SYRACUSE ORANGE RUMORS & GOSSIP

A judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought against Syracuse University and men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim by two men who said the Hall of Fame coach slandered them when he said their accusations of sexual abuse against assistant coach Bernie Fine were driven by greed. Two former team ballboys, Bobby Davis and Michael Lang, accused Fine of sexually abusing them...

During a round of match game at the team's annual Cuse awards, Syracuse forward James Southerland conceded that he has a habit of passing gas on the court.

Syracuse center Fab Melo is entering the NBA draft after a breakout season in which he twice got held out because of eligibility issues. The 7-foot sophomore from Brazil made the announcement Thursday. He averaged 7.8 points and 5.8 rebounds for Syracuse (34-3) this past season. He led the Big East in blocks per game and was named the conference's defensive player of the year...

We all saw that this was coming so without further adieu, ladies and gents Syracuse center Fab Melo has just left the building. According to Nation of Orange, Melo has signed with agent Arn Tellem so that effectively kills the likely hood of his return. Melo is without a doubt a star in the making. There is just one problem and that is his apparent lack of discipline. Even if...

Two Syracuse commits and one Orange hopeful put on a show last night as part of the 2nd Annual All-American Championship in New Orleans, as The Fizz live blogged the event (read the blow-by-blow here). With just nine days remaining until “National Nerlens Noel Day” on April 11th, the Tilton (NH) star, along with Dajuan Coleman and Jerami Grant all played on the East team as�...

Syracuse point guard Scoop Jardine broke down when talking to reporters after Saturday's 77-70 loss to Ohio State in the NCAA Tournaments East Regional Finals.  Jardine told the media that he "thinks we (Syracuse) the best team in the country, for real!"  Scoop was reduced to tears when he was interviewed by SNY which is a local New York sports TV station.  In...

At Players View, we all have our thoughts who is going to win it all in the NCAA Men’s BasketBall Tournament. Adam Rosen is is going all in with the Syracuse Orange. There was always doubt. There was always doubt how good this Syracuse team really was. Maybe it was their 10-0 record versus Non-conference opponents, which included DePaul, Tulane, Colgate and Manhattan, yielding...

When the buzzer finally sounded, when Wisconsin's threes finally stopped raining through the hoop, when that last Wisconsin three-point attempt clanged off the rim and Syracuse won a 64-63 heart-stopper, freshman guard Michael Carter-Williams sprinted to center court and embraced senior point guard Scoop Jardine. The seconds passed, and the two held on to each other: Carter...

Like Syracuse with Fab Melo, Kansas State was also forced to play without a leading contributor in the round of 32. With forward Jamar Samuels ruled ineligible, KSU could not overcome the Orange.

Syracuse's tumultuous season nearly ended with a loss to a #16 seed, but a few questionable calls let the Orange live on for another day. 

Syracuse announced today that sophomore center Fab Melo will miss the NCAA Tournament, although the release didn’t provide any additional details other than to call it an “eligibility issue.” Consequently, Melo was trending on Twitter within minutes, partly because of the impact on a number one seed but also because people were in a mad scramble to change their...

Syracuse's star center will not be suiting up for the NCAA Tournament for what the school will only state is related to an "eligibility issue."

For the second time in six months, the Syracuse basketball program finds itself on the wrong end of some investigative scrutiny. 

Weird things have been happening in the Carrier Dome this year.  In football, Toledo was screwed over by a blown extra point call.  On Saturday, West Virginia had their chance to tie the game erased by a goaltend that wasn’t called. That is clearly a goaltend.  The ball was bouncing off the glass and the defender pinned the ball on the backboard. Bob Huggins has to...

CINCINNATI -- Jim Boeheim didn't know what to expect Monday night. Because he never expected his team to play so poorly in Syracuse's only loss of the season two days earlier. Monday, the Orange played in front of the Bearcats first sellout of the season, then saw Cincinnati make four-of-five threes as the game started. He didn't panic, but he did wonder. Which was...