sutomcat
No recent Cali or Iggy awards; Mr Irrelevant
- Joined
- Aug 15, 2011
- Messages
- 26,527
- Like
- 115,426
I am temporarily filling in for OE as he recovers from surgery. Get well soon Dan.
SU News
Rakeem Christmas Earns Degree in Just Three Years (PS; Waters)
Rakeem Christmas never planned on earning his Syracuse University degree a year early. Even in the fall, Christmas didn't think he had enough credits to receive a diploma after just three years at Syracuse.
Joe Fields, the Syracuse basketball team's assistant director of academic support, couldn't convince Christmas that he was so close to earning a degree.
"Joe kept telling me at the beginning of the school year that if I took a certain amount of classes that I could graduate early,'' Christmas said. "But I didn't pay him any mind. Until now.''
Christmas, a junior center on the Syracuse basketball team, will walk through graduation ceremonies this weekend as he receives a B.S. in communications and rhetorical studies from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts.
...
Who Will Lead SU in Scoring Next Year? (sujuiceonline; Cheng)
Syracuse lost three of its top four scorers from last season with CJ Fair, Tyler Ennis and Jerami Grant all leaving the team. Fair was the team’s leading scorer at 16.5 points per game. Ennis was second at 12.9 ppg, and Grant was fourth at 12.1 ppg.
With that much turnover, Syracuse will need contributions from a relatively unproven group of players. Here are some of the candidates to take over as the team’s top offensive option:
THE TOP RETURNER: An obvious choice here would be the team’s third leading scorer, Trevor Cooney. He was third on the team at 12.1 ppg, and had a torrid start to the season, connecting on 43 of 86 shots from beyond the arc in non-conference play. But in conference play, Cooney’s percentage dropped to 30.9 percent from downtown. If Cooney could find more consistency in his junior season, then he could be the team’s leading scorer next year.
...
What Does JB Still Have to Prove? (BR; Neuman)
Much like a fine wine, Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim seems to get better with age.
Boeheim, the only coach Syracuse has known since Gerald Ford was president, is certainly a Syracuse lifer. He started as a walk-on at Syracuse in 1962. After his time as a player ended, Boeheim never left town. He considers the area the perfect place to live.
In a Sports Illustrated feature from 1996, Jack McCallum told a story of how Boeheim was once on vacation with Rick Pitino, and their wives and they were discussing the places they'd want to live most. Hawaii and San Francisco were locations that were tossed around, but if you can believe it, Boeheim said his choice is Syracuse.
...
Crazy First Year for Duke-Syracuse Rivalry (Video)
Waters Series Ranking Last 26 SU Teams
Leron Ellis and Richmond's Kenny Wood Battle for Position Down Low
#13: 1990-91 Team Won Big East Title But Then Was Bitten by Spiders (PS; Waters)
NO. 13: 1990-91 TEAM
Overall record: 26-6
Conference record (finish): 12-4 (1st in Big East)
Post-season: Lost to Richmond in first round of NCAA tournament
Best player: Billy Owens
In 1990-91, Billy Owens put together one of the finest seasons ever seen at Syracuse. Owens, a junior, averaged 23.3 points per game and 11.6 rebounds per game.
Since 1945, only three other players have had a higher scoring average - Vinnie Cohen (24.2 in 1957), Dave Bing (28.4 in 1966) and Greg Kohls (26.7 in 1972). Only four players have exceeded Owens' 11.6 rebounds per game - Derrick Coleman, Rudy Hackett, Bill Smith and Jon Cincebox.
...
JB Meltdown at Duke II
#14 2013-14 Team Won First 25 Games But Struggled to Finish (PS; Waters)
NO. 14: 2013-14 TEAM
Overall record: 28-6
Conference record (finish): 14-4 (2nd in ACC)
Post-season: Lost to Dayton in second round of NCAA tournament
Best player: C.J. Fair
Fair led Syracuse in scoring in 2013-14 at 16.5 points per game. Fair had also led Syracuse in scoring as junior during the 2012-13 season, but the 2013-14 season was different. As a junior, Fair was often the second or third scoring option behind Michael Carter-Williams and Brandon Triche and sometimes even James Southerland. As a senior, Fair became Syracuse's go-to guy. He filled that role ably. He was also the Orange's second-leading rebounder at 6.4 boards per game.
...
Former Players
Michael Carter-Williams
MCW Has Surgery on Right Shoulder After Winning Rookie of the Year (PS; AP)
Philadelphia 76ers guard and NBA Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams has undergone successful surgery to repair the labrum of his right shoulder.
