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I am temporarily filling in for OE as he recovers from surgery. Get well soon Dan.
Hop Watch
With Amaker Out, BC Job Search Focuses on Mike Hopkins (Boston Globe; Vega)
With Amaker out of the mix, BC focused its attention on Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins, who was in Boston Saturday for an interview, according to sources familiar with the search.
Hopkins, 44, was designated as Syracuse’s coach-in-waiting to Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim after serving on his bench 19 seasons. Hopkins played four seasons (1989-93) for Boeheim and went on to play professionally in the CBA and in Europe before returning to Syracuse in 1995 to join Boeheim’s staff as an assistant.
Mike Hopkins in Boston, Presumably to Interview for BC Job (PS; Waters)
Syracuse University assistant coach Mike Hopkins, whose name has been linked to the open head coaching job at Boston College, is in Boston today, according to a source.
Mark Blaudschun, of www.ajerseyguy.com, is also reporting that Hopkins is in Boston, presumably interviewing for BC's vacant coaching position.
Boston College fired former head coach Steve Donahue a week ago after an 8-24 season.
Good Luck to TE (PS; Editorial Board)
Good luck and best wishes to Tyler Ennis, who will leave Syracuse University to embark on a professional basketball career.
Years from now, when Orange fans think of Ennis, they'll probably recall his thrilling 3-pointer that defeated Pittsburgh as time expired on Feb. 12.
Or his outstanding freshman season, in which he led the Atlantic Coast Conference in both assists and steals, while averaging 12.7 points per game.
Or, perhaps, his overall mature and measured court presence, which served as the foundation for the team's outstanding season.
NCAA Tournament
Guide to Sunday's Elite Eight Games (PS; Stevens)
Other
Syracuse's Pat Driscoll Juggles "Say Yes" with College Ref Job (PS; Riede)
The Syracuse director of Say Yes to Education packed up his iPad, work notebook and smart phone and hopped a plane to Memphis, Tenn., this weekend.
Pat Driscoll was off to pursue his other job -- college basketball referee. He spent Saturday evening officiating the Florida-Dayton game in the Elite Eight of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's men's basketball tournament.
Driscoll has now refereed 70 games since the season began in early November. He has been to 31 cities in 18 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
All the while, he has held down a key job back home in Syracuse, coordinating an operation that aims to become a national model on how to turn around a struggling school district and city. Driscoll manages local operations for the New York City-based Say Yes, which runs extensive programming in Syracuse schools and a free-tuition guarantee for city graduates to dozens of colleges.
MCW Scores 21, 76ers End Losing Streak (PS; Ditota)
Five months had elapsed here since Michael Carter-Williams' electric debut in the Wells Fargo Center. Five months since he dunked on Lebron, scored 22 points and registered 12 assists in his first game as a professional basketball player.
Back on that Oct. 30 evening, possibility percolated through Philadelphia. The 76ers, seemingly destined to jockey for NBA Draft position, had defeated the Miami Heat with its first-round draft pick as the catalyst. But reality swiftly smacked, then smothered the youngest roster in the NBA. The Sixers severed ties with their two best players at the NBA trade deadline. The slogan "Together We Build" was reinterpreted to mean "Together We Tear Down" in order to build again.
Melo Scorched by Suns (PS; Anonymous)
Carmelo Anthony scored 21, seven below his season average, as the Knicks were blown out for the second time in three games on their five-game western trip.
Goran Dragic scored 32 points in 32 minutes and the Phoenix Suns routed the New York Knicks 112-88 on Friday night at Phoenix.
Stevie Thompson Stresses Books and Hoops with Talented Sons (Postgame; Postgame staff)
Stephen Thompson became a Syracuse basketball legend for his high-flying attacks to the rim. He didn't have the greatest outside shooting touch, but constantly soaring toward the basket helped him rank second behind Bill Walton in all-time NCAA tournament shooting percentage at .684.
