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I am temporarily doing the daily articles while OE recovers from surgery. Get well soon Dan.
News
Link to Transcript of Mike Waters Noon Chat Yesterday (PS; Waters)
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Mike Waters:
Kyle,
At least two more years. Maybe longer.
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:03
Kyle:
How much longer to you see JB coaching?
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:03
Mike Waters:
Well, Syracuse wrapped up the '14 class a while ago with Chris McCullough and Kaleb Joseph.
In the '15 class, SU has Malachi Richardson and Tyler Lydon committed. Franklin Howard, a 6-5 guard out of the DC area, will make his announcement next week. SU is a favorite.
Lydon and Richardson are both outstanding shooters. They will both compete in the 3-point contest at the Mary Kline Classic.
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:03
Mark:
Mike, please give us a recruiting update - hopefully better shooters are on the way!
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:01
Mike Waters:
Hello everyone! Ready to talk some hoops? We'll get started right at noon, but go ahead and submit questions now.
JB, George Saunders, Other SU Celebrities Will Discuss 'Great Universities in the Next 25 Years' Today at Crouse College at 10:30 AM (PS; Tobin)
Jim Boeheim, George Saunders and other Syracuse University celebrities will be discussing "Great Universities in the Next 25 Years" at a public event Friday morning on the SU campus.
The 10:30 a.m. symposium at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College is part of a full day of events to commemorate the inauguration of Kent Syverud as SU's 12th chancellor and president.
Syracuse.com will provide live coverage of remarks by Boeheim, Saunders and other SU professors participating in the symposium, beginning at 10:15 a.m. Friday. Reporter Dave Tobin's tweets will appear in the box below. You can join the conversation by tweeting your own comments and including #SUchancellor in your tweet. Your tweets will appear in the box, too...
Setnor Auditorium is a treasure. If you have the time, it would be a good idea to attend...
Why is Big Brother Watching Chino Obokoh So Closely? (PS; 'X Files' Poliquin)
While it might be imprudent for us civilians to scold those folks at the NCAA until we've walked the proverbial mile in their legislative moccasins, it is oftentimes difficult to remain both dumbfounded and silent all at once.
Be advised that this is such a circumstance.
Now, to pretend to have a grasp on each and every bylaw in the thick-as-a-brick NCAA manual would be to claim to know all of the handmaidens and towel boys among the Baratheons, Lannisters, Greyjoys, Tyrells and every other house in Westeros.
But, jeez. One need not be particularly steeped in jargon and gibberish to ask this question: Why are the suits picking on Chinonso Obokoh?
Oh, and this one, too: Whatever happened to the notion of adhering to the spirit of the law rather than to the letter of it?...
Ranking The Top 10 Moments of the 2013-14 Season (bleacherreport.com; Moore)
Syracuse Makes the List at #8 anbd #6 But No Mention of SU-Duke at the Dome?
Recruiting
Meet Taco Fall; Tallest Prep Player in the US (PS; Axe)
If they haven't already, there is a player the Syracuse University men's basketball staff may want to take a look at.
And you can't miss this guy.
Meet Tacko "Taco" Fall.
Fall, a native of Dakar, Senegal, is a junior center on the Tavares (Fla.) Liberty Christian Prep team. He is one of the tallest basketball players in the United States and the world for that matter, standing 7-foot-5 with an eight-foot wingspan.
To put that in perspective the NBA's tallest player is Hasheem Thabeet of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who stands 7-3.
Fall wears a size-22 shoe, the same as Shaquille O'Neal. He averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks for the Lions (11-15) this past season.
ACC News
Wake Forest Season Wrap (PS; Stevens)
Record: 17-16 (6-12 ACC)
Last seen: Feebly running out the clock on the wrong end of an 84-55 bludgeoning against Pittsburgh in the ACC tournament's second round, a loss that would prove to be the final game in Jeff Bzdelik's four-year stint in Winston-Salem.
What went right: The Demon Deacons didn't endure a bunch of demoralizing home losses during nonconference play, giving themselves a chance to finish with a winning record. And they beat Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State at home, and that's something for Wake Forest fans to be pleased with.
