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Jim Boeheim’s radio show is on Thursdays from 7-9PM on ESPN Radio in Syracuse, which is AM1200 or FM 97.7 on the dial. The show originates from Delmonico’s Italian Steakhouse on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse. The first hour, hosted by Matt Park, the Voice of the Orange, is on their general network. The second hour, which begins with the Big East season, is hosted by Gomez, a local radio personality.
The first hour is eventually, (it can take weeks) podcasted on the SU Athletics website on this page:
http://suathletics.com/podcasts.aspx
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-437-7644. Or you can submit questions from this page:
http://www.suathletics.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
I will be posting my rough transcript of the first hour the night of the broadcast and will do the second hour the following day.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
“Congratulations, coach on beating a #1 ranked and a #20 ranked team in three days time. It was the 16th time in Syracuse history that we’ve beaten ranked teams in consecutive games and 13 of those times have come in your tenure as head coach.
You mentioned that this team has to get a lot better against zone defenses. We often hear a commentator say “they practice against a zone defense all the time, so they must be good at attacking it. Is that necessarily true, or do you mostly practice against the other team’s defense, which is often a man for man? And isn’t “attacking a zone” largely a matter of the type of personnel you have, such as outside shooters and a good high post player?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
With Matt Park:
Matt credited the team with winning a couple of games that were “both in doubt” down the stretch.
JB: We made several unbelievable plays to win both games. That’s not easy to do. Michael got the steal and dunk with 23 seconds left. Keita and Grant knew what they were going to try to do. Then Michael got that last steal. Those were really good defensive plays. Louisville bobbled it a couple of times. They did the same thing against Villanova and also missed 5-6 free throws. “
Coach discussed the final scoring play vs. Cincinnati: “The guards were going to go first. Nobody but Jerami was open and he drew the defense to him, which created an opening for CJ. We got lucky on the tip. Our defense was good and things went our way at the end.”
With a mouthful of Delmonico’s food, Coach said “We have to play better. Cincinnati was the first team in a long while that made a lot of tough shots from outside against us. The defense wasn’t so good until the end vs. Louisville.”
A fan named Terry noted that “a lot of opponents like to flash to the high post against our zone. Who do we have who could do that? JB: CJ Fair is our first option, then Jerami Grant. Our centers aren’t really effective from there. You have to score and pass. We haven’t seen many zone, although we are seeing more this year. Cincinnati played zone the whole game. They used to be all man-to-man.
On the same subject, I called in my question about why a team that uses a zone can’t be more effective against it. “We practice against both but more against man-to-man because that’s still what most teams use. We know how to attack a zone- everybody does. Ball movement, screen up top, offensive rebounding, transition baskets so that can’t set it up, etc.” Matt noted that more and more t4eams seem to be emulating Syracuse by using zone defenses. JB: “When you see it be effective, you are going to look at it. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Seton Hall even South Florida and, at times, Rutgers, are using it.”
Frank called in and lauded the team, saying that the kids “seem to love each other and are working hard” this year. JB: “We’ve always had teams that play together and work hard. Each is a little different. This team has battled hard like all of our teams.”
They discussed the possibility of SU achieving the #1 ranking and what was going on with the top teams in the country. “It’s close at the top. We’ll have to keep playing and see what happens. All that matters is the end of the year.” Matt noted what had befallen #1 teams lately asked “Who wants to be #1 in January?” (We have had four teams that achieved a #1 ranking and 4 who have made the Final Four. That is 8 different teams.) JB: It’s always good to get a high seed but it doesn’t mean as much as before. Being a #1 seed makes a difference. But even a #2 seed can get a pretty good opponent in the first round and there’s not much difference between a #3 and #4. “
“Michigan has one of the best teams. Duke needs Kelly back. They aren’t nearly the same team without him. Also, they weren’t making any shots. It was just a bad night. You’ve got to forget about it and go on. Butler lost to LaSalle. LaSalle’s pretty good. They are tough in their small gym. Creighton lost to Dr5ake. You can’t over-estimate how tough it is to win on the road. The Mountain West has incredible depth. They normally have 1-2 NCAA teams but they will have 5-6 this year. They are the best league out there. Minnesota lost to Northwestern. Oregon is leading the Pac12. Cincinnati had a good win over them- 11 points.” Matt noted that Cincinnati had been undefeated away from home before Syracuse beat them. He also said that he’d read that Kansas had been the best road team in the country over the last three years. JB said “We were pretty close. We’ve played well on the road.” Matt noted that every other team in the Big East has at least one road loss. I assume he meant a league road loss, unless you count the Temple game as a home game for Syracuse, as many seem to.