Carter-Williams had the surgery Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. There is no timetable set for his recovery.
Team president and general manager Sam Hinkie says Carter-Williams had the surgery now to allow for maximum recovery time.
...
MCW Was a Special Kind of Rookie (PS; Poliquin)
He'd done what he'd done back in October on Opening Night under the watchful eyes of Julius Erving and Charles Barkley and Moses Malone and Allen Iverson and, for that matter, Patti LaBelle, during his first-ever NBA game.
He'd cobbled together a remarkable tip-to-tail statistical line — 22 points (on just 10 field-goal attempts), 12 assists, nine steals, seven rebounds, one turnover and one foul in 36 minutes — and had helped his club to a 19-0 lead over the defending world champions before a ranting sellout crowd that might have believed it was 1967 all over again.
...
Hakim Warrick and ''The Block'
Hakim Warrick Playing in $500K Tourney in Hopes of Returning to NBA (PS; Waters)
Hakim Warrick played for five different NBA teams in his eight years in the NBA before spending last season with Liaoning of the Chinese Basketball Association.
But Warrick, the former Syracuse University star, wants one more shot at the NBA.
And one step toward that goal involves playing in The Basketball Tournament, an innovative event with 32 teams competing in a winner-take-all format for $500,000. A total of 32 teams will compete in the event, which will be held at Philadelphia University on June 6-8 with the championship game on June 28.
Warrick couldn't care less about the money, though.
"No, not at all,'' Warrick said of the prize money. "The goal for me is to get back in the NBA. This is one step to show that I can still play at a high level.''
...
To support Hakim, go to this web site, sign up as a fan and vote for his team.
Other
ACC Releases Women's Basketball Schedule (Herald-Sun; Gutmann)
North Carolina will host NCAA runner-up Notre Dame for the first time and Louisville will make its first Triangle appearance as a member of the ACC at Duke, according to the 2014-15 ACC women’s basketball schedule that was released by the league office Tuesday.
Each school will play a 16-game ACC schedule — two permanent partners home and away, six opponents only at home and six opponents only on the road.
UNC’s permanent partners are Duke and N.C. State, while Duke’s are UNC and Wake Forest.
Besides their rivalry games, the eight-game home slate for Duke also includes Clemson, Louisville, Miami, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Virginia Tech. The Blue Devils will travel to Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, N.C, State, Notre Dame and Virginia.
...
SU News
Rakeem Christmas Earns Degree in Just Three Years (PS; Waters)
Rakeem Christmas never planned on earning his Syracuse University degree a year early. Even in the fall, Christmas didn't think he had enough credits to receive a diploma after just three years at Syracuse.
Joe Fields, the Syracuse basketball team's assistant director of academic support, couldn't convince Christmas that he was so close to earning a degree.
"Joe kept telling me at the beginning of the school year that if I took a certain amount of classes that I could graduate early,'' Christmas said. "But I didn't pay him any mind. Until now.''
Christmas, a junior center on the Syracuse basketball team, will walk through graduation ceremonies this weekend as he receives a B.S. in communications and rhetorical studies from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts.
...
Who Will Lead SU in Scoring Next Year? (sujuiceonline; Cheng)
Syracuse lost three of its top four scorers from last season with CJ Fair, Tyler Ennis and Jerami Grant all leaving the team. Fair was the team’s leading scorer at 16.5 points per game. Ennis was second at 12.9 ppg, and Grant was fourth at 12.1 ppg.
With that much turnover, Syracuse will need contributions from a relatively unproven group of players. Here are some of the candidates to take over as the team’s top offensive option:
THE TOP RETURNER: An obvious choice here would be the team’s third leading scorer, Trevor Cooney. He was third on the team at 12.1 ppg, and had a torrid start to the season, connecting on 43 of 86 shots from beyond the arc in non-conference play. But in conference play, Cooney’s percentage dropped to 30.9 percent from downtown. If Cooney could find more consistency in his junior season, then he could be the team’s leading scorer next year.
...
What Does JB Still Have to Prove? (BR; Neuman)
Much like a fine wine, Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim seems to get better with age.
Boeheim, the only coach Syracuse has known since Gerald Ford was president, is certainly a Syracuse lifer. He started as a walk-on at Syracuse in 1962. After his time as a player ended, Boeheim never left town. He considers the area the perfect place to live.
In a Sports Illustrated feature from 1996, Jack McCallum told a story of how Boeheim was once on vacation with Rick Pitino, and their wives and they were discussing the places they'd want to live most. Hawaii and San Francisco were locations that were tossed around, but if you can believe it, Boeheim said his choice is Syracuse.
