Class of 2025 PF Francis Folefac (MD) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (4/27/26)

[IthacaMatt]

Dual and Moesch worry me, but Dual is a proven defender at the Big East level, and looked like he turned the corner a bit last season... If he just repeats last season as this higher level, we are ok. But his physical gifts give hope of turning really good.

Every position at this point has a fairly low floor, but one that is well above terrible. We won't have a "Carlos is our starting point guard" moment with this team, though how well everybody plays is a big question. On the other hand, we have certain positions where we can easily dream on huge performances.

We need 1 more PG to be comfortable. Two years out of the three he's played, Dual wasn't very good at the foul line, and he's not a 3 point shooter.

If it's just him and Moesch, we could very well run into a "Carlos is our starting PG" situation.
And just imagine if Dual gets hurt.

 

[bnoro]

Folefac helps with that. Pretty decent outside shooter.
I think we may still pick up another guard, and maybe even another forward for practice depth.

He made 6 threes last year. How can you call him a "pretty decent outside shooter"?

 

[CbusCuse]

Yep, just like everyone was saying about Jyare. That worked out well.

Not exactly sure what you are implying about Jyare in that comment. If you are talking about 3's specifically, he was 20-78 for 25.6% the previous season at Deleware. He was 16-37 for 43.2% at SU. If your talking about his performance overall, all in all his stats at SU were not that far off to what he did per 40 minutes at Delaware. Scored a little less but was more efficient.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4701989/jyare-davis

 

[RedtheGOB]

We need 1 more PG to be comfortable. Two years out of the three he's played, Dual wasn't very good at the foul line, and he's not a 3 point shooter.

If it's just him and Moesch, we could very well run into a "Carlos is our starting PG" situation.
And just imagine if Dual gets hurt.

Dual was 76.4%. is that not a good free throw shooter compared to what we’ve had here lately.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Both of the backup centers look like they can actually play. Haven't had that in 100 years.

Oh man this has big time "best QB room ever" vibes.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

He made 6 threes last year. How can you call him a "pretty decent outside shooter"?

Because he went 2 for 4 against Duke, geez bnoro, are you even paying attention or what?

 

[ImperialOrange]

Both of the backup centers look like they can actually play. Haven't had that in 100 years.

Let's not blaspheme Jeremy McNeil like that.

 

[Bayside44]

Yep, just like everyone was saying about Jyare. That worked out well.

Davis came in to back up Freeman, not to play the minutes he got b/c Donnie was out.

 

[Bayside44]

I think lost in all of this is that a lot of people want the Siena transfers to be great. Really they just need to be competent role players off the bench. Asking/expecting them to take a leading role is a massive risk.

Innings eaters.

 

[cayugacuse]

Yeah god forbid some of us want to see reputable scouts and people who have a track record of projecting things accurately, rather than some guy in his mom's basement that probably didn't even watch a full Siena game.

did they weigh 400 lbs and wear sweat pants?

 

[PeteCalvin]

Miami has a big budget also. So if we are top 3rd, would be Duke, UL, Miami, Virginia, SMU, UNC?

Ugh. I forgot about those wannabes. Miami and SMU? Basketball juggernauts? The thought of that makes me nauseous. That’s why we need to right our ship and get back in the mix. Honestly, who the hell gives a crap about UM or SMU hoops? Neither is a national brand. We were a legit national brand and can be again. Just gotta win and beat these hoops imposters.

 

[RF2044]

Ugh. I forgot about those wannabes. Miami and SMU? Basketball juggernauts? The thought of that makes me nauseous. That’s why we need to right our ship and get back in the mix. Honestly, who the hell gives a crap about UM or SMU hoops? Neither is a national brand. We were a legit national brand and can be again. Just gotta win and beat these hoops imposters.

Miami and SMU aren't basketball juggernauts. Neither are teams like Wake Forest or Virginia Tech. But we lost to all those teams because they were better coached than we were. Several of those games, we had big leads in only to squander the game away down the stretch.

That's the hope -- that better coaching and better preparation will enable us to win those games, instead of gifting them to the other team.

And PC -- this is just a reaction, it has little to do directly with the content of your post.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Yeah god forbid some of us want to see reputable scouts and people who have a track record of projecting things accurately, rather than some guy in his mom's basement that probably didn't even watch a full Siena game.

So which of us friendly posters was that jab meant for?

I would have said JoeCollege, but my mom kicked him out a few years ago.

 

[PeteCalvin]

Miami and SMU aren't basketball juggernauts. Neither are teams like Wake Forest or Virginia Tech. But we lost to all those teams because they were better coached than we were. Several of those games, we had big leads in only to squander the game away down the stretch.

That's the hope -- that better coaching and better preparation will enable us to win those games, instead of gifting them to the other team.

And PC -- this is just a reaction, it has little to do directly with the content of your post.

I agree. We lost to the dregs because of poor game prep and really poor game management. One of the things I took away from GMac’s interview today was how JB was methodical and purposeful in everything he did, and was prepared for just about anything. That was one of the biggest things Gerry took away from playing and coaching under JB. Red seemingly didn’t care to learn anything that made JB a success for 40 years before the worm turned, which I can’t understand. I heard stories that Red always had a different philosophy from JB, maybe because he coached outside at VaTech under Seth? Who knows.