Matt asked what practices were like after a national TV blow-out like the one Duke had. JB: “Not fun. We stress that you haven’t embarrassed me, that you embarrassed yourselves and your team and your school, But then you have to get it out of your mind and go on, after a big loss or even a big win. It’s not fun when you can’t make shots and they are making everything.”
Paul called in and asked about the pull-up three MCW made against Louisville, calling it a “No-no-no shot and then he made it. After some conversation it was decided that came against Cincinnati, (these close games are starting to blend in together). JB: “He’s getting good, open looks and makes big threes. Without the one against Cincinnati, we can’t win that game. He needs to be able to make the three to be able to make plays. “
Paul also asked about Rakeem Christmas’s progress, or the lack of it. JB: “You have to have patience with Rak. He has to be more aggressive, more confident, go get the ball a bit more. Arinze and Rick were just OK as sophomores and moved on from that.”
Why haven’t out big men drawn charges like Fab Melo did? “Fab was great at charges. They were huge plays. He took 28-29 of them. This year we don’t have the knack for it. We work on it more in practice but it’s hard to teach an instinct. There were more charges in the game a few years ago. You have to have a feel for it. It’s not that easy.”
Emmaline in Atlanta said she had lunch with “our friend Mutombo” who asked her if Jim will schedule Georgetown, “or is he afraid?” More seriously, she wanted to know what, if anything Jim could have done to keep the Big East together if he were commissioner. JB: “Dikembe is a good guy and a pretty good shot-blocker. We’ll play St. John’s next year and will work it out with Georgetown and Villanova. It was a small miracle to keep the Big East together for 34 years. It was just a matter of time for the football-basketball schools to break away. They might have been able to keep together for a little while longer, but not much more.”
Steve in Syracuse, (not me), said that “DaJuan Coleman is much better than I anticipated.” (What did he anticipate?) JB: “He’s getting better, making the adjustment. He has potentially tremendous tool as an offensive player to shoot and make plays. Defensively, he’s not a big shot blockers like the other guys.”
They talked about the incredible ending to the SU-St. John’s women’s game, where Brittany Sykes stole the ball and literally threw in the winning shot from 60 feet. “An incredible shot to get the ball back, turn and shoot and actually make it is incredible. As good a shot as you’ll ever see to win with that much time left. “ Matt asked coach to compare it to Pearl’s shot. JB said he had more time to access what he had to do and square himself to shoot the ball.
Matt asked how they were handling the week off. “We took a day off and rested up. At this stage of the season you want to maintain sharpness without over-doing it.”
Jerry in Rome asked if Coach K had “picked your brain about the zone dur8ing the Olympics”. JB: “We used it a little bit but he’s basically a man-to-man coach.”
The Knicks and Celtics are playing tonight. Will there be any repercussions off of the previous incident with Melo and Garnett? “They’ll move on.”
They will discuss the Super Bowl next week but Matt noted that not only are the coaches brothers and their father a coach but Indian basketball coach Tom Crean is their brother-in-law. The Braves have traded for Justin Upton and now have both Upton brothers to go along with Jason Heyward. “That’s a pretty good outfield.”
Coach refused to discuss the Manti Te’o case, saying it is a private matter. “He should have shut up and admitted he made a mistake.” (How can he do both?)
