The 2022-23 Syracuse Orange men’s basketball season preview
The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball season is just three weeks away from its first exhibition game. Perhaps for some of you that seems a bit quicker than anticipated given the football team’s undefeated start.
Alas, basketball season draws near and the state of the Syracuse program is as interesting as ever. Jim Boeheim enters his 47th season at the helm. It’s the diamond anniversary of the 77-year-old head coach, who stepped foot on campus as a freshman 60 years ago. But in 2021-22, Syracuse experienced its first losing season of Boeheim’s career and first losing season for the program since Roy Danforth took over for Fred Lewis in 1968-69. Where to from here?
The Orange will attempt to right the ship with young talent. Six freshman enter the fray, barbelled with seniors in Joe Girard, Jesse Edwards and Symir Torrence. Benny Williams is back for his sophomore season, Mounir Hima, a 6-foot-11 center, joins as a transfer from Duquesne and expects to back up Edwards in the middle. John Bol Ajak is back, too.
With a younger team, Syracuse didn’t schedule as aggressively in the non-conference as it did a season ago. Still, the early season does have a few challenges baked in. Syracuse will play in Brooklyn at the Barclays center against Richmond and either St. John’s or Temple in the following game of the Empire Classic in late November. The Orange will play at Illinois as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and also host Georgetown with a tricky conference game at Notre Dame sandwiched between.
With so many unknowns, you might be asking yourself how Syracuse will do this year. Well, have no fear. That’s why we’re here: to get all of this wrong and serve as free entertainment. Here goes...
With so much young talent and with seniors stepping into new leadership roles, Syracuse will probably drop an early non-conference game against Bryant and everyone will write off the team’s NCAA Tournament chances early. A middling start ACC play will do nothing to change anyone’s mind and the smartest people in the room (all of them) will write off Boeheim.
Then, after sandbagging for three months, Syracuse will remember (sometime in February) that it actually has to start playing basketball to make a post-season tournament. Finally around March, Syracuse will stop playing with its food and become pleasantly interested in trying to play basketball well. The smokescreen will have worked and those of us who are late-starters will be confused as if we’ve never seen anything quite like it.
Then the path to the NCAA Tournament will open up like Moses parting the Red Sea and the Orange will not only make the field of 68 as a double-digit seed, but it will parlay that invitation to the Sweet 16, making everyone outside of this fan base apoplectic and proving that the Syracuse basketball March mythos and all of its hysterics are, in fact, alive and well.
Fantasy land? Maybe, but would you really doubt it at this point?
But before all that happens and the collective sports media intelligentsia becomes surprised and unhinged with Syracuse, we first have to preview the season.
Let’s dive in.
Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Returning players
Joe Girard, Jesse Edwards, Symir Torrence, Benny Williams, John Bol Ajak
Syracuse returns two starters from a season ago in Girard and Edwards. Girard is expected to slide to the shooting guard position, a natural fit which should free him up within the offense to hunt his own shots and work more off screens as opposed to setting up the offense from the point guard position.
Edwards should be a major contributor on both ends of the floor after averaging 12.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game as a junior. He’s back, healthy, and has all conference potential.
Torrence, whether as a starter or off the bench, will earn minutes from the point guard position. The hometown kid projects as a traditional pass-first type of point guard who can attack the paint, finish when needed and defend on the opposite end.
Williams looks to make the sophomore leap and start at one of the forward spots for Syracuse. He came on late in 2021-22 before a fractured tibia in his left knee ended his season. Bol Ajak is looking to find his way into the rotation.
Departures
Buddy Boeheim, Jimmy Boeheim, Cole Swider, Bourama Sidibe, Frank Anselem, Chaz Ownes, Paddy Casey
Syracuse loses quite a bit from last year. One part of the namesake is playing on a two-way deal with the Detroit Pistons while the other is playing in Greece. Speaking of two-way deals, Cole Swider performed with the Lakers over the summer. That’s a lot of shooting Syracuse will need to replace.
Syracuse will look to replace its back-up center as Sidibe departed after a fifth-year and Anselem transferred to Georgia. Owens transferred to Ranger Junior College.
