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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, you made a comment after the NC State game that people may have misunderstood. You said the problem with CJ’s shooting is that “he didn’t have his legs under him”. People have interpreted that as meaning that fatigue had become an issue for him and the team. Was that what you meant and is that our problem?”
Second hour:
“Coach, Michael Gbinije will be returning to Duke to play against his former teammates. Will that be a positive because he’ll be determined to show them he’s a good player? Or will it put too much pressure on him such that he’ll try to do too much?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
Matt Park: “Well, coach, we’ve had a great start but there was a crash landing last night.”
JB: “You’re going to lose sooner or later.”
Matt: “It’s better to have it happen on February 19th.”
JB: “We’ll take that every year. Nobody in a top conference has gone unbeaten since 1976. We had a good stretch, then relaxed and gave up some shots. You aren’t always going to make plays at the end. With our shooting percentages, we shouldn’t have been in it at the end. But that’s just testimony to how our guys play hard. Rakeem Christmas has made that little jump hook. Jerami Grant was in prefect position for a tip-in but got ridden out of the play. We haven’t shot well since the Duke game. We were down 6 at Pitt and had no chance. NC State just had to hold onto the ball. I’m so impressed with the way the players have come through in tough situations. We’ve been down in the second half 7-8, maybe 10 times and were down 18 to Villanova, a top 10 team. To be able to come through and win all those games is miraculous.”
Matt said that BC was picked 8th preseason because they had so many players back, (from a 16-17 team), so maybe they weren’t so bad after all. “They’ve lost a lot of games like the one last night.” JB: BC hasn’t finished (games). In Boston, they had us down but we were playing better offense then. Our offense has just gotta get going.” (He said that either with much emotion or while clearing his throat- not sure which). I don’t think our movement was bad. It was as good as it’s been. We just didn’t shoot it very well or finish very well….BC has good offensive players and played well defensively.”
“We usually get a defensive stops late. If you have enough close games you’ll get a game when you don’t make a stop and they do. We’ve had incredible numbers at the end of games. They don’t even look real. BC went 4 for 4 from the line at the end, (from a guy shooting 56%). It seems like when we get a 10-12 point lead we relax a bit. They made some tough ones but we’ve got to defend better.”
Matt mentioned that it’s the best start for an ACC team since NC State went 27-0 in 1972-73. He asked what the attitude of the team was in practice today. JB: “Normal. Everybody was ready. We thought about what happened and what we need to do. BC can shoot but not like that. They made 9 of 14 threes after halftime. They we remaking fade-away three pointers form the corner. We’re a little challenged shooting the ball. We miss having James Southerland, Brandon Triche with CJ and Trevor coming off the bench last year. But we are better defensively in some ways. Tough games make you better. These games coming up are like NCAA games. I’m very impressed with Maryland. They had a lay-up at the buzzer to beat Duke.
I called in my question about what he meant when he said that CJ Fair “didn’t have his legs under him”: Did he mean that he was fatigued? JB: “That’s the farthest thing from what I meant. He’s a strong, physical, tough player. He’s played 26 games this year and wants to play next year for a team that will play 100. We played 3 straight games in Hawaii and he played great at the end of those games. We didn’t shoot well because we didn’t shoot well.”
What did he mean by “didn’t have his legs under him”? JB: “He didn’t get collected with his legs under him. Trevor didn’t do that last night. Shooting comes and goes. He’ll get his fair share of baskets as he goes along.”
Jim’s exact quote from the NC State press conference:
”I didn’t think he had his legs. He couldn’t get his legs under him on his jump shots. “
http://cuse.com/sports/2014/2/15/MBB_0215144733.aspx?id=8910
Matt noted that CJ was perfect from the line. He also noted that our all-time record in Carrier Dome overtime games ‘fell’ to 20-3. We’ve won 24 of 30 of them overall, (he didn’t mention over what time frame).
Vito called in and asked how they are shutting down Trevor Cooney and what is being done to develop Tyler Ennis’ jump shot.
“They are making it tough on Trevor Cooney to shoot. When you don’t get many shots it get harder to make one. Tyler missed one he normally makes. The ball was in the basket. …He needs to go to the basket more. He’s strong enough to dribble drive. Andy Rautins didn’t learn that until late in his career. This is his first year playing. (it is?) We’ll see big improvement as he goes forward.”