Sophomores Codi Miller-McIntyre and Devin Thomas both showed some improvement, although Miller-McIntyre (understandably) wasn't as good against conference competition and Thomas was anything but consistent. Both, though, demonstrated they have enough ability to be useful starters on a good ACC team.
What went wrong: Wake Forest eventually had to play games away from Joel Coliseum against ACC opponents, and that wasn't a strong suit throughout Bzdelik's four seasons. The Demon Deacons went 2-9 against conference opposition away from home (1-8 on the road and 1-1 in the ACC tournament), and fell to 3-36 in such contests over the last four years.
Miller-McIntyre regressed a bit in the second half of the season, and Wake Forest at times played with alarmingly little poise. Given how much of the rotation was made up of freshmen and sophomores, that didn't come a huge surprise...
Notre Dame Season Wrap (PS; Stevens)
Record: 15-17 (6-12 ACC)
Last seen: Playing very little defense in an 81-69 loss to Wake Forest in the first game of the ACC tournament.
What went right: The Fighting Irish beat Duke in their ACC debut, and got a fine senior season from guard Eric Atkins. Forward Garrick Sherman was stout inside more often than not, and Pat Connaughton quietly emerged as one of the ACC's best all-around stat-stuffers.
Notre Dame wasn't always a three-man band, but those were by far the most reliable options on the roster during league play. They just didn't get enough help on a regular basis.
What went wrong: Guard Jerian Grant was suspended for academic reasons as the first semester came to a close, and that was pretty much that for the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame was 8-4 with Grant and 7-13 without him.
Coach Mike Brey needed both Grant and Atkins in the backcourt to thrive in a new league, and while Atkins' numbers improved (out of necessity) after Grant's departure, Notre Dame didn't have the talent or (more importantly) the depth to withstand the loss.
Who's leaving: Atkins led the Irish in scoring (by three total points over Connaughton) and averaged 37.8 minutes per game. He'll leave a substantial hole in Notre Dame's rotation. Sherman also graduates, and reserve forward Tom Knight also exhausted his eligibility...
Is SDSU Interested in BC Transfer Ryan Anderson? (U-T San Diego; Zeigler)
Next season will be the first in Steve Fisher’s tenure at San Diego State that he won’t have a transfer sitting out.
Or will it?
Ryan Anderson, a 6-foot-9 junior forward who averaged 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in the ACC last season, is transferring from Boston College and has listed SDSU among a half-dozen schools he is considering. Anderson would sit out next season and play his senior year in 2015-16.
Fisher and his staff are precluded by NCAA rules from discussing potential recruits, but it is easy to understand the interest on both sides. Anderson is from Lakewood and is said to covet a school closer to home that regularly reaches the NCAA Tournament. And the Aztecs recruited him hard out of Long Beach Poly High, where he was the California player of the year in 2010-11...
Former Players
CJ Fair, BMK, Erin Hamlin Play Wheelchair Hoops for Charity (PS; Ditota)
For a couple hours Thursday night, two former Syracuse University basketball players fully appreciated their physical gifts.
Baye Moussa Keita and C.J. Fair participated in a wheelchair basketball game at Utica College to benefit the Sitrin STARS (Success Through Adaptive Recreation and Sports) program. Remsen's Erin Hamlin, an Olympic bronze medalist in luge, was a teammate.
"It was kind of hard," Keita said. "You think you have the distance, but then you keep missing it. What was really hard was going around, maneuvering around. There's not a lot of space to go around people."
C.J. Fair and Baye Moussa Keita play wheelchair basketballFormer Syracuse basketball players C.J. Fair and Baye Mouusa Keita, plus Olympic bronze medal luger Erin Hamlin, play wheelchair basketball for the Sitrin Health Care Center annual charity event at Utica College.
"It was hard and it was fun," Fair said. "To shoot the ball, dribble (in the wheelchair) all at once, it was very difficult. You gotta give them a lot of respect to do that."
James Southerland to Sign with NBA New Orleans Pelicans for Rest of Season (PS; Waters)
Former Syracuse University basketball player James Southerland will sign a contract to play for the New Orleans for the remainder of the season, a source told syracuse.com.
The move won't be officially announced until Southerland actually signs the contract.
Southerland, who played at Syracuse from 2009 to 2013, has spent most of the season with the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA's D-League. He was averaging 14.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for the D-Fenders...
