Inside Syracuse Basketball

Eric Devendorf joins Mike Waters to breakdown the Orange's performance in its season opener vs. Le Moyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters and Donna Ditota break down Syracuse basketball's complete schedule highlighting Duke and North Carolina visiting the JMA Dome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters welcomes Elimu Nelson to the podcast to relive walking onto the Orange, finally getting a scholarship senior year, and his acting career after Syracuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Editor Chris Dortch joins Mike Waters to discuss the massive and all inclusive Blue Ribbon College Basketball yearbook . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan Marks of The Athletic joins Mike Waters and discusses his article where he predicts the final ACC basketball standings in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Kline, former NBA scout, and Eugene Tulyagijja, basketball analytics whiz kid, join Mike Waters to discuss how they are using data analytics to help the Syracuse basketball staff in their approach to recruiting, the transfer portal, player development and use of NIL funds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On3 recruiting reporter Joe Tipton says Kiyan Anthony is not just Carmelo's kid anymore: ‘He's made a name for himself' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Kline speaks on moving from his job in the NBA to Syracuse University to be the schools first basketball general manager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Orange Alum Tyus Battle talks about his professional career and dealing with injuries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters welcomes Donna Ditota to breakdown why there is no Boeheim's Army team this summer, SU's roster, transfers, and the schedule Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse University basketball's Director of Operations Pete Corasaniti explains how the year to year game schedule is made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse basketball commit Donnie Freeman discusses the past year at IMG, his rise in the national rankings and his expectations for the Orange in the 2024-25 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Syracuse Men's basketball assistant coach Dan Engelstad details what led him to step down from a head coaching position to be an assistant at Syracuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters gets to know the newest member of the Orange Jyare Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Teel of the Richmond Times-Dispatch examines the ACC Tournament and makes predictions with Mike Waters of Syracuse.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters welcomes co-worker Donna Ditota to examine and make predictions for Atlantic Coast Conference basketball awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ACC associate commissioner Paul Brazeau breaks down how the ACC makes the Men's basketball schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buddy Boeheim reflects on his dads 47 year coaching career leading up to Syracuse University celebrating Jim Boeheim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of the Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast, Syracuse legend Lawrence Moten joins the show. Moten shares stories of his days being coached by Jim Boeheim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rick Pitino reflects on coaching as an assistant to Jim Boeheim leading up to Syracuse University's celebration of Boeheim's career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading up to Syracuse University's celebration of Jim Boeheim former player Hal Cohen looks back on his experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rex Trobridge reflects being in the same Syracuse University basketball recruitment class and playing with Jim Boeheim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After transferring from Syracuse to Clemson, former Orange basketball player Joe Girard prepares for his return to the Dome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Bing and Jim Boeheim, two Syracuse legends and former teammates, share stories of their years at SU and also talk about the university's plans to honor both of them at upcoming games this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Donna of Syracuse.com assess the state of the Syracuse men's basketball team as the team had a week to prepare for Boston College after a road loss to Duke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse.com basketball reporters Donna Ditota and Mike Waters discuss the Orange's play in the Maui Invitational, what to make of a big win over LSU and look ahead to the ACC opener against Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan Marks of The Athletic joins Mike Waters on the Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast to provide a preview of the ACC with their analysis of the teams and players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Pomeroy speaks with Syracuse.com's Mike Waters and breaks down his advanced analysis of college basketball used on his website Kenpom.