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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 conference 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, before the Pitt game, Matt interviewed Dick Groat, who has been the color man for Pitt basketball since the Big East was formed. Back in the early 50’s he was Duke’s first great basketball star and set an NCAA scoring record. He was the NCAA player of the year in 1952. He then became a major league baseball player and was the National League MVP and batting champion in 1960 when the Pirates won the World Series. It made me wonder: if a Dick Groat or a Vic Hanson or a Jim Brown came along today,. Would he be allowed to be a multi-sport athlete or would he be forced to choose a sport while he was still in school? Is the specialization we demand of athletes these days really in their best interests? Would it help if each sport was encapsulated in either the fall or the spring semesters?”
Second hour:
“Coach, with DaJuan Coleman out and Jerami Grant now in the starting line-up, we have no scoring off the bench. Looking at clips of Michael Gbinije in high school, he seemed liked a skilled offensive player. He’s been a jack-of –all trades for us but can he become an instant offence guy off the bench?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
Coach felt that the Pittsburgh game was “a good win. We did everything right except rebound. We finally got a couple of long rebounds toward the end. Pitt is very, very, good- they beat Clemson by 30 points. Pitt is good. Virginia is good. Duke is bouncing back. Florida State is good. The conference is better than people realize. We’ve made some good plays down the stretch. “
Matt lauded Tyler Ennis for the great plays he’s made at the end of games. But Coach wanted to make sure other players received credit, as well. “You have to make plays to win close games. Tyler can do it. Trevor can do it. CJ and Jerami can do it. Go down the list. You can’t just have one guy. You’ve got to have multiple guys who can make plays to win games.
Matt noted that Pitt had gone up in the polls after we beat them. JB: “People watch games and if a team comes to the Dome and has a chance to win at the end they notice that. They will also notice that Clemson lost at Pitt by 30. This league is not ready for their physical style of play. And they have some seniors, some veteran guys. We didn’t do a good job on the boards. We had to play a great offensive game to win. Not many teams are going to shoot 50% against them. We’ve been pretty good in rebounding but it’s something we really have to think about and get better at.”
I called in my question about multiple sport athletes. “You can play basketball and baseball. You can play football and lacrosse. It’s not easy. The specialization these days takes place mostly in high school. The problems is winter condition programs, indoor practices. It’s hard to do both. You fall behind players who do them. Weight training is a big thing. The football coaches didn’t want Donovan to play basketball. They wanted him in the weight room. Jameis Wintson is playing baseball. Here’s good enough to tell the coaches what he wants to do. It would be tough to have a Dick Groat these days.” Matt described Dick as “a unique American”. JB: “He’s 85 and looks 70. He still plays golf. He was an All-American in two sports. There’s guys that can….
At this point they had technical difficulties and the only thing I heard the next couple of minutes was JB saying “I think we’re off the air”.
When they came back they were discussing the Duke-Miami game, where the Blue devils, out-rebounded the Canes by 14. Jim said that Miami’s defense was good “We had a lot of trouble with them in Syracuse. Duke is not that strong on the boards. They just made up their minds to get the ball. Tony Jekiri is a good young big man for Miami.” Will there be any advantage to Miami or SU for having seen each other before? “There will be some on their side, especially since they came so close here. We had a bad shooting night. If that changes, it will help us. But there’s not much of an advantage for either team. That stuff goes out the window when you play the game. Whoever plays well will win.”
Are more teams playing zone these days? “No. Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, UNC have always played zone. Miami is one of the few teams that plays all zone. Miami will be aware of Cooney and CJ. They let Grant and Ennis shoot. We got pretty good shots but missed quite a few good looks. They play a good match-up zone. They have size and athletic ability. They have shot blockers. Duke got on the boards and rebounded well. We are not great on the boards but we need to do better.
Then they discussed the next opponent, Wake Forest, which we will play before next week’s show. “They haven’t lost at home. They have good players and it’s a tough venue. They just won their first road game in 2 years. Tyler Cavanaugh is a good player.”
