Over the course of the past year, former SU team manager Kevin Belbey presented former Orange basketball players an opportunity to don the Syracuse colors once again — creating a “Syracuse Alumni” team in The Basketball Tournament, a national winner-take-all, single-elimination tournament for $1 million. Read more »
Sophomore guard Ron Patterson will transfer to Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, he tweeted early Sunday afternoon. He is from Indianapolis, so the move will bring him much closer to home. Read more »
Lazarus Sims, 42, is a former point guard for the SU men’s basketball team. He played from 1992-1996, and took over as leader of the city's parks department on Monday. Read more »
When Terry Rozier’s shot rimmed out and the clock ran out, Denzel Valentine and Bryn Forbes started running toward the Michigan State bench — their mouths wide open and their arms imitating airplane wings. Read more »
Michigan State came back in the second half and pulled away late in overtime to defeat Louisville, 76-70 and advance to the Final Four in Indianapolis. Read more »
Seventh-seeded Michigan State outlasted No. 3-seed Oklahoma in the Carrier Dome, advancing to play fourth-seeded Louisville in the Elite Eight on Sunday. Read more »
No. 4 seed Louisville needed a late second-half push to get past eighth-seeded N.C. State, 75-65, but is advancing to the Elite Eight nonetheless. Read more »
Louisville struggled against Syracuse when the two teams met in the Dome earlier this season. On Friday, the Cardinals used a balanced scoring effort to beat N.C. State and get to the Elite Eight on Sunday. Read more »
Abdul-Malik Abu befriended Deah Barakat and his soon-to-be wife when he visited N.C. State. Those two were victims in a Chapel Hill shooting, but he's still playing in their honor. Read more »
Terry Rozier didn't enjoy growing up in his grandmother's home until a life-changing experience helped mature him. Now he leads Louisville in scoring. Read more »
James Fraschilla has played only 13 minutes this season for Oklahoma. But it's his skills when no one else on is on the court that has gained him national recognition. Read more »
On Friday at 10:07 p.m., when seventh-seeded Michigan State takes on No. 3 seed Oklahoma in the Carrier Dome, the point guard’s unexpected path to prominence on college basketball’s biggest stage will continue. The freshman entered MSU’s starting lineup for good in early February, which might be one of the lesser surprising things that have happened in his life. Read more »
One day before hosting the NCAA Tournament East regional's Sweet 16 matchups, the Carrier Dome held open practices for N.C. State, Louisville, Michigan State and Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon. Read more »
Not only will the East regional teams be playing on a bigger stage, they’ll be playing in a bigger arena than some players have ever stepped foot in before.
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