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse.com's Mike Waters and Donna Ditota offer their thoughts on Syracuse's basketball media day and the Orange Tip-Off that provided a first look at new SU coach Adrian Autry's squad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Resavy, a former Syracuse walk-on, is now the girls varsity coach at Ardsley High School. But this past season Resavy has been one of a few male players who have practiced against the WNBA's New York Liberty. Resavy tells how he stumbled into the gig and describes what it's like to practice against superstars Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse.com beat writers Mike Waters and Donna Ditota discuss their recent stories on Gerry McNamara, JJ Starling and Judah Mintz. They then offer their picks for the Syracuse player that intrigues them the most heading into the 2023-24 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse assistant coach Allen Griffin joins the podcast to discuss the differences between working for Jim Boeheim and new Orange coach Adrian Autry, the battles going on in practice between guards Judah Mintz and JJ Starling and this year's group of centers, including 7-foot-4 transfer Naheem McLeod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters and Jim Satalin bat around potential players who could one day join an exclusive club: having their Syracuse basketball jersey hang in the Dome rafters. Satalin is a former star parochial player at St. John the Baptist in Syracuse and at St. Bonaventure University. He later coached at his alma mater and at Duquesne before joining the radio broadcast team for SU games. In addition to Satalin, Waters polled dozens of former players for insight on who they think deserve to be honored by the university. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Barber of the Richmond Times-Dispatch joins Mike to examine the ACC's three new additions: Stanford, Cal and Southern Methodist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ESPN broadcaster Sean McDonough joins Mike to describe last week's surprise roast for Jim Boeheim at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester. McDonough played a role in pulling off the surprise with former Seton Hall and NBA coach P.J. Carlesimo before helping emcee the evening. About 500 of Boeheim's closest friends, family members and former players attended the event, including John Wallace, Eric Devendorf and Roosevelt Bouie. Others who spoke were St. John's coach Rick Pitino, former Maryland coach Gary Williams and Eric Lautenbach, Nike's director of college basketball marketing. 2:00: How McDonough helped pull off a surprise roast with P.J. Carlesimo15:00: Jay Bilas wasn't there, but the relationship is ‘fine'20:05: McDonough called Boeheim last season after testy exchange with student reporter Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on X Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBasketball | Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball For all your Syracuse basketball coverage head to https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description: Katie Kolinski, a former graduate assistant for Syracuse under Jim Boeheim and a West Genesee graduate, joins Mike on the podcast after getting hired as an assistant coach for the Le Moyne women's program. Kolinski comes aboard as the school transitions to the Division I level. She also brings with her 3-year-old daughter Kaiya. Kolinski discusses coaching and recruiting while being a young mother. Later in the podcast, she describes how Nancy Lieberman has been a mentor to her in the profession.  1:05: Taking a new job at Le Moyne 4:10: Getting her start with Felisha Legette-Jack 10:00: Coaching and recruiting as a single mom 20:05: Nancy Lieberman becomes a mentor and delivers an incredible Final Four experience Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on Twitter   Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBask...Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball   For all your Syracuse basketball coverage head to https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke DeCock, sports columnist for the Raleigh News & Observer, joins Mike to examine the state of college sports as conference realignment heats up. As schools look to further enrich themselves, how much does the revenue gap really matter, and when might that change? DeCock opens the show lambasting Florida State for threatening to leave the ACC. Later, the two scribes gaze to the West as the Pac-12 fights for survival and wonder if the ACC missed a chance to enhance its position.   2:00: A 5-minute diatribe on why Florida State is ‘insane' for threatening to leave the ACC 13:00: How much does the revenue gap matter, and when might that change? 20:00: The ripple effects of the Pac-12 falling apart and a path to an ACC bonanza 26:00: What the ACC could look like by 2030   Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on Twitter   Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBask...Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters welcomes Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack on the podcast for his first one-on-one interview discussing the basketball coaching transition from Jim Boeheim to Adrian Autry. Wildhack details the meetings held with Boeheim, Autry and Gerry McNamara and why Syracuse did not conduct a national search to replace Boeheim. Wildhack also addresses the LeQuint Allen suspension and reinstatement to the SU football team, what to look for in the NIL space after a new state law was signed and the likelihood that Syracuse University will bid to host NCAA Tournament games. 5:00: Why Wildhack didn't conduct a national search to replace Boeheim 8:00: A ‘bittersweet' meeting with Jim Boeheim near the end of the season 15:45: Wildhack's first comments on the LeQuint Allen lawsuit 21:00: What a new NIL law in NY means for Syracuse athletics 24:30: Syracuse's interest in hosting NCAA tournament games in a renovated JMA Wireless Dome 25:55: Wildhack's future at Syracuse University Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and wherever you listen to podcasts.   Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on Twitter   Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBask...Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball   For all your Syracuse basketball coverage head to https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog and NJ.com joins host Mike Waters on the podcast to talk about Peach Jam, Syracuse's recruiting and thoughts on Donnie Freeman and Elijah Moore. Zagoria and Waters also discuss how coaches can manage and build their rosters in the transfer portal and NIL era. Later in the podcast, some thoughts on high-profile recruits such as Kiyan Anthony and Cameron and Cayden Boozer and how the sons of NBA players will handle recruiting. 