Clemson stand one loss back. Each has a chance to grab a share of the league title if Pittsburgh stumbles. Those two teams will face each other on Tuesday, eliminating at least one from title contention.
Here’s a look at the ACC’s best and worst this week.
Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week’s results: Win 76-70 at Virginia Tech; Loss 85-84 vs. Florida State
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Pittsburgh
Why No. 1? Miami isn’t in first place but the Hurricanes have lost just two games all season by more than one possession and have had a reasonable chance to win every game since the first week of January. The loss to Florida State was shocking as the Seminoles came back from a 25-point deficit. Rivalry games are weird and Miami was playing without starting guard Nijel Pack.
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MBB: Bracketology 2023 Feb 26 (RX; HM)
MBB: Bracketology 2023 Feb 26
First, some comments from JFann on All Sports Discussion:
Can the ACC compete with the top teams in other leagues? Witness:
Truth. Click here to read the entire article.
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Here are the latest brackets from ESPN and CBS side-by-side (ACC-related, mostly):
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MBB: Interesting Tweets 2023 Feb 24 (RX; HM)
MBB: Interesting Tweets 2023 Feb 24
Here's the good news:
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Cheers! the first green beers of the season at Green Beer Sunday 2023 at Coleman's Authentic Irish Pub. (Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com)
Thousands pack Tipperary Hill to usher in the St. Patrick’s Day season with a glass (or pitcher) of green beer (80 photos, video) (PS; Miller)
The line to get into Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub reached 118 people deep on Tompkins Avenue at 10 a.m. Sunday, an hour before the bar was scheduled to open.
Inside, dozens of bartenders, servers, cooks, security guards and other staff spent that last hour of peace making final preparations for the busiest day of the year here.
At 11:15 a.m., owner Dennis Coleman emerged from the kitchen to inspect the bar before heading to the front door.
“Are we ready?” he asked. “Let’s get the music on. Let’s get the taps flowing. It’s time to have a good time.”
The crowd greeted Coleman with cheers as he stepped onto the front stoop.
“Happy Green Beer Sunday everyone,” he said. “Come on in!”
By noon, thousands had gathered in Syracuse’s Tipperary Hill neighborhood to watch the 60th annual Green Beer Delivery Day parade. Bagpipers, Irish dancers, neighborhood business and bar owners marched 2½ blocks in front of a tanker truck hauling the first batch of colorful pilsner for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day season.
Leading the way were grand marshals Mike and Mary Kay Ryan. The two met at Coleman’s in 2008. After a 14-year courtship, they finally married this past October and held their reception at Coleman’s. Mike’s parents, Timothy and Peg Ryan, served as the parade’s grand marshals in 2006. Peg, now 92, watched this year’s parade from a seat inside Coleman’s.
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Courtesy of Will Delgado The SU Call of Duty team consists of four starting players and two substitutes, said team captain Braedan Cheverie. The team competes in the Call of Duty Collegiate League in the Northeast division.
In its inaugural season of competing, SU's Call of Duty team builds reputation (DO; Matlock)
Braedan Cheverie started playing professional Call of Duty in his junior year of high school. When applying to colleges, he discovered that collegiate esports is a growing community that he could tap into, and decided to start a team at Syracuse University.
“The biggest reason I chose to go here, opposed to some other schools, is because of the potential and willingness to grow,” Cheverie said.
Cheverie, a freshman at SU, is one of the co-captains of the university’s competitive COD team, now in its inaugural season. The team competes weekly against other colleges’ teams and hopes to reach the level of other Syracuse sports in popularity and campus support.
COD has several different branches of competitive play, known as the traditional Call of Duty League, CCL, Call of Duty Collegiate League and Challengers. The players’ level of experience and viewership differentiates the leagues. In CDL, many players have salary contracts and work full-time as streamers, said Luke Hasenwinkel, a sophomore at SU. Challengers, on the other hand, deals with more “growing pains” as the players are less experienced and monetary incentives are rare.
