Orange Fizz – Daily Syracuse Recruiting News & Team Coverage
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642Big One! How the SU Fans Helped Land 7-Footer Peter Carey
Congrats to the hard core faithful who made the trip to the Dome on Friday night. While you were there to root...
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592Ranking Syracuse’s Competition for 2022 Big Man Peter Carey
As Syracuse looks to bolster the Class of ’22 after Kamari Lands decommitted, this weekend holds plenty of potential. Two of SU’s...
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487Syracuse’s Center of Conversation is Peter Carey
It’s apparent what Syracuse fans continue to vie for: Joe Girard to revert to his stellar play in high school, a recruiting...
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464Could Zion Cruz End Up At Illinois After This Wild Ride?
As documented by the Fizz numerous times throughout the summer, Zion Cruz’s recruitment has more plot twists than a Christopher Nolan film....
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608Analyzing JJ Starling’s Recent Top 5
Four-star guard and Central New York native JJ Starling released his top five on Thursday night. To everyone’s relief, Syracuse did make...
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730Chance Westry: So, You’re Saying There’s A Chance?
The ultimate-play-on-words name is living up to it as a recruit and giving Syracuse fans more than they can ask for… or...
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923Just How Good Is “High Interest” Syracuse Target Simeon Wilcher?
The first priority for Syracuse is to finalize the Class of ’22. After losing Kamari Lands, SU needs to keep Justin Taylor...
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773Why Emoni Bates’ Commitment to Memphis is Great News for Syracuse
Syracuse was never involved in the Emoni Bates recruitment. Bates had long been wooed by different power brokers in college hoops, and...
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Zion Cruz’s Recruitment is Getting Weird
For years the college basketball world has salivated over Zion Cruz. He’s got size: 6’5″. He’s got the rankings. He’s got offers...
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426Is Ultra Confident Chris Bunch Headed to Rutgers?
Ever since the de-commitment of Kamari Lands, Syracuse has been looking to fill the void. A recruiting class of Justin Taylor and...
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511Wow! Syracuse Offers Five Players
Syracuse’s annual Elite Camp took place this past weekend and didn’t disappoint. Out of the 19 attendees, five new offers were handed...
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368What Does the “Alliance” Mean for SU?
Conference realignment is changing football and basketball, for better or for worse. After Texas and Oklahoma became martyrs and joined the SEC,...
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870Syracuse Should Sell JJ Starling on Being the Big Dog
The news of Kamari Lands’ decommitment splashed cold water on the excitement over Syracuse’s Class of ’22. The Orange had stacked a...
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481Is Syracuse Sunk if Chance Westry Commits to LSU After Kamari Lands News?
Kamari Lands was the focal point of an elite Class of ’22 for Syracuse. His decommittment rocked the Orange recruiting efforts. Now...
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388How to Prevent Another Decommitment
To compare the Dior Johnson and Kamari Lands situations is to compare apples and aircraft carriers. But the bitter taste in the...
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768Is There Any Chance Syracuse Can Land… Chance Westry?
Prior to this summer, the recruiting scene was all guns a blazing at Syracuse. Now, the trail is starting to dissipate and...
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569Justin Taylor & Quadir Copeland are Playing Chess, ACC is Playing Checkers
Look at the chess moves Justin Taylor and Quadir Copeland are playing. On Sunday Taylor, 4-star shooting guard, announced his plan to...
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417Syracuse Soars into Top 5 for the Class of 2022 Rankings
First it was Kamari Lands. Then it was Justin Taylor. Now it’s Quadir Copeland. What does it mean? It’s a top 5...
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759Why is SU Hoops Suddenly a Recruiting Hotbed?
Alright, nobody is complaining, but it’s a fair question. Fresh off the heels of the ACC’s ninth best recruiting year in 2020,...
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2.0KAnother One! Quadir Copeland Picks Syracuse
The culmination of a jam packed summer of recruiting resulted in yet another 2022 commit. Three-star Quadir Copeland chose Syracuse over Oklahoma...
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1.7KQuadir Copeland Makes His Decision Tonight, Is he Coming to Syracuse?
Quadir Copeland, the 2022 4-star combo guard out of Gettysburg, PA will make his commitment decision tonight at 7:30 EST. Will he...
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793Justin Taylor Says He Wants to Create a Syracuse Super Class
Kamari Lands was the first domino to fall for Syracuse’s Class of ’22. When he committed in April all signs pointed to...
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600Syracuse’s Recruiting Weakness That Has Crippled The Program For Years
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1.1KFizz Nation, Is It Too Early To Look Ahead to 2023?
Hear me out. This upcoming season could be great for a mixed group of returning and new players into a program fresh...
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439Could Zion Cruz Join Dior Johnson at Oregon?
The recruitment of elite guard Zion Cruz has seen plenty of blue-bloods attempt to stake their claim. Originally it looked like Syracuse...
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550Uh Oh Syracuse Fans… Here Comes Duke
The 2022 recruiting scene has been extra kind to Syracuse from the jump. The Orange were the fourth program to lock in...
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484How Does Conference Realignment Affect Basketball Recruiting?
There have been several tectonic shift in the collegiate basketball world this summer. First, legendary head coaches Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzkewski...
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347Is Filipowski’s Commitment Proof the Duke Train Keeps Rolling?
Coach K has turned Duke into the surest bet in sports. While the Blue Devils had a legacy of solid college hoops...
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315Syracuse Loses Another Major Recruit with Filipowski to Duke
As the months wound down, it was a forgone conclusion that Duke was going to be the new home of four-star recruit...
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342Syracuse Edition: Pick a Guard, Any Guard
The last piece to the puzzle of an already stout 2022 recruiting class is a point guard. SU commit Kamari Lands can...
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489Is LSU Picking Up Steam for Elite Prospect Chance Westry?
Syracuse has swung for the fences this summer. In addition to landing Kamari Lands and Justin Taylor, the Orange have been shopping...
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310How Are SU’s Targets Doing at Nike’s Peach Jam Tourney?
We’re still a good couple of months away from Syracuse men’s basketball re-taking the floor in the Dome, but we’ve still had...
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3642022 4-Star Target Rises in the Rankings. What Does that Mean for SU?
It seems like the recent strategy for Syracuse basketball recruiting has been find underrated guys, get them on campus and have them...
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467This Is Why Copeland to Syracuse Looks Promising
In the successes of the 2022 recruiting class, with Kamari Lands and Justin Taylor, Boeheim and company are still searching for a...
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1.0KIs Penny Hardaway About to Steal #1 Recruit Jalen Duren for Memphis?
For many years Emoni Bates was considered the crown jewel of the Class of ’21. The prep star had feature length profiles...