GMac obviously learned the right stuff from vintage JB circa 2002-2016, and wants to put that back into the program (sans zone, or course). It’ll be so nice to see a coach arguing with the refs during games again. Gerry has some of that cantankerousness in his arsenal.

 

[orange79]

Both of the backup centers look like they can actually play. Haven't had that in 100 years.

Rosie and Danny would like a word...

 

[SuFTW]

The last few NBA/fringe NBA guys who came to Syracuse?

Judah Mintz, elite finisher
Buddy boehiem, elite shooter
Elijah Hughes, top tier iso player with a high level mid range game
Cole swider, elite shooter

That’s not to say FF can’t buck then trend and develop into a fringe guy. But recent history tell us the ones who could truly get into even the G league require some sort of elite skill that made them a prospect

Thanks, but you are proving my point with Hughes. He was not really heralded or thought of having NBA traits until his redshirt sophomore season, his third year in college.

Here is a quote about him from a “board expert”.

“Kids never get better?

It blows my mind that because a website doesn't say a kid is good, people think that he'll never have the drive to get better, or that better coaching might help him become a better player, or evaluations made the staff think that this kid would fit with what we're doing.”

 

[IthacaMatt]

He made 6 threes last year. How can you call him a "pretty decent outside shooter"?

37.5% says he's decent. His stroke looks pretty good.
Sure, it's a small sample size. He made roughly half an attempt per game.
That's about the same as Sadiq White. Do you think he can shoot?

 

[IthacaMatt]

Dual was 76.4%. is that not a good free throw shooter compared to what we’ve had here lately.

He also shot 63 and 67 percent. He's played 100 games now, and his career 3 point percentage is about 30%. We hope he has "leveled up", but what if he regresses to the mean?

Do you think we are done at point guard?

 

[bnoro]

So which of us friendly posters was that jab meant for?

I would have said JoeCollege, but my mom kicked him out a few years ago.

It was about the "scouts" saying he was getting NBA looks

 

[bnoro]

37.5% says he's decent. His stroke looks pretty good.
Sure, it's a small sample size. He made roughly half an attempt per game.
That's about the same as Sadiq White. Do you think he can shoot?

No, I do not think Sadiq White can shoot. I wouldn't feel comfortable with either taking a three in a late game situation.

 

[bnoro]

Not exactly sure what you are implying about Jyare in that comment. If you are talking about 3's specifically, he was 20-78 for 25.6% the previous season at Deleware. He was 16-37 for 43.2% at SU. If your talking about his performance overall, all in all his stats at SU were not that far off to what he did per 40 minutes at Delaware. Scored a little less but was more efficient.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/4701989/jyare-davis

Everyone was saying he could come and get a green light and double/triple the amount of threes he took. It's just not something guys start doing.

Honestly, I didn't realize he shot that highly because I didn't remember him making a lot of them. So I was wrong there.

But I don't want Folefac taking 100 3s next season.

 

[tptcuse]

No, I do not think Sadiq White can shoot. I wouldn't feel comfortable with either taking a three in a late game situation.

Sadiq has potential to shoot 3s but not be the go to guy from there, imo. I agree with you that based on a small sample size, Folefac has potential to be a shooter. To me, Hakim Warrick seems like a best-case comp for Sadiq.

 

[McCuse]

Sadiq has potential to shoot 3s but not be the go to guy from there, imo. I agree with you that based on a small sample size, Folefac has potential to be a shooter. To me, Hakim Warrick seems like a best-case comp for Sadiq.

Warrick later developed that fade away short jumper that was unstoppable! Swish!

 

[Cheriehoop]

Everyone was saying he could come and get a green light and double/triple the amount of threes he took. It's just not something guys start doing.

Honestly, I didn't realize he shot that highly because I didn't remember him making a lot of them. So I was wrong there.

But I don't want Folefac taking 100 3s next season.

Isn’t that good? He isn’t a chucker , he takes 3’s only if he thinks he has a good chance of making it. If they aren’t guarding you but sloughing off to prevent you from going inside, the ability to take and make the occasional open 3 can affect how you’re defended. He’s only going to be a sophomore and he seems to use good judgement and efficiency shooting making .523 of his 2 point shots and .375 of his 3 pointers. Hoping it continues. He’s a decent free throw shooter too at .740.

 

[bnoro]

Isn’t that good? He isn’t a chucker , he takes 3’s only if he thinks he has a good chance of making it. If they aren’t guarding you but sloughing off to prevent you from going inside, the ability to take and make the occasional open 3 can affect how you’re defended. He’s only going to be a sophomore and he seems to use good judgement and efficiency shooting making .523 of his 2 point shots and .375 of his 3 pointers. Hoping it continues. He’s a decent free throw shooter too at .740.

This is literally what I am saying. I would rather he sticks to good shot selection and makes the open shots.

I am disputing the portion of the board saying "He shoots 37.5%, he should take a lot more 3s".