1:40: Donnie Freeman and what Syracuse is getting  5:45: Elijah Moore: ‘The best shooter we've ever had' 13:25: Roster building and ‘salary cap management' in the transfer portal and NIL era 19:40 Kiyan Anthony and other legacy recruits Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and wherever you listen to podcasts.   Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on Twitter   Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBask...Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball   For all your Syracuse basketball coverage head to https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters is joined by Syracuse basketball assistant coach Brenden Straughn. The new face on the SU coaching staff, Straughn talks about a whirlwind hiring process and how word got out at the Final Four in Houston that Straughn was joining Adrian Autry's bench. An accounting major in college, Straughn recounts his path to coaching in the podcast and what Syracuse fans can expect in recruiting. Straughn also talks about the Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry and which game he attended. 7:30: How he formed a connection with Adrian Autry 12:00: The mentors who gave him career advice 16:00: An accounting major breaks into the coaching industry 22:45: Straughn's experience with the Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast is available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, and wherever you listen to podcasts.   Follow @MikeWatersSYR (https://twitter.com/MikeWatersSYR) on Twitter   Find our Syracuse basketball coverage on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyracuseBask...Twitter: https://twitter.com/syrbasketball   For all your Syracuse basketball coverage head to https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasket... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters reconnects with Mookie Jones after bumping into him at a summer league game played just outside Syracuse. Jones, a highly recruited forward who was known to let it fly during a shortened four-year career from 2008-12, talks about why he's playing in a league with players 10 years younger than him. Jones then recounts the personal issues that led to his early departure from the university, and chronicles his time away from basketball, which included applying for social welfare programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syracuse basketball beat writers Mike Waters and Donna Ditota unpack her revealing conversation with Jim Boeheim during a recent charity golf outing at Turning Stone. It was the first lengthy local interview with Boeheim since the end of his 47-year run as Syracuse basketball coach in March. The writers also touch on how he will spend his time in retirement, and Boeheim gives an early appraisal of the first few months of the Adrian Autry era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ESPN NBA reporter Dave McMenamin, a former manager for the Syracuse basketball team, joins the podcast to talk about his memories of the 2003 team and its recent reunion weekend along with his thoughts about Carmelo Anthony and how he spotted Jim Boeheim walking alone in New Orleans in the early morning hours after SU's championship win over Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Axe and Donna Ditota are the guests on this edition of the Inside Syracuse podcast. We talked about Judah Mintz's decision to return to Syracuse for his sophomore year. His impact on next year's Orange. The roster possibilities that new coach Adrian Autry has at his disposal and where Syracuse will finish at the end of the 2024 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Curtis, a former Syracucse.com reporter who is now the Detroit Pistons beat writer for the Detroit News, talks about Judah Mintz's play at the NBA combine, Buddy Boeheim's year in the Pistons' organization and his lunch with Syracuse and Detroit legend Dave Bing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Girard joins the podcast to discuss the reasons behind his decision to transfer, why he picked Clemson, what it will be like to return to the Dome in a visitors' uniform and his golf outings with the Syracuse coaches following his transfer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Syracuse player Matt Gorman joins the podcast to talk about his role in the new documentary “Will to Win'' on the 20th anniversary of Syracuse's 2003 national championship team. Gorman talked about his teammates, their stories and a potentially dangerous “hot-mic'' incident with Gerry McNamara during the filming of the documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Waters is joined by his Syracuse.com colleagues Donna Ditota and Brent Axe for a discussion on Jim Boeheim's retirement, how it went down and the transition to new head coach Adrian Autry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After playing for two years at Syracuse, Elijah Hughes was taken in the second round of the NBA's 2020 draft. Since then, Hughes traded twice, released once and now plays with the Wisconsin Herd in the G-League. I talked with Elijah about the business side of pro basketball and where his career stands now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Syracuse player Jimmy Boeheim joined the podcast to talk about playing pro ball in Greece, what it's like to be anonymous despite his famous last name, getting calls from his dad after his games and how living in Greece has expanded his eating habits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Syracuse basketball player Demetris Nichols talks about what he learned in his year as a Syracuse grad assistant, his new gig as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors' G-League team and his inspirational story of overcoming a childhood stutter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices