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Another great player from Syracuse's national championship team
is headed overseas to play this season. Joining Gerry
McNamara, who is playing in Latvia, is Josh Pace, who is going to be in Estonia this year as a member of the BC Kalev.
Before I write this post let me say
that I am one of the many (and I
should say MANY) people that thought Donte Greene should stay under the tutelage of head coach Jim Boeheim and his staff for one more year.
Say what you want about Carmelo Anthony, but
when it comes to Olympic play there isn’t a
better offensive weapon on Team USA. In 2007, Anthony was the 2nd leading scorer at the 2007 FIBA World Championships with 21.2 ppg average (191 points in 9 ...
Even if Team Canada is out of contention
to go to the Olympics Syracuse fans will still
get to see them in action, meaning you will see Andy Rautins play. But I think the SU fan base is going a bit happier because Team Canada will be part of a five game exhibition series that Team USA (with ex Orange Carmelo Anthony and SU head coach Jim Boeheim) will be playing before heading to Bejing.
Even with head coach Jim Boeheim deep into
his USA Basketball commitments it doesn't look like his
coaching staff is letting anything, or should I say anyone, get past their attentive eyes.
For those of you that follow Syracuse basketball
but didn't see this (and I don't know how
you wouldn't), two nights ago, in his debut of the NBA Summer League, Donte Greene had 40 points. Yes, let me repeat that, forty!
As I continued to dig over the blog
about Brandon Jennings and his going to Europe because
he didn't pass the SAT's I found another piece that has head coach Jim Boeheim talking about the situation. And just like last blog I did coach Boeheim is sharp and to the point, and just like last time, I believe him to be fully correct.
Those of you that read this blog or
know me personally know that, while I enjoy Syracuse
Men's basketball, I have sometimes been critical of head coach Jim Boeheim. Well, if I'm going to be critical of someone when I think he's wrong, I think that I should also have his back when he's right in what he does or says. Right about now is where you are going to wonder what I am babbling about...
I know that most of the pre-season rankings
never stand up, and imagine when the rankings are
done about a year minus a week from when things are supposed to happen. But, this is the Y2K era and in this era of multimedia outlets, you know that each ranking and Top 25 or 50 or 100 is worth looking at.
As most Syracuse sites have reported already, Isaiah
Armwood has picked a Big East opponent, Villanova, over
the Orange as the college he is going to play for. Of course, from what most people are saying and I agree with, this was almost a foregone conclusion once Syracuse landed Wesley Johnson.
One thing that I have always shook my
head at when listening to Bud Poliquin is the
fact that he likes to tell anyone that is listening to the radio show he co-hosts that people who think that student-athletes that play at the college level get tired are nuts.
Reading about recruits coming to Syracuse and hearing
head coach Jim Boeheim talk about his SU team
and the USA team, plus the small blog about one of the Orange's ex players who is now going to be an assistant coach, made me think about another ex player who I (as well as many others) thought would have a stint in the NBA.
Reading around about Syracuse I stumbled upon an
article that talked about a player that was high
on the SU program. Glenn Bryant, a 6'7" 190 lbs. power forward, who currently attends Oak Hill Academy said that he liked Syracuse because of their run and gun style and because they play zone defense.










Pace playing overseas this season