Asked about Villanova, Coach said “They have young players who are taking charge and playing well. They’ve turned it around from struggling to being a good basketball team. I was surprised we beat them like we did. Everybody played well against Villanova. “
The first hour is eventually, (it can take weeks) podcasted on the SU Athletics website on this page:
http://suathletics.com/podcasts.aspx
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-437-7644. Or you can submit questions from this page:
http://www.suathletics.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4
I will be posting my rough transcript of the first hour the night of the broadcast and will do the second hour the following day.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
“Congratulations, coach on beating a #1 ranked and a #20 ranked team in three days time. It was the 16th time in Syracuse history that we’ve beaten ranked teams in consecutive games and 13 of those times have come in your tenure as head coach.
You mentioned that this team has to get a lot better against zone defenses. We often hear a commentator say “they practice against a zone defense all the time, so they must be good at attacking it. Is that necessarily true, or do you mostly practice against the other team’s defense, which is often a man for man? And isn’t “attacking a zone” largely a matter of the type of personnel you have, such as outside shooters and a good high post player?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
With Matt Park:
Matt credited the team with winning a couple of games that were “both in doubt” down the stretch.
JB: We made several unbelievable plays to win both games. That’s not easy to do. Michael got the steal and dunk with 23 seconds left. Keita and Grant knew what they were going to try to do. Then Michael got that last steal. Those were really good defensive plays. Louisville bobbled it a couple of times. They did the same thing against Villanova and also missed 5-6 free throws. “
Coach discussed the final scoring play vs. Cincinnati: “The guards were going to go first. Nobody but Jerami was open and he drew the defense to him, which created an opening for CJ. We got lucky on the tip. Our defense was good and things went our way at the end.”
With a mouthful of Delmonico’s food, Coach said “We have to play better. Cincinnati was the first team in a long while that made a lot of tough shots from outside against us. The defense wasn’t so good until the end vs. Louisville.”
A fan named Terry noted that “a lot of opponents like to flash to the high post against our zone. Who do we have who could do that? JB: CJ Fair is our first option, then Jerami Grant. Our centers aren’t really effective from there. You have to score and pass. We haven’t seen many zone, although we are seeing more this year. Cincinnati played zone the whole game. They used to be all man-to-man.
On the same subject, I called in my question about why a team that uses a zone can’t be more effective against it. “We practice against both but more against man-to-man because that’s still what most teams use. We know how to attack a zone- everybody does. Ball movement, screen up top, offensive rebounding, transition baskets so that can’t set it up, etc.” Matt noted that more and more t4eams seem to be emulating Syracuse by using zone defenses. JB: “When you see it be effective, you are going to look at it. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Seton Hall even South Florida and, at times, Rutgers, are using it.”
Frank called in and lauded the team, saying that the kids “seem to love each other and are working hard” this year. JB: “We’ve always had teams that play together and work hard. Each is a little different. This team has battled hard like all of our teams.”
They discussed the possibility of SU achieving the #1 ranking and what was going on with the top teams in the country. “It’s close at the top. We’ll have to keep playing and see what happens. All that matters is the end of the year.” Matt noted what had befallen #1 teams lately asked “Who wants to be #1 in January?” (We have had four teams that achieved a #1 ranking and 4 who have made the Final Four. That is 8 different teams.) JB: It’s always good to get a high seed but it doesn’t mean as much as before. Being a #1 seed makes a difference. But even a #2 seed can get a pretty good opponent in the first round and there’s not much difference between a #3 and #4. “
“Michigan has one of the best teams. Duke needs Kelly back. They aren’t nearly the same team without him. Also, they weren’t making any shots. It was just a bad night. You’ve got to forget about it and go on. Butler lost to LaSalle. LaSalle’s pretty good. They are tough in their small gym. Creighton lost to Dr5ake. You can’t over-estimate how tough it is to win on the road. The Mountain West has incredible depth. They normally have 1-2 NCAA teams but they will have 5-6 this year. They are the best league out there. Minnesota lost to Northwestern. Oregon is leading the Pac12. Cincinnati had a good win over them- 11 points.” Matt noted that Cincinnati had been undefeated away from home before Syracuse beat them. He also said that he’d read that Kansas had been the best road team in the country over the last three years. JB said “We were pretty close. We’ve played well on the road.” Matt noted that every other team in the Big East has at least one road loss. I assume he meant a league road loss, unless you count the Temple game as a home game for Syracuse, as many seem to.
