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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
First hour:
Coach, as you know fans, sportswriters and talk show hosts live in a different universe than coaches and players. Yesterday before the game the most comment phrase I heard was “trap game”. Everyone was worried we’d be looking past Providence toward the Georgetown game. It turned out we were the trap and we caught Providence in it. I know coaches are always looking at the next game and nothing beyond that but what about the players? Do they sometime have a tendency to look beyond games and under-estimate their current opponent the way the fans and media fear they might or shouldn’t we worry about that?
Second hour:
Congratulations Coach, on winning a nation-leading 38th straight home game. We also have traditionally been a good road team, a team that plays about as well on the road than at home. This team, however has a recent trend of playing very well at home, (Notre Dame, St. John’s and Providence), and struggling on the road, (Villanova, Pittsburgh and Connecticut). Is that a trend or a fluke and if it’s a trend, what contributes to that?
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
With Matt Park:
Matt congratulated the coach on the big win over Providence, saying “you put it on them early.” JB: Sometimes basketball is simple: We made shots and they didn’t. We made four straight open shots and they missed four straight open shots. It was one of those games. Nothing went right for them and almost everything went right for us. You’re thankful for a game like that every once in a while, although it’s hard to keep the intensity going in the second half.”
John in Syracuse wanted to know the timetable for DaJuan Coleman’s return and whether he would return to his spot in the starting line-up. “He started to work out today, ready to practice. He looks good, feels good and there is no pain. He did a good job in rehab. It was relative small operation not a major one. He won’t start. We’ve got a pretty good set rotation now- we will try to work him back in. Rautins and Devendorf had more serious knee operations.
Shane wanted to know about Carrier dome seating- not the perennial question about putting the court on the 50 yard line but can we put the student section in a more prominent place? JB: “The people along the court are season ticket holders who have had those seats for a long time. You can’t move them out. The reason we won’t go to the 50 yard line is that you can only seat 41,000 that way and the extra 6,000 isn’t worth having a not great atmosphere.” (Why would it be limited to 41,000? I would think you could use all the football seats and put more on the field?)
I called in my question about “trap games”. “If you work hard every day in practice and you’ll play hard in games. You can have a bad game but it won’t necessarily be a “trap” game. The other team is practicing and playing hard. The good teams- Duke, Kansas, Indiana and Michigan State- when they come out to play they are ready to go. “Trap games” are a media thing. It’s more likely to happen in the NBA. It shouldn’t happen to college players.” Matt suggested that “Inequities in rest in pro sports” may cause a team to be sub-par vs. an opponent. “One team may have been on the road for a while the other stayed home.” JB: Real good teams find ways to overcome that.”
Vito in Liverpool had three questions on three topics: the zone, Rakeem Christmas and Trevor Cooney.
THE ZONE: “Teams are using the 3-4 players on the zone to their advantage. Fair and Southerland are not quick enough to cover the corners. Even providence was doing this but they missed their shots.”
JB: “The forward holds the guy off. With Bryce Cotton we cheat on him. We make sure the guy in the corner is not named Cotton. We send the center out to cover the corner. We are still leading the league in three point field goal percentage defense. Villanova was the only game we gave away, just as Louisville gave away the game to us. I don’t buy that Providence didn’t have a good shooting night, (even though he said that to open the show), Cotton did not have good looks. If teams can’t get inside to score and we score then we’ll win.”
CHRISTMAS: “I know Christmas has no post-up game but…” JB: “I agree”. Vito began to suggest that we should give Rak the ball more anyway. JB: “Look at what you said. I agree with you.” Vito didn’t press it further.
COONEY: “He’s not letting the ball roll off his fingers.” JB: “He may look like he’s not shooting it properly but he is, although he does tend to release the ball on the way back down. Gary Player, the golfer, was once playing an exhibition. It being an exhibition, a fan felt free to telling him that , from where the fan was standing, he didn’t look like he was lined up right. Player responded: “But from where I am standing, I do.” Trevor is a tremendous shooter. He just hasn’t gotten enough shots. You need 4-5 a game to get a rhythm. He’s started to go by people to shoot. That will open up the outside shot.” Matt observed that Cooney was very good on the defensive end. JB: “I don’t listen to talk shows but after one game I heard someone say that Trevor “hasn’t helped the team”. (While he was not listening to a talk show.) What do you mean he hasn’t helped the team? He’s not going to score 20 points. That’s like saying Miss America should cook.” Matt suggested ordering a pizza instead. “That would be a good move.”
