Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Roy Williams at Kansas each arrived at the 2003 Final Four as a respected head coach, but with one important item missing—a national championship ring. Boeheim lost the NCAA final in 1987 and 1996, while Williams had made three previous Final Fours. In 2003, Boeheim and Williams ended up on a collision course to meet on Monday night.
Syracuse basketball is on a roll, with a win at then-#1 Louisville on Saturday and then getting a home win over a good Cincinnati team yesterday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. As good as Jim Boeheim’s program has been over the years, they haven’t reached a Final Four since the national championship season of 2003 with Carmelo Anthony. Is this the year for the Orange? At the very least, are they best in the Big East? Let’s take a closer look at Syracuse’s personnel and what they’ve done in benchmark games so far this year.
Syracuse is ranked #2 in the country and along with Kentucky seen as one of the two teams who really have separation from the rest of the nation. Do the Orange have the personnel to back it up as the season hits its crunch point? Just as TheSportsNotebook did with Kentucky last week, we’ll take […]