Matt asked what practices were like after a national TV blow-out like the one Duke had. JB: “Not fun. We stress that you haven’t embarrassed me, that you embarrassed yourselves and your team and your school, But then you have to get it out of your mind and go on, after a big loss or even a big win. It’s not fun when you can’t make shots and they are making everything.”
Paul called in and asked about the pull-up three MCW made against Louisville, calling it a “No-no-no shot and then he made it. After some conversation it was decided that came against Cincinnati, (these close games are starting to blend in together). JB: “He’s getting good, open looks and makes big threes. Without the one against Cincinnati, we can’t win that game. He needs to be able to make the three to be able to make plays. “
Paul also asked about Rakeem Christmas’s progress, or the lack of it. JB: “You have to have patience with Rak. He has to be more aggressive, more confident, go get the ball a bit more. Arinze and Rick were just OK as sophomores and moved on from that.”
Why haven’t out big men drawn charges like Fab Melo did? “Fab was great at charges. They were huge plays. He took 28-29 of them. This year we don’t have the knack for it. We work on it more in practice but it’s hard to teach an instinct. There were more charges in the game a few years ago. You have to have a feel for it. It’s not that easy.”
Emmaline in Atlanta said she had lunch with “our friend Mutombo” who asked her if Jim will schedule Georgetown, “or is he afraid?” More seriously, she wanted to know what, if anything Jim could have done to keep the Big East together if he were commissioner. JB: “Dikembe is a good guy and a pretty good shot-blocker. We’ll play St. John’s next year and will work it out with Georgetown and Villanova. It was a small miracle to keep the Big East together for 34 years. It was just a matter of time for the football-basketball schools to break away. They might have been able to keep together for a little while longer, but not much more.”
Steve in Syracuse, (not me), said that “DaJuan Coleman is much better than I anticipated.” (What did he anticipate?) JB: “He’s getting better, making the adjustment. He has potentially tremendous tool as an offensive player to shoot and make plays. Defensively, he’s not a big shot blockers like the other guys.”
They talked about the incredible ending to the SU-St. John’s women’s game, where Brittany Sykes stole the ball and literally threw in the winning shot from 60 feet. “An incredible shot to get the ball back, turn and shoot and actually make it is incredible. As good a shot as you’ll ever see to win with that much time left. “ Matt asked coach to compare it to Pearl’s shot. JB said he had more time to access what he had to do and square himself to shoot the ball.
Matt asked how they were handling the week off. “We took a day off and rested up. At this stage of the season you want to maintain sharpness without over-doing it.”
Jerry in Rome asked if Coach K had “picked your brain about the zone dur8ing the Olympics”. JB: “We used it a little bit but he’s basically a man-to-man coach.”
The Knicks and Celtics are playing tonight. Will there be any repercussions off of the previous incident with Melo and Garnett? “They’ll move on.”
They will discuss the Super Bowl next week but Matt noted that not only are the coaches brothers and their father a coach but Indian basketball coach Tom Crean is their brother-in-law. The Braves have traded for Justin Upton and now have both Upton brothers to go along with Jason Heyward. “That’s a pretty good outfield.”
Coach refused to discuss the Manti Te’o case, saying it is a private matter. “He should have shut up and admitted he made a mistake.” (How can he do both?)
Asked about Villanova, Coach said “They have young players who are taking charge and playing well. They’ve turned it around from struggling to being a good basketball team. I was surprised we beat them like we did. Everybody played well against Villanova. “
You were missed.