They talked about the often suggested use of Jerami Grant at center or James Southerland at the “2” spot. “Grant could play center for a few minutes. James could play the 2. We did play him at the two but he didn’t get back on defense. It might help in certain situations. But when you start playing people out of position it doesn’t help your team.”
Jim in Syracuse remembered when Jim was a player that he played for Fred Lewis who sued the zone press for whole games. How much did Lewis influence JB as a coach? “Our line-up went 6-6, 6-5, 6-5, 6-4, 603. He believed in pressure and we had to use it. Dave Bing was one of the best reactors, a tremendous ball hawk. It’s harder to press today. Whenever you double team, somebody’s open. He worked you hard. He probably over-worked us. He was a tough guy. But a great recruiter. Dave Bing was going somewhere else but Fred changed his mind. His first 2-3 recruiting classes would have been ranked 1-2 in the country. “ Matt noted that there was no Rivals back then. JB grunted and agreed. I think he liked it better that way.
They talked about the big crowd expected for the Georgetown game. Matt said that it’s the only basketball game in Dome history where they have cut off ticket sales. “Although Miss America could probably get in.”
Ted in Sauqoit noted that Brandon Triche “follows his shot”, (tries to rebound his own misses), but that Southerland and Fair don’t seem to. JB: “One thing I’ve never believed in is following your shot. Many =coach, including some great ones, keep saying “follow your shot”. But it’s been studied and 65% of rebounds go to the opposite side. I want players to follow through and not go to rebound too soon. It would have to be along rebound that comes directly to you. That might happen 1-2 times a game. A 5-6 footer is a good time to try it but not a 15-20 footer. Carmelo is the best I’ve seen at it. Sometimes it looked like he missed on purpose so he could get it.”
A fan noted that “CJ shoots the ball 95% of the time when he gets it. JB: “If he gets the ball within 15 feet we want him to shoot. A coach’s job is to get a player a good shot within 15 feet.”
Another fan asked about use of time outs. Matt noted that Providence coach Ed Cooley used all of his first half time-outs. “Time outs don’t make a difference when you are down that much.” Matt asked about using a “use it or lose it” time out. Jim said that “if your team is in a good rhythm you let it go.”
Jeff in Manlius complained about our shooting “too many threes with 5 seconds left in the shot clock”. JB: “I haven’t seen it happening. You must be watching different games than I do. We got good looks against Connecticut. Against Temple we missed too many inside shots. If Trevor, James, CJ or Brandon get good looks at threes it’s a good shot. Michael Carter-Williams hasn’t shot that much. We aren’t a great shooting team. The defenses in the league are very good. We probably have 6-7 teams who are in the top 30 in the country on defense. James’ 35 footer against Connecticut was a little out of range but he tried it again against Providence and it went in, so he’s 1 of 2. If you can shoot 35% on threes that’s like shooting 50% on twos.
Mark in Rochester noted “the team has had trouble getting out on the fast break”. JB: “We’re not rebounding quite as much as we’d like. Most fast breaks come off of turnovers and the good teams don’t turn the ball over.”
Joe in Clary, (?) talked about what a great series the Georgetown series has been. JB: “It’s a great series for guys like you and me and a lot of people. “
Ed In Syracuse wanted us to have another player like Andre Hawkins. (Andre Hawkins?) He wondered if DaJuan Coleman could be another Andre Hawkins. “DaJuan is a much better offensive player. Also he’s bigger. Andre was really about 6-6.”
They talked about Jay Bilas’s insistence that referees should call more fouls. “We’ve been trying for years to get them to call more fouls. Once the game gets physical they don’t call fouls. They called it close yesterday. Veteran officials call fewer fouls.
Matt asked if Jim had ever met the late Jerry Buss. He had not but was impressed by him. “He had an unbelievable impact on the NBA. He obtained Kareem, Magic, Shaq and Kobe. Even now they have plenty of talent but just don’t play well together. He also put on great halftime shows.”
They wanted everyone to know about the upcoming Hardwood Club Dinner at the ONCenter on March 10th. Etan Thomas will be honored. Tickets can be obtained by calling 315-443-1419.
