Sam Federman

2 weeks ago | nunesmagician.com | Kevin Wall |Sam Federman |Dominic Chiappone

Rich Barnes-Imagn Images While we wait for the Syracuse Orange men’s basketball non-conference schedule, there are two looming questions that caused us to send up the TNIAAM Roundtable signal. We know that Syracuse and Georgetown won’t play and that the Orange will have a game against a SEC opponent, so that leads us to two questions for this one? Which team would you like to see replace Georgetown on next year’s schedule?

1 month ago | nunesmagician.com | Sam Federman

Brett Davis-Imagn Images Syracuse Orange men’s basketball’s third transfer acquisition of the 2025-26 cycle was Georgia Tech point guard Naithan George. After last season’s failed experiment of Jaquan Carlos – a proven stud point guard at the mid-major level – as the Orange’s primary ball handler and distributor, George is the response to that.

1 month ago | nunesmagician.com | Sam Federman

Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Syracuse Orange men’s basketball finally has its big man insurance policy for 2025-26. 6 foot 11, 240-pound 2025 prospect Tiefing Diawara has committed to the Orange after playing last season for DME Academy’s postgrad team at St. John’s Northwestern in Wisconsin, per multiple reports. The 19 year old hails from Mali, and moved to the United States last year after playing for Orange1 Bassano in Italy for a few years.

1 month ago | midmajormadness.com | Sam Federman

James Snook-Imagn Images The night before his second game as Eastern Washington’s head coach, David Riley had some free time, so he flipped on ESPN+ to watch his old boss, Shantay Legans, in his second game as Portland’s lead man. It was a mostly non-competitive game. Portland dropped 122 points, including 65 in the second half, to cruise to a win over Division III Willamette.

1 month ago | midmajormadness.com | Sam Federman

I’m Jewish, from New York, and did not even attend a religious school past elementary. I should have no input on any of this. But even I was struck by how down bad Saint Joseph’s University must be right now. For some background and a little history lesson:There are hundreds of Judeo-Christian schools in America, all from different denominations. Some schools are evangelical, some schools are Lutheran, some schools are Baptist, some non-denominational. Most of those schools are in the south.