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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 probably do the second hour the following day.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First hour:
“Coach, for years the fans have been frustrated by the physical play of the Big East. We long for the wide-open play of decades past where players could really show their skills. Some have suggested that things will be different in the ACC where they don’t allow the rough play. Other have said that we’ll find that physical play has been the trend throughout college basketball and we won’t see that much of a difference. What do you expect to see as we make our way through the new conference?”
Second hour:
“Coach, people keep asking if Tyler Ennis can get better and you keep saying “Of course he can.” I think Tyler may be the best we’ve had at running a half court offense but he seems reluctant to push the ball on the break, which tends to slow the game down. In the past, our point guard have been great on the fast break and we’ve been better playing up-tempo. Would you like to see Tyler push the ball more?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
First, the good news: I remembered that it was Thursday!
The talked about the Miami and Virginia Tech games. “Miami’s change to a zone defense has made them a much more difficult to beat. With a couple more points they could be 3-0 in this league.” Matt cited the 8:27 scoreless streak. “We just put the clamps down and went to CJ.” JB was proud of the fact that we’d held Tech, a 42% three point shooting team to 29%. “Miami executed well and made shots early. They had more turnovers, 15 to 8 for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is not normally a good ball handling team. It was a little surprising. Miami spread us out and had good shooters. Our offense was bad. They have size and good shot blockers. The big difference in the game was thee three pointers, (vs. Miami) and nine (vs. Tech). “
I called in my question about the style of play in the ACC. I explained that I’d missed last week’s show because I forgot it was Thursday. JB thought that was pretty lame but said that he understands that that can happen when you retire.
“The same refs work all the leagues now. The Big East was a hair more physical than other leagues. The big thing is that they are enforcing the rules more this year and calling more fouls. Virginia and Clemson like to slow it down. Miami did that and BC might do it. Virginia Tech played at a more normal speed. Different styles are OK. It prepares you for the end of the year. But it’s more about the fouls than the new conference.”
Mike in Skaneateles asked how Jim manages to recruit guys like Tyler Ennis- how much of the recruiting does he do by himself? We have three guys- all very good recruiters- pick out their areas. We figure out who we would like to recruit in the summer and I go and see them. There are 3-4 events where you can see all the players. Then we recruit them over the phone and through the mail, etc. Each coach recruits 3-4 guys. We used to recruit 16-20 to get 2-3 guys.” Meaning that we are now what Coach Mac used to call a ‘selector school’. What did he see in Tyler in high school? “The same thing we see now. We don’t go by the evaluation services. There’s no doubt about good players. We confirm that early. It’s about how good you are, not about how highly you are ranked. We thought Tyler would play behind Michael but he was able to go and Tyler stepped right in.” Matt asked if our recruiting footprint had changed with the conference change. JB: “It won’t change. We recruit in the northeast down to Washington. We can get all the players we need there. The prep schools here have players from all over the country anyway.”
Liam asked about the status of DaJuan Coleman. “He practiced today and has had a couple of good practices. The pain is gone and now he’s got to get into game shape. Playing a couple minutes in the Virginia tech game was helpful. He’ll be playing more as we move forward.”
Naz in Clay suggested that JB not retire “You’ll regret it”. Matt noted that you lose track of what day it is. Naz wondered how much our defense can improve before the tournaments. JB felt that was an excellent question. “We practice every day and we play in tough games. We play different teams with different styles and work through it. Sometimes as you reflect on a season there are years where you don’t get better as the season goes along.”
They talked about CJ Fair’s shooting- he was a 47% three point shooter last year and is only 27% this year. “He’s a much better mid-range shooter and that’s what we would like him to do.
Brent in Syracuse, (no, not the Axeman), was worried that Cooney when he misses will lose confidence. JB: “It won’t happen. He’s a very confident player and one of the most consistent three point shooters in the country. There are other things in the world to worry about other than Trevor Cooney.” (There are?)
Matt asked whether, in preparing for UNC, Jim looks at their good games or their bad games. “I just worry about the good games. They’ve beaten two top 5 teams and one top ten team. Belmont is in the tourney every year. Texas is a good team we know about Miami. Against UAB and Wake they missed 20+ free throws and lost by a couple. They have very good players. Paige is one of the best players in the country. You don’t win at Michigan State and it’s a fluke. With North Carolina, Miami and Virginia Tech we will have played maybe the three biggest teams we’ll see all year.”
