Jim Boeheim
Jim Boeheim
James Arthur "Jim" Boeheimis the head coach of the men's basketball team at Syracuse University. Boeheim has guided the Orange to nine Big East regular season championships, five Big East Tournament championships, and 28 NCAA Tournament appearances, including three appearances in the national title game. In those games, the Orange lost to Indiana in 1987, on a last-second jump shot by Keith Smart, and to Kentucky in 1996, before defeating Kansas in 2003 with All-American Carmelo Anthony...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 November 1944
CityLyons, NY
I'd like to show it to some of these guys (at the head table), ... It's as close as they'll ever get to one.
He's got more guts than anyone I've ever coached.
He's been trying that 3 all year. I told him, 'Someday, you're going to make one of those things.' It just came up at the right time.
He couldn't play those last two games. I had to take him out. He played like himself in the first half and we needed that. Our offense has been terrible and we need him to get it going and we did today for the first time in a while.
He couldn't get playing tonight. It's as simple as that.
He couldn't get a breath, but he was the guy making plays for us. If he had been out one minute, we would have lost the game.
He cemented his legacy long before this. But people will remember this four-day performance forever.
He just had a fluke injury in practice, and we're hoping he'll be back soon. We're hopeful he would be able to play fairly soon, but we don't know.
Guard play has always been key. When you have good guard play, you'll always be alright in basketball. Good guard play is so crucial to everything you do on both ends of the court.
He was very hard on me, ... It didn't matter if it was ping-pong or golf or pool, he'd try to beat me. He's definitely the person who taught me how to compete.
He has a done a great job. They're getting great leadership from their seniors Copeland and Whitney. They've really turned things around. They have great direction and great cohesiveness.
He hasn't been able to practice. He couldn't get separation or push off.
He has more guts than anybody I've ever coached.
He hadn't been in the whole game, and he comes into that situation and if he misses then they have a shot to go ahead.