By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Syracuse women’s basketball coach Quentin Hillsman remembered looking out his office window and seeing the 2003 men’s basketball championship banner. He walked down a hallway of the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, spoke with longtime coach Jim Boeheim about his zone, watched practices and …
Read MoreBy Jay Smith |@_SmithJ_ Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — TAR…HEELS…TAR…HEELS! The crowd of 75,505 inside NRG Stadium appeared to be split evenly between the four teams competing in Saturday night’s Final Four. But if you closed your eyes as the horn sounded, you would’ve sworn you were in Chapel Hill. North Carolina defeated Syracuse, …
Read MoreBy Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Vonn Read was ready to deploy during the Gulf War. He had been stationed at Fort Drum, New York, since 1989, and was preparing for field artillery work until he transferred to Fort Lee, Virginia, two months before his former unit shipped out. Since …
Read MoreSports Capital Journalism Program By Jay Smith | @_SmithJ_ North Carolina is set to face off against Syracuse on Saturday in the Final Four. Carolina enters as the prohibitive favorite to cut down the nets, while Syracuse enters in a position you don’t hear a program with the prominence of the ‘Cuse usually fall under, the …
Read MoreBy Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Washington head coach Mike Neighbors took a minute to be serious. His answer came out of the blue given the course of the day, but it was real and unique. While other coaches and players responded that their goal is to win the national …
Read MoreBy Jay Smith |@_SmithJ_ Sports Capital Journalism Program HOUSTON — It was a cold January night in Syracuse, New York. Jim Boeheim was returning to the bench as coach of the Syracuse Orange after serving a nine-game suspension for NCAA violations. The crowd of 26,811 at the Carrier Dome welcomed the coach home with a …
Read MoreBy Jack Carney and David Mackey III Sports Capital Journalism Program Jack Carney and David Mackey III, Sports Capital Journalism Program grad students, preview the Elite Eight matchup between ACC rivals Virginia, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional, and No. 10 seed Syracuse. They break down what each team needs to do to punch …
Read MoreBy David Mackey |@davidmackey_iii Sports Capital Journalism Program CHICAGO – Syracuse guard Michael Gbinije has led the Orange with averages of 17.8 points, 4.4 assists and 2.0 steals this season. He has scored in double digits in all 34 games and topped 20 points 12 times. In the three NCAA tournament games that have taken …
Read MoreBy David Mackey |@davidmackey_iii Sports Capital Journalism Program CHICAGO ⎯ Syracuse was leading Gonzaga 61-60 in the final moments of a Midwest regional semifinal Friday night as the Orange defended against the possibility of a season-ending basket. Gonzaga senior forward Kyle Wiltjer passed the ball to freshman guard Josh Perkins with 4.7 seconds remaining. Perkins …
Read MoreBy Sports Capital Journalism Center Staff Editor’s note: David Mackey and Jack Carney, graduate students in the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at IUPUI, are covering the NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals and Final at the United Center in Chicago. Mackey, who earned a degree in Marketing at Northwood University in Cedar Hill, Texas, relocated …
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