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Former Syracuse University men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim and four others will receive an honorary degree during SU’s 2024 commencement.

Feb. 24, 2024, is officially “Jim Boeheim Day” as Syracuse held a ceremony to honor the Hall of Fame men's basketball head coach.

Now that the greatest coach of all-time, living legend Jim Boeheim, (hook me up to a lie detector, you'll never convince me anyone in the history of the sport has ever done as great of a job as...

Jim Boeheim’s 47 year coaching career with Syracuse started strong. Boeheim’s first team finished with 26 wins, making an appearance in the Sweet 16.

The move came less than three hours after Syracuse lost to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, after which Boeheim hinted at retirement but said it would ultimately be the university’s decision.

Jim Boeheim’s 47-year tenure as coach at Syracuse ended Wednesday, with the university saying Orange assistant Adrian Autry has been promoted into the job

Boeheim strongly hinted at this season being the end following Syracuse's loss to Wake Forest, but the school made it official hours later.

Joseph Thaxter, born in Hingham in 1744, grew up sickly and impoverished. He worked on his parents’ meager farm until the age of 19, and planned to become a cooper. But then he bought a winning lottery ticket, and used his substantial proceeds to attend Harvard. After graduating in 1768 (and for a while thereafter […]

Most Syracuse basketball fans only know winning seasons for the program during their lifetime, and that could come to an end this year.

Shackleford was a four-year starter from 1975-1979, who played all five positions and was there at the beginning of Jim Boeheim's career.