A fan wanted to know if we’ll be playing any games in the Barclay’s Center. “We are looking into it. We want to play in New York City. We like the Garden but we’d like to play there, too.” Matt noted that they have such limited space there that when a bus pulls in, they put it on an elevator that turns it around so it can pull out back onto the road. “That’s not a lot of fun for claustrophobics”.
Vito in Liverpool wondered if we were running an offense without any plays where Jim just tells the players to “see what you can do”. Jim laughed at that. “No we don’t run THAT offense. We use set plays, some motion, then a pick and roll. We try to get guys in scoring positions. We like to get CJ a shot 15-16 feet from the basket. In either corner or either ‘elbow’. If he can’t get a shot he can get by a guy with a drive. CJ is #1, Trevor #2, Jerami #3 and then we do some things with the post guys.” The question is: what will the post guys do?
They talked briefly about the Boston College game on Monday, since it will be before the next show. “They have good players and have played well. They have been close but just haven’t gotten the wins. They haven’t put it together.” Matt noted we lost our last game at the Conte Forum. (60-65 on 2/19/05.)
The Eagles are 4-11 on the season but have lost 4 games by 4 points or less.
Pat in Syracuse said he had no x’s and O’s for the coach, “I’ll leave that to Vito”. He suggested that this team is full of ‘even keel’ personalities. “We’ve had a lot of fiery kids in the past but this team seems to be a lot of nice kids. Do they need to get challenged?” JB: “I like even keel guy. That’s the way I am.” (That might be news to some.) “This team is ready to play and will play hard. SA lot of emotion and jumping up and won doesn’t help that much. Coach Hopkins will get excited if someone needs to do that.”
They mentioned the ESPN Infiniti challenge where you can vote for JB and his and Juli’s foundation could get $100,000 to spend in the local community if he wins:
http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/infiniti/2014/index?next=home
You can vote once a day. JB said that it’s going to be tough to overcome schools with 40-50,000 students. He’s referring to Thad Matta of Ohio State who is in first place with 31% of the vote. JB is tied for 5th with Tom Crean. They both have 4% so far. Greg Marshall of Wichita State, Matt Painter of Purdue and Fred Holbein of Iowa State are also ahead of JB.
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 probably do the second hour the following day.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First hour:
“Coach, for years the fans have been frustrated by the physical play of the Big East. We long for the wide-open play of decades past where players could really show their skills. Some have suggested that things will be different in the ACC where they don’t allow the rough play. Other have said that we’ll find that physical play has been the trend throughout college basketball and we won’t see that much of a difference. What do you expect to see as we make our way through the new conference?”
Second hour:
“Coach, people keep asking if Tyler Ennis can get better and you keep saying “Of course he can.” I think Tyler may be the best we’ve had at running a half court offense but he seems reluctant to push the ball on the break, which tends to slow the game down. In the past, our point guard have been great on the fast break and we’ve been better playing up-tempo. Would you like to see Tyler push the ball more?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
First, the good news: I remembered that it was Thursday!
The talked about the Miami and Virginia Tech games. “Miami’s change to a zone defense has made them a much more difficult to beat. With a couple more points they could be 3-0 in this league.” Matt cited the 8:27 scoreless streak. “We just put the clamps down and went to CJ.” JB was proud of the fact that we’d held Tech, a 42% three point shooting team to 29%. “Miami executed well and made shots early. They had more turnovers, 15 to 8 for Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech is not normally a good ball handling team. It was a little surprising. Miami spread us out and had good shooters. Our offense was bad. They have size and good shot blockers. The big difference in the game was thee three pointers, (vs. Miami) and nine (vs. Tech). “
I called in my question about the style of play in the ACC. I explained that I’d missed last week’s show because I forgot it was Thursday. JB thought that was pretty lame but said that he understands that that can happen when you retire.
“The same refs work all the leagues now. The Big East was a hair more physical than other leagues. The big thing is that they are enforcing the rules more this year and calling more fouls. Virginia and Clemson like to slow it down. Miami did that and BC might do it. Virginia Tech played at a more normal speed. Different styles are OK. It prepares you for the end of the year. But it’s more about the fouls than the new conference.”