This is Syracuse’s first year as a member of the CCL. The team is part of the Northeast division, which includes Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, all of New England, Ontario and Quebec.
For Hasenwinkel, collegiate esports offer an opportunity to show skill and compete for a community of video game lovers.
“There’s a lot of kids who grew up and played Call of Duty,” Hasenwinkel said. “Wouldn’t you want to see how that blossomed into the professional world?”
Hasenwinkel said there was nothing similar to the COD team they have now before this year. He recalled attending the club fair and seeing that recreational esports was an option, but there was nothing with a tight-knit community aspect, like a team.
He said he would be ecstatic to see esports get to the status of other collegiate sports at Syracuse and thinks that SU is on the right track to harness its possibilities. Through the upcoming esports major, new esports center and events in Schine Student Center, he sees a “bright future ahead.”
Cheverie kickstarted the team and did an excellent job getting it running, Hasenwinkel said. He was optimistic for the future because Cheverie is a freshman and has the rest of his time at SU to develop the team further.
Cheverie said SU has been very supportive with expanding into the uncharted waters of collegiate esports. He has been able to speak in some classes and advise the university on what the upcoming esports major should look like. Through connections made in his professional COD career, he has supplied the school with guest speakers and information about the field.
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Winter weather advisory issued for CNY; 6 inches of snow possible, more in Oswego County (PS; Kirk)
A winter weather advisory has been issued for Central New York with up to 6 inches of snow possible as well as ice, according to the National Weather Service.
Starting at 6 p.m. Monday, Onondaga, Madison and Cortland counties will be under a winter weather advisory, according to the National Weather Service. The advisory will last until 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Central New York will see 3 to 6 inches of snow as well as a “light glaze” of ice, weather officials said. Winds could reach 40 miles per hour.
The snow will start heavy on Monday just in time to upset the evening commute, officials said. Snow could fall at the rate of an inch an hour into the early evening and the wind will blow it around, and roads will likely be slippery.
The snow will taper off by Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
For Oswego and Lewis counties, up to 9 inches is predicted, officials said.
A second storm for Central New York is brewing but it is too early for specifics.
International Polar Bear Day, a day organized by Polar Bears International, draws attention to the threats that polar bears face in the warming Arctic, as a result of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The day is dedicated to reflecting on what can be done to help polar bears, and how carbon emissions can be reduced. Arctic warming has already had an effect. For example, in Western Hudson Bay there were about 1,200 polar bears in 1987, but by 2012 there were only 900. Climate change has lead to lower body weights in polar bears; lower body weight in females has affected their offspring, yielding smaller litters and causing fewer cubs to survive.
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Benny Williams, Quadir Copeland provide spark for SU’s struggling forwards (DO; Vasudevan)
After Clemson, it was time for a change. At least one that Jim Boeheim could make before taking the floor at Pittsburgh.
Chris Bell and Maliq Brown have been the usual starters for SU this season. Boeheim hasn’t made many shifts to the lineup, but he informed Benny Williams he would be starting right after the 91-73 loss to the Tigers. Justin Taylor made his first career start against the Panthers as well.
Williams was given the opportunity to take control of the offense, getting the ball on a quick catch-and-shoot during SU’s second possession. He collected at the left elbow, turned and hit the jumper for Syracuse’s first points of the night.
“We need somebody else to score and (Williams) can make shots,” Boeheim said.
Bell was “available,” Boeheim said postgame, but didn’t appear on the floor once. Maliq Brown didn’t score at all in six minutes. Instead, Williams finished with a team-leading and career-high 24 points in 34 minutes. Taylor didn’t do much at all but another forward, Quadir Copeland, added six points to spark Syracuse’s (16-13, 9-9 Atlantic Coast) offense in its 99-82 loss to Pittsburgh (21-8, 14-4 ACC).
The problems for Syracuse’s forwards have been present throughout the year, and have made a significant impact over the last couple games. Teams have figured out how to stop Jesse Edwards with double-teams and monitor Joe Girard’s shooting ability with tough defense. SU’s forwards have had to at least contribute to the offensive production because of that, but haven’t done so.