After a short stint in the NBA with Sacramento and Orlando, Thompson played pro ball in Europe and Japan before settling back in his hometown of Los Angeles. He has been head coach at Cal-State Los Angeles since 2005, and his sons Stephen Jr., a junior, and Ethan, a freshman, led Bishop Montgomery of Torrance to the Division IV state championship this season. His sons say they wish they had some of their dad's signature leaping ability, but Stephen says they are already better shooters than he was. As recruiters have begun to take notice of them, Thompson is just as proud of his sons' academic standing, which will expand their options when considering college offers.
One-and-Done: Is the Trend of Frosh Jumping to NBA Good for Basketball? (PS; Canedo)
With his announcement this week, Syracuse's Tyler Ennis joined a parade of players that in recent years have been dubbed "one-and-done" because they've left college basketball to declare for the NBA draft following their freshmen season.
Ennis is only the third such player from SU, following Carmelo Anthony in 2003 (who's an NBA all-star) and Donte Greene in 2008 (who was waived out of the league last fall). NBA draft analysts' projections of an NBA team picking Ennis just outside the top 10 in June's draft convinced the freshman that he was comfortable leaving college, his father, Tony McInytre, said. McIntyre added that if Ennis had returned to Syracuse, there was a strong possibility that he would have ended up in the same pick range in next year's draft.
Kevin Rice's Late Goal Gives SU Big Win Over Notre Dame 11-10 (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse players questioned each other's heart, desire and dedication during a team meeting earlier this week.
If any of those doubts remained, Kevin Rice provided the ultimate answer.
Rice bounced a shot past Notre Dame goaltender Shane Doss with 2 minutes and 5 seconds remaining on Saturday, a game-winning goal that provided the Orange an 11-10 win and turned the Syracuse sideline into a mosh pit.
» Box score
The victory over No. 7/7 Notre Dame (4-3, 2-1) served as No. 9/10 Syracuse's resounding response to a 21-7 loss to Duke. That loss was Syracuse's worst since 1977.
"We had a team meeting this week in which we sort of questioned each other and put it all out there," Rice said. "The response you saw today shows the character of our guys and what we're going to be like moving forward."
Hop Watch
With Amaker Out, BC Job Search Focuses on Mike Hopkins (Boston Globe; Vega)
With Amaker out of the mix, BC focused its attention on Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins, who was in Boston Saturday for an interview, according to sources familiar with the search.
Hopkins, 44, was designated as Syracuse’s coach-in-waiting to Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim after serving on his bench 19 seasons. Hopkins played four seasons (1989-93) for Boeheim and went on to play professionally in the CBA and in Europe before returning to Syracuse in 1995 to join Boeheim’s staff as an assistant.
Mike Hopkins in Boston, Presumably to Interview for BC Job (PS; Waters)
Syracuse University assistant coach Mike Hopkins, whose name has been linked to the open head coaching job at Boston College, is in Boston today, according to a source.
Mark Blaudschun, of www.ajerseyguy.com, is also reporting that Hopkins is in Boston, presumably interviewing for BC's vacant coaching position.
Boston College fired former head coach Steve Donahue a week ago after an 8-24 season.
Good Luck to TE (PS; Editorial Board)
Good luck and best wishes to Tyler Ennis, who will leave Syracuse University to embark on a professional basketball career.
Years from now, when Orange fans think of Ennis, they'll probably recall his thrilling 3-pointer that defeated Pittsburgh as time expired on Feb. 12.
Or his outstanding freshman season, in which he led the Atlantic Coast Conference in both assists and steals, while averaging 12.7 points per game.
Or, perhaps, his overall mature and measured court presence, which served as the foundation for the team's outstanding season.
NCAA Tournament
Guide to Sunday's Elite Eight Games (PS; Stevens)
Other
Syracuse's Pat Driscoll Juggles "Say Yes" with College Ref Job (PS; Riede)
The Syracuse director of Say Yes to Education packed up his iPad, work notebook and smart phone and hopped a plane to Memphis, Tenn., this weekend.
Pat Driscoll was off to pursue his other job -- college basketball referee. He spent Saturday evening officiating the Florida-Dayton game in the Elite Eight of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's men's basketball tournament.