“Tyler practices his shot every day. His shooting percentage isn’t bad- about 37% from three point range, (.364). We want him to shot the ball and he does. Tyler passed up a couple of shots. But he’s a point guard and he’s got to get the ball to people and got to his offense when it’s there. There’s never been a time when anyone said ‘Don’t shoot it!’ We need to get Trevor more looks. We are very balanced. We just need to shoot better and we’ll be fine.” Matt noted that Syracuse and Clemson have the fewest possessions per game in the conference. JB: “They play slow on both ends.” They slow it down on defense?
They’d gotten an E-mail from “Austin in Houston”, (Now there’s a Texan!) asking about why we can’t get more possessions in a game. JB: “Teams are slowing it down so our numbers are down….We’d love to have more possessions but you just can’t make them play faster. You need a press and we’re not a very good pressing team. We used to play man to man and we could speed them up. What we need is a shorter shot clock….We’re seeing more teams slow it down on us than we’ve ever seen. Boston College and North Carolina State normally don’t slow it down. Duke is the only one who hasn’t. We usually win. We are used to it and they are compressing the time they have to score….Pressing is something we think about. But we have 6 guys. Baye is still limited. We pressed three times in the BC game. They got three fast breaks. Tyler tipped it out of bounds on one and we fouled on the other two and gave up four points….We’ve got 6 guys and I’m worried about foul trouble. Nothing wears you out more than pressing. It’s almost completely gone form the game. Louisville and VCU are the last teams that sue it. They play 11-12 guys…. Teams are taking longer to play us because they are new teams and think that this is the best way to play us. They are going to have to learn that it isn’t. Even if you press, they could still get the ball down court and slow it down. What can you do- there’s nothing you can do.”
Russ in Syracuse asked “If there would ever be any reason to top playing the zone all the time.” JB: “Unlikely. We played both defenses for 32 years. Six years ago we went all zone. And it’s gotten better and better the more we worked on it. You have to spend a lot of time on man-to-man: 45 minutes to an hour in every practice. And you have to build it up over a couple of years to make it good. It’s not off the table. Anything is possible. Personnel changes. If we had a summer trip we would have 5-6 games to work on it. But we can’t have another one of those for 4 years. “
A caller wanted to know what happened when the referees wouldn’t let Trevor Cooney back in the game, even after a made foul shot. JB: “Mike made a mistake and fouled too early, before the inbounds play. Time has to off the clock before a player who has left the game can be sent back in. That’s’ a rule.”
Tim asked about the last play of regulation. Ennis passed the ball to Rakeem when it seemed Jerami Grant was wide open. JB: When Rak caught the ball, he couldn’t make a pass. It should have been an easy tip-in but Jerami let the guy move him out. They were doubling Tyler. When it doesn’t work, you wish you’d tried something else. “
They started having technical difficulties that interrupted the broadcast. During one segment between the interruptions, they were discussing the uniforms. JB didn’t think they impacted the game at all. Matt suggested the orange shirts might go better with orange pants. JB: “We’ll try that next time.” He didn’t exhibit any displeasure with the uniforms.
Brian asked what to do about the double-teams on Rakeem Christmas, Jerami Grant and CJ Fair. (Maybe complain to the officials that the other team is using 6 guys?) JB: They are not doubling Rak yet. They double CJ. Jerami hasn’t been doubled much. Rak is getting better and needs to keep working. He never had any kind of a post game before he came here. We need to see if we have a presence inside. Rak tends to move away from the basket, (when he shoots), instead of toward it.”
Brian also asked if JB was planning any summer gold trips. Jim said he hadn’t done that in years because he spends his time watching his kids play in AAU games. Brian asked if the team will go straight from Durham to Maryland or try to come back to Syracuse. They will go straight to Maryland, due to the limited time from Saturday to Monday. They will eat at a famous place called the Angus Barn in Raleigh, where they serve record numbers of patrons record amounts of food. I hope they don’t eat too much!
http://www.angusbarn.com/
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, you made a comment after the NC State game that people may have misunderstood. You said the problem with CJ’s shooting is that “he didn’t have his legs under him”. People have interpreted that as meaning that fatigue had become an issue for him and the team. Was that what you meant and is that our problem?”
