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Jim Boeheim’s radio show is on Thursdays from 7-8 or 9PM on ESPN Radio in Syracuse, which is AM1200 or FM 97.7 on the dial. The show originates from Carrabba's Italian Grill in Fayetteville. The first hour, hosted by Matt Park, the Voice of the Orange, is on their general network. The second hour, which begins with the conference season, is hosted by Gomez, a local radio personality.
This year’s schedule: Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 19, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 5, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 12, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 19, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 26, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 2, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 9, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 16, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 23, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 30, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 6, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 13, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 20, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 27, 7:00 pm,
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm.
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-424-8599. Or you can submit questions from this page:
Submit a Question! - Syracuse University Athletics
Or on Twitter at mattpark1 or “askBoeheim”.
The show can be heard in Syracuse on FM 99.5. It’s sometime simulcast on AM 1200 or FM 97.7. You can also get it on: TuneIn | Free Internet Radio | NFL, Sports, Podcasts, Music & News
I will be posting my rough transcript the night of the broadcast focusing on my questions, the team and their last and next games and then a second post the next day on other things that were discussed.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First Hour:
“Coach, I’ve been impressed this year with the tremendous efforts our flawed team has made to win games, some successful, some not. Last night wasn’t one of them. The team isn’t physically tired but I wonder if they are mentally tired from all the difficult games and the recent ones that have slipped away from us?”
Second Hour:
“Coach, is it time it have Jesse Edwards split time with Bourama Sidibie at center? Not only does Jesse seem like the more productive player but Bourama might not foul out if he shared his time with Jesse.”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject. The quotes may not be verbatim –they are from my scribbled notes. I have not knowingly changed the meaning. In recent years they have started out doing one hour shows and then shifted to two hour shows in January. When they do two hour shows. I might do two posts: one on the night of the broadcast on the issues directly relating to the team on the other the next days on other things that were talked about.)
(Gomez, who also hosts a local morning radio show, was on vacation so Matt Park did the whole two hours with the coach.)
On the least two games: JB: “We played really well at Florida State, a really good top ten team playing at home. We had opportunities late. We got called for a foul on a three pointer – I don’t think it was really a foul. We got fouls on three pointers twice last night and it wasn’t called….For the first time we broke down on both ends. Most teams get blown out 1-2 times a season. We’d been in every game.” (I think he was talking about every game since the ACC season started in earnest.) “We’re trying to go to the basket. We’re just not making threes. We need to make 8-10 a game and are instead getting 6-7. I’d like to take 35 threes a game. Marek can’t get to the basket. Joe and Buddy are not drivers. The defense concentrates on Elijah. Quincy gets put-backs… Last night was the first disappointing night for me…. We got back in it with 5 threes in the first half but got only a couple threes in the second after the game had been decided. We gave McMahon two threes….”
At this point Jim launched into another discussion of basketball metrics. “They just look at shot charts. The problem might not be the guard. One (of McMahons threes) was against Buddy, one against Quincy, one against Joe and One against Elijah. A score from the high post might not be the center’s fault and one in the corner might be his fault. “
“We are in the middle of the pack in the league in defense but not last night. When you give up 15 lay-ups, that’s not a good sign. On offense, we couldn’t get by people. Florida State and Louisville are the best man-to-man defensive teams in the conference. If you are struggling and not a great team, you aren’t going to win a lot of close games.
I called in my first question about the team being mentally tired. JB: “I don’t think so. I don’t think that plays into the kids today. They are young and resilient. Louisville was too good for us. They hadn’t bene playing great defense but were good against us. We missed shots. Losing games gets to you mentally but you have to fight through it. Anybody can beat you.”
“We are shooting 22% from three in the last 6 games. You can’t win with that. Other teams have made a lot of shots against us. …Numbers can be deceiving. We’ve had 8 close games. we are 4-4, which is pretty good for a team that isn’t great. It’s about not making shots, foul trouble and not making stops at the end of a game.”
