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SSYRACUSeYRACUSe SYRACUSE (23-14, 8-10) 2017-18 FINAL RELEASE 2017-18 RESULTS (23-14) November 10 CORNELL W, 77-45 14 IONA W, 71-62 Hoophall Miami Invitational vs. 2017-18 2016-17 18 TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 80-67 NCAA Tournament Run Highlights Season 20 rv/rv OAKLAND W, 74-50 2017-18 Orange Hoop Campaign 23-14 W-L 19-15 22 TOLEDO W, 72-64 Syracuse fi nished off its 2017-18 season with a 5-5 Last 10 4-6 ACC/Big 10 Challenge dramatic four-game run in the NCAA Tournament that 3-2 Last 5 2-3 27 rv/-- MARYLAND W, 72-70 capped a successful season for the Orange. The squad strung together three straight NCAA victories before 66.6 PPG 76.3 December losing a tight tilt in the Sweet 16 to #9/6 Duke, 69-65. 63.8 OPP PPG 71.1 Hoophall Miami Invitational, Miami, Fla. Coach Jim Boeheim, in his 42nd season as court 2 vs. #2/2 Kansas L, 60-76 boss at his alma mater, guided his group through the +2.9 Margin +5.2 postseason on the strength of a defensive unit that Jimmy V Classic, New York, N.Y. .417 FG % .459 5 vs. Connecticut W, 72-63 limited four opponents to just 57.5 points per game. Some other Syracuse highlights included: .391 FG % DEF .430 9 COLGATE W, 72-58 Tyus Battle, Frank Howard, and Oshae Brissett .318 3PT % .381 16 at --\rv Georgetown W, 86-79 OT ranked fi rst, second and fi fth in minutes-played 19 BUFFALO W, 81-74 average among Division I performers. .318 3PT % DEF .342 Battle earned All-ACC Second Team and Brissett 22 ST. BONAVENTURE L, 57-60 OT .736 FT % .738 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 64-47 was an All-ACC Freshman Team selection. Battle became the 62nd S.U. player to score 1,000 37.2 RPG 34.8 31 --/rv VIRGINIA TECH W, 68-56 career points. He reached the mark in 65 games. 33.4 OPP RPG 35.8 January Syracuse ended the season ranked fi fth in fi eld-goal +3.8 -1.0 3 at Wake Forest L, 67-73 percentage defense (.391), ninth in blocked-shot Margin 6 rv/rv NOTRE DAME L, 49-51 average (5.4) and 10th in scoring defense (63.8) 10.7 Assists PG 15.6 Battle, Brissett, Frank Howard and Paschal Chukwu 9 at #3/3 Virginia L, 61-68 12.5 12.3 started all 37 games for the Orange. Turnovers PG 13 at #23\rv Florida State L, 90-101 2 OT Boeheim solidifi ed his hold on second place in 5.4 Blocks PG 4.7 16 PITTSBURGH W, 59-45 Division I wins (926) and the fourth slot in NCAA 7.0 8.1 24 BOSTON COLLEGE W, 81-63 Tournament victories (56). Steals PG 27 at Pittsburgh W, 60-55 31 at Georgia Tech L, 51-55 SYRACUSE TOP 7 February 2017-18 No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Class PPG RPG 3 #2/2 VIRGINIA L, 44-59 25 Tyus Battle G 6-6 205 So. 19.2 2.9 5 at --/rv Louisville W, 78-73 11 WAKE FOREST W, 78-70 All-ACC Second Team; double-digit points in 35-of-37 games; 37 at Florida State 14 NC STATE L, 70-74 11 Oshae Brissett F 6-8 210 Fr. 14.9 8.8 17 at rv/rv Miami W, 62-55 ACC All-Freshmen Team; 13 double-doubles; Team-best 17.0 ppg., 9.3 rpg. in NCAA Tournament 21 #10/10 NORTH CAROLINA L, 74-78 13 Paschal Chukwu C 7-2 228 Jr. 5.4 6.8 24 at #5/5 Duke L, 44-60 28 at Boston College L, 70-85 Career-best 15 points, 11 rebounds vs. E. Michigan; 16 boards at Virginia; 2.5 blocks per game March 21 Marek Dolezaj F 6-9 180 Fr. 5.8 4.8 3 #18/18 CLEMSON W, 55-52 20 points vs. Wake Forest (ACCT); 10 rebounds vs. St. Bonaventure; 10.3 ppg. in NCAA Tournament ACC Tournament, Brooklyn, N.Y. 6 vs. Wake Forest W, 73-64 23 Frank Howard G 6-5 205 Jr. 14.4 3.5 7 vs. #12/11 North Carolina L, 59-78 Howard had career-high 25 points when Syracuse defeated Toledo; 4.7 assists per game NCAA Tournament First Four, Dayton, Ohio 2 Matthew Moyer F 6-8 215 RFr. 3.2 3.4 14 vs. Arizona State W, 60-56 NCAA Tournament, Detroit, Mich. 18 points, 8 rebounds vs. Connecticut; 11 points, 13 rebounds vs. Virginia Tech 16 vs. rv/rv TCU W, 57-52 35 Bourama Sidibe F 6-10 205 Fr. 2.7 3.2 18 vs. #5/5 Michigan State W, 55-53 Born in Mali; 18 points, 16 rebounds 3 blocks at Pitt; 10 boards vs. North Carolina (ACCT) NCAA Tournament, Omaha, Neb. Pronunciation Guide 23 vs. #9/6 Duke L, 65-69 Oshae Brissett o-SHAY Brey-SET Marek Dolezaj ma-WRECK DOUGH-le-zaage Paschal Chukwu PASS-cal Chew-coo Bourama Sidibe boe-RAH-ma sah-de-BAY 22017017-1188 OOrangerange bbasketballasketball SSYRACUSeYRACUSe SYRACUSE NCAA TOURNAMENT ITEMS Dolezaj Breaks Out Against TCU While most of the focus of Syracuse’s matchup with TCU in the fi rst round of the NCAA Tournamen was on the Orange defense, it was the performance of freshman Marek Dolezaj at the offensive end Marek Dolezaj Winning that may have been the biggest surprise. 