Second hour:
“Coach, Michael Gbinije will be returning to Duke to play against his former teammates. Will that be a positive because he’ll be determined to show them he’s a good player? Or will it put too much pressure on him such that he’ll try to do too much?”
COACH BOEHEIM
(I have, in some instances, put together statements from different parts of the broadcast on the same subject)
Matt Park: “Well, coach, we’ve had a great start but there was a crash landing last night.”
JB: “You’re going to lose sooner or later.”
Matt: “It’s better to have it happen on February 19th.”
JB: “We’ll take that every year. Nobody in a top conference has gone unbeaten since 1976. We had a good stretch, then relaxed and gave up some shots. You aren’t always going to make plays at the end. With our shooting percentages, we shouldn’t have been in it at the end. But that’s just testimony to how our guys play hard. Rakeem Christmas has made that little jump hook. Jerami Grant was in prefect position for a tip-in but got ridden out of the play. We haven’t shot well since the Duke game. We were down 6 at Pitt and had no chance. NC State just had to hold onto the ball. I’m so impressed with the way the players have come through in tough situations. We’ve been down in the second half 7-8, maybe 10 times and were down 18 to Villanova, a top 10 team. To be able to come through and win all those games is miraculous.”
Matt said that BC was picked 8th preseason because they had so many players back, (from a 16-17 team), so maybe they weren’t so bad after all. “They’ve lost a lot of games like the one last night.” JB: BC hasn’t finished (games). In Boston, they had us down but we were playing better offense then. Our offense has just gotta get going.” (He said that either with much emotion or while clearing his throat- not sure which). I don’t think our movement was bad. It was as good as it’s been. We just didn’t shoot it very well or finish very well….BC has good offensive players and played well defensively.”
“We usually get a defensive stops late. If you have enough close games you’ll get a game when you don’t make a stop and they do. We’ve had incredible numbers at the end of games. They don’t even look real. BC went 4 for 4 from the line at the end, (from a guy shooting 56%). It seems like when we get a 10-12 point lead we relax a bit. They made some tough ones but we’ve got to defend better.”
Matt mentioned that it’s the best start for an ACC team since NC State went 27-0 in 1972-73. He asked what the attitude of the team was in practice today. JB: “Normal. Everybody was ready. We thought about what happened and what we need to do. BC can shoot but not like that. They made 9 of 14 threes after halftime. They we remaking fade-away three pointers form the corner. We’re a little challenged shooting the ball. We miss having James Southerland, Brandon Triche with CJ and Trevor coming off the bench last year. But we are better defensively in some ways. Tough games make you better. These games coming up are like NCAA games. I’m very impressed with Maryland. They had a lay-up at the buzzer to beat Duke.
I called in my question about what he meant when he said that CJ Fair “didn’t have his legs under him”: Did he mean that he was fatigued? JB: “That’s the farthest thing from what I meant. He’s a strong, physical, tough player. He’s played 26 games this year and wants to play next year for a team that will play 100. We played 3 straight games in Hawaii and he played great at the end of those games. We didn’t shoot well because we didn’t shoot well.”
What did he mean by “didn’t have his legs under him”? JB: “He didn’t get collected with his legs under him. Trevor didn’t do that last night. Shooting comes and goes. He’ll get his fair share of baskets as he goes along.”
Jim’s exact quote from the NC State press conference:
”I didn’t think he had his legs. He couldn’t get his legs under him on his jump shots. “
http://cuse.com/sports/2014/2/15/MBB_0215144733.aspx?id=8910
Matt noted that CJ was perfect from the line. He also noted that our all-time record in Carrier Dome overtime games ‘fell’ to 20-3. We’ve won 24 of 30 of them overall, (he didn’t mention over what time frame).
Vito called in and asked how they are shutting down Trevor Cooney and what is being done to develop Tyler Ennis’ jump shot.