Casey was a walk-on, but let’s be honest. You’re going to miss him.
Newcomers
Judah Mintz, Quadir Copeland, Justin Taylor, Chris Bunch, Maliq Brown, Peter Carey, Mounir Hima
Syracuse brings in six freshman who will compete for starting jobs and playing time. Last year at local media day, Jim Boeheim said, “It’s the best recruiting class we’ve ever had. Period.”
That was before Syracuse secured a commitment from the highest ranked player in the class, Mintz (No.33, ESPN). He will compete with Torrence for minutes at point guard.
Taylor and Bunch have the best chance to start or earn minutes right away from the forward spot. Brown could be a player that surprises with his athleticism and upside on the defensive end.
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With 12 scholarship players, depth should be a strength of this team with a true backup at every position. If the offense is anything like last year, expect Syracuse to have little problem scoring the ball. Girard figures to lead this team in scoring with Edwards right behind him.
Williams could be more of a focal point within the offense from the forward spot. Still, some questions remain. Can the freshmen provide scoring? Can Mintz score from the one on top of orchestrating the offense in the half-court? Can Chris Bunch and Justin Taylor replace the shooting that Buddy Boeheim and Cole Swider provided?
Time will tell.
Weaknesses
Can Syracuse get back to its modus operandi? Defense.
Boeheim’s name is synonymous with 2-3 zone, but the head coach insists that man-to-man will be played this season and with a replete roster perhaps we see more full-court press. Regardless of scheme, it’s hard to think Syracuse will be worse than its No. 204 ranking in KenPom defensive efficiency from a season ago, giving up 1.04 points per possession. That qualified as the worst ever for a Syracuse team in the KenPom era.
Schedule
As mentioned, the non-conference schedule isn’t as daunting as last year and that could be a tailwind for a young team. Syracuse also has a relatively favorable ACC slate.
Duke and North Carolina both come to the JMA Dome. Repeat opponents in Virginia and Virginia Tech and Notre Dame should be challenging, but that’s balanced with Pittsburgh, Boston College and Georgia Tech.
The early January stretch is tougher than usual for Syracuse, but the end of conference slate isn’t. Syracuse finishes ACC play with Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech and Wake Forest.
Areas of Interest
Jim Boeheim enters the season with 1,099 wins, 998 of which are recognized by the NCAA. Boeheim will attempt to be the first coach to win 1,000 games twice and he can do it as soon as the Colgate game on Nov. 15
Joe Girard enters the season sixth on the all-time three point list at Syracuse with 209 made threes. He could very well pass Andy Rautins for third all-time (282) and would need 100 made threes to tie his former roommate, Buddy Boeheim (309). Nobody is touching Gerry McNamara’s 400 made threes without an additional year
Syracuse is 1-2 all-time against Illinois (and Lou Henson) but the Orange have never played in Champaign. Syracuse will make its first trip as a program to the State Farm Center, a dome-shaped building constructed in 1963 which seats 15,000. Sources say it will be orange
Syracuse won’t play in the state of North Carolina until the ACC Tournament. No Tobacco road this year, folks. Wake Forest and NC State both come to the dome as well
Syracuse Orange men’s basketball: What does ‘almost’ get us?
As the final buzzer sounded on yet another brutal Syracuse Orange men’s basketball loss on Wednesday night, there were two schools of thought you could immediately jump to:
The first is around the fact that Syracuse is now 7-7, off to their worst start under Jim Boeheim, and even in a hapless ACC this year, they still have very little chance at making the NCAA Tournament barring some sort of unforeseen sprint through the remainder of the schedule. Losing again by any score just adds more insult to injury on this campaign. But yet another late loss just hammers home what’s wrong with this year’s squad.
On the other hand, there’s the fact that it was yet another narrow Syracuse loss, in a season featuring several of them. While Syracuse has lost three of the last five games, all of those defeats were products of coming undone in the final minutes. That doesn’t mean this is a decidedly good Orange team. Yet, it’s also an Orange team that could pretty easily be 10-4 with a couple road wins over Georgetown and Miami on the resume.