40-Minute Man: There were a boatload of wins represented when Dolezaj Notes Tyus Battle Syracuse and Duke took the fl oor in the NCAA His 17-point contribution was only exceeded by Tournament’s Sweet 16 on March 23. The pairing a 20-point showing in the ACC Tournament win Tyus Battle logged featured the two winningest coaches in Division I versus Wake Forest. all 160 minutes of history -- Jim Boeheim with the Orange and Blue Dolezaj scored in double digits four times Syracuse game action Devil mentor Mike Krzyzewski. during the regular season. He topped 10 points during the 2018 NCAA Boeheim and Krzyzewski Notes twice in four NCAA Tournament games. Tournament. He ended up Krzyzewski has accumulated 1,100 coaching He started 17 consecutive games for the as the Division I leader in victories in stints at Army and Duke. Boeheim’s Orange after taking over for the injured Matt miinutes played average total, all at Syracuse, is 926 triumphs. Moyer. (39:00). Tyus Battle The Duke court boss also ranks fi rst among Spartans No Battle Notes active Division I coaches in games (1,438). Battle played all 40 Boeheim is second with 1,297 contests logged Headache For minutes in 15 of the last 18 contests. He was as Syracuse mentor. Bayer clocked in for 717-of-720 Syracuse minutes during that span. Krzyzewski fi nished the campaign with 94 Braedon Bayer enrolled He averaged 40.1 minutes played in 16 ACC NCAA Tournament coaching triumphs, the top at Syracuse in 2016 and outings. Included in that total was all 50 minutes total in the Division I ranks. Boeheim is fourth managed to walk on to in a double-overtime tilt at Florida State. with 56. the Orange basketball Battle established school standards for season No Division I coach has chalked up more roster. He was thrilled minutes (1,443) and season minutes average victories at his alma mater than Boeheim with the opportunity (39.0). (926). He also leads Division I active coaches while always knowing in seasons completed at his current school with playing time would be at Braedon Bayer 42. Krzyzewski fi nished off his 38th campaign “Jim Boeheim and his team deserves a minimum. all the credit in the world. They did at Duke. That changed on March 18, 2018, when “Usually we’re scoring 56 in a half, Syracuse was battling #5/5 MIchigan State in their job. They did it in a hostile and we ended up with 56. So there the NCAA Tournament’s Second Round. Starting environment. They played very solid. were limited possessions. It was a rock guard Frank Howard fouled out with 6:29 left They played their style. Tom Izzo fi ght, and we just didn’t make enough in the contest and the Orange trailing, 46-42. Michigan State Coach Coach Boeheim summoned Bayer, who played the shots.” Bobby Hurley remaining minutes in the Syracuse victory. ZONING IN Arizona State Coach Bayer Notes Bayer had played 11 minutes in eight Non-Conf ACC NCAA SYRACUSE RECORD BY SEED appearances prior to the Michigan State game. Scoring Defense 62.7 65.2 57.5 FG % Defense .384 .404 .356 He contributed a blocked shot and a steal in his Seed Won Lost 3-PT FG % Defense .329 .336 .241 six minutes of work versus the Spartans. #1 6 3 Turnovers Forced Avg. 14.3 11.9 11.3 Bayer spent two seasons at Division III Grinnell #2 11 5 Blocked Shot Avg. 6.4 4.9 3.5 before deciding to transfer back closer to his Won-Lost 11-2 8-10 3-1 #3 12 5 LaGrangeville, N.Y. home. #4 13 6 “A lot of learning from the zone comes #5 3 3 SYRACUSE SWEET 16’s+ from Jim (Boeheim) and Mike Hopkins #6 4 3 1975 1977 1979 1980 1984 1987 (former SU assistant). I was with Jim #7 2 2 for 11 years with USA Basketball, #8 0 1 1989 1990 1994 1996 1998 2000 Mike helped for about two-thirds of #9 0 0 2003 2004 2009 2010 2013 2016 that time.” Mike Krzyzewski #10 4 1 Duke Coach #11 3 1 2018 (fi rst recorded in 1975) + *the current seed format was fi rst employed in 1978 record reflects 1 Sweet 16 appearance vacated between 2004-07 and 2010-12 by the NCAA 22017017-1188 OOrangerange bbasketballasketball SSYRACUSeYRACUSe March’s Best Oshae Brissett ORANGE CAREER TOTALS SYRACUSE STATISTIC RANKINGS 7 games Includes ALL Games Double-Digit Scoring Games 16.4 ppg.