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Mike Waters has covered Syracuse University's basketball program for the Post-Standard for over 20 years. His work has earned awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. He's written three books, including "Syracuse University Basketball Vault.'' A University of North Carolina graduate, Waters lives in Camillus, N.Y., with his wife and two children.Tweet: twitter.com/
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Syracuse's Kris Joseph, Dion Waiters and Fab Melo invited to NBA's Draft Combine
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 22, 2012, 3:04PM
The NBA will bring 60 draft hopefuls to the combine in Chicago on June 6-8. Full story »
Syracuse University assistant Mike Hopkins chosen as co-head coach of USA Select Team
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 21, 2012, 12:14PM
Hopkins will coach the team of young NBA players as it trains against the members of the USA Olympic team. Full story »
Former Syracuse University basketball player Rick Dean passes away
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 18, 2012, 4:14PM
Dean played on Syracuse teams that featured Dave Bing and Jim Boeheim. Full story »
Report: Syracuse's Kris Joseph withdraws from this weekend's NBA Draft combine
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 18, 2012, 7:47AM
The Brooklyn Nets will host the two-day combine on Saturday and Sunday. Full story »
Syracuse recruit Dajuan Coleman listed among Top 10 impact freshmen
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 17, 2012, 12:37PM
Coleman will add power to Syracuse's lineup, according to the analysis. Full story »
NCAA selects Washington D.C.'s Verizon Center to fill in for Madison Square Garden as 2013 East Regional site
Posted on Sports News on May 16, 2012, 11:31AM
The Carrier Dome had been considered, but the NCAA Tournament will head to D.C. instead. Full story »
Syracuse Chiefs pitcher Zach Duke stymies Durham's nearly all-lefty lineup
Posted on Sports News on May 08, 2012, 10:21PM
Chiefs split a double-header with Durham, which fields a lineup with eight left-handed hitters in both games. Full story »
ESPN's Chad Ford lists Syracuse's Dion Waiters as No. 4 shooting guard (and No. 2 point guard!)
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 08, 2012, 2:17PM
Syracuse's Fab Melo is ranked 4th among the centers in this year's draft. Full story »
Syracuse might play Missouri in Big East/SEC Invitational
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 04, 2012, 4:18PM
Missouri will join the SEC this year. Syracuse will leave the Big East after the 2012-13 season. Full story »
Former Syracuse Nat Fuzzy Levane passes away at the age of 92
Posted on Sports News on May 04, 2012, 11:16AM
Levane, a former star at St. John's, played for the Nats in the 1949-50 season. Full story »
Michael Gbinije's transfer from Duke to Syracuse differed from many of this spring's transfers
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on May 04, 2012, 5:55AM
Duke placed no restrictions on Gbinije. As a result, he'll up end playing in the same conference for possibly three years. Full story »
Duke transfer Michael Gbinije commits to Syracuse; calls SU 'a good fit for me'
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 28, 2012, 8:46AM
Gbinije said he felt comfortable at Syracuse. SU assistant Adrian Autry coached Gbinije at the AAU level. Full story »
Former Syracuse star Derrick Coleman has talked to Larry Brown about assistant coaching job at SMU
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 26, 2012, 8:54PM
Coleman played for Brown while with the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. Full story »
Maccabi Haifa owner had no reservations about hiring former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 26, 2012, 5:49PM
Jeffrey Rosen, the Florida-based owner of the Israeli pro team, met Fine last summer. Full story »
Israeli pro team Maccabi Haifa hires former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine as a consultant
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 26, 2012, 10:42AM
Fine has strong ties to basketball in Israel. He coached the United States to a silver medal in the 1993 Maccabiah Games. Full story »
My bad guys! The link's inserted now.
Posted on Derrick Coleman ranked 4th on list of Top 10 greatest players in New Jersey Nets history on April 24, 2012, 2:28PM
Derrick Coleman ranked 4th on list of Top 10 greatest players in New Jersey Nets history
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 24, 2012, 1:00PM
Coleman averaged 19.9 points and 10.6 rebounds in five years with the Nets. Full story »
Dick Vitale's April version of college basketball's Top 40 in 2012-13
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 23, 2012, 3:43PM
Vitale ranks Syracuse at No. 9 in his Top 40. Syracuse is one of just four Big East teams in the ranking. Full story »
Syracuse recruit Jerami Grant invited to tryouts for USA Basketball Under-18 team
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 20, 2012, 12:27PM
Grant will be a freshman at Syracuse in the fall. He is one of 24 players invited to tryouts for the USA Under-18 team. Full story »
West Genesee's Mike Messere becomes nation's winningest high school lacrosse coach
Posted on Sports News on April 19, 2012, 10:34PM
Dozens of Messere’s former players were on hand for win No. 748 on Thursday. Full story »
Syracuse's Dion Waiters signs with NBA player agent Rob Pelinka
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 19, 2012, 5:21AM
Waiters is projected to be a late lottery or mid-first round draft pick in the NBA's June draft. Full story »
afwon,
You're right. I checked back and got a better idea of the tourney format. See changes to story.
Posted on Big East expected to alter tournament format slightly due to WVU's departure and UConn's ban on April 17, 2012, 2:05PM
Big East expected to alter tournament format slightly due to WVU's departure and UConn's ban
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 17, 2012, 1:00PM
With just 14 teams in next year's conference tournament, the Big East will make minor changes. Full story »
Syracuse is a 3-seed in ESPN's early Bracketology
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 16, 2012, 1:59PM
Syracuse, one of just seven Big East schools in the field, is the No. 3 seed in the Midwest Region. Full story »
Syracuse's Fab Melo is working out at IMG Academy in Florida
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 16, 2012, 12:52PM
Melo has signed with high-profile agent Arn Tellem. Full story »
Syracuse to play San Diego State on flight deck of USS Midway
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 03, 2012, 7:20PM
Syracuse and San Diego State will meet on the retired aircraft carrier on Nov. 9. Full story »
Syracuse listed at No. 14 in ESPN's early, early, early 2012-13 rankings
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 03, 2012, 1:30PM
Syracuse is one of just three Big East teams in the Top 25. Louisville is at No. 2 and Notre Dame's at No. 17. Full story »
Fab Melo to leave Syracuse; the SU sophomore hasn't signed with an agent "yet"
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on April 02, 2012, 10:13AM
Melo appears to be ready to sign with super-agent Arn Tellem. Full story »
Syracuse recruits Dajuan Coleman, Jerami Grant will play in All-American Championship on Sunday
Posted on Orange Basketball Blog on March 29, 2012, 10:24AM
Syracuse is still in the running for top prospect Nerlens Noel, who is also playing in the All-American Classic. Full story »
I think with everybody's contributions we've got them all.
In fact, I had left out Rodney Walker and Michael Brown because I was working off a list of SU players and I had forgotten that Walker and Brown transferred to other schools after originally coming to Syracuse.
So congrats all and have fun watching the McDonald's game tonight.
Posted on A Syracuse quiz as Dajuan Coleman prepares to play in the McDonald's Game on March 28, 2012, 5:22PM