Again, that’s not a “great” Syracuse team. But in a down year for the ACC, holding 10 wins, several road victories and some solid wins over the likes of Florida State and Indiana, SU would have a very different — and more appealing — case for inclusion in the NCAA Tournament field.
But that’s all a hypothetical; an exploration of what’s almost feasible for Syracuse, but isn’t because of late-game struggles that don’t appear to be vanishing any time soon.
So what does that get us at this point? Sadly, it’s nothing much, save the thought of what could be. As SU fans, we’re certainly familiar with the idea, especially following the football season we just wrapped up. Yet, it hurts just the same. This team is flawed. They’re also littered with individual talent that’s far better than the 7-7 record would indicate. How exactly did we get to this point?
Of course, we know. A glut of transfers, recruiting misses and some individual parts that don’t quite fit make for a tough situation for any program. However, this one runs into particular problems when it comes to a lack of cohesion due to the nature of the zone and how essential it is to the core of this team’s identity.
Now, you can change the zone here and there, and Jim Boeheim has during this season. But if you don’t have the pieces in place to run an effective 2-3 zone — or a zone at all — there needs to be another lever to pull. That doesn’t necessarily mean man-to-man defense. And I’m not doubting that Boeheim has pulled levers this year. There are also just so many levers, and this roster’s make-up further limits what you can actually do with the group of players. There are only so many amalgamations, after all. We’ve used at least a few already this year.
The focus on individual parts of this team isn’t even derogatory. It’s the main draw of this team. The Orange currently have their best offensive center in over half-a-decade in Jesse Edwards. Joe Girard’s vastly improved. Buddy Boeheim’s rounding back into form. Jimmy Boeheim’s played better than we might have thought he would.
All of that is to discuss how we get to “almost.” These are quality individual parts who would all be celebrated aspects of better Syracuse teams — and even a better version of this team where they pick up those three narrow wins discussed earlier. But because of the understandable limitations of their individual skills, it creates issues that are tough to overcome, and increasingly simpler for opponents to exploit.
And even then, they’re still pretty close to winning those games. Which counts for nothing tangible, even if it’s worth mentioning.
There’s still time for this season to round into something more than a .500-level slog, but time is also quickly running out there. Removing thoughts around an NCAA Tournament trip, the easier ask right now is to just win the winnable games and figure out the rest. This team has the pieces to be more than just “good enough” to be involved in games late. They can win some of them, even if not all of them, en route to an NIT invite.
Is that enough for us? Can it be? Should it be? No matter the answer, we’ll figure it out soon enough.
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Jim Boheim biography
Jim Boheim, born James Arthur Boheim, is a college basketball coach from the USA. He is currently the head coach of the Syracuse University men's basketball team.
A former player himself, his coaching career is legendary, if not phenomenal. He led the Syracuse team to 53 different championship appearances.
He served as an assistant coach for the US men's national basketball team during the 1990 FIBA World Cup. He also held positions in the 2006 and 2010 FIBA World Championships in addition to the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He was the 2009–2012 U.S. Men's National Basketball Youth Committee Chairman.
He was also the 2007-08 President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He is currently a member of the Board of Directors. In September 2005, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
In 2015, the NCAA voided 101 of his wins after the Syracuse athletics scandal. He was originally scheduled to retire in March 2018. That changed with the departure of his expected successor and longtime assistant coach, Mike Hopkins. As a result, he extended his stay in Syracuse.
Together with his wife, he founded the Jim and Julie Boheim Foundation, which works to protect children and treat and prevent cancer. This was after he got cancer in 2001.
Jim Boheim Age
Born November 17, 1944. As of 2019, he was 75 years old.
Jim Boheim Height
He stands at a height of 1.91 meters.
Jim Boheim Family
He was born in Lyon, New York. He was born to Jim Boheim Sr. and Janet Boheim. He has a sister named Barbara Boheim.
He was first married to Elaine Boheim. They got married at 1976 year. This union resulted in his first child, a daughter named Elizabeth. The couple later separated and divorced in 1994.