News
Link to Transcript of Mike Waters Noon Chat Yesterday (PS; Waters)
...
Mike Waters:
Kyle,
At least two more years. Maybe longer.
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:03
Kyle:
How much longer to you see JB coaching?
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:03
Mike Waters:
Well, Syracuse wrapped up the '14 class a while ago with Chris McCullough and Kaleb Joseph.
In the '15 class, SU has Malachi Richardson and Tyler Lydon committed. Franklin Howard, a 6-5 guard out of the DC area, will make his announcement next week. SU is a favorite.
Lydon and Richardson are both outstanding shooters. They will both compete in the 3-point contest at the Mary Kline Classic.
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:03
Mark:
Mike, please give us a recruiting update - hopefully better shooters are on the way!
Thursday April 10, 2014 12:01
Mike Waters:
Hello everyone! Ready to talk some hoops? We'll get started right at noon, but go ahead and submit questions now.
JB, George Saunders, Other SU Celebrities Will Discuss 'Great Universities in the Next 25 Years' Today at Crouse College at 10:30 AM (PS; Tobin)
Jim Boeheim, George Saunders and other Syracuse University celebrities will be discussing "Great Universities in the Next 25 Years" at a public event Friday morning on the SU campus.
The 10:30 a.m. symposium at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College is part of a full day of events to commemorate the inauguration of Kent Syverud as SU's 12th chancellor and president.
Syracuse.com will provide live coverage of remarks by Boeheim, Saunders and other SU professors participating in the symposium, beginning at 10:15 a.m. Friday. Reporter Dave Tobin's tweets will appear in the box below. You can join the conversation by tweeting your own comments and including #SUchancellor in your tweet. Your tweets will appear in the box, too...
Setnor Auditorium is a treasure. If you have the time, it would be a good idea to attend...
Why is Big Brother Watching Chino Obokoh So Closely? (PS; 'X Files' Poliquin)
While it might be imprudent for us civilians to scold those folks at the NCAA until we've walked the proverbial mile in their legislative moccasins, it is oftentimes difficult to remain both dumbfounded and silent all at once.
Be advised that this is such a circumstance.
Now, to pretend to have a grasp on each and every bylaw in the thick-as-a-brick NCAA manual would be to claim to know all of the handmaidens and towel boys among the Baratheons, Lannisters, Greyjoys, Tyrells and every other house in Westeros.
But, jeez. One need not be particularly steeped in jargon and gibberish to ask this question: Why are the suits picking on Chinonso Obokoh?
Oh, and this one, too: Whatever happened to the notion of adhering to the spirit of the law rather than to the letter of it?...
Ranking The Top 10 Moments of the 2013-14 Season (bleacherreport.com; Moore)
Syracuse Makes the List at #8 anbd #6 But No Mention of SU-Duke at the Dome?
Recruiting
Meet Taco Fall; Tallest Prep Player in the US (PS; Axe)
If they haven't already, there is a player the Syracuse University men's basketball staff may want to take a look at.
And you can't miss this guy.
Meet Tacko "Taco" Fall.
Fall, a native of Dakar, Senegal, is a junior center on the Tavares (Fla.) Liberty Christian Prep team. He is one of the tallest basketball players in the United States and the world for that matter, standing 7-foot-5 with an eight-foot wingspan.
To put that in perspective the NBA's tallest player is Hasheem Thabeet of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who stands 7-3.
Fall wears a size-22 shoe, the same as Shaquille O'Neal. He averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks for the Lions (11-15) this past season.
ACC News
Wake Forest Season Wrap (PS; Stevens)
Record: 17-16 (6-12 ACC)
Last seen: Feebly running out the clock on the wrong end of an 84-55 bludgeoning against Pittsburgh in the ACC tournament's second round, a loss that would prove to be the final game in Jeff Bzdelik's four-year stint in Winston-Salem.
What went right: The Demon Deacons didn't endure a bunch of demoralizing home losses during nonconference play, giving themselves a chance to finish with a winning record. And they beat Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State at home, and that's something for Wake Forest fans to be pleased with.
Sophomores Codi Miller-McIntyre and Devin Thomas both showed some improvement, although Miller-McIntyre (understandably) wasn't as good against conference competition and Thomas was anything but consistent. Both, though, demonstrated they have enough ability to be useful starters on a good ACC team.
