Boeheim is retiring, or is retired by Syracuse
Colorado St., UNLV advance in Vegas
Jim Boeheim enrolled at Syracuse in 1962. Played there until 1966. Started coaching there in 1969. Took over the program as head coach in 1976.
Put simply, he was Syracuse basketball. Until now. The Basketball Hall of Famer’s 47-year tenure as coach at Syracuse came to an awkward end on Wednesday, with the university saying Orange associate head coach and former Syracuse player Adrian Autry has been promoted to the job. The Orange moved quickly, making the announcement less than three hours after Syracuse lost to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. And if Boeheim knew the announcement was coming, he didn’t let on at what was his final postgame news conference.
“It’s up to the university,” Boeheim said. “They have to make their decision, and it’s up to them.”
The university didn’t wait long before making the decision public, saying in part: “Today, as his 47th season coaching his alma mater comes to an end, so too does his storied career at Syracuse University. Associate Head Coach Adrian
Autry ’94, one of Boeheim’s former players and longtime assistant, has been named the program’s next head coach.”
The 78-year-old Boeheim’s record in his 47 seasons, officially, was 1,015-441. That reflects 101 wins taken away by the NCAA for violations between the 2004-07 and 2010-12 seasons.
Whether the count was 1,015 or 1,116, only now-retired Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski had more wins than Boeheim at the Division I level. Boeheim led the
Orange to the 2003 national title — Carmelo Anthony’s lone season in Syracuse — and saw 46 of his players get taken in NBA drafts. Among them: Anthony, Derrick Coleman, Rony Seikaly, Dion Waiters, Billy Owens, Sherman Douglas and Pearl Washington. Boeheim also was a USA Basketball assistant under Krzyzewski on the teams that won Olympic gold medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
BID-WINNERS: In Hamilton, N.Y., Keegan Records scored 21 points, Tucker Richardson had a triple-double and top-seeded Colgate won its third consecutive Patriot League Tournament championship with a 79-61 victory over six-seeded Lafayette.
The Raiders (26-8) beat the Leopards (11-23) for the third time this season, winning their ninth straight game.
In Lake Charles, La., Jalen Jackson scored 13 of his seasonhigh 17 points in the second half, Owen Dease came off the bench to add a career-high 16 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Northwestern State 75-71 to win its second straight Southland Conference tournament championship. Conference player of the year DeMarcus Sharp scored 32 points on 15-of-31 shooting to lead Northwestern State (22-11).
MOUNTAIN WEST: In Las Vegas, Nevada, Isaiah Stevens’ floater with 2.7 seconds left delivered a 67-65 victory for No. 8 seed Colorado State over No. 9 Fresno State in first-round action.
Stevens saved the Rams (15-17), who squandered a 12-point lead they held with eight minutes left and then trailed by three with 1:46 to play.
John Tonje’s 20 points led CSU. Isaiah Hill scored 22 to pace Fresno State (11-20).
Colorado State advances to face top-seeded and No. 20 San Diego State on Thursday at 1 p.m.
Elijah Harkless scored a career-high 35 points, 11 in the overtime, as host and seventhseeded UNLV beat No. 10 Air Force 78-70, in another first-round matchup.
Harkless had six rebounds for the Rebels (19-12), who advance to the quarterfinals to face No. 2 Boise State on Thursday.
Jake Heidbreder led the way for the Falcons (14-18) with 24 points and nine rebounds.
UTEP ELIMINATED: In Frisco, Texas, Jamarion Sharp had 16 points in Western Kentucky’s 73-67 victory against UTEP in the Conference USA Tournament.
Calvin Solomon finished with 18 points and eight rebounds for the Miners, whose 14-18 season included a split with the since-disbanded New Mexico State team.
Women
MOUNTAIN WEST: In Las Vegas, Desi-Rae Young scored 28 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead No. 21 UNLV to its 22nd win and second-straight NCAA Tournament with a 71-60 win over Wyoming on Wednesday night in the tournament championship game. Essence Booker added 19 points for the Rebels (312), who are headed to the NCAA’s for the 10th time. Alyssa FrescasDurazo added 12. Young, the tournament MVP, or Booker seemed to have an answer every time the Cowgirls challenged.
Tess Barnes scored 13 points for the Cowgirls (22-10), who were playing for their third NCAA berth.