Syracuse.com beat writers Mike Waters and Donna Ditota discuss their recent stories on Gerry McNamara, JJ Starling and Judah Mintz. They then offer their picks for the Syracuse player that intrigues them the most heading into the 2023-24 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 28, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Syracuse assistant coach Allen Griffin joins the podcast to discuss the differences between working for Jim Boeheim and new Orange coach Adrian Autry, the battles going on in practice between guards Judah Mintz and JJ Starling and this year’s group of centers, including 7-foot-4 transfer Naheem McLeod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 20, 2023•32 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Mike Waters and Jim Satalin bat around potential players who could one day join an exclusive club: having their Syracuse basketball jersey hang in the Dome rafters. Satalin is a former star parochial player at St. John the Baptist in Syracuse and at St. Bonaventure University. He later coached at his alma mater and at Duquesne before joining the radio broadcast team for SU games. In addition to Satalin, Waters polled dozens of former players for insight on who they think deserve to be honored by...
Sep 12, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Mike Barber of the Richmond Times-Dispatch joins Mike to examine the ACC’s three new additions: Stanford, Cal and Southern Methodist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 02, 2023•25 min•Season 5Ep. 13
ESPN broadcaster Sean McDonough joins Mike to describe last week’s surprise roast for Jim Boeheim at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester. McDonough played a role in pulling off the surprise with former Seton Hall and NBA coach P.J. Carlesimo before helping emcee the evening. About 500 of Boeheim’s closest friends, family members and former players attended the event, including John Wallace, Eric Devendorf and Roosevelt Bouie. Others who spoke were St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, former Maryland coa...
Aug 29, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Description: Katie Kolinski, a former graduate assistant for Syracuse under Jim Boeheim and a West Genesee graduate, joins Mike on the podcast after getting hired as an assistant coach for the Le Moyne women’s program. Kolinski comes aboard as the school transitions to the Division I level. She also brings with her 3-year-old daughter Kaiya. Kolinski discusses coaching and recruiting while being a young mother. Later in the podcast, she describes how Nancy Lieberman has been a mentor to her in t...
Aug 09, 2023•28 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Luke DeCock, sports columnist for the Raleigh News & Observer, joins Mike to examine the state of college sports as conference realignment heats up. As schools look to further enrich themselves, how much does the revenue gap really matter, and when might that change? DeCock opens the show lambasting Florida State for threatening to leave the ACC. Later, the two scribes gaze to the West as the Pac-12 fights for survival and wonder if the ACC missed a chance to enhance its position. 2:00: A 5-...
Aug 04, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Mike Waters welcomes Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack on the podcast for his first one-on-one interview discussing the basketball coaching transition from Jim Boeheim to Adrian Autry. Wildhack details the meetings held with Boeheim, Autry and Gerry McNamara and why Syracuse did not conduct a national search to replace Boeheim. Wildhack also addresses the LeQuint Allen suspension and reinstatement to the SU football team, what to look for in the NIL space after a new state law was signed ...
Jul 17, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog and NJ.com joins host Mike Waters on the podcast to talk about Peach Jam, Syracuse’s recruiting and thoughts on Donnie Freeman and Elijah Moore. Zagoria and Waters also discuss how coaches can manage and build their rosters in the transfer portal and NIL era. Later in the podcast, some thoughts on high-profile recruits such as Kiyan Anthony and Cameron and Cayden Boozer and how the sons of NBA players will handle recruiting. 1:40: Donnie Freeman and what Syracuse is gett...
Jul 11, 2023•28 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Mike Waters is joined by Syracuse basketball assistant coach Brenden Straughn. The new face on the SU coaching staff, Straughn talks about a whirlwind hiring process and how word got out at the Final Four in Houston that Straughn was joining Adrian Autry’s bench. An accounting major in college, Straughn recounts his path to coaching in the podcast and what Syracuse fans can expect in recruiting. Straughn also talks about the Syracuse-Georgetown rivalry and which game he attended. 7:30: How he fo...
Jul 02, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Mike Waters reconnects with Mookie Jones after bumping into him at a summer league game played just outside Syracuse. Jones, a highly recruited forward who was known to let it fly during a shortened four-year career from 2008-12, talks about why he’s playing in a league with players 10 years younger than him. Jones then recounts the personal issues that led to his early departure from the university, and chronicles his time away from basketball, which included applying for social welfare program...
Jun 24, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Syracuse basketball beat writers Mike Waters and Donna Ditota unpack her revealing conversation with Jim Boeheim during a recent charity golf outing at Turning Stone. It was the first lengthy local interview with Boeheim since the end of his 47-year run as Syracuse basketball coach in March. The writers also touch on how he will spend his time in retirement, and Boeheim gives an early appraisal of the first few months of the Adrian Autry era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...
