News broke a little while ago that Syracuse has fired longtime associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine amid allegations of child molestation being lobbied against him.

Kevin Quinn, the ‘Cuse’s senior vice president for public affairs released a terse statement that read, Read More »

One of the biggest sports weekends of the year may have left us with more questions than it answered. On the college football gridiron, the weekend really kicked off on Thursday night, as LSU showed the nation why they may have the best defense in the league and made Mississippi State look like a junior varsity team. On Saturday night, a relevant Florida State team played its version of the national championship game, as Oklahoma came into Doak Campbell Stadium and handed them a nail-biting loss. And of course the other major story in college sports this weekend was the departure of Pitt and Syracuse from Big East. Read More »

No NBA players will be hitting up Bank of America if they’re in need of loans during the lockout. Why, just go to Kobe Bryant. He’ll hand out loans. Seriously. Billy Hunter, president of the Players Association, told the Los Angeles Times that the Laker star is intimately involved in the talks and negotiations and that he’s (along with other unnamed players) prepared to offer loans to players who may need help during the lockout … Read More »

If you’ve been checking the hardwood during March Madness, you’ve most likely noticed that a ton of guys are wearing the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse. With that said, check out what Nike Basketball put together for Syracuse this season. Maybe it’s the colorway, or maybe it’s the school logo on the side, but either way I like it. Check ‘em out: Read More »

After an efficient sophomore year in which he averaged 13.0 points on 45.5 percent shooting, including 47.4 percent from distance, Marquette guard Darius Johnson-Odom took his game a step further this season. By upping his scoring average by nearly three points and making big strides on the defensive end, he became an All-Big East Second Team selection and led Marquette to a 9-9 record in the toughest conference in America. Friday night, DJO poured in a game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting to lead his 11th-seeded Golden Eagles past 6th-seeded Xavier to set up a second-round matchup with conference foe Syracuse. Here are his words: Read More »

It definitely can’t hurt having one of the NBA’s best players as an alumnus of your school – just look at the feet of some Syracuse players tonight when they tip-off against Indiana State. What you’ll see is a special colorway of the Jordan Melo M7 designed by 16-year-old Allen Largin as part of Jordan Brand’s Future Sole program. Oh yeah, and ‘Melo will be wearing these too when the Knicks head to Detroit to face Largin’s hometown Pistons. Read More »

As the NCAA Tournament field was announced, we wanted hit you with some initial thoughts on the seedings and matchups. We will have a lot more content coming your way in terms of previews, features and more in-depth analysis, but this is what struck me off the bat. Let us know what you think and stay tuned for more…

- The four No. 1 seeds make total sense: Ohio State (No. 1 overall seed), Kansas, Pitt, and Duke. After watching all of these teams one after another this past week, it seems absurd to think of the other potential high seeds, specifically Notre Dame or San Diego State, as being among the top 4. The only legit case would have been North Carolina. They split the first two games with Duke and won the ACC regular season, but after getting cracked this afternoon, they more than took themselves out of the equation. Read More »

When the highlights of past Big East Championships run on ESPN and SNY, they are dominated by theatrics from Ray Allen, Allen Iverson, Ben Gordon and Gerry McNamara. But what Kemba Walker has done over the last four days might be the most impressive Garden Championship Week performance of any. Read More »

After yesterday’s win over St. John’s in the Big East Tournament, we caught up with Syracuse’s leading scorer, Kris Joseph, in the locker room. While the camera’s a little shaky, you’ll definitely want to see what the future NBA player has to say.

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Sure Knicks rookie Andy Rautins has only played three NBA games so far this year, but that was to be expected. Why? Because after being the starting shooting guard at Syracuse last season, where he finished his career second on the school’s all-time list with 282 career three-point field goals made, Rautins has had to make the transition to the point. We got up with Andy recently to chat about his rookie season and Syracuse hoops. Read More »