Matt described the Louisville game as “Malik Williams being physical underneath and Ryan McMahon hitting threes.” JB: “We could have come out and covered him without giving up too much on defense. Our guy was only two feet away. In the second half we just didn’t cover inside. (With better defense), we could have held them to 80 like Florida State. If we’d made our shots we could have scored a little more…”
Greg in Baldwinsville asked about “our chances in the big dance”. JB: “Not good.” Greg felt “it isn’t over until it’s over. We still have a shot. The league is under-rated and the Big 10 and Big East over-rated. We could get 6 teams in.” Jim agreed about the conference but feels we “need to win 4of 5 and get 2-3 more in the ACC tournament. Virginia and North Carolina State should be in. the other leagues are getting too much. They have some teams with some real bad losing records, (at the bottom of their standings for the top teams to feed off of). We’ve had good runs at the end of season because we don’t think about the post season tournaments. We think about the next game. This year it’s hard because of our bad non-conference schedule. We didn’t have a terrible loss but we didn’t have any really good wins.”
Elijah Hughes is up for the Julius Erving trophy as the nation’s top small forward. He’s bene in double figures in every game this year except for the NC State game, where he came out after a couple of minutes. Jim praised him and extended it to the rest of the team. “There’s nothing I could ask them to do. We’ve battled on the boards. We can correct the fouling. We haven’t shot well. That has nothing to do with effort. We’ve had four road wins as underdogs. I don’t like to use this word but we beat the spread against Clemson and Florida State. We have a freshman point guard and our shooting guard is still really young. Quincy is playing within himself. He can shot so that will come. We should have beaten Clemson. I’d be thrilled if we’d beaten Florida State. We could have beaten Notre Dame and Virginia tech in the Dome. I’m not thrilled with our record so far but I am with the effort.”
Matt briefly, without mentioning names, congratulated Jim on recent and soon to be recurring successes. JB: “Two years is a long time away.” Matt jokingly asked if Buddy was going to be here for four years. JB, laughing: “he’s not going anywhere.”
They began the second hour with a brief recap of the discussion of the last two games. JB: “We played great at Florida State. The Clemson and Florida State losses were difficult. We had late leads in both games. Florida State hit two threes and a foul was called that was not a foul. Louisville out-classed us. It’s not fun when the ball doesn’t go in. We had no answers. Duke had a really bad night, too. You’re going to have some games like that. We were coming off a couple really heartbreaking losses….it’s this tired thinking that bothers me. At Notre Dame Buddy and Elijah played 40 minutes, (actually it was Joe and Elijah) and we won. the angles people take sometimes…” Matt pointed out that there are nine breaks in a game of at least 2 ½ minutes.
Back to the Ken Pomeroy discussion: Matt pointed out that it was not him but Synergy, inc. that did the studies Jim referred to. Jim said he’d read an article attributing it to Ken Pom. “They take where the shot was from and who was in the game. I could look at every play if I wanted to. McMahon took four shots form four different areas.
I called in question #2 and Jim took it mean that I wanted Jesse Edwards to replace Marek as the back-up center. I meant that Bourama and Jesse could alternate, splitting their time and allowing Bourmaa to stay later in the game. I realized that Jim also wants to use Marek there to get him in the game with Elijah and Quincy. “I had that thought in my mind but Jesse isn’t strong enough. He scored 7 points against walk-ons,. You have to discount that. I don’t think we are there right now. We think we have a better chance to win with Marek at center and Quincy at forward. Marek is hard to cover and has won several games for us.” Matt pointed out that Marek attempted just one shot in 29 minutes. JB: “He had the ball. He just wasn’t able to get anything done with the ball. He never got any place where he could get anything accomplished. Quincy si the only guy rebounding the ball. He’s hard to deal with. But they are looking to help with the other guys. He’s still not there with dribbling and post plays…Joe Girard’s competitiveness is great. He’s far exceeded expectations, moving in there and helping to stabilize the offense. Joe and Buddy work every day, from before practice to after practice. ”
Georgia Tech “is one of the hottest teams in the ACC. They are a good team that has lost heart-breaking games. They didn’t have their point guard for some of them. They are a completely different team than the one we beat so badly in Atlanta.” Matt described that game: “Elijah came out with four straight threes from downtown and Buddy started the second half the same way. JB: “And then they pressed us. Everybody on our teams played good and everybody on their team played bad. It was crazy…”
This year’s schedule: Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 19, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 5, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 12, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 19, 7:00 pm, Thursday, December 26, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 2, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 9, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 16, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 23, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 30, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 6, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 13, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 20, 7:00 pm, Thursday, February 27, 7:00 pm,
Thursday, March 5, 7:00 pm.
You can call into the show locally at 315-424-8599 or nationally at 1-888-746-2873. For Gomez’s portion, use 315-424-8599. Or you can submit questions from this page:
Submit a Question! - Syracuse University Athletics
Or on Twitter at mattpark1 or “askBoeheim”.
The show can be heard in Syracuse on FM 99.5. It’s sometime simulcast on AM 1200 or FM 97.7. You can also get it on: TuneIn | Free Internet Radio | NFL, Sports, Podcasts, Music & News
I will be posting my rough transcript the night of the broadcast focusing on my questions, the team and their last and next games and then a second post the next day on other things that were discussed.
MY QUESTIONS/COMMENTS
First Hour:
“Coach, I’ve been impressed this year with the tremendous efforts our flawed team has made to win games, some successful, some not. Last night wasn’t one of them. The team isn’t physically tired but I wonder if they are mentally tired from all the difficult games and the recent ones that have slipped away from us?”
Second Hour:
“Coach, is it time it have Jesse Edwards split time with Bourama Sidibie at center? Not only does Jesse seem like the more productive player but Bourama might not foul out if he shared his time with Jesse.”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject. The quotes may not be verbatim –they are from my scribbled notes. I have not knowingly changed the meaning. In recent years they have started out doing one hour shows and then shifted to two hour shows in January. When they do two hour shows. I might do two posts: one on the night of the broadcast on the issues directly relating to the team on the other the next days on other things that were talked about.)
(Gomez, who also hosts a local morning radio show, was on vacation so Matt Park did the whole two hours with the coach.)
On the least two games: JB: “We played really well at Florida State, a really good top ten team playing at home. We had opportunities late. We got called for a foul on a three pointer – I don’t think it was really a foul. We got fouls on three pointers twice last night and it wasn’t called….For the first time we broke down on both ends. Most teams get blown out 1-2 times a season. We’d been in every game.” (I think he was talking about every game since the ACC season started in earnest.) “We’re trying to go to the basket. We’re just not making threes. We need to make 8-10 a game and are instead getting 6-7. I’d like to take 35 threes a game. Marek can’t get to the basket. Joe and Buddy are not drivers. The defense concentrates on Elijah. Quincy gets put-backs… Last night was the first disappointing night for me…. We got back in it with 5 threes in the first half but got only a couple threes in the second after the game had been decided. We gave McMahon two threes….”
At this point Jim launched into another discussion of basketball metrics. “They just look at shot charts. The problem might not be the guard. One (of McMahons threes) was against Buddy, one against Quincy, one against Joe and One against Elijah. A score from the high post might not be the center’s fault and one in the corner might be his fault. “
“We are in the middle of the pack in the league in defense but not last night. When you give up 15 lay-ups, that’s not a good sign. On offense, we couldn’t get by people. Florida State and Louisville are the best man-to-man defensive teams in the conference. If you are struggling and not a great team, you aren’t going to win a lot of close games.
I called in my first question about the team being mentally tired. JB: “I don’t think so. I don’t think that plays into the kids today. They are young and resilient. Louisville was too good for us. They hadn’t bene playing great defense but were good against us. We missed shots. Losing games gets to you mentally but you have to fight through it. Anybody can beat you.”
“We are shooting 22% from three in the last 6 games. You can’t win with that. Other teams have made a lot of shots against us. …Numbers can be deceiving. We’ve had 8 close games. we are 4-4, which is pretty good for a team that isn’t great. It’s about not making shots, foul trouble and not making stops at the end of a game.”
