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Syracuse Offers Class of 2017 Center Mohamed Bamba (PS; Ditota)
Syracuse basketball coaches have offered a scholarship to 6-foot-10 Class of 2017 center Mohamed Bamba, his high school coach said.
"He's one of those kids," said Westtown School coach Seth Berger, "who could be a Hall of Fame player and the President of the United States. He's incredibly intelligent, talented, long, athletic and grounded."
Berger said Bamba, 17, measures at "at least" 6-10 and might not be finished growing. He can shoot the ball, Berger said, dribble, pass and perhaps most importantly for a teenager of his size, catch the ball.
"He's a really versatile kid who can shoot the three, dribble between his legs, catch a back-door pass and, of course, he'll block your shot, too," Berger said.
The Westtown sophomore and member of the PSA Cardinals EYBL team is from New York City but attends school in West Chester, Pa.
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Syracuse Basketball Alumni Team Up for the Basketball Tournament (DO; Hyber)
Brandon Reese was in the middle of planning a trip to South America. Eric Devendorf was at Faegan’s Café and Pub. Josh Pace had just announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Long gone were their days playing basketball for Syracuse. Or so they may have thought.
Over the course of the past year, former SU team manager Kevin Belbey presented former Orange basketball players an opportunity to don the Syracuse colors once again — creating a “Syracuse Alumni” team in The Basketball Tournament, a national winner-take-all, single-elimination tournament for $1 million.
With the help of Devendorf, Belbey recruited a squad that’s comprised of at least one player from each SU team from 2001–14: Reese, Pace, Hakim Warrick, Donte Greene, Rick Jackson, Baye Moussa Keita, Demetris Nichols and Devendorf. They see the tournament as one last chance to wear an Orange jersey.
“That camaraderie within the Syracuse program is really big; it’s like a family-type atmosphere,” Devendorf said. “Getting back and playing with everybody is pretty exciting.”
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Thomas Bryant Saw Syracuse Basketball as a Team in 'Chaos', According to Mother (PS; Carlson)
Coveted basketball recruit Thomas Bryant saw the Syracuse basketball program as one in "chaos" due to NCAA scholarship restrictions, transferring players and struggles at the guard position, his mother, Linda, said Tuesday.
Linda Bryant, who has been heavily involved throughout Bryant's recruiting process, said it was those differences, along with his belief that Indiana can win immediately, that ultimately led her son to pick the Hoosiers.
Questions surrounding Syracuse's recruitment of Bryant, a Rochester native, have lingered for weeks, ever since Bryant told reporters at the McDonald's All-American Game that he hadn't talked to Syracuse coaches in two months. Less than a week later, Bryant verbally committed to Indiana, spurning Syracuse, which once seemed like the leading contender for his services.
Linda said the lack of communication wasn't a major factor in her son's decision, an indication that SU's coaches didn't drop the ball as much as they simply lost out to another national program.
Syracuse coaches are unable to comment on Bryant's recruitment due to NCAA rules.
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Syracuse Offers Class of 2017 Center Mohamed Bamba (PS; Ditota)
Syracuse basketball coaches have offered a scholarship to 6-foot-10 Class of 2017 center Mohamed Bamba, his high school coach said.
"He's one of those kids," said Westtown School coach Seth Berger, "who could be a Hall of Fame player and the President of the United States. He's incredibly intelligent, talented, long, athletic and grounded."
Berger said Bamba, 17, measures at "at least" 6-10 and might not be finished growing. He can shoot the ball, Berger said, dribble, pass and perhaps most importantly for a teenager of his size, catch the ball.
"He's a really versatile kid who can shoot the three, dribble between his legs, catch a back-door pass and, of course, he'll block your shot, too," Berger said.
The Westtown sophomore and member of the PSA Cardinals EYBL team is from New York City but attends school in West Chester, Pa.
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Syracuse Basketball Alumni Team Up for the Basketball Tournament (DO; Hyber)
Brandon Reese was in the middle of planning a trip to South America. Eric Devendorf was at Faegan’s Café and Pub. Josh Pace had just announced his retirement from professional basketball.
Long gone were their days playing basketball for Syracuse. Or so they may have thought.
Over the course of the past year, former SU team manager Kevin Belbey presented former Orange basketball players an opportunity to don the Syracuse colors once again — creating a “Syracuse Alumni” team in The Basketball Tournament, a national winner-take-all, single-elimination tournament for $1 million.
With the help of Devendorf, Belbey recruited a squad that’s comprised of at least one player from each SU team from 2001–14: Reese, Pace, Hakim Warrick, Donte Greene, Rick Jackson, Baye Moussa Keita, Demetris Nichols and Devendorf. They see the tournament as one last chance to wear an Orange jersey.
“That camaraderie within the Syracuse program is really big; it’s like a family-type atmosphere,” Devendorf said. “Getting back and playing with everybody is pretty exciting.”
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Thomas Bryant Saw Syracuse Basketball as a Team in 'Chaos', According to Mother (PS; Carlson)
Coveted basketball recruit Thomas Bryant saw the Syracuse basketball program as one in "chaos" due to NCAA scholarship restrictions, transferring players and struggles at the guard position, his mother, Linda, said Tuesday.
Linda Bryant, who has been heavily involved throughout Bryant's recruiting process, said it was those differences, along with his belief that Indiana can win immediately, that ultimately led her son to pick the Hoosiers.
Questions surrounding Syracuse's recruitment of Bryant, a Rochester native, have lingered for weeks, ever since Bryant told reporters at the McDonald's All-American Game that he hadn't talked to Syracuse coaches in two months. Less than a week later, Bryant verbally committed to Indiana, spurning Syracuse, which once seemed like the leading contender for his services.
Linda said the lack of communication wasn't a major factor in her son's decision, an indication that SU's coaches didn't drop the ball as much as they simply lost out to another national program.
Syracuse coaches are unable to comment on Bryant's recruitment due to NCAA rules.
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