The sophomore guard played well in the team's victory Monday night against New Haven.

The Syracuse Orange and St. John’s Red Storm both opened the 2026-27 college basketball season on Monday night. Both did it without Donnie Freeman. Freeman is missed by both programs, for different reasons. They may not have missed him intensely on Monday night, but the time will come soon enough. The Orange were taking on […] The post Syracuse, St. John’s Both Miss Donnie Freeman — For Different Reasons appeared first on HEAVY.

The 315 native makes his Dome debut

A new chapter begins for Syracuse men’s basketball.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rare is the top-level college athlete who actually sets a goal to, someday, be a top-level college coach. Prove it wrong. Find the kid who grew up dribbling a basketball for hours around his driveway, who wouldn’t leave the gym until he drained 100 3-pointers, whose ultimate goal was to be his generation’s Phil Jackson, not its Michael Jordan. You sure wouldn’t have found him ...

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