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12 results for "jim boeheim"
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Jim Boeheim doesn't mince words
Diamond LeungWith Syracuse at the center of conference expansion news, one might think Jim Boeheim would stick with the script. In his official statement following the news that the school, a founding member of the Big East, would leave for the ACC he said simply...
Blog | September 19, 2011 -
Upper Deck releasing cards of hoops coaches
Diamond LeungHow much would you pay for a mint condition Bill Self trading card? Upper Deck has announced it will release cards of more than 30 current college basketball coaches, including Self, Jim Boeheim, Jim Calhoun, Bob Huggins, Tom Izzo and Tubby Smith....
Blog | September 28, 2010 -
Tom Izzo to take the wheel at NASCAR race
Diamond LeungBefore embarking on the road back to the Final Four, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo will serve as the honorary pace car driver for the CARFAX 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Aug. 15 at Michigan International Speedway. "It's unlike anything I'v...
Blog | August 05, 2010 -
Jim Boeheim used to speed at triple digits
Diamond LeungDuring a fun NASCAR promotional event on the Syracuse campus today, coach Jim Boeheim wasn't too bashful about revealing that he used to drive at high rates of speed himself. Boeheim, who shot free throws with driver Tony Stewart and will serve as...
Blog | July 28, 2010 -
Syracuse's zone defense exported to Japan
Diamond LeungSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim's trademark 2-3 zone defense has long been admired, but the rest of college basketball has been unable (or unwilling) to duplicate the system with the same success. Now an unlikely member of the Boeheim coaching tree is ...
Blog | July 26, 2010 -
Boeheim amazed football drives realignment
Diamond LeungSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim works at a basketball school and is among the many coming to grips with the fact that, well, basketball doesn't matter when it comes to conference realignment. He had this to say about the issue last week on Lexy: "It's...
Blog | June 17, 2010 -
Coaching fraternity speaks on John Wooden
Diamond LeungJim Boeheim, Syracuse: "When I think of a basketball coach the only one I ever thought of was Coach Wooden. He had a great life and helped so many coaches until well in his 90s. Every time I talked to him he would give me some words of advice. He's t...
Blog | June 05, 2010 -
Calipari is humble, hungry, not interested in Bulls
Diamond LeungKentucky coach John Calipari is telling Andy Katz that he has no interest in the Chicago Bulls head coaching job that became open Tuesday when Vinny Del Negro was fired. After all, he's been recruiting kids to Kentucky and making sure to foster an...
Blog | May 04, 2010 -
New Yorkers like expressing themselves in newspapers
Diamond LeungSyracuse's Jim Boeheim and Binghamton's Kevin Broadus each saw something written about them in the newspaper that wasn't so positive, and the coaches were not going to just sit by idly. Rather, they fired off letters to the editor defending themse...
Blog | April 16, 2010 -
Want to hear coachspeak on the phone?
Diamond LeungSyracuse's Jim Boeheim, Kentucky's John Calipari, Temple's Fran Dunphy and West Virginia's Bob Huggins have signed on with Lexy to offer their free audio posts to you over the phone or online. Basically, you can get texted when one of them has som...
Blog | March 16, 2010 -
Boeheim: UNC should be a tournament team
Diamond LeungSyracuse coach Jim Boeheim has long been a proponent of NCAA tournament expansion, and in an interview yesterday with Colin Cowherd of ESPN Radio, he reasoned that expansion was necessary so a team like North Carolina could get in. "This year, you'r...
Blog | February 17, 2010 -
Remember Le Moyne?
Diamond LeungPete Thamel of the New York Times catches up with Le Moyne College, which pulled off the upset of the college basketball season against Syracuse in an exhibition game. More than two months later, the win looks even more miraculous given that the D...
Blog | January 17, 2010