Subscribe to our sports newsletter here. In 2019, Eric Devendorf and Adam Weitsman had an idea to open a basketball academy in upstate New York. Looking for inspiration, the pair visited nearby schools like Orangeville Prep outside of Toronto. The duo roamed around Ontario’s top prep school at the time with Jeremy Pope, who was Orangeville’s assistant coach, as their tour guide. While the facilities were what the pair expected, Pope’s budding relationships with the players at the school and his basketball knowledge left a lasting impression on Devendorf and Weitsman. The pair’s basketball academy has yet to come into fruition, but this summer Devendorf and Weitsman had to fill a spot on their other team — Boeheim’s Army.