Jun 19, 2023•27 min•Season 4Ep. 5
ESPN NBA reporter Dave McMenamin, a former manager for the Syracuse basketball team, joins the podcast to talk about his memories of the 2003 team and its recent reunion weekend along with his thoughts about Carmelo Anthony and how he spotted Jim Boeheim walking alone in New Orleans in the early morning hours after SU’s championship win over Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 08, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Brent Axe and Donna Ditota are the guests on this edition of the Inside Syracuse podcast. We talked about Judah Mintz's decision to return to Syracuse for his sophomore year. His impact on next year's Orange. The roster possibilities that new coach Adrian Autry has at his disposal and where Syracuse will finish at the end of the 2024 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 01, 2023•31 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Mike Curtis, a former Syracucse.com reporter who is now the Detroit Pistons beat writer for the Detroit News, talks about Judah Mintz’s play at the NBA combine, Buddy Boeheim’s year in the Pistons’ organization and his lunch with Syracuse and Detroit legend Dave Bing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2023•29 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Joe Girard joins the podcast to discuss the reasons behind his decision to transfer, why he picked Clemson, what it will be like to return to the Dome in a visitors’ uniform and his golf outings with the Syracuse coaches following his transfer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 17, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Former Syracuse player Matt Gorman joins the podcast to talk about his role in the new documentary “Will to Win’’ on the 20th anniversary of Syracuse’s 2003 national championship team. Gorman talked about his teammates, their stories and a potentially dangerous “hot-mic’’ incident with Gerry McNamara during the filming of the documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 26, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Mike Waters is joined by his Syracuse.com colleagues Donna Ditota and Brent Axe for a discussion on Jim Boeheim’s retirement, how it went down and the transition to new head coach Adrian Autry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 10
After playing for two years at Syracuse, Elijah Hughes was taken in the second round of the NBA’s 2020 draft. Since then, Hughes traded twice, released once and now plays with the Wisconsin Herd in the G-League. I talked with Elijah about the business side of pro basketball and where his career stands now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 04, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Former Syracuse player Jimmy Boeheim joined the podcast to talk about playing pro ball in Greece, what it’s like to be anonymous despite his famous last name, getting calls from his dad after his games and how living in Greece has expanded his eating habits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 12, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Former Syracuse basketball player Demetris Nichols talks about what he learned in his year as a Syracuse grad assistant, his new gig as an assistant with the Toronto Raptors’ G-League team and his inspirational story of overcoming a childhood stutter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 13, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Former Syracuse basketball player Roosevelt Bouie joins the podcast to talk about his love for fishing, how he learned to fish with his grandmother, how he discovered basketball at age 14, his thoughts on this year’s Syracuse team and his connection with current SU center Jesse Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Former Syracuse basketball player James Southerland joins the podcast to talk about Ron Naclerio, the New York City legend who was his coach at Cardozo High School coach; his Syracuse career, including the night he made nine 3-pointers at Arkansas; and a pro career that has stretched from the NBA to Europe and this season in the NBA’s G-League. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 04, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 5
On the Inside Syracuse Basketball podcast, former SU player Ryan Blackwell explained why he initially went to Illinois, why he transferred to Syracuse, his pro career that led him to Japan where he met his wife and began a career in coaching that continues today at Liverpool High School. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 04, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Former Syracuse player Howard Triche joined the podcast to talk about growing up in Syracuse, initially wanting to go away to school and how he eventually decided to play for his hometown school. He went in-depth on his Syracuse career and the run to the 1987 NCAA championship game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 21, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Former Syracuse player Cole Swider joined the podcast to talk about his decision to turn pro, what was it like going undrafted, at what point during the NBA draft did he know he would be signing with the Lakers, his amazing run in the NBA’s summer league and the prospects of going up against LeBron James in the Lakers’ training camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 08, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Tyus Battle joins Mike Waters and talks about the recovery from a foot injury that ended his season last year in Israel, whether he would ever play for Boeheim’s Army, his experience playing basketball in Russia and if he would ever go back and play professional basketball there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 31, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Syracuse women’s basketball coach Felisha Leggette-Jack joins the podcast to talk about returning to her hometown as the head coach of her alma mater. Why did it seem to take SU so long to hire her? How she got here, who are her mentors and what are her goals for the program? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 14, 2022•32 min•Season 2Ep. 46
After a standout prep career at Boys High in Brooklyn, Sam Penceal came to Syracuse in the same recruiting class as Dave Bing and Jim Boeheim. That class turned around a moribund program. But Sam is equally noteworthy for his efforts in education and administration. We talked about all of that in this edition of the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 08, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 45
A mural featuring Dolph Schayes, Breanna Stewart, Manny Breland and Earl Lloyd is being painted on a building in downtown Syracuse. On June 22nd, the mural will be dedicated. Syracuse and NBA player Dan Schayes talks about his father, Dolph, one of the greatest players in NBA history. Dolph won an NBA title with the Syracuse Nats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 14, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 44
