Orange Fizz
Hoops
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518What Happens to Gerry McNamara?
The bombshell that Jim Boeheim will not be returning as Syracuse’s head coach and associate head coach Adrian Autry is taking over,...
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321The Final Moments Of Jim Boeheim’s Tenure Weren’t Like the Rest
Brash. Stubborn. All-knowing. Words used to describe Jim Boeheim throughout his 47-year head coaching career at Syracuse. He built the program from...
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286Where Were You When… Team Fizz Recalls The Moment Boeheim Retired
IAN: I and the rest of the WAER Sports contingent had just returned to our hotel from the Greensboro Coliseum. I was...
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388Jim Boeheim Retires in the Most Jim Boeheim Way Possible
After nearly half a century at the helm of Syracuse basketball this should have been a sweet, honorable ride into the Central...
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252Greensboro Heartbreak: Wake Forest Ends Syracuse’s Season (And Maybe Boeheim’s Career) At The Buzzer
For the second time in three seasons, late-game magic has been the downfall of Syracuse Men’s Basketball at the ACC Tournament. Two...
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286Did Judah Mintz Have a Good Case For ACC Rookie of the Year?
In just a few days’ time, Syracuse men’s hoops’ 2022-23 season will probably be over, barring an eleventh-hour NIT pity bid. If...
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245What Can We Make of KenPom’s ACC Tournament Projections?
It’s been a strange ACC basketball season so far. Teams like Duke and North Carolina possess incredible high-end talent that hasn’t lived...
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249Syracuse Scores Feel-Good Win Over Wake Forest, 72-63
After a week spent hyping up Saturday’s festivities, Syracuse men’s basketball (17-14, 10-10 ACC) made sure it didn’t ruin its own party...
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438Syracuse’s Top 2 Outside Coaching Candidates
After the season ended last year, we did a multi-week series profiling who Syracuse’s next coach could be. It started with current...
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4841Competitiveness is Jim Boeheim’s Best Quality. It’s Driven Syracuse to the Brink
After another demoralizing performance by Syracuse against Georgia Tech on Tuesday night, it’s time for everyone to look in the mirror. Players,...
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400Syracuse Hoops Must Change To Survive, Or Else
For a particular beleaguered, has-been college basketball power, February 2023 was a no-good, very bad month. It began with public admonishment aimed...
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274It Can Always Get Worse… Syracuse Embarrassed by GT
In 1859, Charles Darwin came up with the theory of natural selection. It’s a rather simple idea. Certain species are born with...
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248This is Not the January Version of Georgia Tech
Syracuse Basketball returns home for its final two regular season games of the season. The Orange (16-13, 9-9) are still trying to...
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315The Sweet 16 Run in 2021 May Have Been a Net Negative
The old saying “defense wins championships” is a popular one, and it’s something Syracuse Men’s Basketball held dear on its run to...
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237Syracuse Drops Third Straight in 99-82 Loss to Pittsburgh
After a positive first half, at least compared to the last two games, SU collapsed in the second half in a 99-82...
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233Mintz’s Frosh Season is Comparable to Melo’s
Syracuse’s season is coming to a close very soon unless there’s an NIT or CBI invitation. In the wake of this year’s...
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352The End is Going to be Ugly for Jim Boeheim
A couple of months ago, we at The Fizz wrote a piece about how the end was near for Jim Boeheim, and...
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342Syracuse Looks Lifeless in 91-73 Loss to Clemson
After an embarrassing loss to Duke over the weekend, it’s no secret that every game onward was essentially a must-win. Leg one...
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253The Season of Experimentation Starts Now
Congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils for finally ushering Syracuse into the next stage of its season. The Orange have four games...
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306Syracuse Has Officially Hit Rock Bottom
If you walked around SU’s campus on Saturday afternoon, there was a palpable buzz in the atmosphere. The Orange were on a...
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441Syracuse-Duke is Not a Rivalry, and Never Will Be
There are a bajillion adjectives you could use to describe yesterday’s game, and none of them are kind to Syracuse. A letdown....
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272ESPN’s Vitale: Mintz Should Play Second Year at SU
On the off chance that anyone affiliated with Duke men’s basketball regards Syracuse to be a worthy rival, yesterday’s 77-55 throttling at...
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264Fizz Report Card: Duke Destroys Syracuse
Joe Girard: B There’s nobody in college basketball that’s a more dangerous shooter when the time of the game is meaningless than...
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232Fallen Blue Bloods: Syracuse vs. Duke Predictions
The Orange will host the Blue Devils at 6 pm on Saturday, a game with March implications televised on ESPN. While the...
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244Syracuse Must Play an “A” Game to Beat Duke
The most one-sided rivalry in the ACC returns to Central New York this weekend, as Duke, whose fans do not care much...
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272Jesse Edwards is Re-Introducing Himself Down the Stretch
Syracuse is once again making it interesting in the closing weeks of the season. The Orange (16-10, 9-6 ACC) have won three...
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304Judah Mintz is the Reason Syracuse is in Position to be in Position
Each game has built on the previous one. It’s like a step ladder, and Judah Mintz continues to take one, sometimes two...
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245Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Sneaks Past No. 23 NC State 75-72
When Jesse Edwards of all people hit a three-pointer, you thought to yourself “there is no possible way Syracuse will lose this...
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Would An NIT Berth Be A “Successful” Season?
After the worst season in the Jim Boeheim era last year, expectations among fans and media members weren’t nearly as high as...
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455Is SU Still On Track to Make The NIT?
Syracuse men’s basketball’s regular season is in its closing stages, and it certainly feels like the fate of the 2022-23 Orange is...
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372Syracuse’s Most Fun Players to Watch in the Last 10 Years
2022-23 is Syracuse’s 10th season playing in the ACC, which makes this a perfect time to do an unequivocal ranking of the...
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349Syracuse Stays Afloat With 76-67 Win Over Florida State
Syracuse men’s basketball (15-10, 8-6 ACC) doesn’t yet know if its season will end in the ACC Tournament, but it remains in...
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231Syracuse Beats Boston College to Continue Roller Coaster Season
Syracuse visited Boston College on Saturday, in a matchup of Big East rivals from long ago that has lost a bit of...
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372Is Judah Mintz NBA Ready?
With Syracuse’s current lack of recruits in the Class of 2023 in addition to the uncertainty of the transfer portal, we can’t...
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265Fizz Report Card: Syracuse Downs Boston College 77-68
The first half was a lot of back-and-forth action with the two teams going back and forth for the first 20 minutes....
