The Syracuse Orange are as hot as can be, winning their ninth straight game in their domination of Pitt in the Dome on Saturday. As a result, they’ve moved up to No. 3 in this week’s Inside Lacrosse media poll, the highest ranking they’ve achieved all season. The Orange now head back out on the […]
We’re back today to get you caught up on the latest from Syracuse’s Olympic Sports as the spring sports calendar ramps up. Women’s Rowing: The #12 Orange opened the season at the Doc Hosea where the V8 boat defeated #8 Rutgers and finished behind #9 Virginia. Syracuse’s 2nd V8 boat swept the two races Syracuse […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Syracuse fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Now that Gerry McNamara has officially been introduced to Orange fans, we turn our attention to […]
Gerry McNamara wants you to know that he’s here to win. It’s who he is. And it’s who he’ll always be. For 17 minutes on Monday afternoon McNamara spoke with confidence and conviction. Confidence in himself and the people around him. Conviction that he can get the Syracuse basketball program to where it needs to […]
As we move towards the NFL Draft, let’s catch up on off-season news for former Orange in the NFL. The biggest move so far was the Colts trading Zaire Franklin to Green Bay where he will join Kyle McCord. Travis Etienne moves to New Orleans= good for LeQuint Kenneth Gainwell to Tampa= Sean Tucker moves […]
The 2025-26 Syracuse Orange women’s basketball campaign is in the books after the program reached the NCAA Tournament Second Round for the second time under coach Felisha Legette-Jack. Now, FLJ and the team will be looking ahead to an interesting offseason with plenty of questions left to be answered. The biggest one of those is […]
Expectations for the Syracuse Orange will be pretty conservative after a 3-9 season. National analysts and prognosticators will definitely need to be convinced that Fran Brown’s squad can bounce back in 2026. In the first installment of Bill Connelly’s SP+ rankings of FBS programs for 2026, the Orange find themselves in a nice 69th spot […]
Welcome back to the world of ACC lacrosse! Just two hours after Virginia pulled an upset over Notre Dame with a two-goal win in Charlottesville to kick off the conference season, the Syracuse Orange hung on to defeat the Duke Blue Devils, 16-15, in a fast-paced, back-and-forth ACC affair on Saturday afternoon in the JMA […]
It’s down to Eight teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. We’ve got four games over the next two days and it’s down to 4 teams from the Big 10 against one each from the ACC, Big East, Big 12 and SEC. Tonight, we see if Iowa can continue their Cinderella run against Illinois followed […]
The Syracuse Orange looked like they want to play more games at 10 AM on Saturday morning. ‘Cuse started fast and dominated on both ends of the field in a game that wasn’t nearly as close as the nine-goal win suggests it was, as the Orange were up 16-2 with 10 minutes to go before […]
It’s a big day in the Dome for Syracuse lacrosse, as both the women’s and men’s teams are playing at home on the same day/weekend for the first time since all the way back on February 13. It’s an all-ACC day for the Orange with a pair of important matchups. The women get the day […]
You can exhale, Syracuse women’s basketball fans. Superstar center Uche Izoje is returning to the Orange for another season, the program announced on Friday. Izoje was the ACC Rookie of the Year, averaging 15.6 points and 9.2 rebounds, and led the conference with 2.6 blocks per game. She led Syracuse in all three of those […]
The Syracuse Orange entered the 2026 season with a super-experienced core four returning to lead their offense. The quartet of Joey Spallina, Michael Leo, Finn Thomson and Luke Rhoa were all going into their senior year, giving the Orange perhaps the best collection of returning veteran talent in the country. The core was solid, but […]
As James told you yesterday, Syracuse is marking Gerry McNamara’s return to the Orange in the best way possible…….by printing commerative t-shirts. Syracuse is going with McNamERA so if we’re going to go all-in on brand and nostalgia, we’ve got some marketing ideas for the 2026-27 home opener, and let’s get to them. Buses from […]
The first new Syacuse Football commit of the spring occurred earlier this week. WR Noah Collins-Howard from Rush-Henrietta High School in the Rochester area. Collins-Howard is listed as a three-star recruit by 247 Sports which has him as the 5th-ranked recruit in New York in his class. The wide receiver is listed at 5’9 1/2” […]
In addition to my work covering Syracuse basketball on here, I cover mid-major basketball for our sister site, Mid-Major Madness. I have a focus on the MAAC and other northeast mid-majors. I’ve covered new Syracuse head coach Gerry McNamara extensively during his two seasons at Siena. Here are some of the stories I wrote about […]
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We are down to the Sweet 16 and while we wait to discover what needs Gerry McNamara will have on the 26-27 Syracuse roster, we can scout for some potential players over the next four nights. We’ve got four games tonight and it seems like Arkansas and Arizona might be the highlight, but watching the […]
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Spring practice is underway for Syracuse Orange football, meaning fans are one step closer to seeing the team back in action. While most of the discussion over the past few months centered on the transfer portal with who the program brought in as well as lost, another essential factor to look at with the roster […]
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The biggest news of the week, maybe of the year so far, was the announcement that Gerry McNamara would be returning to Syracuse to become the next men’s basketball head coach. In this week’s survey, 83% of fans said they are glad that the Pride of Scranton was heading back to the 315. It’s been […]
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After the Syracuse Orange season ended on Monday night, head coach Felisha Legette-Jack used the post-game press conference to air her frustrations with the NCAA selection process- specifically sending her Orange to face the UConn Huskies time and time again. Now you can argue whether or not this was the time and the place to […]
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Newly minted Syracuse basketball head coach Gerry McNamara made his first public comments since accepting the lead job at his alma mater. McNamara made an appearance Wednesday on ESPN Radio Syracuse with Steve Infanti and Paulie Scibilia where he was asked about the whirlwind of his last few weeks of winning the MAAC Tournament, making […]
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One major offseason question for the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball team is now answered. After several rumored candidates, Gerry McNamara will be the Orange’s next head coach. After underwhelming endings for the program in the last five years under Jim Boeheim and Adrian Autry, McNamara will look to be the person at the helm who […]
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Vince Kehres preaches a simple mantra for his defense. 11 as 1. “We want to put a defense on the field that plays with great effort and tackles well, leverages the ball and plays together,” said Kehres. It’s a mantra that Kehres learned from his defensive coordinator when he played college football at Mount Union, […]
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The Syracuse Orange took a day trip east on I-90 on Tuesday to face off with Orange legend Katie Rowan-Thomson and her UAlbany Great Danes, returning home with a gritty, 10-8 win over their in-state foes to extend their winning streak to eight straight. It was the kind of day in which nothing came easy, […]
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What a feel-good story this is: the most beloved son of the Syracuse basketball family, after finding success elsewhere, returns home in attempt to lead his alma mater back to prominence. The Syracuse Orange men’s basketball program has hired Gerry McNamara as its ninth head coach in program history. McNamara is set to lead Syracuse […]
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