He married his current wife Julie in 1997. This marriage produced three children, two boys and a girl. The first child's name is Jimmy. He plays basketball at Cornell University. The other two are twins, Buddy and Jamie. At the start of the 2018-19 season, Jamie (daughter) will be playing basketball for the University of Rochester. Her twin brother Buddy will join their father in Syracuse.
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Jim Boheim Wife
Jim Boheim is currently married to his second wife Julie Boheim. After the marriage ended in 1993, he began dating Julie Green and married in a ceremony in 1997. They first met at a party in Lexington on Derby Day in 1994. His wife Julie is 20 years younger than him. The couple have three sons named Jamie, Jack and James Boheim. They currently reside in Syracuse.
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SYRACUS, NY - Jim Boeheim is not disturbed on game days. Not his coaching staff. Not his wife. Not his children.
He prepares by lounging in his bedroom, watching cooking shows, reading, thinking, studying - just being alone. But one day, about 15 years ago, his son Buddy walked into his father's bedroom with a board game under his arm.
"Do you want to play Candy Land?"
He felt he couldn't say no. He is obliged. "One game, that's all," he told him. Buddy won first. His father needed another chance. And another. They played long enough for Jim's wife, Julie, to pop into the room to check in.
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This rivalry haunted Boheim all his life, and he passed it on to both of his sons. The youngest, Buddy, fulfilled his lifelong dream this season to play for Syracuse, where he is a rookie in the guard. His eldest son Jimmy is a sophomore at nearby Cornell. Boeheim, 74, is now in his 43rd season as head coach of Syracuse, the oldest coach in Division I hoops. Soon there will be a rapprochement between basketball and Boheim that seemed preordained. Soon they will move on to the family business.
As Jim prepares to practice one son against another on a Saturday night in Syracuse, he realizes that familiar faces will be everywhere on the court. He said nothing to his family about the meaning of the game. "Not a word," his wife Julie said this week. Last year, all he did before his Orange was played by Cornell was send Jimmy, then a freshman, a text the night before: "I love you, good luck. "
"I know one thing," Boheim said Wednesday after the Oranges 4-2 beat No. 16 Ohio State. "Better play or I won't go home." Boheim has been a fixture in Syracuse culture since he moved to the basketball team as a freshman in 1962 and then stayed on as an assistant coach, earning $10,000 in his freshman season.
He made $25,000 in his first year as head coach in 1976 and now earns about $2 million a season. Having lived in downtown New York all his life, it might seem like he has everything he ever wanted: a national title, five Final Fours, 930 wins (101 of them were vacated by the NCAA). This weekend's game is another piece of his personal legacy.
"When you think that he has achieved everything, what else to do?" said Julie, his wife of 21. “Then we get something to tell our grandchildren. It's such a blessing and a gift, even though it's stressful. It might be the cherry on top.”
The reunion of the Boheim family highlights the connection between family and sport. A father may never have coached one son against another in the history of college basketball; Boheim said he did not know of any other example. The two brothers sometimes met. In the 2017 National Championship game, Villanova's Chris Jenkins played his adopted brother Nate Britt of North Carolina. At NCAA Tournament 19For 92 years Bobby Hurley of Duke played against Dan Hurley of Seton Hall.
In 1999, Duani Duani of Wisconsin played in Syracuse against his brother Kuet. Buddy and Jimmy understand how rare Saturday is, although Jimmy said he didn't think about playing his brother and father until Wednesday night. Buddy, meanwhile, stayed away from a date on the day the game was announced in May: "Going up against him is something I could never have imagined," Buddy said. “On the court, I hope I act like I don’t know him. This can be difficult to do.”
Like many younger brothers, Buddy spent a lot of time playing with his older brother - and losing. They were born 18 months apart and Jimmy has always been taller (6'8"; Buddy is 6-5 years old). From the beginning, they bonded through basketball, especially in one-on-one battles in the games room. At night, when dad returned from training, they put on the Little Tikes hoop. Dad told, and mom introduced herself on a toy microphone. They turned off the lights and turned on the flashlight to simulate entering the NBA. After that, Buddy usually ran out in tears. They are so competitive that they haven't played one on one since they were in the game.
“They got all the Type A stuff from their dad,” said Jim's sister, Barbara, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia. "Jim has all the Type A things in the family." The first sign of the possibility of a Boheim family reunion came a year and a half ago when longtime Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins left to become head coach of the Washingtons.
Boheim's previously scheduled retirement date was for the 2017-18 season, but following Hopkins' departure, he signed a contract extension that will likely see his retirement date aligned with Buddy's career end after the 2021- season 22 years old Things took a turn for the worse when Jimmy moved to Cornell, who played 123 times with Syracuse in over 100 seasons. Buddy then chose Syracuse after North Carolina coach Roy Williams told Jim, "He's good. You better take it
As a son of the Hall of Fame, we have great expectations. However, Boheim's children say he was never tough on them, offering only one or two pointers after their youth games. Buddy says his father is his best friend. He wears number 35 because his father wore it.
Jim remembers his sons' childhood curiosity. They roamed the training ground, studied the victories in Syracuse, and by the third grade had learned to watch movies. After victories in Syracuse, Buddy shouted: “Dad! I love you!' Jimmy blossomed late, he developed his game later in high school. "I was small and not very good," said Jimmy.
Jim Boheim Net Worth | Salary
Boheim is an American basketball coach with a net worth of $16 million. His annual salary before bonuses is $2.5 million.
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Playing career.
He entered and attended Syracuse University as an undergraduate in 1962. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in social sciences. In his freshman year, he became a walking player. In his senior year, he was team captain.
He was instrumental in leading his team to the second ever NCAA Tournament. After graduating, he played professional basketball. He joined the Scranton Miners of the Eastern Professional Basketball League. During his tenure with the Scranton Miners, he won two championships. In addition, he was a star player on the second team (SU Athletics).
Coaching career.
He decided to play basketball in 1969. He was hired as an assistant in Syracuse. Here he was under the guidance of coach Roy Danforth. He was promoted to full-time assistant coach. He was part of the coaching staff that led Syracuse to its first ever Final Four appearance at NCAA Tournament 19.75 years old.
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In 1976, after the departure of Roy Danforth, he was appointed head coach of his alma mater. In 1986, he was offered the position of head coach at Ohio State. He turned down the offer, opting to stay in Syracuse.
In his 42 years as head coach, he has led Syracuse to a post-season stoppage in the NIT or NCAA tournaments every year. Syracuse has only missed the postseason twice: when NCAA sanctions banned them from postseason games at 19'93, and when the university itself imposed a one-year post-season ban. The latter happened in 2015 after the NCAA imposed sanctions on the university's athletic programs.
During their tenure, Syracuse has never experienced a losing season. His Syracuse team has played in three NCAA National Championship games (in 1987, 1996 and 2003). His team won the national title in 2003. He received the Big East Coach of the Year award four times. He has received the District II Coach of the Year award ten times. This latest award was presented to him by the National Basketball Coaches Association. He was awarded the Clair Bee Award for his contributions to basketball in addition to the Syracuse University Arents Award. Both of these awards were presented to him in 2004, with the latter being the university's highest alumni award.
Boheim uses unusual coaching styles and tactics. For example, most coaches use individual defense, while he prefers matchup 2-3 zone defense. On November 7, 2005, he was ejected from a game for the first time after challenging a challenge made by the referee at the end of the first half. The game was against Division II school St. Rose in a game where Syracuse won 86-73. The second time he was expelled was on February 22, 2014. This time he was arguing over a player control violation with referee Tony Green in a match against Duke.
Boheim was the coach of the US national team. He helped the youth team win the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Japan. That same year, he was named National Coach of the Year. He helped Team USA win bronze at the 1990 and 2006 FIBA World Championships. Here he worked as an assistant coach to Mike Krzyzewski. He helped the team win gold at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the same capacity.
Boheim led Syracuse to its first Final Four appearance since the 2003 NCAA National Championship. This was in the 2012-13 season. However, his team lost to the University of Michigan 61-65. He led Syracuse to the NCAA Tournament in 2013-14. His team lost in the third round against the Dayton Flyers.