...
Crazy First Year for Duke-Syracuse Rivalry (Video)
Waters Series Ranking Last 26 SU Teams
Leron Ellis and Richmond's Kenny Wood Battle for Position Down Low
#13: 1990-91 Team Won Big East Title But Then Was Bitten by Spiders (PS; Waters)
NO. 13: 1990-91 TEAM
Overall record: 26-6
Conference record (finish): 12-4 (1st in Big East)
Post-season: Lost to Richmond in first round of NCAA tournament
Best player: Billy Owens
In 1990-91, Billy Owens put together one of the finest seasons ever seen at Syracuse. Owens, a junior, averaged 23.3 points per game and 11.6 rebounds per game.
Since 1945, only three other players have had a higher scoring average - Vinnie Cohen (24.2 in 1957), Dave Bing (28.4 in 1966) and Greg Kohls (26.7 in 1972). Only four players have exceeded Owens' 11.6 rebounds per game - Derrick Coleman, Rudy Hackett, Bill Smith and Jon Cincebox.
...
JB Meltdown at Duke II
#14 2013-14 Team Won First 25 Games But Struggled to Finish (PS; Waters)
NO. 14: 2013-14 TEAM
Overall record: 28-6
Conference record (finish): 14-4 (2nd in ACC)
Post-season: Lost to Dayton in second round of NCAA tournament
Best player: C.J. Fair
Fair led Syracuse in scoring in 2013-14 at 16.5 points per game. Fair had also led Syracuse in scoring as junior during the 2012-13 season, but the 2013-14 season was different. As a junior, Fair was often the second or third scoring option behind Michael Carter-Williams and Brandon Triche and sometimes even James Southerland. As a senior, Fair became Syracuse's go-to guy. He filled that role ably. He was also the Orange's second-leading rebounder at 6.4 boards per game.
...
Former Players
Michael Carter-Williams
MCW Has Surgery on Right Shoulder After Winning Rookie of the Year (PS; AP)
Philadelphia 76ers guard and NBA Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams has undergone successful surgery to repair the labrum of his right shoulder.
Carter-Williams had the surgery Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. There is no timetable set for his recovery.
Team president and general manager Sam Hinkie says Carter-Williams had the surgery now to allow for maximum recovery time.
...
MCW Was a Special Kind of Rookie (PS; Poliquin)
He'd done what he'd done back in October on Opening Night under the watchful eyes of Julius Erving and Charles Barkley and Moses Malone and Allen Iverson and, for that matter, Patti LaBelle, during his first-ever NBA game.
He'd cobbled together a remarkable tip-to-tail statistical line — 22 points (on just 10 field-goal attempts), 12 assists, nine steals, seven rebounds, one turnover and one foul in 36 minutes — and had helped his club to a 19-0 lead over the defending world champions before a ranting sellout crowd that might have believed it was 1967 all over again.
...
Hakim Warrick and ''The Block'
Hakim Warrick Playing in $500K Tourney in Hopes of Returning to NBA (PS; Waters)
Hakim Warrick played for five different NBA teams in his eight years in the NBA before spending last season with Liaoning of the Chinese Basketball Association.
But Warrick, the former Syracuse University star, wants one more shot at the NBA.
And one step toward that goal involves playing in The Basketball Tournament, an innovative event with 32 teams competing in a winner-take-all format for $500,000. A total of 32 teams will compete in the event, which will be held at Philadelphia University on June 6-8 with the championship game on June 28.
Warrick couldn't care less about the money, though.
"No, not at all,'' Warrick said of the prize money. "The goal for me is to get back in the NBA. This is one step to show that I can still play at a high level.''
...
To support Hakim, go to this web site, sign up as a fan and vote for his team.
Other
ACC Releases Women's Basketball Schedule (Herald-Sun; Gutmann)
North Carolina will host NCAA runner-up Notre Dame for the first time and Louisville will make its first Triangle appearance as a member of the ACC at Duke, according to the 2014-15 ACC women’s basketball schedule that was released by the league office Tuesday.
Each school will play a 16-game ACC schedule — two permanent partners home and away, six opponents only at home and six opponents only on the road.
UNC’s permanent partners are Duke and N.C. State, while Duke’s are UNC and Wake Forest.
Besides their rivalry games, the eight-game home slate for Duke also includes Clemson, Louisville, Miami, Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Virginia Tech. The Blue Devils will travel to Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, N.C, State, Notre Dame and Virginia.
...
Last edited: