Buddy Boeheim scored 17 points today in the win over Boston College, giving him a career total of 746 points in 66 games played. That's 11.3 ppg for his career.
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Jim Boeheim also had 177 career rebounds. Buddy only as 115, so it may be a while until the son overtakes the father there.
On this Veterans day, as I have done each year past, I would like to thank all those who have served our country, putting their lives on the line to do those tasks that need to be done. The Orange basketball team has had its share of veterans over the decades. And has been tradition at OrangeHoops, I would like to recognize those former basketball Orangemen who did serve. I acknowledge this is not a complete list; only those I know of (each year I add a few more). I imagine more Orangemen were in the service that I am omitting; if so, please post a recognition here! Also please feel free to recognize any other veterans in the comments.
Syracuse fans have been clamoring for the Orange to get a strong center, someone who can score in the low post, rebound, and play defense. Not necessarily a superstar, but someone who was fundamentally sound.
How about if I got you a 6'10" center, about 215 lbs, who averages 11.7 rebounds per game, and makes 70% of his field goals. He shoots 63% from the charity stripe, which isn't earth shattering, but is better than many SU centers of the past. He averages 9.8 points a game, 2.7 blocks, and 2.4 stores, while only turning over the ball 1 time each game?
I imagine that is a center that most Syracuse fans would jump at.
Well then welcome Bourama Sidibe. Those were Sidibe's stats the last six games of his junior season. That included two games against North Carolina, and games against Miami, Boston College, Pitt, and Georgia Tech.
It will be interesting to see if Sidibe can carry that momentum forward into 2020-2021. One of his biggest problems historically has been avoiding fouls. That more than anything has limited his effectiveness, often keeping him at less than 25 minutes a game (he averaged 23.9 minutes a game for the season). Sidibe fouled out of 14 games last year, definitely an issue. During the six game stretch to finish the season, he averaged 29.2 minutes a game, and twice played 35 minutes.
Sidibe did shoot 69% from the floor for the season, and averaged 7.9 rebounds a game despite playing less than 24 minutes a game.
The 2020-2021 Syracuse Orange basketball team will feature five players with family connections to the basketball program.
Walk-on forward Nick Giancola is Jim Boeheim's nephew, the son of his wife Juli's sister, and Buddy's cousin. Nick played in five games last season, but has yet to score for the Orange.
Walk-on guard Shane Feldman is the younger brother of current graduate assistant and former walk-on guard Ky Feldman. Ky scored 10 points in his Syracuse career; Shane has yet to play.
Walk-on forward Chaz Owens is the son of all-time Syracuse great Billy Owens. Billy Owens was the Big East Player of the Year his junior year, and had a solid NBA career. Billy scored 1,840 points in his three years at Syracuse, while Chaz has yet to play.
Finally, walk-on guard Chris Lavalle is the son of Kelly LaValle-Seubert, who was the long time administrative assistant to head coach Jim Boeheim. Kelly passed away due to cancer in 2017, and the school named the players' lounge after her. Lavalle played in five games last year, but failed to score in any.
In 2007, OrangeHoops inducted its charter class into the OrangeHoops Hall of Fame: Dave Bing, Derrick Coleman, Sherman Douglas, Vic Hanson, and Pearl Washington. The next ten years saw the addition of Billy Owens (2008), Billy Gabor (2009), Lawrence Moten (2010), Louis Orr (2011), Roosevelt Bouie (2011) John Wallace (2012), Rony Seikaly (2013), Vinnie Cohen (2014), Etan Thomas (2015), Joe Schwarzer (2016), Lew Andreas (2017), Carmelo Anthony (2018) and Stephen Thompson (2019). So the list now stands at 18. Another year has passed, and now it is time for the 2020 inductee.
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