What went wrong: Wake Forest eventually had to play games away from Joel Coliseum against ACC opponents, and that wasn't a strong suit throughout Bzdelik's four seasons. The Demon Deacons went 2-9 against conference opposition away from home (1-8 on the road and 1-1 in the ACC tournament), and fell to 3-36 in such contests over the last four years.
Miller-McIntyre regressed a bit in the second half of the season, and Wake Forest at times played with alarmingly little poise. Given how much of the rotation was made up of freshmen and sophomores, that didn't come a huge surprise...
Notre Dame Season Wrap (PS; Stevens)
Record: 15-17 (6-12 ACC)
Last seen: Playing very little defense in an 81-69 loss to Wake Forest in the first game of the ACC tournament.
What went right: The Fighting Irish beat Duke in their ACC debut, and got a fine senior season from guard Eric Atkins. Forward Garrick Sherman was stout inside more often than not, and Pat Connaughton quietly emerged as one of the ACC's best all-around stat-stuffers.
Notre Dame wasn't always a three-man band, but those were by far the most reliable options on the roster during league play. They just didn't get enough help on a regular basis.
What went wrong: Guard Jerian Grant was suspended for academic reasons as the first semester came to a close, and that was pretty much that for the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame was 8-4 with Grant and 7-13 without him.
Coach Mike Brey needed both Grant and Atkins in the backcourt to thrive in a new league, and while Atkins' numbers improved (out of necessity) after Grant's departure, Notre Dame didn't have the talent or (more importantly) the depth to withstand the loss.
Who's leaving: Atkins led the Irish in scoring (by three total points over Connaughton) and averaged 37.8 minutes per game. He'll leave a substantial hole in Notre Dame's rotation. Sherman also graduates, and reserve forward Tom Knight also exhausted his eligibility...
Is SDSU Interested in BC Transfer Ryan Anderson? (U-T San Diego; Zeigler)
Next season will be the first in Steve Fisher’s tenure at San Diego State that he won’t have a transfer sitting out.
Or will it?
Ryan Anderson, a 6-foot-9 junior forward who averaged 14.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in the ACC last season, is transferring from Boston College and has listed SDSU among a half-dozen schools he is considering. Anderson would sit out next season and play his senior year in 2015-16.
Fisher and his staff are precluded by NCAA rules from discussing potential recruits, but it is easy to understand the interest on both sides. Anderson is from Lakewood and is said to covet a school closer to home that regularly reaches the NCAA Tournament. And the Aztecs recruited him hard out of Long Beach Poly High, where he was the California player of the year in 2010-11...
Former Players
CJ Fair, BMK, Erin Hamlin Play Wheelchair Hoops for Charity (PS; Ditota)
For a couple hours Thursday night, two former Syracuse University basketball players fully appreciated their physical gifts.
Baye Moussa Keita and C.J. Fair participated in a wheelchair basketball game at Utica College to benefit the Sitrin STARS (Success Through Adaptive Recreation and Sports) program. Remsen's Erin Hamlin, an Olympic bronze medalist in luge, was a teammate.
"It was kind of hard," Keita said. "You think you have the distance, but then you keep missing it. What was really hard was going around, maneuvering around. There's not a lot of space to go around people."
C.J. Fair and Baye Moussa Keita play wheelchair basketballFormer Syracuse basketball players C.J. Fair and Baye Mouusa Keita, plus Olympic bronze medal luger Erin Hamlin, play wheelchair basketball for the Sitrin Health Care Center annual charity event at Utica College.
"It was hard and it was fun," Fair said. "To shoot the ball, dribble (in the wheelchair) all at once, it was very difficult. You gotta give them a lot of respect to do that."
James Southerland to Sign with NBA New Orleans Pelicans for Rest of Season (PS; Waters)
Former Syracuse University basketball player James Southerland will sign a contract to play for the New Orleans for the remainder of the season, a source told syracuse.com.
The move won't be officially announced until Southerland actually signs the contract.
Southerland, who played at Syracuse from 2009 to 2013, has spent most of the season with the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA's D-League. He was averaging 14.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for the D-Fenders...
