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
No question, he's given us a foothold in Scranton, but Gerry's appeal goes way beyond there. I think he's revived interest among fans in the Syracuse and Rochester areas, too. People can identify with him. I think they appreciate the way he plays.
I think we should expand. I think we're ready for this. The game needs an expansion of the tournament.
I think actually coming out of the tournament this year, we're better than we were coming out last year.
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.
I think there should be an expansion. Whatever seems to fit.
Jim and I talked before the game (Monday) about this. It just doesn't make sense. Too many good teams. It's too difficult to stack the deck against people.
Our inside people can't score against you. Our centers haven't contributed for a couple games now, and that doesn't make it easier.
John Chaney and John Thompson made it possible for the black coach to get in the college game. Administrators need to win to keep their jobs. So when Chaney and Thompson won games, that's how black coaches got hired.
It had nothing to do with the law or breaking rules. He just had some personal issues he had to deal with. We've never talked about it, and we never will. I'm sure Billy never will either. The bottom line is, we think he's on the right track, and we're pretty confident he'll be available second semester.
I think this year more than ever has proven there are teams that might not get in or just barely get in that can win games. In the past, years ago, I think there were always teams that maybe wanted to get in, but you really knew they couldn't win any games in the tournament if they got in.
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.
I was a little surprised we were able to get back in it so quickly. We just started off the game so poorly on both sides of the ball - defense and offense - and that's not a good way to start.
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.