Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Monday, January 14, 2008

Ah, the bandwagon is getting full... The AP gives Syracuse props, and Yahoo picks it up.
For a team that's been down and out for many of the 37 years it has competed -- before Hillsman, Syracuse was 104-174 in 10 seasons under Marianna Freeman and 28-55 in three seasons under Keith Cieplicki -- this feels different.

"It's important for the school that the women's basketball program is good, and I want to try to help make sure it is," said men's coach Jim Boeheim, who has built his program into a national power. "There's no reason you can't have a really successful program here, and he's the first guy that's come in and done it."