The NCAA double-checked the basketball program in Syracuse and conducted an investigation. This is the result of serious NCAA violations by the basketball program.
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Jim Boheim Penalty
The NCAA suspended Coach Boheim from the first nine games of the 2015-16 ACC conferences. In addition, they selected 12 scholarships over a four-year period. This all happened on March 6, 2015 after years of investigation into the university's athletic programs. As a result of fielding and playing inappropriate players, the program missed 101 wins in the 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2010-2011 and 2011-12 seasons. However, this did not include the removal of any banners or trophies won during those seasons.
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His nine-game suspension was upheld even after two separate appeals. As per the original penalty, he was allowed to begin the suspension prior to the ACC conference game. The permanent release and erasure of 101 victories remained in place. The number of withdrawn fellowships was reduced from 12 to 8 over a four-year period.
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Jim Boheim Accident I-690
Shortly before 11:30 pm, he hit a man with his car who was walking near the car on Interstate 690. He hit a man standing by the road. Upon police arrival, sobriety and alcohol tests were carried out. However, Boheim's blood alcohol level was negative at 0.00. This was later confirmed by William Fitzpatrick, District Attorney of Onondaga County.
According to Onondaga County 911 dispatch logs, police were rushed to the scene at 11:24 pm. Sections of I-690 were closed for several hours. His Syracuse team played the game on the fateful night his team won. The game was against Louisville at the Carrier Dome. The last game whistle sounded around 21:00. or location. Poor driving conditions may have caused the accident as sections of the road were covered in ice. However, this is not certain.
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It's still a long way to go until November, when the college league season kicks off, and even the coaches themselves don't have a clear idea of how their team will play yet - we keep fantasizing about how their "new road" will go - the new path is one of the most notable NCAA basketball systems.
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30-5 (15-3), 1st Big East
To be frank, in the fantasy of past March Madness, I made Syracuse the winner.
I don’t know whether sympathy for Wes Johnson affected, or whether they didn’t want to “give” the main trophy to Kansas, Kentucky, and even more so Duke, but it still seems that if Jim Bayham’s wards had passed Butler, who became a bone in the throat of the Orange, they would definitely have been in the final, and this team has more resources, so it’s not a fact that Coach-Key would have managed to win the championship . .. But, alas, now one can only assume in the “if only, if only” style.
So let's get down to reality.
Let's start, as usual, with losses
Left the team
Z Andy Routins 6-4
F Wesley Johnson 6-7
F-C Arinze Onuaku 6-9
Syracuse lost its captain.
To be honest, I did not expect him to appear in the draft, in view of the possible limitations in the attack in the NBA, but if the Knicks later chose Landry Fields ...
In his last year, Rautins developed a good sense of passing, and sometimes assisted very, very effectively.
But he still remains a specialist exclusively in long-range shots. Overall, he averages 8.5 rim shots, of which 6.9 (almost 7) are 3-pointers!
Well, for the first time I noticed him along with a similar style of play Eric Devendorf at the beginning of 2009 in the legendary match with Connecticut
A serious injury in the conference playoffs prevented Onuak from competing in the March Madness and getting into the draft. Although Arinze has problems shooting, he is a very hardworking player, in a duet with Jackson, he was one of the most defensive pairs of the front court.
Who knows how Orange would have played with Onuaku when Butler correctly landed fouls on Jackson...
Few people have heard of Johnson in games for Iowa State, but the transfer to Syracuse brought to the world one of the most prepared players for the NBA!
Johnson immediately became, if not explicit, then the shadow leader of the team, the top scorer. I discovered Wes in a match at Madison Square with Tar Heels, and 25+8 from Johnson sank my favorite team like a torpedo into the ship =)
I can say with no remorse that Johnson's transfer is one of the best transfers of recent times.
Key remaining players
F Rick Jackson 6-9
Rick Jackson is not the tallest, not the most technical, but if there was a ratio that measures the ratio of result to opportunity, then Jackson would be among the leaders.
Hard worker - one word that characterizes Jackson on the court. He takes rebounds, defends, fouls, but he won't let his opponent easily score points. And in the attack, although he does not have an arsenal of masterful movements and turns, aka Pau Gasol, but even through long hands he can put 2 with a foul.
