Three months after Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim announced his intention to retire in three seasons, Syracuse University announced its official plan to replace him with Mike Hopkins. Read more »
Chris McCullough showcased his size and athleticism in his first eight games at Syracuse. His ability to stretch the floor and shoot mid-range shots might help him come draft day on Thursday. Read more »
Chris McCullough showed inconsistency during his brief 16-game Syracuse career. His first eight games were stellar, and the last eight he struggled to score and space the floor. That might be a reason teams don't call his name on Thursday. Read more »
Rakeem Christmas took three years to become good at Syracuse. An NBA team might be wary of his ability to adjust to the next level when choosing whether or not to pick him in Thursday's NBA Draft. Read more »
Rakeem Christmas impressed at the NBA Combine. He was able to showcase abilities that he didn't while he played for the Orange. Now, he's likely to be taken in the NBA Draft on Thursday. Read more »
Rodney Williams played in only two games because of a lower-body injury last season and was granted a medical redshirt as a result. He's listed as the second-string strong safety on Syracuse's first post-spring practice depth chart. Read more »
The proposed shot clock change — from 35 seconds to 30 — was favored by about 60 percent of the of NCAA's coaches. It will hopefully limit the scrutiny that surrounded the 35-second clock this season. Read more »
The NCAA announced it was changing the shot clock time in men's basketball from 35 seconds to 30. The move was already experimented with in the postseason NIT. Read more »
Syracuse is expecting a lot of turnover on both sides of the ball come August, and will lean on its second-year players to step up. Read more »
With one player already verbally committed in the Class of 2016, Alterique Gilbert's coach announced Monday night that the Orange has offered the four-star point guard. Read more »
Alex Kline will put on the fifth-annual Mary Kline Classic this spring. The event has grown in popularity and was started to honor his late mother. Read more »
This year’s Mary Kline Classic will continue the trend of Syracuse commits playing in the showcase. The event was started and is run by Alex Kline, a junior broadcast and digital journalism major at Syracuse. Read more »
Having grown up in an orphanage in Russia before moving to the U.S., AJ Abell’s life has taught him to value experience as much as result. And his past has loose connections to his campaign platform, which is centered on transparency and inclusiveness Read more »
Cordell Hudson will look to contribute to the Syracuse secondary after redshirting last season. Read more »
There are players that Will Hicks — Syracuse’s assistant athletics director for athletic performance — expects will have their names called during the draft. But there are also less-heralded players that Hicks sees as being possibly attractive to NFL teams. Read more »
Tyler Marona played in one game for Syracuse, and it was an intra-squad scrimmage before a concussion threw him onto a different path. Read more »
SU’s annual spring game lent an encouraging look at a retooled defense. According to the stat sheet distributed by SU Athletics after the scrimmage, the defense held the offense to less than 2 yards per carry and 21 completions on 48 pass attempts. Read more »
Four-star power forward Thomas Bryant has committed to Indiana, Bryant said in a live interview on ESPN on Saturday afternoon. Read more »
The Syracuse first-line midfielders combined for nine goals with the Syracuse attack being shut down. Henry Schoonmaker scored five goals while Nicky Galasso had four as well. Read more »
After a freshman season in which Ervin Philips ran for 194 yards, the Orange decided to move him out of the running backs group. He became a “hybrid” with rising seniors Ashton Broyld and Ben Lewis, and SU’s annual spring game on Saturday will offer the first look at a position Lester called an “integral part” of his new offense. Read more »
Luke Arciniega was grated two extra years of eligibility. Now he prepares to move from linebacker to defensive end. Read more »
When Terry Rozier’s shot rimmed out and the clock ran out, Denzel Valentine and Bryn Forbes started running toward the Michigan State bench — their mouths wide open and their arms imitating airplane wings. Read more »
Louisville struggled against Syracuse when the two teams met in the Dome earlier this season. On Friday, the Cardinals used a balanced scoring effort to beat N.C. State and get to the Elite Eight on Sunday. Read more »
B.J. Johnson has committed to La Salle four days after his transfer from Syracuse was announced. CBS Sports first reported the news and it was later confirmed by Johnson's father, Robert Johnson. Read more »
