Sunday, December 13, 2020
Top Competition by the Decade
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Buddy Surpasses his Father
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.
Buddy and Jim Boeheim |
Buddy's father Jim scored 745 points in his Syracuse career in 76 games played, for a 9.8 ppg average.
Jim Boeheim also had 177 career rebounds. Buddy only as 115, so it may be a while until the son overtakes the father there.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Veterans Day 2020
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.
In World War I, the following served:
Albert Ackley
Bradley Barnard
Ross Bibbens
Meyer Bloom
Jim Casey
Ed Cronauer
Charles Fasce
Russ Finsterwald
Loyal Greenman
Ken Harris
Ted Huntley
Bernie Kates
Ken Lavin
Nathan Malefski
Danny Martin
Harry Martin
Walter ‘Dutch’ Notman
Walter Peters
Elias Raff
Billy Rafter
Horace Ruffin
Courtland Sanney
Clifford Steele
In World War II, the following served:
Jim Ackerson
Earl Ackley
Lou Alkoff
John Baldwin (Balsavich)
John Balinsky
John Beaulieu
John Beck
Gene Berger
Milton 'Whitey' Bock
Leo Canale
Dick Casey
Larry Crandall
Wilbur Crisp
Dan DiPace
Les Dye
Bud Elford
Alton Elliott
John Emerich
Bill Estoff
Bob Felasco
Paul Ferris
Billy Gabor
Ed Glacken
Joe Glacken
Marc Guley
Mark Haller
LaVerne Hastings
Lew Hayman
Bill Hennemuth
Bill Hoeppel
Tom Huggins
George Jarvis
Ed Jontos
Walter Kiebach
Jim Konstanty
Christian Kouray
Stan Kruse (Kruszewski)
Glenn Loucks
Guy Luciano
Saul Mariaschin
Bob Masterson
Paul McKee
Don McNaughton
Tom McTiernan
Francis Miller
Joe Minsavage
Andy Mogish
Roy Peters
Hank Piro
Paul Podbielski
Edward Pond
Robert Popp
Phil Rakov
Joe Rigan
John Schroeder
Bill Schubert
Bob Shaddock
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Red Stanton
Mike Stark
Chester Stearns
Bobby Stewart
Joe Sylvestri
Charles Taggart
Ray Tice
Joe Weber
Ray Willmott
Bill Wyrick
In Korea the following served:
Reaves Baysinger, Jr
John Beaulieu
Bernie Eischen
Paul McKee
Paul Podbielski
Fred Serley
In Vietnam, the following served:
Reaves Baysinger, Jr
John Beaulieu
George Crofoot
Rick Dean
Sanford Salz
The following were veterans who served but were fortunate to miss a war era:
Vinnie Albanese
Art Barr
Mel Besdin
Rudy Cosentino
Roy Danforth
Ronnie Kilpatrick
George Koesters
Tom Jockle
Jack Malone
Frank Reddout
Eddie Rosen
Lou Stark
Chuck Steveskey
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was a member of the Tuskegee Airman, and was killed in a training accident when his plane crashed into Lake Michigan in 1943.
Joe Minsavage was killed in World War II on June 19, 1943 when his ship was attacked and he was lost at sea.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
A Center Wish List
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.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
All in the Family
The 2020-2021 Syracuse Orange basketball team will feature five players with family connections to the basketball program.
The most casual fans are aware that starting shooting guard Buddy Boeheim is the son of Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim. Jim scored 745 points in his Syracuse career. Buddy will surpass him fairly early this season as he is currently at 708 points.
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.
OrangeHoops Hall of Fame 2020
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.
DuVal was a flashy point guard for Syracuse in the early 70s. When he graduated from Syracuse he was only second to Dave Bing in career points scored. He was a three year started and averaged 18.6 ppg. DuVal was a third team All-American his senior year
Warrick, as mentioned above, was highly accoladed while at Syracuse. He would by drafted 19th overall in the 2005 NBA draft and have a solid eight yera NBA career, primarily with Memphis. He thrilled Syracuse fans with his breathtaking dunks for four seasons, and of course was a vital part of the National Championship.
Saturday, April 04, 2020
Syracuse All-Star Encounters
There are four future NBA All-Stars that the Orange faced in college 10 or more times. That would include Boston College's Michael Adams (11x) and Dana Barros (10x), along with Georgetown's Patrick Ewing (11x) and Alonzo Mourning (10x).
The Orange had more encounters with future All-Stars in the 1980s than any other decade; in fact, it is more than the next four decades combined.