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Syracuse's C.J. Fair is returning for his senior season.The Orange's leading scorer and rebounder last season announced his decision Wednesday, saying another year of college basketball and graduating are in his best interests.The return of Fair, who averaged 14.5 points and 6.9 rebounds last season, gives coach Jim Boeheim a nice boost as Syracuse transitions to the Atlantic Coast Conference in July.Syracuse loses seniors Brandon Triche and James Southerland and sophomore Michael-Carter Williams, who is entering the NBA draft, from last season's team that made the Final Four....
Jim Boeheim calls this year's Syracuse team his best defensive group ever. Hard to argue, based on the suffocating performances that put the Orange in the Final Four...
It might not have been the matchup predicted on many brackets but in an all Big East Conference Eastern Regional Final, the fourth-seeded Syracuse Orange take on the...
The first night of the Sweet 16 followed suit with the previous results of the tournament as unexpected outcomes continued to pile up.There will be an All-Big East m...
Michael Carter-Williams carried Syracuse back to the Elite Eight with 24 points, five rebounds and four steals as the Orange ousted top-seeded Indiana, 61-50, in the...
Two storied programs will meet up Thursday at the Verizon Center in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament when the fourth- seed Syracuse Orange challenge the top-seed ...
C.J. Fair scored 18 points, James Southerland added 14 and fourth-seeded Syracuse survived a second-half drought of more than 12 minutes without a field goal to beat...
Wherever Allen Crabbe went, Syracuse's zone defense followed.With the Pac-12 Player of the Year bottled up by the Orange, California had little chance to advance in ...
The difference in travel between Syracuse and California to San Jose: approximately 2,850 miles.The Orange, though, don't seem to care how far they have to travel th...
Brandon Triche scored 20 points, C.J. Fair added 13 and fourth-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 13 seed Montana with its zone defense in a 81-34 victory in the second r...
After all that talk about improving on last year's NCAA tournament dud, Montana played even worse in its return trip.Star guard Will Cherry shot just 1 for 12 and th...
Syracuse's stellar showing in the Big Apple transitioned into its opener of the NCAA Tournament.Brandon Triche had 20 points and five steals in the Orange's 81-34 ro...
After dominating in their second round matchup, the fourth-seed Syracuse Orange will try to avoid a third-round disappointment against the 12th-seed California Golde...
Syracuse forward C.J. Fair has decided to return for his senior season.Fair was a second-team All-Big East Conference selection this past season and had been conside...
Jim Boeheim sat on a stool most of the night, hand propped against his chin, looking more like a man proctoring a math exam than one coaching a basketball game.Not m...
Michigan solved Syracuse's puzzling 2-3 zone in the first half and did just enough over the final 20 minutes.And the youngest team in the NCAA Tournament will get a ...
Michigan brushes off any comparisons to the Fab Five.Besides, the Wolverines have a chance to do something that group never did.Win a national championship.Michigan,...
Tip-off time is nearing. Time to see if Louisville can live up to the hype or one of those other guys can turn the Final Four into their party.The Cardinals are not ...
A pair of No. 4 seeds meet in the second Final Four matchup on Saturday night, as the Syracuse Orange tangle with the Michigan Wolverines for the right to play for t...
Jim Boeheim's long and athletic 2-3 zone has Syracuse back in the Final Four.And in their last year in the Big East, the Orange cut down the nets on the home floor o...