Paper Trail

Gerry McNamara will become the next head coach of the Syracuse Orange Men’s Basketball program, according to my sources. He returns to the Orange after spending two seasons as the head coach of the Siena Saints Men's Basketball program inside the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The year prior to him taking over at Siena, the Saints were 4-28. In his first season with the Saints, the team improved to 14-18 and this past season, they rose to 23-12, including winning

This is the right move… Gerry McNamara was a part of the ONLY team to win an NCAA Tournament Title in Syracuse Men’s Basketball history (2003). He then guided the Orange to back-to-back Big East Championships (2005 & 2006). So Gerry knows the “Syracuse Standard”. To then learn under Hall-of-Famer Jim Boeheim as an assistant & help guide student-athletes to NCAA Tournament berths as a member of the coaching staff showed his translation from player to coach. Then he took over h

On the night of Saturday, March 14th, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) saw their championship game coming down to the top two seeds of their tournament, a fitting finish. The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils (31-2 overall, 17-1 ACC) versus the 2nd-seeded Virginia Cavaliers (29-4 overall, 15-3 ACC) meeting inside the Spectrum Center to decide who will be putting new hardware in their showcase. Duke began the game on a 4-0 run, within an offensive rebound and putback by freshman

The second game in the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament Semifinal Round featured the top-seeded Duke Blue Devils (30-2 overall, 17-1 ACC) versus the 5th-seeded Clemson Tigers (24-9 overall, 12-6 ACC). Duke and Clemson ironically both advanced out of the ACC Quarterfinals by the exact same score, 80-79, with the Blue Devils defeating the 8th-seeded Florida State Seminoles and the Tigers ousting the 4th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels. Senior guard Butta Johnson

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament Semifinals began with the 2nd-seeded Virginia Cavaliers (28-4 overall, 15-3 ACC) versus the 3rd-seeded Miami Hurricanes (25-7 overall, 13-5 ACC). Virginia advanced to this moment as a result of their 81-74 victory over the 7th-seeded N.C. State Wolfpack in the ACC Quarterfinals, and Miami's road to the semis came through the 6th-seeded Louisville Cardinals, whom they defeated 78-73. It was fitting that the man wh

The finale of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals featured the 4th-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (24-7 overall, 12-6 ACC) in their first action of this conference tournament versus the 5th-seeded Clemson Tigers (23-9 overall, 12-6 ACC) who were coming off of their 71-62 second round win over the 13th-seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons for their 13th ACC win of the season. There were four lead changes and three ties in the first h

The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils entered onto the court for the first time in the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament for the quarterfinal round after automatically advancing through the first two rounds thanks to being a top-four seed in the conference. In 31 games, the Blue Devils compiled a record of 29-2, including a 17-1 performance in the ACC. They drew the 8th-seeded Florida State Seminoles (18-14 overall, 10-8 ACC plus an ACC Tournament Rou

The second quarterfinal matchup within the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament featured the 6th-seeded Louisville Cardinals (23-9 overall, 11-7 ACC plus an ACC Tournament win over the SMU Mustangs) pitted against the 3rd-seeded Miami Hurricanes (24-7 overall, 13-5 ACC) who had advanced through the first two rounds of the conference tournament due to being a top-4 finisher in the ACC. There were six lead changes and four ties within the first 7+ mi

Day 3 of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament showcased the Quarterfinal Round which began with the 7th-seeded N.C State Wolfpack (20-12 overall, 10-8 ACC plus an ACC Tournament victory over the Pitt Panthers) taking on the 2nd-seeded Virginia Cavaliers (27-4 overall, 15-3 ACC). At the media timeout that came at exactly the 16-minute mark, the scoreboard read like a typical job, 9 to 5, in favor of the Wolfpack. With just under 12 minutes to pl

The nighttime action on Day 2 of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament began with the 8th-seeded Florida State Seminoles (17-14 overall, 10-8 ACC) versus the 9th-seeded California Golden Bears (21-10 overall, 9-9 ACC). Chris Bell, former Syracuse Orange turned Cal Golden Bear senior forward, was the first to score for either side, dribbling closer to the basket and taking a short-range jumper on the right side to put Cal up early, 2-0. He had fo