“We got no help from the 3 position,” head coach Jim Boeheim said after the 77-55 loss. “We tried four different people there, but we could get nothing going from that position.”
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Jim Boeheim on Syracuse’s 2-3 zone: ‘We don’t have another defense’ (TNIAAM; Szuba)
The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team suffered a 99-82 defeat at Pittsburgh on Saturday, marking the first time in the Jim Boeheim era where Syracuse has lost by 17 or more in three straight games. The last time Syracuse lost three consecutive games by that margin or more was in the 1961-62 season when Marc Guley was head coach.
As part of a larger trend in those aforementioned defeats, the storied Syracuse 2-3 zone defense continues to progressively devolve — particularly when it comes to defending the long-ball. Syracuse surrendered 16 made threes to the Panthers and has now given up 44 made triples in the last three games.
Barring a miracle run in the ACC Tournament, Syracuse will miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time in back-to-back seasons since 2007 and 2008. Last year Syracuse finished under .500 for the first time in over 50 years and missed the post-season altogether. Syracuse’s offense has been fair to good over the last five years, but the hang up is on the defensive end. Boeheim was asked about this after the Pittsburgh game, to which he answered metaphorically.
“You have a house painter and you say, ‘Now I want you to paint like Picasso.’ That would be good if he could do that,” Boeheim stated. “But he can’t.”
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Syracuse's defense fizzles out in 2nd half, loses to Pittsburgh 99-82 (DO; Alandt)
Even Aidan Fisch, who played just 16 minutes prior to Saturday night and was the team manager three years ago, enjoyed a basket. The lineup, the start, the first-half surge. It was different. But the end result remained the same: offensive rebounds, 3-pointers, a questionable defensive performance and a season-high point total.
While the result — another Atlantic Coast Conference loss — remained, the Orange hung with Pittsburgh. Then, in the middle of the second half, the Panthers pulled ahead to a double-digit lead. They started shooting better and locked up Judah Mintz and Joe Girard III, taking advantage of Mounir Hima inside the paint while Jesse Edwards sat on the bench with four fouls.
Then, Hima opened up underneath the basket midway through the second half. He was all alone in the paint, and called Mintz for the ball and his first basket of the afternoon. The feed went up slowly, and Guillermo Diaz Graham spun around, jumped and blocked Hima’s dunk attempt. The Orange were slow to get back on defense, so Nellie Cummings was wide open when he coasted toward the other end of the court and laid in a reverse layup to extend the lead to 71-58.
It wasn’t as bad as the last two games. Syracuse could hang with one of the ACC’s top teams. It could get Edwards going down low and allow him to work around defenders and collect 17 points. But the same defensive issues persisted and came to an ugly head in the middle of the second half, and the Panthers (21-8, 14-4 ACC) used offensive rebounds and 16 3-pointers to down the Orange (16-13, 9-9 ACC) 99-82.
“We are just too young to be consistent and play good defense,” head coach Jim Boeheim said.
Boeheim has been calling out the forward position all season. Whether it was Chris Bell and Benny Williams — who lost his spot in the starting five — not rebounding, the duo not scoring or Justin Taylor and Maliq Brown unable to add in additions off the bench. No one in that unit has scored 10 points over the last two games, and they have watched as Syracuse’s offense has been picked apart by Clemson and Duke. Now, with Edwards getting locked down more underneath the hoop and Girard in a cold spell, the forwards’ lack of production has come under more scrutiny.
After the 18-point loss to Clemson, Boeheim said he felt like he needed to make a change. Williams has been shooting well, and he wanted to play him. He said that it was likely a “one-off” performance and that Georgia Tech will be playing him tighter on Tuesday.
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Syracuse Basketball: 4-star commit Elijah Moore balls out, scores NY title (itlh; Adler)
Syracuse basketball 2024 four-star commit Elijah Moore continues to show why he should be seriously considered for five-star status when recruiting services next update their national rankings for the junior cycle.