How is DaJuan Coleman doing? “We’re just hoping that he can be healthy. There was too much pain for him to be able to play. If he heals properly he should be at full strength next year. He was just starting to be comfortable with our system. We tried different therapies but they were for football players who have to be able to run, not basketball players who have to be able to jump.” Matt suggested Tyler Roberson would be getting more playing time now. JB: “We’ll see what the games dictate. We’ve got different options. We might play two big men at once.” Depth? “With teams holding the ball we don’t have to get up and down the court as much. The players won’t get tired.”
Later a caller named John said he hoped DaJuan would come back stronger. “We don’t need him to get any stronger. Nobody can move him now. He lost 30 pounds. We want to him lose some more and play at about 265-270. He just has to be healthy and he’ll be able to rebound and score. He’s shown signs of improvement and we thought he’d be a big factor this year. It’s a terrible thing to happen to a young player.”
The Ohio State Illinois game was on TV and it wasn’t very pretty. “Both teams have been losing. When you lose you lose confidence.” Ohio State lost 4 in a row after being unbeaten and Wisconsin 3 in a row. JB said that they, Iowa State and Oregon started 58-0 and have been 0-14 since then. “Losing doesn’t mean you aren’t a good team. We had a bad streak last year. In the NCAA tourney the only thing that counts is winning games.”
They talked about Creighton’s explosion vs. Villanova. “I saw them Saturdays against Providence and they couldn’t hit anything. I was surprised Villanova didn’t get out on them. They are small and quick and play good defense. When guys shoot from deep you gotta go out and get them. Sometimes it doesn’t matter if they are four feet behind the line.”
Matt noted that Doug McDermott was a Wooden finalist and so was CJ Fair. JB said that as the team does better the more credit the individual player will get. “Last Michael Carter-Williams was on everybody’s list as the best point guard. Then we lost some games and he wasn’t even all-league. I don’t think you should punish a guy for being on a bad team or reward him for being on a good team. Get the best player. McDermott and Smart are right up there. If we play well, CJ will be right there and get recognized.”
Somebody wanted to know about the rule forbidding coaches from being on the court during a game. JB: “The rule should be enforced. I don’t know why it isn’t. It’s not a hard rule to enforce”.
Another fan wanted to know how the freshmen are doing in practice. “They are working hard. They are a little behind where we’d like to see them. It’s a battle every night in this league. It’s difficult to put in a guy who is not ready. It would hurt his progress more than help. The best way to get more playing time is to look good in practice. These guys look good one day and like freshmen the next. Trevor Cooney wasn’t ready when he sat out that year. There are different levels of players. Some freshmen can step in and play. With others, it takes time.” How do players respond to sitting on the bench? “They don’t like it. But if the team is losing and they think they might make a difference, they like it even less.”
They talked about the top freshmen in the country. Joel Embiid will probably be the #1 draft choice. When he was growing up in the Cameroons, he looked at VHS tapes of Hakeem Olajuwon. “That’s a good tape for a young big man to look at. “ JB agreed that “Wiggins is good, Randle is very good. Parker is the best all-around and most NBA-ready player.”
Kevin Durrant has been on a streak of 40 point games. “He realized that with Westbrook out, he has to score 40 to win. You can’t stop a 6-10 guy who can shoot 5 feet beyond the arc. You can’t double him. The other guys are too good. You hope to hold him to 30 and shut down everyone else.“
Jim revealed that one reason he never went to the NBA is that it’s such a long season, especially if you have a poor team. “30-40 games in you know where you are and you’ve got 40 games left.” He said it was a “long slog” to get through such a season with a bad team. They both commiserated with Carmelo Anthony who has to play out the string with a bad Knicks team.
This is the sixth straight year SU has started conference play 5-0. JB: “I don’t keep track of that”. But it does belie the notion that playing a weak early schedule fails to prepare us for the conference season.
Matt asked for a Super Bowl prediction, even though that’s another week away. “If it were any palce but New York, I’d pick Denver. But in that kind of weather, I’ll go with Seattle and their good defesne. They need to play that game someplace where it’s warm.
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, before the Pitt game, Matt interviewed Dick Groat, who has been the color man for Pitt basketball since the Big East was formed. Back in the early 50’s he was Duke’s first great basketball star and set an NCAA scoring record. He was the NCAA player of the year in 1952. He then became a major league baseball player and was the National League MVP and batting champion in 1960 when the Pirates won the World Series. It made me wonder: if a Dick Groat or a Vic Hanson or a Jim Brown came along today,. Would he be allowed to be a multi-sport athlete or would he be forced to choose a sport while he was still in school? Is the specialization we demand of athletes these days really in their best interests? Would it help if each sport was encapsulated in either the fall or the spring semesters?”
Second hour:
“Coach, with DaJuan Coleman out and Jerami Grant now in the starting line-up, we have no scoring off the bench. Looking at clips of Michael Gbinije in high school, he seemed liked a skilled offensive player. He’s been a jack-of –all trades for us but can he become an instant offence guy off the bench?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
Coach felt that the Pittsburgh game was “a good win. We did everything right except rebound. We finally got a couple of long rebounds toward the end. Pitt is very, very, good- they beat Clemson by 30 points. Pitt is good. Virginia is good. Duke is bouncing back. Florida State is good. The conference is better than people realize. We’ve made some good plays down the stretch. “
Matt lauded Tyler Ennis for the great plays he’s made at the end of games. But Coach wanted to make sure other players received credit, as well. “You have to make plays to win close games. Tyler can do it. Trevor can do it. CJ and Jerami can do it. Go down the list. You can’t just have one guy. You’ve got to have multiple guys who can make plays to win games.
Matt noted that Pitt had gone up in the polls after we beat them. JB: “People watch games and if a team comes to the Dome and has a chance to win at the end they notice that. They will also notice that Clemson lost at Pitt by 30. This league is not ready for their physical style of play. And they have some seniors, some veteran guys. We didn’t do a good job on the boards. We had to play a great offensive game to win. Not many teams are going to shoot 50% against them. We’ve been pretty good in rebounding but it’s something we really have to think about and get better at.”
I called in my question about multiple sport athletes. “You can play basketball and baseball. You can play football and lacrosse. It’s not easy. The specialization these days takes place mostly in high school. The problems is winter condition programs, indoor practices. It’s hard to do both. You fall behind players who do them. Weight training is a big thing. The football coaches didn’t want Donovan to play basketball. They wanted him in the weight room. Jameis Wintson is playing baseball. Here’s good enough to tell the coaches what he wants to do. It would be tough to have a Dick Groat these days.” Matt described Dick as “a unique American”. JB: “He’s 85 and looks 70. He still plays golf. He was an All-American in two sports. There’s guys that can….
At this point they had technical difficulties and the only thing I heard the next couple of minutes was JB saying “I think we’re off the air”.
When they came back they were discussing the Duke-Miami game, where the Blue devils, out-rebounded the Canes by 14. Jim said that Miami’s defense was good “We had a lot of trouble with them in Syracuse. Duke is not that strong on the boards. They just made up their minds to get the ball. Tony Jekiri is a good young big man for Miami.” Will there be any advantage to Miami or SU for having seen each other before? “There will be some on their side, especially since they came so close here. We had a bad shooting night. If that changes, it will help us. But there’s not much of an advantage for either team. That stuff goes out the window when you play the game. Whoever plays well will win.”
Are more teams playing zone these days? “No. Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, UNC have always played zone. Miami is one of the few teams that plays all zone. Miami will be aware of Cooney and CJ. They let Grant and Ennis shoot. We got pretty good shots but missed quite a few good looks. They play a good match-up zone. They have size and athletic ability. They have shot blockers. Duke got on the boards and rebounded well. We are not great on the boards but we need to do better.
Then they discussed the next opponent, Wake Forest, which we will play before next week’s show. “They haven’t lost at home. They have good players and it’s a tough venue. They just won their first road game in 2 years. Tyler Cavanaugh is a good player.”
How is DaJuan Coleman doing? “We’re just hoping that he can be healthy. There was too much pain for him to be able to play. If he heals properly he should be at full strength next year. He was just starting to be comfortable with our system. We tried different therapies but they were for football players who have to be able to run, not basketball players who have to be able to jump.” Matt suggested Tyler Roberson would be getting more playing time now. JB: “We’ll see what the games dictate. We’ve got different options. We might play two big men at once.” Depth? “With teams holding the ball we don’t have to get up and down the court as much. The players won’t get tired.”
Later a caller named John said he hoped DaJuan would come back stronger. “We don’t need him to get any stronger. Nobody can move him now. He lost 30 pounds. We want to him lose some more and play at about 265-270. He just has to be healthy and he’ll be able to rebound and score. He’s shown signs of improvement and we thought he’d be a big factor this year. It’s a terrible thing to happen to a young player.”
The Ohio State Illinois game was on TV and it wasn’t very pretty. “Both teams have been losing. When you lose you lose confidence.” Ohio State lost 4 in a row after being unbeaten and Wisconsin 3 in a row. JB said that they, Iowa State and Oregon started 58-0 and have been 0-14 since then. “Losing doesn’t mean you aren’t a good team. We had a bad streak last year. In the NCAA tourney the only thing that counts is winning games.”
They talked about Creighton’s explosion vs. Villanova. “I saw them Saturdays against Providence and they couldn’t hit anything. I was surprised Villanova didn’t get out on them. They are small and quick and play good defense. When guys shoot from deep you gotta go out and get them. Sometimes it doesn’t matter if they are four feet behind the line.”
Matt noted that Doug McDermott was a Wooden finalist and so was CJ Fair. JB said that as the team does better the more credit the individual player will get. “Last Michael Carter-Williams was on everybody’s list as the best point guard. Then we lost some games and he wasn’t even all-league. I don’t think you should punish a guy for being on a bad team or reward him for being on a good team. Get the best player. McDermott and Smart are right up there. If we play well, CJ will be right there and get recognized.”
Somebody wanted to know about the rule forbidding coaches from being on the court during a game. JB: “The rule should be enforced. I don’t know why it isn’t. It’s not a hard rule to enforce”.
Another fan wanted to know how the freshmen are doing in practice. “They are working hard. They are a little behind where we’d like to see them. It’s a battle every night in this league. It’s difficult to put in a guy who is not ready. It would hurt his progress more than help. The best way to get more playing time is to look good in practice. These guys look good one day and like freshmen the next. Trevor Cooney wasn’t ready when he sat out that year. There are different levels of players. Some freshmen can step in and play. With others, it takes time.” How do players respond to sitting on the bench? “They don’t like it. But if the team is losing and they think they might make a difference, they like it even less.”
They talked about the top freshmen in the country. Joel Embiid will probably be the #1 draft choice. When he was growing up in the Cameroons, he looked at VHS tapes of Hakeem Olajuwon. “That’s a good tape for a young big man to look at. “ JB agreed that “Wiggins is good, Randle is very good. Parker is the best all-around and most NBA-ready player.”
Kevin Durrant has been on a streak of 40 point games. “He realized that with Westbrook out, he has to score 40 to win. You can’t stop a 6-10 guy who can shoot 5 feet beyond the arc. You can’t double him. The other guys are too good. You hope to hold him to 30 and shut down everyone else.“
Jim revealed that one reason he never went to the NBA is that it’s such a long season, especially if you have a poor team. “30-40 games in you know where you are and you’ve got 40 games left.” He said it was a “long slog” to get through such a season with a bad team. They both commiserated with Carmelo Anthony who has to play out the string with a bad Knicks team.
This is the sixth straight year SU has started conference play 5-0. JB: “I don’t keep track of that”. But it does belie the notion that playing a weak early schedule fails to prepare us for the conference season.
Matt asked for a Super Bowl prediction, even though that’s another week away. “If it were any palce but New York, I’d pick Denver. But in that kind of weather, I’ll go with Seattle and their good defesne. They need to play that game someplace where it’s warm.
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