Mike in Skaneateles asked how Jim manages to recruit guys like Tyler Ennis- how much of the recruiting does he do by himself? We have three guys- all very good recruiters- pick out their areas. We figure out who we would like to recruit in the summer and I go and see them. There are 3-4 events where you can see all the players. Then we recruit them over the phone and through the mail, etc. Each coach recruits 3-4 guys. We used to recruit 16-20 to get 2-3 guys.” Meaning that we are now what Coach Mac used to call a ‘selector school’. What did he see in Tyler in high school? “The same thing we see now. We don’t go by the evaluation services. There’s no doubt about good players. We confirm that early. It’s about how good you are, not about how highly you are ranked. We thought Tyler would play behind Michael but he was able to go and Tyler stepped right in.” Matt asked if our recruiting footprint had changed with the conference change. JB: “It won’t change. We recruit in the northeast down to Washington. We can get all the players we need there. The prep schools here have players from all over the country anyway.”
Liam asked about the status of DaJuan Coleman. “He practiced today and has had a couple of good practices. The pain is gone and now he’s got to get into game shape. Playing a couple minutes in the Virginia tech game was helpful. He’ll be playing more as we move forward.”
Naz in Clay suggested that JB not retire “You’ll regret it”. Matt noted that you lose track of what day it is. Naz wondered how much our defense can improve before the tournaments. JB felt that was an excellent question. “We practice every day and we play in tough games. We play different teams with different styles and work through it. Sometimes as you reflect on a season there are years where you don’t get better as the season goes along.”
They talked about CJ Fair’s shooting- he was a 47% three point shooter last year and is only 27% this year. “He’s a much better mid-range shooter and that’s what we would like him to do.
Brent in Syracuse, (no, not the Axeman), was worried that Cooney when he misses will lose confidence. JB: “It won’t happen. He’s a very confident player and one of the most consistent three point shooters in the country. There are other things in the world to worry about other than Trevor Cooney.” (There are?)
Matt asked whether, in preparing for UNC, Jim looks at their good games or their bad games. “I just worry about the good games. They’ve beaten two top 5 teams and one top ten team. Belmont is in the tourney every year. Texas is a good team we know about Miami. Against UAB and Wake they missed 20+ free throws and lost by a couple. They have very good players. Paige is one of the best players in the country. You don’t win at Michigan State and it’s a fluke. With North Carolina, Miami and Virginia Tech we will have played maybe the three biggest teams we’ll see all year.”
A fan wanted to know if we’ll be playing any games in the Barclay’s Center. “We are looking into it. We want to play in New York City. We like the Garden but we’d like to play there, too.” Matt noted that they have such limited space there that when a bus pulls in, they put it on an elevator that turns it around so it can pull out back onto the road. “That’s not a lot of fun for claustrophobics”.
Vito in Liverpool wondered if we were running an offense without any plays where Jim just tells the players to “see what you can do”. Jim laughed at that. “No we don’t run THAT offense. We use set plays, some motion, then a pick and roll. We try to get guys in scoring positions. We like to get CJ a shot 15-16 feet from the basket. In either corner or either ‘elbow’. If he can’t get a shot he can get by a guy with a drive. CJ is #1, Trevor #2, Jerami #3 and then we do some things with the post guys.” The question is: what will the post guys do?
They talked briefly about the Boston College game on Monday, since it will be before the next show. “They have good players and have played well. They have been close but just haven’t gotten the wins. They haven’t put it together.” Matt noted we lost our last game at the Conte Forum. (60-65 on 2/19/05.)
The Eagles are 4-11 on the season but have lost 4 games by 4 points or less.
Pat in Syracuse said he had no x’s and O’s for the coach, “I’ll leave that to Vito”. He suggested that this team is full of ‘even keel’ personalities. “We’ve had a lot of fiery kids in the past but this team seems to be a lot of nice kids. Do they need to get challenged?” JB: “I like even keel guy. That’s the way I am.” (That might be news to some.) “This team is ready to play and will play hard. SA lot of emotion and jumping up and won doesn’t help that much. Coach Hopkins will get excited if someone needs to do that.”
They mentioned the ESPN Infiniti challenge where you can vote for JB and his and Juli’s foundation could get $100,000 to spend in the local community if he wins:
http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/infiniti/2014/index?next=home
You can vote once a day. JB said that it’s going to be tough to overcome schools with 40-50,000 students. He’s referring to Thad Matta of Ohio State who is in first place with 31% of the vote. JB is tied for 5th with Tom Crean. They both have 4% so far. Greg Marshall of Wichita State, Matt Painter of Purdue and Fred Holbein of Iowa State are also ahead of JB.