Matt described the Louisville game as “Malik Williams being physical underneath and Ryan McMahon hitting threes.” JB: “We could have come out and covered him without giving up too much on defense. Our guy was only two feet away. In the second half we just didn’t cover inside. (With better defense), we could have held them to 80 like Florida State. If we’d made our shots we could have scored a little more…”
Greg in Baldwinsville asked about “our chances in the big dance”. JB: “Not good.” Greg felt “it isn’t over until it’s over. We still have a shot. The league is under-rated and the Big 10 and Big East over-rated. We could get 6 teams in.” Jim agreed about the conference but feels we “need to win 4of 5 and get 2-3 more in the ACC tournament. Virginia and North Carolina State should be in. the other leagues are getting too much. They have some teams with some real bad losing records, (at the bottom of their standings for the top teams to feed off of). We’ve had good runs at the end of season because we don’t think about the post season tournaments. We think about the next game. This year it’s hard because of our bad non-conference schedule. We didn’t have a terrible loss but we didn’t have any really good wins.”
Elijah Hughes is up for the Julius Erving trophy as the nation’s top small forward. He’s bene in double figures in every game this year except for the NC State game, where he came out after a couple of minutes. Jim praised him and extended it to the rest of the team. “There’s nothing I could ask them to do. We’ve battled on the boards. We can correct the fouling. We haven’t shot well. That has nothing to do with effort. We’ve had four road wins as underdogs. I don’t like to use this word but we beat the spread against Clemson and Florida State. We have a freshman point guard and our shooting guard is still really young. Quincy is playing within himself. He can shot so that will come. We should have beaten Clemson. I’d be thrilled if we’d beaten Florida State. We could have beaten Notre Dame and Virginia tech in the Dome. I’m not thrilled with our record so far but I am with the effort.”
Matt briefly, without mentioning names, congratulated Jim on recent and soon to be recurring successes. JB: “Two years is a long time away.” Matt jokingly asked if Buddy was going to be here for four years. JB, laughing: “he’s not going anywhere.”
They began the second hour with a brief recap of the discussion of the last two games. JB: “We played great at Florida State. The Clemson and Florida State losses were difficult. We had late leads in both games. Florida State hit two threes and a foul was called that was not a foul. Louisville out-classed us. It’s not fun when the ball doesn’t go in. We had no answers. Duke had a really bad night, too. You’re going to have some games like that. We were coming off a couple really heartbreaking losses….it’s this tired thinking that bothers me. At Notre Dame Buddy and Elijah played 40 minutes, (actually it was Joe and Elijah) and we won. the angles people take sometimes…” Matt pointed out that there are nine breaks in a game of at least 2 ½ minutes.
Back to the Ken Pomeroy discussion: Matt pointed out that it was not him but Synergy, inc. that did the studies Jim referred to. Jim said he’d read an article attributing it to Ken Pom. “They take where the shot was from and who was in the game. I could look at every play if I wanted to. McMahon took four shots form four different areas.
I called in question #2 and Jim took it mean that I wanted Jesse Edwards to replace Marek as the back-up center. I meant that Bourama and Jesse could alternate, splitting their time and allowing Bourmaa to stay later in the game. I realized that Jim also wants to use Marek there to get him in the game with Elijah and Quincy. “I had that thought in my mind but Jesse isn’t strong enough. He scored 7 points against walk-ons,. You have to discount that. I don’t think we are there right now. We think we have a better chance to win with Marek at center and Quincy at forward. Marek is hard to cover and has won several games for us.” Matt pointed out that Marek attempted just one shot in 29 minutes. JB: “He had the ball. He just wasn’t able to get anything done with the ball. He never got any place where he could get anything accomplished. Quincy si the only guy rebounding the ball. He’s hard to deal with. But they are looking to help with the other guys. He’s still not there with dribbling and post plays…Joe Girard’s competitiveness is great. He’s far exceeded expectations, moving in there and helping to stabilize the offense. Joe and Buddy work every day, from before practice to after practice. ”
Georgia Tech “is one of the hottest teams in the ACC. They are a good team that has lost heart-breaking games. They didn’t have their point guard for some of them. They are a completely different team than the one we beat so badly in Atlanta.” Matt described that game: “Elijah came out with four straight threes from downtown and Buddy started the second half the same way. JB: “And then they pressed us. Everybody on our teams played good and everybody on their team played bad. It was crazy…”