The 6-foot-4 Moore, who verbally committed to the Orange in late January, was absolutely sensational on Saturday afternoon, leading his high-school squad to a championship in New York City.
Per a tweet from high-school hoops analyst Alex Karamanos, Elijah Moore tallied a ridiculous 31 points along with 10 assists and five rebounds.
On Saturday, Moore and his teammates at Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, N.Y., defeated Archbishop Stepinac High School from White Plains, N.Y., by a final count of 85-69.
That game was the New York “AA” Archdiocesan tournament title contest, held at the Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx. By the way, if you want to see a limited box score from this encounter, click here.
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Syracuse Basketball: ‘Cuse interest in versatile 2023 wing on elite Va. team (itlh; Adler)
Bronx, N.Y., native Jason Rivera-Torres, a three-star shooting guard in the senior class, is receiving interest from Syracuse basketball coaches, according to a recent post on his Twitter page.
The 6-foot-6 Rivera-Torres, described by an expert as one of the most underrated high-school players across the country, recently sent out a tweet where he listed scholarship offers and interest in his recruitment.
The Orange was included in this tweet, along with many other high-major programs.
Rivera-Torres, a top-200 national prospect in the 2023 class, is having a strong senior year for one of the country’s best teams, John Marshall High School in Richmond, Va. You can see his latest statistics for John Marshall on the MaxPreps Web site.
Syracuse basketball has interest in 2023 three-star shooting guard Jason Rivera-Torres.
On Friday night, the top-seeded John Marshall battled No. 2 seed Brunswick High School from Lawrenceville, Va., in the 2023 Virginia High School League Class 2 Region A championship contest.
John Marshall (25-0) absolutely crushed Brunswick, 113-51, per media reports. The Justices are scheduled to host a quarterfinal game in the Virginia High School League Class 2 state tournament next weekend.
According to recruiting services, Rivera-Torres’ offer sheet includes TCU, Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic, Bryant, George Washington, Penn State, Lehigh, Saint Louis and Monmouth, among others.
However, in his tweet citing offers and interest, other college squads noted were Syracuse basketball, Notre Dame, Louisville, Virginia Tech, Richmond, Rhode Island, St. John’s, Arkansas, Texas A&M and others.
This past week, in the MaxPreps top 25, John Marshall was rated No. 1 overall in the country. For some context, MaxPreps also has a separate set of national rankings for independent basketball academies, prep schools and others that generally don’t compete for state-affiliated titles.
In last week’s top 25 from ESPN, which has just one set of rankings for all high-school teams, John Marshall was No. 11 nationwide.
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https://www.si.com/college/pittsbur...unaffected-rowdy-crowd-petersen-events-center (SI; Thompson)
Fans sold out the game weeks in advance, arrived early and stood in line for hours. The most anticipated gameday for the Pitt Panthers at the Petersen Events Center had arrived and fans - particularly those in the Oakland Zoo - used every second of their evening in the arena to jeer Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, freshman guard and one-time Pitt commit Judah Mintz and the rest of the Orange.
A rivalry that already had decades of history behind it got some extra juice from some comments Boeheim made earlier this month, claiming that Pitt had "bought" the team that beat Syracuse 99-82 to complete a season sweep.
The appearance of fake money with Boeheim's face photoshopped on the center of the bills was evidence enough that Pitt fans were eager to provide an in-person response to the allegations that Boeheim has since apologized for and walked back, but Boeheim doesn't think his comments added anything to the atmosphere.
“I would say it was exactly the same as the last time we played here when they had a full house," Boeheim said. "It’s been a while [since they had a full house].”
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Carmelo Anthony and Hakim Warrick follow a shot on the boards as West Virginia's Johannes Herbes tried to draw a foul. He was called for one instead. SU cruised past West Virginia 89-51 on Feb. 26, 2003 at the Carrier Dome. 2003
Reliving 2003: Syracuse reaches 20 wins after cruising past overmatched West Virginia 89-51 (PS; $; Croyle)
Editor’s note: Syracuse.com is republishing the game stories that ran in the Post-Standard throughout the 2003 NCAA championship season.
