Forty years after taking over at the school where he played as a walk-on,Boeheim has Syracuse on the verge of another trip to college basketball’s biggest stageJim Boeheim is just one of those people who manages to regain away with it. By “it” I mean everything. You know the types, and it’s impossible to figure out how they’re doing it. You’re driving 70mph on the tollway and Boeheim is the guy going 90 who police ignore to pull you over.
Boeheim, or the Syracuse basketball coach,sat out nine games over 32 days this season – this season! – because the NCAA punished him, using terms such as academic misconduct, or extra benefits,failure to follow drug-testing protocols. Boeheim had failed to “monitor his program”. Does anyone consider it a noxious watch for college basketball that he and Syracuse are now one win away from another Final Four?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com