The Weekender: Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning are battling, Shaka Smart wants revenge and Jim Boeheim makes an awkward exit.
Maybe he even did kind-hearted things for them.He did not deserve a position of authority.Love him or hate him, Boeheim's work to turn the Orange into a national power is undeniably impressive. Before he was hired, Syracuse had participated in just six of the first 37 iterations of the NCAA tournament. The program tallied 35 trips to the Big Dance under Boeheim, making five runs to the Final Four and winning it all in 2003.
The coaching change comes on the heels of another disappointing season for the Orange, whose hopes of stealing a March Madness bid ended in heartbreaking fashion in the second round of the ACC tournament. Boeheim will shift to a different role within the university, while new head coach Adrian Autry is tasked with leading Syracuse into a new era.