Syracuse.com will debut a documentary on the team’s historic run March 29 at the Landmark Theatre. For more information, including event tickets, click here.
NO LETDOWN, NO SWEAT
ORANGE AVOIDS TAKING GAME LIGHTLY
By Mike Waters Staff writer
Grandpa warned the Syracuse Orangemen about the potential for a letdown.
Just three days after an emotional one-point escape from Michigan State’s green asylum known as the Breslin Center, the Orangemen faced a trapdoor of a game against West Virginia, which brought a ho-hum 13-11 record into Wednesday night’s game at the Carrier Dome.
Kueth Duany, a fifth-year senior who gets ribbed as “Grandpa” because he’s the only scholarship senior on Syracuse’s roster, issued a warning to his teammates prior to the game.
“Before the game, I was telling them “This is one of those obstacles that you face. This is one of those games that can sneak up on you,”' Duany said.
The young Orangemen listened to Duany’s words and then followed his deeds. Syracuse took control of the game early, shooting out to a 35-17 halftime lead, and never let up in an 89-51 victory in front of 19,484 fans at the Dome.
Duany led the Orangemen with 18 points, including 13 in the first half as the Orangemen built an insurmountable lead. He also had six rebounds, two assists and two steals.
“He’s the fake grandfather to everybody on the team,” Syracuse freshman Billy Edelin said. “He was talking about not letting down. But it had to come from everybody.”
The effort came from every one of the Syracuse players, especially on defense.
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Junior forward Blake Hinson (2) dribbles down the court during the Pitt men’s basketball game against Syracuse Saturday evening.
Men’s basketball takeaways | Pitt’s rebounding provides a huge advantage, Panthers feel like a team of destiny - The Pitt News (pittnew.com; Markowski)
Pitt men’s basketball won both of its home ACC games last week, defeating Georgia Tech 76-68 before beating Syracuse 99-82 on senior night. The Panthers now stand at 21-8 overall, with a 14-4 record in conference play.
Here are three takeaways from the two contests.
Pitt’s rebounding provides a huge advantage
Pitt consistently outpaces its opponents on the boards, and it’s not just a result of its frontcourt. Sophomore center Federiko Federiko and first-year forward Guillermo Diaz Graham both contribute on a nightly basis, but the Panthers’ guards and forwards also supply their fair share of rebounds. Pitt currently sits near the top of the ACC in the stat, and rebounding becoming a teamwide affair is a big reason why. It’s also a testament to the Panthers’ effort in that aspect of the game.
Pitt won the rebounding battle against Georgia Tech 34 to 22. Federiko led the way with seven boards, including three on the offensive end, while both junior forward Blake Hinson and graduate student guard Nelly Cummings finished with six.
The Panthers put on a clinic against Syracuse, finishing with 38 rebounds as opposed to the Orange’s 31. Graduate student guard Jamarius Burton paced Pitt with nine boards while Hinson and Federiko each recorded six. The most impressive part of the performance was the Panthers’ 18 offensive boards that translated to 25 second-chance points.
Pitt’s rebounding resurgence is an overlooked outcome of their turnaround this season, as its prowess on the glass gives them an advantage in closing out games and limiting opportunities for its opponents.
The Panthers feel like a team of destiny
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Syracuse vs Pittsburgh Live Reaction | men's College Basketball 2023 (youtube; video; Boy me Game)
Syracuse vs Pittsburgh Live Reaction
ACC News
ACC Power Rankings: Regular-season champions won’t be determined until final day (PS; $; Carlson)
With just two games to play in the ACC regular season, four teams still have a chance to win at least a share of the league’s regular-season title.
All four will be involved in head-to-head matchups this week, bringing the league’s regular season to an exciting finish that won’t be decided until the final day.
Pittsburgh (14-4) enters the final week in control of its own destiny, leading Miami (14-5), Virginia (13-5) and Clemson (13-5) by one game in the loss column.
Pittsburgh ends the season with games against Notre Dame and Miami.