The second game of the second day of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament here in Charlotte, North Carolina, featured all red as the 11th-seeded SMU Mustangs (20-12 overall, 8-10 ACC + another win from 86-69 conclusion in ACC Tournament versus the Syracuse Orange) faced off against the 6th-seeded Louisville Cardinals (22-9 overall, 11-7 ACC). At the media timeout at the 14:36 mark, the game was tied at 7-7. Junior forward Sam Walters would brea

Bryan Blair is a name to know in the search for the next Syracuse University Director of Athletics. Blair is currently the Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of Toledo. He worked with the NCAA from 2010-11 as an Academic and Membership Affairs Pistgraduate Intern before becoming the Compliance Coordinator at Rice University from 2011-12. From there, Blair went to the east coast to serve as the Assistant Director of Compliance Services at the University

Starting off the second round of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament were the 15th-seeded Pittsburgh Panthers (13-19 overall, 5-13 ACC + ACC Tournament Win) and the 7th-seeded N.C. State Wolfpack (19-12 overall, 10-8 ACC). Pittsburgh got to Day 2 of the ACC Tournament after taking down the 10th-seeded Stanford Cardinal by a score of 64-63 on a layup by graduate guard Damarco Minor that came after his offensive rebound off of his own miss. Seni

Following an 86-69 loss to the SMU Mustangs in the first round of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament, Adrian Autry was relieved of his duties as Head Coach of the Syracuse Orange program. The news came the morning after what would be his final press conference as the leader of the storied Syracuse Men's Basketball squad. In a statement released by Syracuse University, Autry stated, "It has been an honor to coach at my alma mater. I want to th

The finale of the first round for the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament featured the 12th-seeded Virginia Tech Hokies (19-12 overall, 8-10 ACC) against the 13th-seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons (16-15 overall, 7-11 ACC) here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Senior forward Tre'Von Spillers would get Wake Forest on the board first with a dunk off of an alley-oop from sophomore guard Sebastian Akins on a play started by Spillers stealing the ball from

For the second game of the first round of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament, two teams were pitted against one another with the 14th-seeded Syracuse Orange (15-16 overall, 6-12 ACC) facing the 11th-seeded SMU Mustangs (19-12, 8-10 ACC) that had seen each other less than a month ago, when the Syracuse defeated SMU at home by a single point, 79-78, on a layup by redshirt-senior guard Nate Kingz with two seconds remaining on Valentine's Day. So

The Atlantic Coast Conference tipped off their 2026 conference tournament in the "Queen City" of Charlotte, North Carolina, with the 15th-seeded Pittsburgh Panthers (12-19 overall, 5-13 ACC) taking on the 10th-seeded Stanford Cardinal (20-11 overall, 9-9 ACC) inside the Spectrum Center, a.k.a. "The Hive", home of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Charlotte Hornets. With the game tied at 23 at the 3:49 mark on a step-back jumper by Cardinal senior guard Benny Gealer,

The final game of the 2025-26 regular season for the Syracuse Orange and Pittsburgh Panthers on the men's basketball stage pitted the two longtime rivals against one another for their 129th match-up. Syracuse came in leading the all-time series 76-52. The Orange also won the most recent contest by a score of 83-72 on the road at "The Pete" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earlier this season on Saturday, January 10, 2026. In this chapter of their rivalry, Pittsburgh got out to an

On a Valentine's Day afternoon in Central New York, it heated up enough for the ice in Syracuse to finally start to melt. The visiting team was dressed appropriately in red as the Mustangs of SMU entered into their third contest all-time versus Syracuse. SMU won the only other two contests played between themselves and Syracuse, which both happened in the 2024-25 season, SMU's first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Mustangs would score first, tha

In their second season coming from the Pacific Coast to play within their current conference named after the Atlantic Coast, the California Golden Bears entered the Dome on a snow-covered night in Central New York to face the Syracuse Orange in a men's basketball bout. There were six lead changes and four ties by the 8:29 mark of the first half, where it stood at 21-apiece after a jumper by junior guard Dai Dai Ames of the Golden Bears. Chris Bell, who left Syracuse for Cal v