“They are making it tough on Trevor Cooney to shoot. When you don’t get many shots it get harder to make one. Tyler missed one he normally makes. The ball was in the basket. …He needs to go to the basket more. He’s strong enough to dribble drive. Andy Rautins didn’t learn that until late in his career. This is his first year playing. (it is?) We’ll see big improvement as he goes forward.”
“Tyler practices his shot every day. His shooting percentage isn’t bad- about 37% from three point range, (.364). We want him to shot the ball and he does. Tyler passed up a couple of shots. But he’s a point guard and he’s got to get the ball to people and got to his offense when it’s there. There’s never been a time when anyone said ‘Don’t shoot it!’ We need to get Trevor more looks. We are very balanced. We just need to shoot better and we’ll be fine.” Matt noted that Syracuse and Clemson have the fewest possessions per game in the conference. JB: “They play slow on both ends.” They slow it down on defense?
They’d gotten an E-mail from “Austin in Houston”, (Now there’s a Texan!) asking about why we can’t get more possessions in a game. JB: “Teams are slowing it down so our numbers are down….We’d love to have more possessions but you just can’t make them play faster. You need a press and we’re not a very good pressing team. We used to play man to man and we could speed them up. What we need is a shorter shot clock….We’re seeing more teams slow it down on us than we’ve ever seen. Boston College and North Carolina State normally don’t slow it down. Duke is the only one who hasn’t. We usually win. We are used to it and they are compressing the time they have to score….Pressing is something we think about. But we have 6 guys. Baye is still limited. We pressed three times in the BC game. They got three fast breaks. Tyler tipped it out of bounds on one and we fouled on the other two and gave up four points….We’ve got 6 guys and I’m worried about foul trouble. Nothing wears you out more than pressing. It’s almost completely gone form the game. Louisville and VCU are the last teams that sue it. They play 11-12 guys…. Teams are taking longer to play us because they are new teams and think that this is the best way to play us. They are going to have to learn that it isn’t. Even if you press, they could still get the ball down court and slow it down. What can you do- there’s nothing you can do.”
Russ in Syracuse asked “If there would ever be any reason to top playing the zone all the time.” JB: “Unlikely. We played both defenses for 32 years. Six years ago we went all zone. And it’s gotten better and better the more we worked on it. You have to spend a lot of time on man-to-man: 45 minutes to an hour in every practice. And you have to build it up over a couple of years to make it good. It’s not off the table. Anything is possible. Personnel changes. If we had a summer trip we would have 5-6 games to work on it. But we can’t have another one of those for 4 years. “
A caller wanted to know what happened when the referees wouldn’t let Trevor Cooney back in the game, even after a made foul shot. JB: “Mike made a mistake and fouled too early, before the inbounds play. Time has to off the clock before a player who has left the game can be sent back in. That’s’ a rule.”
Tim asked about the last play of regulation. Ennis passed the ball to Rakeem when it seemed Jerami Grant was wide open. JB: When Rak caught the ball, he couldn’t make a pass. It should have been an easy tip-in but Jerami let the guy move him out. They were doubling Tyler. When it doesn’t work, you wish you’d tried something else. “
They started having technical difficulties that interrupted the broadcast. During one segment between the interruptions, they were discussing the uniforms. JB didn’t think they impacted the game at all. Matt suggested the orange shirts might go better with orange pants. JB: “We’ll try that next time.” He didn’t exhibit any displeasure with the uniforms.
Brian asked what to do about the double-teams on Rakeem Christmas, Jerami Grant and CJ Fair. (Maybe complain to the officials that the other team is using 6 guys?) JB: They are not doubling Rak yet. They double CJ. Jerami hasn’t been doubled much. Rak is getting better and needs to keep working. He never had any kind of a post game before he came here. We need to see if we have a presence inside. Rak tends to move away from the basket, (when he shoots), instead of toward it.”
Brian also asked if JB was planning any summer gold trips. Jim said he hadn’t done that in years because he spends his time watching his kids play in AAU games. Brian asked if the team will go straight from Durham to Maryland or try to come back to Syracuse. They will go straight to Maryland, due to the limited time from Saturday to Monday. They will eat at a famous place called the Angus Barn in Raleigh, where they serve record numbers of patrons record amounts of food. I hope they don’t eat too much!
http://www.angusbarn.com/