Driscoll has now refereed 70 games since the season began in early November. He has been to 31 cities in 18 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
All the while, he has held down a key job back home in Syracuse, coordinating an operation that aims to become a national model on how to turn around a struggling school district and city. Driscoll manages local operations for the New York City-based Say Yes, which runs extensive programming in Syracuse schools and a free-tuition guarantee for city graduates to dozens of colleges.
MCW Scores 21, 76ers End Losing Streak (PS; Ditota)
Five months had elapsed here since Michael Carter-Williams' electric debut in the Wells Fargo Center. Five months since he dunked on Lebron, scored 22 points and registered 12 assists in his first game as a professional basketball player.
Back on that Oct. 30 evening, possibility percolated through Philadelphia. The 76ers, seemingly destined to jockey for NBA Draft position, had defeated the Miami Heat with its first-round draft pick as the catalyst. But reality swiftly smacked, then smothered the youngest roster in the NBA. The Sixers severed ties with their two best players at the NBA trade deadline. The slogan "Together We Build" was reinterpreted to mean "Together We Tear Down" in order to build again.
Melo Scorched by Suns (PS; Anonymous)
Carmelo Anthony scored 21, seven below his season average, as the Knicks were blown out for the second time in three games on their five-game western trip.
Goran Dragic scored 32 points in 32 minutes and the Phoenix Suns routed the New York Knicks 112-88 on Friday night at Phoenix.
Stevie Thompson Stresses Books and Hoops with Talented Sons (Postgame; Postgame staff)
Stephen Thompson became a Syracuse basketball legend for his high-flying attacks to the rim. He didn't have the greatest outside shooting touch, but constantly soaring toward the basket helped him rank second behind Bill Walton in all-time NCAA tournament shooting percentage at .684.
After a short stint in the NBA with Sacramento and Orlando, Thompson played pro ball in Europe and Japan before settling back in his hometown of Los Angeles. He has been head coach at Cal-State Los Angeles since 2005, and his sons Stephen Jr., a junior, and Ethan, a freshman, led Bishop Montgomery of Torrance to the Division IV state championship this season. His sons say they wish they had some of their dad's signature leaping ability, but Stephen says they are already better shooters than he was. As recruiters have begun to take notice of them, Thompson is just as proud of his sons' academic standing, which will expand their options when considering college offers.
One-and-Done: Is the Trend of Frosh Jumping to NBA Good for Basketball? (PS; Canedo)
With his announcement this week, Syracuse's Tyler Ennis joined a parade of players that in recent years have been dubbed "one-and-done" because they've left college basketball to declare for the NBA draft following their freshmen season.
Ennis is only the third such player from SU, following Carmelo Anthony in 2003 (who's an NBA all-star) and Donte Greene in 2008 (who was waived out of the league last fall). NBA draft analysts' projections of an NBA team picking Ennis just outside the top 10 in June's draft convinced the freshman that he was comfortable leaving college, his father, Tony McInytre, said. McIntyre added that if Ennis had returned to Syracuse, there was a strong possibility that he would have ended up in the same pick range in next year's draft.
Kevin Rice's Late Goal Gives SU Big Win Over Notre Dame 11-10 (PS; Carlson)
Syracuse players questioned each other's heart, desire and dedication during a team meeting earlier this week.
If any of those doubts remained, Kevin Rice provided the ultimate answer.
Rice bounced a shot past Notre Dame goaltender Shane Doss with 2 minutes and 5 seconds remaining on Saturday, a game-winning goal that provided the Orange an 11-10 win and turned the Syracuse sideline into a mosh pit.
» Box score
The victory over No. 7/7 Notre Dame (4-3, 2-1) served as No. 9/10 Syracuse's resounding response to a 21-7 loss to Duke. That loss was Syracuse's worst since 1977.
"We had a team meeting this week in which we sort of questioned each other and put it all out there," Rice said. "The response you saw today shows the character of our guys and what we're going to be like moving forward."
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