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
We feel that we can play with them, we feel we can play with anybody. They're as good as anybody.
We're not a high turnover team. We take care of the ball well in games. I think we're a little bit unsure offensively and everyone's trying too hard to make something happen. But we have to get better movement. In the second half, we got a little better movement and a little better spacing and we got some real good possessions.
We'll be alright. We need a few days off, we'll be ready to play. It's sad that you have to play such great teams back to back then you have six days off. It's not the right way to play your best basketball. I am proud of the way we've battled back though. This has been a very difficult way to start.
We've got bad foul shooters, what can I say? We won.
I think some kids will get to college and realize it might be good to be here for two years or three. It's a good rule. I think it will prove to be beneficial to everybody in the long run.
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.
This is one of the best, if not the best, wins we've ever had at Syracuse.
He shoots that shot every day. I tell him every day not to take it in a game, but I told him after this one, he can take one more.
It's a matter of accepting what he can do. He needed to be patient. That's a tough thing to do as a player, but this was a game that was made for him.
He's showed more guts this tournament than any player I've ever coached.
He's had some tremendous spurts for us, but he's been in a lot of foul trouble, which happens with big guys. When he's in the game and not in foul trouble, he's been effective. But, he's got to stay in the game.
I think it's too much a part of our game. We're taking too many threes. I've never been a big fan. But it's just something you have to use. And it's something you really have to defend; guard out to the perimeter a lot more than before.
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.
He couldn't get playing tonight. It's as simple as that.