Tyler Betsey in the portal

[Sherman20]

Agreed.

We've had too many one-dimensional players in recent years. That needs to change.

Agreed. We could also work to develop these guys and improve their games. I hope we can get Kingz another year of eligibility.

 

[rocfan44]

Streaky shooter, not a good defender. I think we can find better. Best of luck to him.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

You’ve seen my work then….

Always figured you to be more of a slasher for some reason.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Freeman, Souare, and George should all announce for the portal soon. Not sure about Fennell, though I don’t see much playing time for him on the horizon if Doty comes and we want to bring in other guards. Hopefully, he will be patient and wait for his turn to come.

Gerry made a point of the cupboard not being bare, so that would seem like more of a house cleaning than I am expecting.

 

[IthacaMatt]

If Doty and Kiyan are starting then we better have all Americans at the other 3 positions because that would be a massive waste of all the money we supposedly have

Yeah, that's an either/or for me, and neither is good enough to be the starter on a good team without raising their respective games by a level or two.

 

[Cusefan0307]

None of the guys leaving are difference makers for us. Need to change the culture and bring in better talent at the back end of the roster. If we keep White I'll be happy.

 

[gocraz4dasu]

A good shooter but his defensive effort and/or ability was such a detriment that it negated much of the positives his shooting provided. Best of luck to him! On to the next player who can hopefully provide a more positive impact across the entirety of games.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Not upset about this. We can and should do better.

 

[Orangello]

Kids are not going to be able to coast and/or go through the motions on defense under GMac. The laziness we saw for the last few years will be a thing of the past.

 

[Eric15]

Similar to Kyle, he kind of plateaued in November/December and then I felt like he regressed. He simply couldn’t do anything except shoot when wide open.

I wish Betsey absolutely nothing but the best but I’m not sad about it.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

You’ve seen my game…

Hey! We could guard each other.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Always figured you to be more of a slasher for some reason.

I’m allergic to contact. And with zero handle, it makes for a bad combo.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

Betsey is fine as your last scholarship player who can flip a game when nothing else is working. Not so much as your second guy off the bench.

 

[capeorange]

I’m allergic to contact. And with zero handle, it makes for a bad combo.

Donnie?!?

 

[Sbucketball]

Betsey's camp was disgruntled this year, no? Not sure details -- anyone want to share whether it was PT, coaching, or something else?

 

[RF2044]

Betsey's camp was disgruntled this year, no? Not sure details -- anyone want to share whether it was PT, coaching, or something else?

I believe so.

I think it was predicated on him getting off to a hot start, and getting tons of early PT where he was basically our best [or one of the best] offensive weapons, getting lots of shots, hitting lots of threes, etc.

Example: early in the season, he came off of the bench but had a green light, was hitting shots, and often turned games around with his offense. There were several games early in the pre-conference portion of the schedule that we might have lost if it weren't for Betsey lighting it up from three.

Then when the games got a little harder, and he wasn't the focal point offensively, his playing time went down. From what I understand, there was a multi-game stretch in the December / January timeframe where he got very limited playing time, and his Dad expressed his displeasure with that on social media. As well as his displeasure that his kid was so good offensively early, but was now getting "held back" by subpar coaching,

 

[Sbucketball]

I believe so.

I think it was predicated on him getting off to a hot start, and getting tons of early PT where he was basically our best [or one of the best] offensive weapons, getting lots of shots, hitting lots of threes, etc.

Example: early in the season, he came off of the bench but had a green light, was hitting shots, and often turned games around with his offense.

Then when the games got a little harder, and he wasn't the focal point offensively, his playing time went down. From what I understand, there was a multi-game stretch in the December / January timeframe where he got very limited playing time, and his Dad expressed his displeasure with that on social media. As well as his displeasure that his kid was so good offensively early, but was now getting "held back" by subpar coaching,

Makes sense, thank you.

 

[OmahaCuse]

I believe so.

I think it was predicated on him getting off to a hot start, and getting tons of early PT where he was basically our best [or one of the best] offensive weapons, getting lots of shots, hitting lots of threes, etc.

Example: early in the season, he came off of the bench but had a green light, was hitting shots, and often turned games around with his offense. There were several games early in the pre-conference portion of the schedule that we might have lost if it weren't for Betsey lighting it up from three.

Then when the games got a little harder, and he wasn't the focal point offensively, his playing time went down. From what I understand, there was a multi-game stretch in the December / January timeframe where he got very limited playing time, and his Dad expressed his displeasure with that on social media. As well as his displeasure that his kid was so good offensively early, but was now getting "held back" by subpar coaching,

I could see him at a seton hall type of team

 

[hoopsupstate]

I believe so.

I think it was predicated on him getting off to a hot start, and getting tons of early PT where he was basically our best [or one of the best] offensive weapons, getting lots of shots, hitting lots of threes, etc.

Example: early in the season, he came off of the bench but had a green light, was hitting shots, and often turned games around with his offense. There were several games early in the pre-conference portion of the schedule that we might have lost if it weren't for Betsey lighting it up from three.

Then when the games got a little harder, and he wasn't the focal point offensively, his playing time went down. From what I understand, there was a multi-game stretch in the December / January timeframe where he got very limited playing time, and his Dad expressed his displeasure with that on social media. As well as his displeasure that his kid was so good offensively early, but was now getting "held back" by subpar coaching,

Donnie came back.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Freeman, Souare, and George should all announce for the portal soon. Not sure about Fennell, though I don’t see much playing time for him on the horizon if Doty comes and we want to bring in other guards. Hopefully, he will be patient and wait for his turn to come.

Fennell is a point guard. Seems like he could fit on the roster as we need at least 2 or 3.

However, I would not be surprised if he transfers and ends up at a place like St. Mary’s.

 

[Cheriehoop]

I could see him at a seton hall type of team

I don’t see him fitting their hyper m2m pressing defensive scheme unless he changes.

 

[Dinkyspond]

The article by Mike Waters said he met "briefly" with GMac and that "solidified" his decision to leave. Sounds like Gerry wanted no part of him. See ya.

 

[CuseFan]

Was hoping that Gerry could motivate him to play D, and teach him how. He was consistently a step behind watching his opponent drive to the rim for a layup.
Great shooter, but need to play hard D and he didn't seem to know how.

Good luck Betsey!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2026/04/syracuse-basketball-forward-plans-to-enter-transfer-portal-report.html