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
First hour:
Coach, as you know fans, sportswriters and talk show hosts live in a different universe than coaches and players. Yesterday before the game the most comment phrase I heard was “trap game”. Everyone was worried we’d be looking past Providence toward the Georgetown game. It turned out we were the trap and we caught Providence in it. I know coaches are always looking at the next game and nothing beyond that but what about the players? Do they sometime have a tendency to look beyond games and under-estimate their current opponent the way the fans and media fear they might or shouldn’t we worry about that?
Second hour:
Congratulations Coach, on winning a nation-leading 38th straight home game. We also have traditionally been a good road team, a team that plays about as well on the road than at home. This team, however has a recent trend of playing very well at home, (Notre Dame, St. John’s and Providence), and struggling on the road, (Villanova, Pittsburgh and Connecticut). Is that a trend or a fluke and if it’s a trend, what contributes to that?
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
With Matt Park:
Matt congratulated the coach on the big win over Providence, saying “you put it on them early.” JB: Sometimes basketball is simple: We made shots and they didn’t. We made four straight open shots and they missed four straight open shots. It was one of those games. Nothing went right for them and almost everything went right for us. You’re thankful for a game like that every once in a while, although it’s hard to keep the intensity going in the second half.”
John in Syracuse wanted to know the timetable for DaJuan Coleman’s return and whether he would return to his spot in the starting line-up. “He started to work out today, ready to practice. He looks good, feels good and there is no pain. He did a good job in rehab. It was relative small operation not a major one. He won’t start. We’ve got a pretty good set rotation now- we will try to work him back in. Rautins and Devendorf had more serious knee operations.
Shane wanted to know about Carrier dome seating- not the perennial question about putting the court on the 50 yard line but can we put the student section in a more prominent place? JB: “The people along the court are season ticket holders who have had those seats for a long time. You can’t move them out. The reason we won’t go to the 50 yard line is that you can only seat 41,000 that way and the extra 6,000 isn’t worth having a not great atmosphere.” (Why would it be limited to 41,000? I would think you could use all the football seats and put more on the field?)
I called in my question about “trap games”. “If you work hard every day in practice and you’ll play hard in games. You can have a bad game but it won’t necessarily be a “trap” game. The other team is practicing and playing hard. The good teams- Duke, Kansas, Indiana and Michigan State- when they come out to play they are ready to go. “Trap games” are a media thing. It’s more likely to happen in the NBA. It shouldn’t happen to college players.” Matt suggested that “Inequities in rest in pro sports” may cause a team to be sub-par vs. an opponent. “One team may have been on the road for a while the other stayed home.” JB: Real good teams find ways to overcome that.”
Vito in Liverpool had three questions on three topics: the zone, Rakeem Christmas and Trevor Cooney.
THE ZONE: “Teams are using the 3-4 players on the zone to their advantage. Fair and Southerland are not quick enough to cover the corners. Even providence was doing this but they missed their shots.”
JB: “The forward holds the guy off. With Bryce Cotton we cheat on him. We make sure the guy in the corner is not named Cotton. We send the center out to cover the corner. We are still leading the league in three point field goal percentage defense. Villanova was the only game we gave away, just as Louisville gave away the game to us. I don’t buy that Providence didn’t have a good shooting night, (even though he said that to open the show), Cotton did not have good looks. If teams can’t get inside to score and we score then we’ll win.”
CHRISTMAS: “I know Christmas has no post-up game but…” JB: “I agree”. Vito began to suggest that we should give Rak the ball more anyway. JB: “Look at what you said. I agree with you.” Vito didn’t press it further.
COONEY: “He’s not letting the ball roll off his fingers.” JB: “He may look like he’s not shooting it properly but he is, although he does tend to release the ball on the way back down. Gary Player, the golfer, was once playing an exhibition. It being an exhibition, a fan felt free to telling him that , from where the fan was standing, he didn’t look like he was lined up right. Player responded: “But from where I am standing, I do.” Trevor is a tremendous shooter. He just hasn’t gotten enough shots. You need 4-5 a game to get a rhythm. He’s started to go by people to shoot. That will open up the outside shot.” Matt observed that Cooney was very good on the defensive end. JB: “I don’t listen to talk shows but after one game I heard someone say that Trevor “hasn’t helped the team”. (While he was not listening to a talk show.) What do you mean he hasn’t helped the team? He’s not going to score 20 points. That’s like saying Miss America should cook.” Matt suggested ordering a pizza instead. “That would be a good move.”