A useful laborer for a team that claims something.
Z Brandon Trish 6-4
Despite the presence of a slightly more experienced Jardine, Jim Bayham entrusted the position of starting point guard to freshman Brandon Trish.
And in general, the guy did not hesitate, did not throw too much, a good sniper (40% from a distance), does not often make losses (2 on average), and sees the court quite well, although on average he makes less than 3 assists.
It seems that Jim Bayham is more pleased with Trish than not to take away the starting place from the young defender.
Although, he would tighten free throws.
Z Scoop Jardine 6-2
Despite the fact that Scoopy has played almost the same time as Trish (even a minute longer on average), he has more points and assists than Brandon.
But, despite this, Bayham, releasing Jardine from the bench, wanted to cool his hot head - sometimes with Scoop's throws it brings.
Despite his short stature, Jardine is quite bold in the passes, not afraid to take on several defenders, and often this effect of surprise pays for itself.
And yet, Bayham has repeatedly said that there are 7 starters in his team.
Isn't it time to make the fifth out of Jardine?
F Chris Joseph 6-7
And here is the seventh starter.
Chris Joseph is a very promising player who will have to play the role of Wesley Johnson in the team. They even have the same height and weight =)
But still, Joseph is clearly inferior to Wes in the throw, which will have to be worked on.
Although Joseph rarely shoots from a distance, and mostly scores points with passes and dunks, to be the leader of the team, you need something more than 22% of three-point shots (!) and almost 58% of free throws. A foul on Joseph is not so rare.
If Chris fixes his problems with shooting accuracy, then you can safely enter the draft, and 1 round will be a guarantee.
The benefit of athleticism from Chris does not hold. There is also some kind of defense game.
Worthy of mention
PF-C DeShonte Riley 7-0
Last season as a freshman he went out very rarely and not always successfully, but something tells me that there is a prospect, and there will be progress.
Will become the team's main front court changer.
Come to the team (in parentheses - national rating according to rivals )
C Fabricio de Melo (16)
SG Dion Waiters (29)
F CJ Fair (94)
C Baye Moussa Keita
This year, the geography of Orange recruits turned out to be extremely extensive, involving 3 continents.
In addition to the United States, the team will also be represented by a Brazilian and a Senegalese, who were accompanied by local swingman Dion Waiters and forward CJ Fair.
Melo has returned to Syracuse!
But already Brazilian, with the prefix "de".
Fab Malo is the main "copy" of Orange recruiting.
The seven-foot center is one of the most promising freshmen of 2010. Long arms allow you not even to particularly jump out for rebounds both in defense and in attack, he can play well with his back to the opponent, then throwing from a turn.
Melo's advantage is also defense, he uses his size well, blocks shots well, which he showed at the McDonald's All-American game.
The only negative is that it is rather slow.
Another weapon that Fabricio can hit opponents with is a good mid-range shot all the way to the three-point line, which he could perfect this summer.
Dion Waiters also played at the high school All-Star Game in Ohio, but he played little and poorly there. But they say that the guy is very promising. Some sources are predicting him to be in the starting five for next season, although I wouldn't be in such a hurry.
Athletic combo guard Waiters has both good dribbling and explosive jumping.
Waiters should stabilize his long-range shot, then perhaps Bayham will entrust him with the place of the main shooting guard.
Now, when the off-season and in the league "dead zone" from the news, it is very difficult to predict who showed himself how, but it's easy to fantasize.
Universities such as Kentucky, Georgetown, Florida, Texas, Maryland, Louisville were also hunting for CJ Fair, but Jim Bayham was lucky.
From what I saw in the performance of this guy, I conclude that he is a forward of a slightly similar type, like Joseph. Not a fan of shooting, likes to play closer to the ring, taking advantage of his athleticism and physicality. data.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWmyZKasJEo
As a reserve, this guy will do just fine. Will get enough time as a replacement for Joseph, and maybe even Jackson.
There was no African.
Baye Moussa Keita is a representative of the famous Oak Hill Academy - this indicates that he received a high-level basketball education.