Miami also controls its destiny because its final game of the season is against Pittsburgh. The Hurricanes host the Panthers on Saturday and can secure at least a share of the regular-season title with a win.
Virginia and Clemson stand one loss back. Each has a chance to grab a share of the league title if Pittsburgh stumbles. Those two teams will face each other on Tuesday, eliminating at least one from title contention.
Here’s a look at the ACC’s best and worst this week.
1. Miami
Record: 23-6 (14-5)Last week’s ranking: 2
Last week’s results: Win 76-70 at Virginia Tech; Loss 85-84 vs. Florida State
This week’s schedule: Saturday vs. Pittsburgh
Why No. 1? Miami isn’t in first place but the Hurricanes have lost just two games all season by more than one possession and have had a reasonable chance to win every game since the first week of January. The loss to Florida State was shocking as the Seminoles came back from a 25-point deficit. Rivalry games are weird and Miami was playing without starting guard Nijel Pack.
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MBB: Bracketology 2023 Feb 26 (RX; HM)
MBB: Bracketology 2023 Feb 26
First, some comments from JFann on All Sports Discussion:
Can the ACC compete with the top teams in other leagues? Witness:
- Baylor is 10-6 in the Big 12, and in the top 10. Virginia beat them.
- Nine teams in the Big 10 have winning conference records, an ACC team has defeated six of them.
- A middle-of-the-ACC pack North Carolina took Alabama to 4 OTs before finally losing.
Truth. Click here to read the entire article.
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Here are the latest brackets from ESPN and CBS side-by-side (ACC-related, mostly):
| ESPN | CBS Sports | |
| SOUTH REGION | ||
| 4 - Miami | 7 - NC State | |
| MIDWEST REGION | ||
| 8 - NC State | 4 - Miami | |
| 7 - Duke | 6 - Duke | |
| EAST REGION | ||
| 4 - Virginia | 9 - Pitt | |
| 10 - Pitt | ||
| WEST REGION | ||
| none | 4 - Virginia | |
| LAST FOUR IN | ||
| TEAM | TEAM | NET |
| Oklahoma St. | Wisconsin (16-11) | 70 |
| USC | WVU (16-13) | 27 |
| Wisconsin | Okla. St (16-13) | 46 |
| Mississippi St. | Penn State (17-11) | 56 |
| FIRST FOUR OUT | ||
| TEAM | TEAM | NET |
| Penn State | Miss. St (19-10) | 40 |
| Utah State | New Mexico (20-9) | 48 |
| North Carolina | Michigan (16-12) | 55 |
| Charleston | UNC (18-11) | 47 |
| NEXT FOUR OUT | ||
| Texas Tech | ||
| Clemson | ||
| Michigan | ||
| New Mexico |
MBB: Interesting Tweets 2023 Feb 24 (RX; HM)
MBB: Interesting Tweets 2023 Feb 24
Here's the good news:
Now for the bad news - IF you're a Tar Heels fan, that is!
...and the UGLY:The highest preseason ranked team to miss March madness each yearpic.twitter.com/LvGnYsNN8n
— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) February 22, 2023
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Cheers! the first green beers of the season at Green Beer Sunday 2023 at Coleman's Authentic Irish Pub. (Charlie Miller | cmiller@syracuse.com)
Thousands pack Tipperary Hill to usher in the St. Patrick’s Day season with a glass (or pitcher) of green beer (80 photos, video) (PS; Miller)
The line to get into Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub reached 118 people deep on Tompkins Avenue at 10 a.m. Sunday, an hour before the bar was scheduled to open.
Inside, dozens of bartenders, servers, cooks, security guards and other staff spent that last hour of peace making final preparations for the busiest day of the year here.
At 11:15 a.m., owner Dennis Coleman emerged from the kitchen to inspect the bar before heading to the front door.
“Are we ready?” he asked. “Let’s get the music on. Let’s get the taps flowing. It’s time to have a good time.”
The crowd greeted Coleman with cheers as he stepped onto the front stoop.