They talked about the often suggested use of Jerami Grant at center or James Southerland at the “2” spot. “Grant could play center for a few minutes. James could play the 2. We did play him at the two but he didn’t get back on defense. It might help in certain situations. But when you start playing people out of position it doesn’t help your team.”
Jim in Syracuse remembered when Jim was a player that he played for Fred Lewis who sued the zone press for whole games. How much did Lewis influence JB as a coach? “Our line-up went 6-6, 6-5, 6-5, 6-4, 603. He believed in pressure and we had to use it. Dave Bing was one of the best reactors, a tremendous ball hawk. It’s harder to press today. Whenever you double team, somebody’s open. He worked you hard. He probably over-worked us. He was a tough guy. But a great recruiter. Dave Bing was going somewhere else but Fred changed his mind. His first 2-3 recruiting classes would have been ranked 1-2 in the country. “ Matt noted that there was no Rivals back then. JB grunted and agreed. I think he liked it better that way.
They talked about the big crowd expected for the Georgetown game. Matt said that it’s the only basketball game in Dome history where they have cut off ticket sales. “Although Miss America could probably get in.”
Ted in Sauqoit noted that Brandon Triche “follows his shot”, (tries to rebound his own misses), but that Southerland and Fair don’t seem to. JB: “One thing I’ve never believed in is following your shot. Many =coach, including some great ones, keep saying “follow your shot”. But it’s been studied and 65% of rebounds go to the opposite side. I want players to follow through and not go to rebound too soon. It would have to be along rebound that comes directly to you. That might happen 1-2 times a game. A 5-6 footer is a good time to try it but not a 15-20 footer. Carmelo is the best I’ve seen at it. Sometimes it looked like he missed on purpose so he could get it.”
A fan noted that “CJ shoots the ball 95% of the time when he gets it. JB: “If he gets the ball within 15 feet we want him to shoot. A coach’s job is to get a player a good shot within 15 feet.”
Another fan asked about use of time outs. Matt noted that Providence coach Ed Cooley used all of his first half time-outs. “Time outs don’t make a difference when you are down that much.” Matt asked about using a “use it or lose it” time out. Jim said that “if your team is in a good rhythm you let it go.”
Jeff in Manlius complained about our shooting “too many threes with 5 seconds left in the shot clock”. JB: “I haven’t seen it happening. You must be watching different games than I do. We got good looks against Connecticut. Against Temple we missed too many inside shots. If Trevor, James, CJ or Brandon get good looks at threes it’s a good shot. Michael Carter-Williams hasn’t shot that much. We aren’t a great shooting team. The defenses in the league are very good. We probably have 6-7 teams who are in the top 30 in the country on defense. James’ 35 footer against Connecticut was a little out of range but he tried it again against Providence and it went in, so he’s 1 of 2. If you can shoot 35% on threes that’s like shooting 50% on twos.
Mark in Rochester noted “the team has had trouble getting out on the fast break”. JB: “We’re not rebounding quite as much as we’d like. Most fast breaks come off of turnovers and the good teams don’t turn the ball over.”
Joe in Clary, (?) talked about what a great series the Georgetown series has been. JB: “It’s a great series for guys like you and me and a lot of people. “
Ed In Syracuse wanted us to have another player like Andre Hawkins. (Andre Hawkins?) He wondered if DaJuan Coleman could be another Andre Hawkins. “DaJuan is a much better offensive player. Also he’s bigger. Andre was really about 6-6.”
They talked about Jay Bilas’s insistence that referees should call more fouls. “We’ve been trying for years to get them to call more fouls. Once the game gets physical they don’t call fouls. They called it close yesterday. Veteran officials call fewer fouls.
Matt asked if Jim had ever met the late Jerry Buss. He had not but was impressed by him. “He had an unbelievable impact on the NBA. He obtained Kareem, Magic, Shaq and Kobe. Even now they have plenty of talent but just don’t play well together. He also put on great halftime shows.”
They wanted everyone to know about the upcoming Hardwood Club Dinner at the ONCenter on March 10th. Etan Thomas will be honored. Tickets can be obtained by calling 315-443-1419.