“Happy Green Beer Sunday everyone,” he said. “Come on in!”
By noon, thousands had gathered in Syracuse’s Tipperary Hill neighborhood to watch the 60th annual Green Beer Delivery Day parade. Bagpipers, Irish dancers, neighborhood business and bar owners marched 2½ blocks in front of a tanker truck hauling the first batch of colorful pilsner for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day season.
Leading the way were grand marshals Mike and Mary Kay Ryan. The two met at Coleman’s in 2008. After a 14-year courtship, they finally married this past October and held their reception at Coleman’s. Mike’s parents, Timothy and Peg Ryan, served as the parade’s grand marshals in 2006. Peg, now 92, watched this year’s parade from a seat inside Coleman’s.
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Courtesy of Will Delgado The SU Call of Duty team consists of four starting players and two substitutes, said team captain Braedan Cheverie. The team competes in the Call of Duty Collegiate League in the Northeast division.
In its inaugural season of competing, SU's Call of Duty team builds reputation (DO; Matlock)
Braedan Cheverie started playing professional Call of Duty in his junior year of high school. When applying to colleges, he discovered that collegiate esports is a growing community that he could tap into, and decided to start a team at Syracuse University.
“The biggest reason I chose to go here, opposed to some other schools, is because of the potential and willingness to grow,” Cheverie said.
Cheverie, a freshman at SU, is one of the co-captains of the university’s competitive COD team, now in its inaugural season. The team competes weekly against other colleges’ teams and hopes to reach the level of other Syracuse sports in popularity and campus support.
COD has several different branches of competitive play, known as the traditional Call of Duty League, CCL, Call of Duty Collegiate League and Challengers. The players’ level of experience and viewership differentiates the leagues. In CDL, many players have salary contracts and work full-time as streamers, said Luke Hasenwinkel, a sophomore at SU. Challengers, on the other hand, deals with more “growing pains” as the players are less experienced and monetary incentives are rare.
This is Syracuse’s first year as a member of the CCL. The team is part of the Northeast division, which includes Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, all of New England, Ontario and Quebec.
For Hasenwinkel, collegiate esports offer an opportunity to show skill and compete for a community of video game lovers.
“There’s a lot of kids who grew up and played Call of Duty,” Hasenwinkel said. “Wouldn’t you want to see how that blossomed into the professional world?”
Hasenwinkel said there was nothing similar to the COD team they have now before this year. He recalled attending the club fair and seeing that recreational esports was an option, but there was nothing with a tight-knit community aspect, like a team.
He said he would be ecstatic to see esports get to the status of other collegiate sports at Syracuse and thinks that SU is on the right track to harness its possibilities. Through the upcoming esports major, new esports center and events in Schine Student Center, he sees a “bright future ahead.”
Cheverie kickstarted the team and did an excellent job getting it running, Hasenwinkel said. He was optimistic for the future because Cheverie is a freshman and has the rest of his time at SU to develop the team further.
Cheverie said SU has been very supportive with expanding into the uncharted waters of collegiate esports. He has been able to speak in some classes and advise the university on what the upcoming esports major should look like. Through connections made in his professional COD career, he has supplied the school with guest speakers and information about the field.
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Winter weather advisory issued for CNY; 6 inches of snow possible, more in Oswego County (PS; Kirk)
A winter weather advisory has been issued for Central New York with up to 6 inches of snow possible as well as ice, according to the National Weather Service.
Starting at 6 p.m. Monday, Onondaga, Madison and Cortland counties will be under a winter weather advisory, according to the National Weather Service. The advisory will last until 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Central New York will see 3 to 6 inches of snow as well as a “light glaze” of ice, weather officials said. Winds could reach 40 miles per hour.
The snow will start heavy on Monday just in time to upset the evening commute, officials said. Snow could fall at the rate of an inch an hour into the early evening and the wind will blow it around, and roads will likely be slippery.
The snow will taper off by Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
For Oswego and Lewis counties, up to 9 inches is predicted, officials said.
A second storm for Central New York is brewing but it is too early for specifics.
